# Jesse LaVercombe

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. 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

| Year | Title | Writer | Actor | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | The Things You Think I'm Thinking | Yes | Yes | Caleb | Short Film |
| 2017 | Air Crash Investigation | No | Yes | First Officer Chad Erickson | Episode: "Killer Attitude" |
| 2017 | Save Me | No | Yes | Plaid Shirt #1 | Episode: "Injuries Due to Distracted Walking" |
| 2017 | American Gods | No | Yes | Young Night Watchman | Episode: "A Prayer for Mad Sweeney" |
| 2017 | Salvation | No | Yes | Corporal Nevins | Episode: "Another Trip Around the Sun" |
| 2018 | The Detail | No | Yes | Zach Grayson | Episode: "The Long Walk" |
| 2019 | Street Series | No | Yes | Guy on the Bench | Episode: "Summer is Coming" |
| 2019 | Queen of the Morning Calm | No | Yes | Sarge | |
| 2019-2022 | Murdoch Mysteries | No | Yes | Jack Walkers | Recurring role (15 episodes) |
| 2020 | Violation | No | Yes | Dylan | Toronto ACTRA Award winner, Canadian Screen Award nominee |
| 2020 | Flowers of the Field | No | Yes | Maurice Pratt | |
| 2022 | Height Markers | No | Yes | Ted | |
| 2023 | Float | Yes | No | — | Co-writer |
| 2024 | Code 8: Part II | Yes | No | — | Co-writer |

## Theater

| Year | Title | Writer | Actor | Role | Theater | Notes |
| 2018 | Bunny | No | Yes | Angel | Tarragon Theatre | Play by Hannah Moscovitch |
| 2019 | King Gilgamesh & the Man of the Wild | Yes | Yes | Enkidu / Jesse | Various | Co-creator & lead; Won Dora Award Premiered 2019, performed 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| 2021 | Copenhagen | No | Yes | Heisenberg | National Arts Center of Canada | Play by Michael Frayn |
| 2022 | Post-Democracy | No | Yes | Lee | Tarragon Theatre | Play by Hannah Moscovitch |
| 2023 | Letters from Max | No | Yes | Max Ritvo | Necessary Angel / Theatre Center | Play by Sarah Ruhl; Canadian Premiere |