Billy Merasty

Billy Merasty

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.

Tentang

Stage Name: Billy Merasty

Peran: Acting

Reputasi: 0.3862

Jenis Kelamin: Laki-laki

Tanggal Lahir: 1960-01-01

Lokasi Lahir: Brochet, Manitoba, Canada

Riwayat Perfilman

2024

Aberdeen

Alfred

2023

Café Daughter

Amos Horseknife

2022

Stellar

Auntie 1

2019

It Chapter Two

Shokopiwah Man

2019

Diggstown

Chief Thomas

2017

Cardinal

Billy Ralph Northwind

2011

Moby Dick

Tashtego

2008

Elijah

Elijah Harper

2007

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Young Man Afraid

2005

The New World

Kiskiak

2004

Wonderfalls

Jerry

2004

This Is Wonderland

Brian Perot (as William Merasty)

1999

Relic Hunter

Inuit Hunter

1998

Honey Moccasin

Zachary John

1995

Liberty Street

Nathan Jones

1994

Exotica

Man at opera

1994

X-Rated

Nathan Jones

1992

The Broken Cord

Frank Cree

1990

The Shaman's Source

Mathew Hare