---
name: "Alexander Gould"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alexander-gould"
fi1m_id: "alexander-gould"
imdb_id: "nm1071252"
tmdb_id: 12
wikidata_id: "Q462065"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 May 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-07T12:39:28.892549+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alexander Gould

## Identity

Alexander Gould

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alexander-gould
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alexander-gould
- **IMDb ID:** nm1071252
- **TMDB ID:** 12
- **Wikidata ID:** Q462065
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gould, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462065, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1071252/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12

Actor. Born 4 May 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 May 1994, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1997–2016
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 6 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 69 (3), 2000s 81 (3), 2010s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 74 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 3, Adventure 2, Animation 2, Crime 2, Family 2
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,970m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gould, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462065, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1071252/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Finding Nemo*](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md) (85)
- **Paramount+:** [*Weeds*](https://film.one/tv/weeds.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Alexander Gould

> Alexander Gould makes Nemo's impatience with his father sound reasonable without making him difficult to care about. We rate that unsentimental performance, and would welcome more work that gives his characters reasons to resist being fussed over.

Nemo wants some independence, and Alexander Gould makes his resistance to his father sound reasonable. In Andrew Stanton's *Finding Nemo* (2003), Albert Brooks gives Marlin the strained voice of a parent who cannot allow himself to relax. Gould has the less showy but essential task of making us understand why being loved like that might become a nuisance. We rate the performance because he lets Nemo object without losing our sympathy. A child in a family film is allowed to be something other than grateful.

We were moved by Marlin's fear for Nemo, because Brooks keeps the affection audible beneath the fuss. Gould's resistance stops that affection from settling every disagreement in the father's favour. The film's parenting advice can become insistent, and there are points when we would rather it trusted these two voices to make themselves understood. What works is the sympathy available to both father and son, without requiring either to be entirely easy company.

The move to *Weeds* (2005–2012) gave him a substantially longer stretch of work, playing Shane Botwin across all eight seasons alongside Mary-Louise Parker. Shane is an observant, complicated youngster, a different proposition from the young animated characters Gould also voiced. His title voice role in *Bambi II* (2006) belongs to that latter strand. The television work deserves attention in any account of him, though *Finding Nemo* remains our clearest reason to recommend his acting.

Gould took time away after *Weeds* and has since made occasional voice appearances. His voice had matured by *Finding Dory* (2016), so he did not reprise Nemo, returning instead for the small part of Passenger Carl. A cameo offers little evidence on which to judge what comes next, and we would be wary of expecting an adult actor to reproduce his childhood work. Give *Finding Nemo* an evening, but listen to the son as carefully as the father.

## Biography

Alexander Gould is an American actor. He voiced the title character in the Pixar animated film *Finding Nemo* (2003) and appeared as a passenger in its sequel *Finding Dory* (2016).

Gould began acting at the age of two and is also known for his role as Shane Botwin in the Showtime series *Weeds* (2005–2012), for which he received Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. He has made guest appearances in series including *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), *Supernatural* (2005) and *Criminal Minds* (2005), and provided the voice of Bambi in *Bambi II* (2006). He attended Brandeis University.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Performed in (6) — the average rests on these

- *Finding Dory* (2016), Fi1m 68, as Passenger Carl (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), Fi1m 82, as Elliot McQuoddy — [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *Weeds* (2005), Fi1m 76, as Shane Botwin — [page](https://film.one/tv/weeds.md)
- *Finding Nemo* (2003), Fi1m 85, as Nemo (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md)
- *Freaks and Geeks* (1999), Fi1m 88, as Ronnie Johnson — [page](https://film.one/tv/freaks-and-geeks.md)
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), Fi1m 63, as Ben — [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *City of Angels* (1998), Fi1m 55, as Little Boy (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/city-of-angels.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Finding Dory* (2016), as Passenger Carl (voice) — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)
- *Superman: Unbound* (2013), as Jimmy Olsen (voice)
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), series, as Elliot McQuoddy — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *The Librarian from the Black Lagoon* (2007), as Hubie (narrator)
- *How to Eat Fried Worms* (2006), as Twitch
- *Curious George* (2006), as Kid (voice)
- *Bambi II* (2006), as Bambi (voice)
- *Diary of a Worm* (2005), as Narrator (voice)
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Jeremy — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, as Cole Griffith — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *Weeds* (2005), series, as Shane Botwin — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/weeds.md)
- *Dark Shadows* (2005), as David Collins
- *Wheelmen* (2005), as Arthur
- *The Teacher from the Black Lagoon… and More Slightly Scary Stories* (2004), Actor
- *Exploring the Reef* (2003), as Nemo (voice)
- *Finding Nemo* (2003), as Nemo (voice) — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md)
- *Oliver Beene* (2003), series, as Young Ted
- *They* (2002), as Young Billy
- *Boomtown* (2002), series, as Tom at 8
- *American Dreams* (2002), series, as Alex Manassee
- *The Day the World Ended* (2001), as Young Ben
- *Mexico City* (2000), as Peter Cobb
- *The Geena Davis Show* (2000), series, as Sam
- *Even Stevens* (2000), series, as Grayson Gribalski
- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, as Egg
- *Freaks and Geeks* (1999), series, as Ronnie Johnson — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/freaks-and-geeks.md)
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Jack Trembley
- *Family Law* (1999), series, as Josh Deverell
- *City of Angels* (1998), as Little Boy (uncredited) — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/city-of-angels.md)
- *The Wonderful World of Disney* (1997), series, Actor
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, as Ben — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *7th Heaven* (1996), series, as Pee Wee #1

## Gallery

- ![Aug 10, 2025 Animate! Orlando](https://film.one/media/person/98063/gallery-696a16762d7b.jpg) Aug 10, 2025 Animate! Orlando — John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Alexander_Gould%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Alexander Gould](https://film.one/media/person/98063/gallery-758d65ed3b1c.jpg) Alexander Gould — John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Alexander_Gould_%2854739460722%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Star of Finding Nemo, Bambi II, How to Eat Fried Worms, and Weeds. (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/98063/gallery-f34567d8cd41.jpg) Star of Finding Nemo, Bambi II, How to Eat Fried Worms, and Weeds. (2019) — CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Alexander_Gould_2019.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Aug 10, 2025 Animate! Orlando](https://film.one/media/person/98063/gallery-f3736de3adca.jpg) Aug 10, 2025 Animate! Orlando — John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Alexander_Gould_by_John_E._Manard.jpg/1280px-Alexander_Gould_by_John_E._Manard.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alexander Gould](https://film.one/media/person/98063/gallery-cd1b48c58e72.jpg) Alexander Gould — Image via TMDB
- ![Alexander Gould](https://film.one/media/person/98063/gallery-65a5f8b52353.jpg) Alexander Gould — Image via TMDB
- ![Alexander Gould](https://film.one/media/person/98063/gallery-bb34614c428c.jpg) Alexander Gould — Image via TMDB
- ![Aug 10, 2025 Animate! Orlando](https://film.one/media/person/98063/gallery-4a805a0b2159.jpg) Aug 10, 2025 Animate! Orlando — John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Alexander_Gould_by_John_E._Manard_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Alexander Gould](https://film.one/media/person/98063/gallery-bb685aeba2bd.jpg) Alexander Gould — Image via TMDB

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