Born: May 4, 1994
Age: 30
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alexander Jerome Gould (born May 4, 1994) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Twitch in How to Eat Fried Worms and Shane Botwin in Weeds. He also voiced Nemo in Finding Nemo and Bambi in Bambi II.
Gould was born in Los Angeles, to Tom and Valerie Gould. He has two younger sisters, Emma and Kelly, who are also actors. Gould practices Judaism, and is active in the Conservative Jewish youth group USY (he was president of his local USY synagogue chapter during his senior year of high school). 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. Gould is a student at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. He formerly attended Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts until the end of his sophomore year when he transferred to Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Gould made his television debut in Freaks and Geeks and feature film debut They. He voiced two titular characters in Finding Nemo and Bambi II. Gould Shane Botwin on Showtime's Weeds. He starred as David Collins in the WB remake of the soap opera Dark Shadows, but its pilot episode was rejected by The WB and never aired.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | City of Angels | Little Boy | Uncredited |
2000 | Mexico City | Peter Cobb | |
2002 | They | Young Billy | |
2003 | Finding Nemo | Nemo (voice) | |
Exploring the Reef | Voice Short |
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2005 | Diary of a Worm | Narrator | |
Wheelmen | Arthur | ||
2006 | Bambi II | Bambi (voice) | |
Curious George | Kid (voice) | ||
How to Eat Fried Worms | Twitch | ||
2011 | Ties | Evan | Short film |
2016 | Finding Dory | Nemo (voice) | Cameo |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. | Young Bailey Kipper | Episode: "Teacher, Teacher" |
2000 | Freaks and Geeks | Ronnie | Episode: "Chokin' and Tokin" |
Malcolm in the Middle | Egg | Episode: "Funeral" | |
The Geena Davis Show | Sam | Episode: "Cooties" | |
2001 | Ally McBeal | Ben | 2 episodes |
7th Heaven | Pee Wee #1 | Episode: "Apologize" | |
The Day the World Ended | Young Ben | Television film | |
Family Law | Josh Deverell | Episode: "Angel's Flight" | |
2002 | Even Stevens | Grayson | Episode: "Little Mr. Sacktown" |
Boomtown | Tom at 8 | Episode: "Reelin' in the Years" | |
2004 | Dark Shadows | David Collins | Unaired Television film |
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" |
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?" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | The Librarian from the Black Lagoon | Hubie | Narrator Short film |
2013 | Superman: Unbound | Jimmy Olsen (voice) |
Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
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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 | Won |
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 | Won | |
2009 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Won |
Charities
Alexander Gould supports the following charitable cause: Animals.