Alexander Jerome Gould (born May 4, 1994) is an American actor. He is known for voicing the title character of the Pixar animated film Finding Nemo and for his portrayal of Shane Botwin on the Showtime drama series Weeds, the latter of which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
Early and personal life Gould was born Alexander Jerome Gould on May 4, 1994, in Los Angeles, California. His younger sisters Emma and Kelly were actresses. Gould’s family is Jewish, and was active in the Conservative Jewish youth group United Synagogue Youth.
Following filming of the final season of Weeds in Spring 2012, Gould participated in Nativ, a gap year program, and lived in Israel for almost a year, then went to college at Clark University in 2013. Gould later transferred to Brandeis University, and graduated from there in 2017 with a dual major in philosophy and politics.
Gould married Lieba Hall in June 2018. They live in Los Angeles.
Career His acting career began when he was two years old. He had small roles in the late 1990s and early 2000s on many television shows that were popular at the time. At age nine, he won the eponymous role in Finding Nemo. He then played David Collins in the remake of the soap opera Dark Shadows, but the pilot episode was rejected by The WB.
From ages ten to eighteen, Gould was part of the cast of Weeds on Showtime. He starred in all eight seasons as Shane Botwin. For his role, he was nominated twice for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the SAG Awards. During his tenure, he also had guest roles in other shows, was part of the ensemble cast of the 2006 film How to Eat Fried Worms, and voiced Bambi in Bambi II.
In 2012, Gould stepped away from his acting career to attend college, among other pursuits. He had two small voice acting roles during this period, Jimmy Olsen in the 2013 animated film Superman: Unbound and a cameo in 2016's Finding Dory. In 2018, he joined the Abrams Acting Agency.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1998City of AngelsLittle BoyUncredited2000Mexico CityPeter Cobb2002TheyYoung Billy 2003Finding NemoNemo (voice)Exploring the Reef with Jean-Michel CousteauShort2006Bambi IIBambi (voice)Direct-to-videoCurious GeorgeKid (voice)How to Eat Fried WormsTwitch2007The Librarian from the Black LagoonHubie/Narrator (voice)Short2013Superman: UnboundJimmy Olsen (voice)Direct-to-video2016Finding DoryPassenger Carl (voice)
Television Year Title Role Notes1996Bailey Kipper's P.O.V.Young Bailey KipperEpisode: "Teacher, Teacher" 2000Freaks and GeeksRonnieEpisode: "Chokin' and Tokin"Malcolm in the MiddleEggEpisode: "Funeral"The Geena Davis ShowSamEpisode: "Cooties" 2001Ally McBealBen2 episodes7th HeavenPee Wee #1Episode: "Apologize"The Day the World EndedYoung BenTelevision filmFamily LawJosh DeverellEpisode: "Angel's Flight" 2002Even StevensGraysonEpisode: "Little Mr. Sacktown"BoomtownTom at 8Episode: "Reelin' in the Years" 2004Dark ShadowsDavid CollinsUnaired television pilotOliver BeeneYoung TedEpisode: "Soup to Nuts"2005–12WeedsShane Botwin102 episodes2005Duck DodgersBoy / Young Son (voices)2 episodes2007Criminal MindsJeremy JacobsEpisode: "Seven Seconds" 2008Law & Order: Special Victims UnitJack TremblayEpisode: "Unorthodox"Pushing DaisiesElliott McQuoddyEpisode: "The Legend of Merle McQuoddy"2009SupernaturalCole GriffithsEpisode: "Death Takes a Holiday"2010The Life & Times of TimBoy Scout (voice)Episode: "The Girl Scout Incident/Rodney Has a Wife?"
Awards and nominations Year Association Category Work Result 2004Online Film & Television Association AwardsBest Voice-Over Performance Finding NemoYoung Artist AwardsBest Performance in a Voice Over Role – Young Actor 2007Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Weeds Young Artist AwardsBest Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young ActorBest Young Ensemble in a Feature FilmHow to Eat Fried Worms2008Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actor Weeds2009Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
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