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Billy Merasty
Brochet, Manitoba, Canada
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,…
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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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Movies and shows, newest first
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2024
Aberdeen
Movie Alfred
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2023
Café Daughter
Movie Amos Horseknife
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2022
Acting Good
TV show Roger Laughingstick
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2022
Stellar
Movie Auntie 1
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2022
SkyMed
TV show Glen
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2019
The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw
Movie William Bearclaw
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2019
It Chapter Two
Movie Shokopiwah Man
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2019
Diggstown
TV show Chief Thomas
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2018
Falls Around Her
Movie Draven
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2017
Cardinal
TV show Billy Ralph Northwind
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2013
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
Movie John Norton
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2011
Moby Dick
TV show Tashtego
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2010
Casino Jack
Movie Bartender
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2009
Northern Lights
Movie Jacob
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2008
Elijah
Movie Elijah Harper
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2008
Murdoch Mysteries
TV show Gravekeeper Gary Cardinal
More credits
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2007
Mixed Blessings
TV show Mark
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2007
Moose TV
TV show
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2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Movie Young Man Afraid
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2006
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
TV show John Cree
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2005
The New World
Movie Kiskiak
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2005
The Big White
Movie Cam
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2004
Battle of the Brave
Movie Owashak
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2004
Wonderfalls
TV show Jerry
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2004
This Is Wonderland
TV show Brian Perot (as William Merasty)
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2000
Stardom
Movie
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2000
The Virginian
Movie Lee Talltrees
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1999
Relic Hunter
TV show Inuit Hunter
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1999
War of 1812
TV show John Norton
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1998
Honey Moccasin
Movie Zachary John
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1995
The Confessional
Movie Moose
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1995
Pocahontas: The Legend
Movie Kocoum
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1995
Les Légendes du Grand Nord
Movie Mawaki
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1995
Liberty Street
TV show Nathan Jones
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1995
No Price Too High
TV show
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1994
Exotica
Movie Man at Opera
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1994
X-Rated
Movie Nathan Jones
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1992
The Broken Cord
Movie Frank Cree
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1991
Heritage Minutes
TV show John Norton
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1990
The Shaman's Source
Movie Mathew Hare
