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Billy Merasty

ActorBorn January 1, 1960 (65 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Casino Jack
  • The Big White
  • Relic Hunter
  • The Red Green Show
  • Falls Around Her
  • Moose TV

Known For

  • The Big White
  • Northern Lights
  • Pocahontas: The Legend
  • Elijah
  • Acting Good
  • Aberdeen
  • Falls Around Her
  • The Shaman's Source
  • War of 1812
  • X-Rated
  • The Broken Cord
  • The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw
  • Moose TV
  • Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
  • Red Earth, White Earth
  • Café Daughter
  • Stellar

Filmography

2024
Aberdeen · as Alfred
2024
Café Daughter · as Amos Horseknife
2022
Acting Good (TV Series)
2022
Stellar · as Auntie 1
2022
SkyMed (TV Series) · as Glen
2019
2019
It: Chapter Two · as Shokopiwah Man
2019
Diggstown (TV Series) · as Chief Thomas
2018
2017
Cardinal (TV Series) · as Billy Ralph Northwind
2016
Frontier (2016) (TV Series) · as Kaagwa
2013
Hard Rock Medical (TV Series) · as Thompson Morris
2011
Moby Dick (TV Series) · as Tashtego
2010
Casino Jack · as Bartender
2009
Northern Lights · as Jacob
2008
Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series) · as Elder
2007
Mixed Blessings (TV Series) · as Mark
2007
Elijah · as Elijah Harper
2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee · as Young Man Afraid
2006
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis (TV Series) · as John Cree
2005
Moose TV (TV Series)
2005
The New World · as Kiskiak
2005
2005
Into the West (TV Series) · as Yellow Bird
2004
Battle of the Brave · as Owashak
2004
Wonderfalls (TV Series) · as Jerry
2004
This Is Wonderland (TV Series) · as Brian Perot (as William Merasty)
2002
An American in Canada (TV Series) · as Apak
2002
Chiefs (TV Series) · as Black Hawk
2000
2000
The Virginian · as Lee Talltrees
1999
Relic Hunter (TV Series) · as Inuit Hunter
1999
War of 1812 (TV Series) · as John Norton (indian Chief)
1995
The Confessional · as Moose
1995
1994
Exotica · as Man At Opera
1994
X-Rated · as Nathan Jones
1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (TV Series) · as William Two-Feathers
1992
The Broken Cord · as Frank Cree
1991
Heritage Minutes (TV Series) · as John Norton
1991
The Red Green Show (TV Series) · as Joshua Two Feathers
1990
Counterstrike (TV Series) · as Hawk
1990
The Shaman's Source · as Mathew Hare
1989
1988
American Experience (TV Series) · as Warrior

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