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Alexandre Goyette
Born	(1979-04-11) April 11, 1979 (age 45) Montreal, Quebec
Nationality	Canadian
Years active	2000s–present
Spouse	Geneviève Côté

Alexandre Goyette (born April 11, 1979) is a Canadian actor and writer from Quebec, most noted as the writer of the stage play King Dave and the screenwriter and star of its 2016 film adaptation.

Background

He grew up in Montréal-Nord and Rivière-des-Prairies, Quebec, and was educated at Collège André-Grasset and the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe.

Career

King Dave was first staged in 2005 as a solo one-man show in which Goyette played all of the characters himself. The film adaptation featured several actors.

In 2020, Goyette collaborated with actor Anglesh Major to update the story with Black Lives Matter themes so that Major could star in a revival for the Théàtre Jean-Duceppe; in 2023, Patrick Emmanuel Abellard also starred in an English-language translation of the Black-themed version for Centaur Theatre.

In addition to King Dave, he has had other supporting roles in film and television, and has had stage roles including Victor in Down Dangerous Passes Road (Le chemin des Passes-Dangereuses), Marco in The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain), and Caius Marcius in Coriolanus.

In 2014, he had his first credit as a director, staging his own French translation of Mike Bartlett's play Cock for Espace 4001.

Personal life

He has been in a longterm relationship with Geneviève Côté, a former actress who now has a psychotherapy practice.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

1. ^ Brendan Kelly, "Podz's King Dave: One-shot film premières at Fantasia". Montreal Gazette, July 11, 2016.
2. ^ Alexandre Vigneault, "Alexandre Goyette: entre le jeu et l'écriture". La Presse, September 4, 2011.
3. François Jardon-Gomez, "Alexandre Goyette, entre l’élite et le peuple". Le Devoir, January 5, 2019.
4. Jim Burke, "Alexandre Goyette's King Dave recast, rewritten to reflect Black Lives Matter era". Montreal Gazette, September 25, 2020.
5. Ashley Fish-Robertson, "Patrick Emmanuel Abellard gives an unforgettable performance in King Dave". Cult MTL, April 4, 2023.
6. Mario Cloutier, "Le chemin des Passes-Dangereuses: Homo quebecus". La Presse, February 21, 2018.
7. "La pièce «Le déclin de l’empire américain» de retour à Montréal". Le Journal de Montréal, September 13, 2018.
8. Jim Burke, "Robert Lepage leads Coriolanus into battle at Théâtre du Nouveau Monde". Montreal Gazette, January 11, 2019.
9. Philippe Couture, "Alexandre Goyette / Cock : Triangle identitaire". Voir, January 23, 2014.
10. Sabin Desmeules, "Voici pourquoi les enfants d'Alexandre Goyette refusent de le voir jouer à la télé". 7 Jours, February 13, 2022.

External links

• Alexandre Goyette at IMDb

• 1979 births
• Living people
• 21st-century Canadian male actors
• 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
• 21st-century Canadian screenwriters
• 21st-century Canadian male writers
• Canadian male film actors
• Canadian male stage actors
• Canadian male television actors
• Canadian male dramatists and playwrights
• Canadian male screenwriters
• Canadian dramatists and playwrights in French
• Canadian screenwriters in French
• Canadian theatre directors
• Male actors from Montreal
• Writers from Montreal
• Screenwriters from Quebec