Billy Merasty
- Atuação
- 1 de janeiro de 1960 · Brochet, Manitoba, Canada
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- Aberdeen · Alfred
- Café Daughter · Amos Horseknife
- Acting Good · Roger Laughingstick
- Ananghoonska · Auntie 1
- SkyMed · Glen
- The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw · William Bearclaw
- IT: Capítulo Dois · Shokopiwah Man
- Diggstown · Chief Thomas
- Falls Around Her · Draven
- Cardinal · Billy Ralph Northwind
- Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights · John Norton
- Moby Dick · Tashtego
- O Super Lobista · Bartender
- Luzes do Norte · Jacob
- Elijah · Elijah Harper
- Mistérios do Detetive Murdoch · Gravekeeper Gary Cardinal
- Mixed Blessings · Mark
- Moose TV
- Enterrem Meu Coração na Curva do Rio · Young Man Afraid
- Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis · John Cree
- O Novo Mundo · Kiskiak
- Quem é Morto Sempre Aparece · Cam
- O Pecado da Fé · Owashak
- Wonderfalls · Jerry
- This Is Wonderland · Brian Perot (as William Merasty)
- Stardom
- O Homem do Oeste · Lee Talltrees
- Caçadora de Relíquias · Inuit Hunter
- War of 1812 · John Norton
- Honey Moccasin · Zachary John
- Le Confessionnal · Moose
- Pocahontas: The Legend · Kocoum
- Les Légendes du Grand Nord · Mawaki
- Liberty Street · Nathan Jones
- No Price Too High
- Exótica · 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