Billy Merasty
- Schauspiel
- 1. Januar 1960 · Brochet, Manitoba, Canada
Biografie
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.
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Filmografie
- Aberdeen · Alfred
- Café Daughter · Amos Horseknife
- Acting Good · Roger Laughingstick
- Ananghoonska · Auntie 1
- SkyMed · Glen
- The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw · William Bearclaw
- Es Kapitel 2 · Shokopiwah Man
- Diggstown · Chief Thomas
- Falls Around Her · Draven
- Cardinal · Billy Ralph Northwind
- Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights · John Norton
- Moby Dick · Tashtego
- Casino Jack · Bartender
- Nora Roberts - Das Leuchten des Himmels · Jacob
- Elijah · Elijah Harper
- Murdoch Mysteries · Gravekeeper Gary Cardinal
- Mixed Blessings · Mark
- Moose TV
- Begrabt mein Herz am Wounded Knee · Young Man Afraid
- Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis · John Cree
- The New World · Kiskiak
- The Big White - Immer Ärger mit Raymond · Cam
- Battle of the Brave - Vereint euch und kämpft! · Owashak
- Wonderfalls · Jerry
- This Is Wonderland · Brian Perot (as William Merasty)
- Stardom
- Land der Gesetzlosen · Lee Talltrees
- Relic Hunter - Die Schatzjägerin · Inuit Hunter
- War of 1812 · John Norton
- Honey Moccasin · Zachary John
- Confessionnal · Moose
- Pocahontas - Die Legende · Kocoum
- Les Légendes du Grand Nord · Mawaki
- Liberty Street · Nathan Jones
- No Price Too High
- Exotica · Man at Opera
- X-Rated · Nathan Jones
- The Broken Cord · Frank Cree
- Heritage Minutes · John Norton
- The Shaman's Source · Mathew Hare
- Justice Denied · Donald Marshall, Jr.
- Red Earth, White Earth
- American Experience · Warrior