Matthew Gouveia

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Matthew Gouveia is a Dora-nominated actor based in Toronto. After graduating with honours and receiving both the Dean’s and Board of Governor’s Awards from the Humber College Theatre Performance program in 2010, Gouveia has since been working in theatre, film, television and voice over. Highlights include: travelling to Mozambique, Africa with Shakespeare Link Canada to raise HIV/AIDS awareness, working with playwright and Order of Canada recipient, Judith Thompson, becoming a 3-time consecutive Toronto Monologue SLAM Champion, and being nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for his portrayal of Chris Smith in The Coal Mine Theatre’s 2016 production of Killer Joe. Gouveia is also a 2017 alumnus of the CBC Actors Conservatory at Norman Jewison’s Canadian Film Centre where he developed the character Gabriel, who was featured in a year-end showcase. Gouveia was invited back as an adjudicator for the following year’s audition panel. On television, he has appeared on Star Trek: Short Treks (CBS/Netflix), American Gods (Amazon/Starz), Killjoys (Space), Murdoch Mysteries (CBC/UKTV), Wayne (YouTube Premium), and will be appearing in his first feature film, CODE 8 coming out in 2019. Gouveia has also played lead roles in a string of short films, many garnering official selections and awards at film festivals around the world, including screenings at the famous TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA. As a voice actor, Gouveia has been on the radio, worked on the critically acclaimed animation series, PAW Patrol (Nickelodeon), co-narrated the audiobook, We Contain Multitudes written by Governor General Award-winning author, Sarah Henstra and is currently working on an upcoming Ubisoft video game - stay tuned! Gouveia is also a pretty talented impersonator – check out his impressions on YouTube! In addition to acting, Gouveia is also a director and coaches actors one-on-one. Click on the coaching link above should you want to book a session!


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as Dave / Grocery Store Manager
Released: 2019-12-06

In Lincoln City, some inhabitants have extraordinary abilities. Most live below the poverty...

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See for Me

as Cabbie
Released: 2022-01-07

When blind former Olympic skier Sophie Scott cat-sits in a secluded mansion, she gets caught in...

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Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver

as Cormac
Released: 2020-01-05

During her birthday celebration, Tess and Logan find themselves swept up in a world that isn't...

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Samanthology

as Toby
Released: 2019-05-10

A woman's death affects a host of friends and acquaintances.

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Loose Ends

as Josh
Released: 2020-01-01

A woman in the midst of a devastating breakup is invited to her ex-boyfriend's apartment to...

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The Give And Take

as Caesar Spinone
Released: 2018-08-25

When eleven year old Amy finds an old eighties video game magazine she dials the phone number...

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Loretta's Flowers

as Bailey
Released: 2018-06-26

On a long summer's day in Toronto, a young woman cycles between increasingly intimate encounters...

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American Gods

as Cassius
First aired: 2017-04-30

An ex-con becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods...

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Killjoys

as Mano
First aired: 2015-06-19

An action-packed adventure series following a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary...

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Killjoys

as Mano (uncredited)
First aired: 2015-06-19

An action-packed adventure series following a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary...

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Wayne

as Steve
First aired: 2019-01-16

In this gritty and sometimes bloody tale, sixteen year-old Wayne sets out on a dirt bike with...

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