Jesse LaVercombe

Bio

Jesse LaVercombe is an award-winning Canadian-American writer and actor based in Los Angeles. 

As a writer, he worked on two 2024 studio feature films, Float (Lionsgate/Collective Pictures) Code 8: Part ll (Netflix/Collective Pictures), which became the top Netflix film globally and in 71 countries. In 2023, his play Gilgamesh (with Seth Bockley and Ahmed Moneka, starring Jesse and Ahmed, and featuring the band Moneka Arabic Jazz) ran at the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis, the Under the Radar Festival in New York City, and Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto. Previously, he won the Playwrights Guild of Canada RBC Emerging Playwright Award, toured two solo shows in the U.S. and Canada, wrote and starred in the short film, “The Things You Think I’m Thinking” (Vimeo Staff Pick, 12 festival awards), and has written a range of other shorts, plays, musicals/opera and articles.

As an actor, he won the Toronto ACTRA Award and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for his work in Violation (Sundance, TIFF, New York Times Critics’ Pick) and is also known for portraying Jack Walker for four seasons on Murdoch Mysteries (CBC). He’s performed in theaters across the U.S. and Canada, including playing Heisenberg in Copenhagen at the National Arts Centre, and in new plays by writers including Sarah Ruhl, Lauren Gunderson, Erin Shields, and Hannah Moscovitch. Training: National Theatre School of Canada, Canadian Film Centre Actors Conservatory.