Matthew Gouveia

Matthew Gouveia


in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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!

Movies for Matthew Gouveia...

See for Me
Title: See for Me
Character: Cabbie
Released: January 7, 2022
Type: Movie
When blind former Olympic skier Sophie Scott cat-sits in a secluded mansion, she gets caught in the crossfire of a home invasion scheme. She must rely on a sighted Army veteran via the See for Me app to help her survive the night.
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Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver
Title: Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver
Character: Cormac
Released: January 5, 2020
Type: Movie
During her birthday celebration, Tess and Logan find themselves swept up in a world that isn't always what it seems when the headlining magician at the Magic Manor winds up dead.
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Loose Ends
Title: Loose Ends
Character: Josh
Released: January 1, 2020
Type: Movie
A woman in the midst of a devastating breakup is invited to her ex-boyfriend's apartment to return his keys. However upon arriving, she discovers she has been stood up. Left to her own devices in his empty apartment, she decides to revel in the nostalgic trappings of a place that once felt like home. In an unexpected turn of events, she is forced to confront her present when someone suddenly returns home and finds her in a compromising state.
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Code 8
Title: Code 8
Character: Dave / Grocery Store Manager
Released: December 6, 2019
Type: Movie
In Lincoln City, some inhabitants have extraordinary abilities. Most live below the poverty line, under the close surveillance of a heavily militarized police force. Connor, a construction worker with powers, involves with a criminal gang to help his ailing mother. (Based on the short film “Code 8,” 2016.)
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Samanthology
Title: Samanthology
Character: Toby
Released: May 10, 2019
Type: Movie
A woman's death affects a host of friends and acquaintances.
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Title: Wayne
Character: Steve
Released: January 16, 2019
Type: TV
In this gritty and sometimes bloody tale, sixteen year-old Wayne sets out on a dirt bike with his new crush Del to take back the 1978 Pontiac Trans Am that was stolen from his father before he died. It is Wayne and Del against the world.
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The Give And Take
Title: The Give And Take
Character: Caesar Spinone
Released: August 25, 2018
Type: Movie
When eleven year old Amy finds an old eighties video game magazine she dials the phone number displayed on the back, and in a strange cosmic glitch gets connected to Caesar Spinone, a video game call center employee in the year 1989.
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Loretta's Flowers
Title: Loretta's Flowers
Character: Bailey
Released: June 26, 2018
Type: Movie
On a long summer's day in Toronto, a young woman cycles between increasingly intimate encounters with three diverse individuals, but remains trapped in a pattern of insatiable longing.
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Title: American Gods
Character: Cassius
Released: April 30, 2017
Type: TV
An ex-con becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods trying to recruit troops to battle the upstart deities. Based on Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel.
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Title: Killjoys
Character: Mano (uncredited)
Released: June 19, 2015
Type: TV
An action-packed adventure series following a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters (a.k.a. Killjoys) sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants around the Quad, a system of planets on the brink of revolution.
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Title: Killjoys
Character: Mano
Released: June 19, 2015
Type: TV
An action-packed adventure series following a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters (a.k.a. Killjoys) sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants around the Quad, a system of planets on the brink of revolution.