Billy Merasty
Age: N/A | From: Brochet, Manitoba, Canada
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Brochet, Manitoba, Canada
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Movie Involvements: 15
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
Biography
Billy Merasty is an actor, playwright, Cree translator, and language keeper. He was born to Viola and Pierre Merasty in 1960 in Brochet, Manitoba. His grandfather was Joe Highway, a famous caribou hunter and champion dogsled racer. He moved to Toronto at age eighteen in search for his uncle René Highway, who was at the time working for the Toronto Dance Theatre. At age twenty-three Billy launched his acting career after graduating from the Native Theatre School for aspiring Indigenous artists. He then went on to work for the renowned Indigenous performing arts company Native Earth Performing Arts. Billy has worked as a film, television, and stage actor for decades and notably played the first Indigenous gay character on television on the CBC series, Liberty Street, in the role of Nathan. Billy received the Order of Manitoba (Order of the Buffalo Hunt) in recognition for his many years as an Indigenous role model in 2010.
Most Famous Work
It Chapter Two
(2019) Shokopiwah Man
Relic Hunter
(1999) Inuit Hunter
The New World
(2005) Kiskiak
Exotica
(1994) Man at opera
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
(2007) Young Man Afraid
Moby Dick
(2011) Tashtego
Battle of the Brave
(2004) Owashak
Pocahontas: The Legend
(1995) KocoumActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Auntie 1 | |
| 2019 | William Bearclaw | |
| Shokopiwah Man | ||
| 2013 | John Norton | |
| 2011 | Tashtego | |
| 2009 | Jacob | |
| 2008 | Elijah Harper | |
| 2007 | N/A | |
| Young Man Afraid | ||
| 2005 | Kiskiak | |
| Cam | ||
| 2004 | Owashak | |
| 1999 | Inuit Hunter | |
| 1998 | Zachary John | |
| 1995 | Moose | |
| Kocoum | ||
| Mawaki | ||
| 1994 | Man at opera | |
| Nathan Jones | ||
| 1992 | Frank Cree | |
| 1990 | Mathew Hare | |
| 1989 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
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| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
