Alexandre Goyette

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,

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 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, 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 Year Title Role Notes 2007 Nitro Colosse 2008 The Deserter (Le Déserteur) Roger Lizotte 2009 La Nuit finira Stéphane 2010 7 Days (Les 7 jours du Talion) The Last Escape (La Dernière fugue) The father, 1968 Twice a Woman (Deux fois une femme) French professor 2011 Fear of Water (La peur de l'eau) McCann A Sense of Humour (Le sens de l'humour) Carl De l'autre côté Corentin Michelet 2012 Kvistur Jòn Fridbjörnsson Laurence Anyways Marco de Bellefeuille 2014 Antoine and Marie (Antoine et Marie) Éric Gauthier Mommy Patrick What Are We Doing Here? (Qu’est-ce qu’on fait ici ?) Sgt. Cadorette 2015 Rabid Dogs (Enragés) Police officer at accident scene 2016 King Dave Dave Also screenwriter Nitro Rush Colosse 2017 My Intelligent Comedy (Les Scènes fortuites) Réal 2018 March Fool (Poisson de mars) 2021 The Guide to the Perfect Family (La Guide de la famille parfaite) Stéphane Dubois 2022 The Cheaters (Les Tricheurs) Michel Norbourg Julien Giguère 2023 Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful (Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles) Marie-Victorin Kirouac

Television Year Title Role Notes 2004 Grande Ourse Police officer One episode 2005 Providence Laurent Lavoie Six episodes Miss Météo Deliveryman 2005-2009 La Promesse Alain Marion 2006-2008 C.A. Martin Poirier 45 episodes 2010 Musée Eden Mont-Rouge Two episodes 2011-2015 19-2 Inspecteur Dandenneau, SQ 14 episodes 2012 En thérapie Éric Toute la vérité Henri Levasseur 10 episodes 2014 Trauma Georges McDuff One episode 2014-2015 La Théorie du K.O. Christian Boisvert 24 episodes 2015 Med One episode 2016 Feux Marc Lemaire Nine episodes Mirador One episode 2016-2017 District 31 Kevin Nadeau 25 episodes 2017 Le Siège Alexis Godin Six episodes 2018 L'Échappée Bruno Faits divers Jimmy O'Connor One episode Mensonges Chuck Marcoux Five episodes 2020- Happily Married (C'est comme ça que je t'aime) Jimmy, the biker with a missing finger Four episodes 2021 Après Six episodes 2021-2022 Six Degrés Francis Fournier 26 episodes 2022 Ma mère Nick Six episodes Le Pacte Jason 2022-2023 La Confrérie Daniel 10 episodes