Jesse LaVercombe is a Canadian-American writer and actor. He is known for co-creating and starring in King Gilgamesh & the Man of the Wild, which won a Dora Award, co-writing the feature films Float (2023) and Code 8: Part II (2024), and starring in Violation (2020), for which he won a Toronto ACTRA Award and was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award.
Education LaVercombe is an alumnus of the National Theatre School of Canada and the Canadian Film Centre.
Career LaVercombe co-wrote the feature films Float (2023), released by Lionsgate, and Code 8: Part II (2024), released by Netflix. In 2019, he won the Playwrights Guild of Canada's RBC Emerging Playwright Award for his theatrical play Hallelujah, It’s Holly."News (National): Playwrights Guild of Canada Announces the Winners of the 2019 Tom Hendry Awards". Theatre Alberta, October 29, 2019. He co-created and starred in the stage play King Gilgamesh & the Man of the Wild which was performed in Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, Halifax, and Toronto. The musical production, performed with Ahmed Moneka and his five-piece Arabic jazz band, won a Dora Award for Outstanding Sound Design/Composition and received four additional nominations, including Outstanding New Play.
As an actor, LaVercombe won a Toronto ACTRA Award and was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 2021 CSA awards for his role in Violation (2020), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. His other film credits include The Things You Think I'm Thinking (2017), which he also wrote, Queen of the Morning Calm (2019), and Flowers of the Field (2020). He has also made guest appearances in television series, including American Gods, Save Me, The Detail, and a recurring role in Murdoch Mysteries. On stage, LaVercombe has appeared in new plays by writers including Sarah Ruhl and Hannah Moscovitch.
Film/TV +YearTitleWriterActorRoleNotes2017The Things You Think I'm ThinkingCalebShort Film2017Air Crash InvestigationFirst Officer Chad EricksonEpisode: "Killer Attitude"2017Save MePlaid Shirt #1Episode: "Injuries Due to Distracted Walking"2017American GodsYoung Night WatchmanEpisode: "A Prayer for Mad Sweeney"2017SalvationCorporal NevinsEpisode: "Another Trip Around the Sun" 2018The DetailZach GraysonEpisode: "The Long Walk"2019Street SeriesGuy on the BenchEpisode: "Summer is Coming"2019Queen of the Morning CalmSarge2019-2022Murdoch MysteriesJack WalkerRecurring role (15 episodes)2020ViolationDylanToronto ACTRA Award winner, Canadian Screen Award nominee2020Flowers of the FieldMaurice Pratt2022Height MarkersTed2023FloatCo-writer2024Code 8: Part IICo-writer
Theater +YearTitleWriterActorRoleTheater Notes2018 BunnyAngelTarragon TheatrePlay by Hannah Moscovitch2019King Gilgamesh & the Man of the WildEnkidu / JesseVariousCo-creator & lead; Won Dora Award Premiered 2019, performed 2022, 2023, 20242021 CopenhagenHeisenbergNational Arts Center of CanadaPlay by Michael Frayn2022Post-DemocracyLeeTarragon TheatrePlay by Hannah Moscovitch2023Letters from MaxMax RitvoNecessary Angel / Theatre CenterPlay by Sarah Ruhl; Canadian Premiere
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