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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