Alexander Gould

Alexander Gould
Gould in October 2009
Born Alexander Jerome Gould
(1994-05-04) May 4, 1994
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality American
Occupation Actor
Years active 1996–present

Alexander Jerome Gould (born May 4, 1994) is an American actor. He played Shane Botwin in the Showtime series Weeds.

Personal life

Gould was born in Los Angeles, to Tom and Valerie Gould. He has two younger sisters, Emma and Kelly, who are actresses. Gould practices Judaism, and is active in the Conservative Jewish youth group United Synagogue Youth. He participated in Nativ, a gap year program, where he spent ten months living in Israel, including time in the Negev desert, teaching English to elementary school children.[1][2][3][4] Gould is a student at Brandeis University.[4][5] He formerly attended Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, until the end of his sophomore year when he transferred to Brandeis, in Waltham, Massachusetts, where he is studying Philosophy.

Career

Gould voiced the eponymous characters in Finding Nemo and Bambi II. He played Shane Botwin in Weeds and David Collins in the remake of the soap opera Dark Shadows, but the pilot episode was rejected by The WB.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1998 City of Angels Little Boy Uncredited
2000 Mexico City Peter Cobb
2002 They Young Billy
2003 Finding Nemo Nemo (voice)
2003 Exploring the Reef Nemo (voice) Short
2006 Curious George Kid (voice)
2006 How to Eat Fried Worms Twitch
2006 Bambi II Bambi (voice)
2016 Finding Dory Passenger Carl (voice)
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1996 Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. Young Bailey Kipper Episode: "Teacher, Teacher"
2000 Freaks and Geeks Ronnie Episode: "Chokin' and Tokin"
2000 Malcolm in the Middle Egg Episode: "Funeral"
2000 The Geena Davis Show Sam Episode: "Cooties"
2001 Ally McBeal Ben 2 episodes
2001 7th Heaven Pee Wee #1 Episode: "Apologize"
2001 The Day the World Ended Young Ben Television film
2001 Family Law Josh Deverell Episode: "Angel's Flight"
2002 Even Stevens Grayson Episode: "Little Mr. Sacktown"
2002 Boomtown Tom at 8 Episode: "Reelin' in the Years"
2004 Dark Shadows David Collins Unaired
Television film
2004 Oliver Beene Young Ted Episode: "Soup to Nuts"
2005–12 Weeds Shane Botwin 102 episodes
2005 Duck Dodgers Boy / Young Son (voices) 2 episodes
2007 Criminal Minds Jeremy Jacobs Episode: "Seven Seconds"
2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jack Trembley Episode: "Unorthodox"
2008 Pushing Daisies Elliott McQuoddy Episode: "The Legend of Merle McQuoddy"
2009 Supernatural Cole Griffiths Episode: "Death Takes a Holiday"
2010 The Life & Times of Tim Boy Scout (voice) Episode: "The Girl Scout Incident/Rodney Has a Wife?"
Direct-to-video
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Bambi II Bambi (voice)
2013 Superman: Unbound Jimmy Olsen (voice)

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Work Result
2004 Online Film & Television Association Awards Best Voice-Over Performance Finding Nemo Won
Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Voice Over Role – Young Actor Won
2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Weeds Nominated
Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actor Won
Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film How to Eat Fried Worms Won
2008 Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actor Weeds Nominated
2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated

References

  1. James, Jennifer (September 12, 2003). "The Kids' Reading Room; Kid-to-Kid; 'Meet Alexander Gould'". Los Angeles Times.
  2. "Finding Nachas; Disney/Pixar's new film is indeed a fine kettle of fish" via HighBeam Research.
  3. "Jewish Telegraph Online - Arts & Entertainment".
  4. 1 2 "'Weeds' star forgoes suburbia for an unrecognized stint in the desert - The Times of Israel". The Times of Israel.
  5. "Alexander Gould as Shane Botwin in Weeds". SHO.com.
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