Alexandre Goyette
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| Born | April 11, 1979 |
| 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.[1]
He grew up in Montréal-Nord and Rivière-des-Prairies, Quebec,[1] and was educated at Collège André-Grasset and the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe.[2]
Career
King Dave was first staged in 2005 as a solo one-man show in which Goyette played all of the characters himself.[3] The film adaptation featured several actors.[1]
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;[4] in 2023, Patrick Emmanuel Abellard also starred in an English-language translation of the Black-themed version for Centaur Theatre.[5]
In addition to King Dave, he has had other supporting roles in film and television,[2] and has had stage roles including Victor in Down Dangerous Passes Road (Le chemin des Passes-Dangereuses),[6] Marco in The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain),[7] and Caius Marcius in Coriolanus.[8]
In 2014, he had his first credit as a director, staging his own French translation of Mike Bartlett's play Cock for Espace 4001.[9]
Personal life
He has been in a longterm relationship with Geneviève Côté, a former actress who now has a psychotherapy practice.[10]