Alexander Gould
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Early Life and Education
Alexander Gould, born in 1994 in Los Angeles, California, is an American actor. He is the son of Valerie and Tom Gould and has two sisters, Kelly and Emma, who are also actresses. Raised in a Conservative Jewish household, Gould is an active member of the United Synagogue Youth (USY), a Jewish youth organization. During his senior year of high school, he served as president of his local USY chapter.
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- Birth Date
- 4 May, 1994
- Age
- 25 yrs
- Citizenship
- United States of America
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- Birth Place
- Los Angeles
- Education
- Los Angeles High School
- Gender
- Male
- Description
- American actor, voice artist, producer, director, and screenwriter
- Net Worth 2021
- 4.8 million
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Following high school, Gould participated in Nativ, a gap-year program during which he lived in Israel. As part of the program, he spent time in the Negev Desert teaching English to elementary school children. After returning to the United States, he enrolled at Clark University in Massachusetts in 2013 before transferring to Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, where he graduated in 2017 with a dual major in philosophy and politics.
Acting Career
Alexander Gould began acting at the age of six, making an early appearance in an episode of Freaks and Geeks. He made his feature film debut in They and gained widespread recognition as the voice of Nemo in Disney/Pixar's animated film Finding Nemo. He also voiced the young Bambi in Bambi II, Jimmy Olsen in the 2013 animated film Superman: Unbound, and made a cameo appearance in 2016's Finding Dory.
Gould's most notable live-action role was as Shane Botwin on the critically acclaimed television series Weeds, where he performed from 2005 to 2012, earning two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for the role. He has also made guest appearances on several prominent television shows including Ally McBeal, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Pushing Daisies, and Malcolm in the Middle.
