Alexander Gould
Role : Shane Botwin
Gender : Male
Birth Name : Alexander Jerome Gould
Birth Date : 4 May 1994
Birth Place : Los Angeles, California, US
Height : 5′1″
Recent Role : Shane Botwin on Weeds
He was born as the child of Valerie and Tom Gould. He has Jewish parents and an actress sister, Kelly Gould. He has one more sister named Emma. He grew up in Los Angeles.
His acting career began when he was two years old. He earned much recognition for voicing the title character in ‘Finding Nemo’.
He came on the television screen for his roles in ‘Ally McBeal’, ‘Malcolm in the Middle’, ‘Law and Order: Special Victims Unit’, ‘Supernatural’ and ‘Pushing Daisies’. He also plays the role of “Shane Botwin” in ‘Weeds’. In addition to this, he appeared in ‘Freaks and Geeks’, ‘The Geena Davis Show’, ‘7th Heaven’, ‘Family Law’, ‘Even Stevens’, ‘Boomtown’, ‘Dark Shadows’, ‘Criminal Minds’ and ‘American Dreams’.
He lends his voice for ‘Dairy of a Worm’, ‘Bambi II’, ‘Curious George’ and has narrated ‘The Librarian from the Black Lagoon’.
He has also acted in the TV movie ‘Mexico City’ and in movies like, ‘The Day the World Ended’, ‘Wheelmen’, ‘They’, ‘How to Eat Fried Worms’ and ‘Supernatural’.
He was among the nominees for the category of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the Actors Screen Actors Guild Award in 2009 and 2007 for performing in the series ‘Weeds’.
In 2004, he won the Young Artist Award for ‘Finding Nemo’ in the category of Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actor. He again won the same award for the Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film for ‘How to Eat Fried Worms’ and for Best Performance in the TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actor in ‘Weeds’ in 2007. He earned the nomination for the Best Performance in a TV Series- Supporting Young Actor for the same award, for his role in ‘Weeds’ Tv show.
Role in Weeds
Alexander Gould plays “Shane Botwin” in ‘Weeds’. He saw his father dying and was deeply hurt. His mother “Nancy Botwin” took up drug dealing as her business after the death of “Shane’s” father. “Shane” always misses his father and takes out his emotions by taking to his dead father, as if he is still alive.
