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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1960
Place of Birth
Brochet, Manitoba, Canada
Billy Merasty
0.6 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
7.5
Alfred
Aberdeen
2024
0.0
Amos Horseknife
Café Daughter
2023
5.0
Roger Laughingstick
Acting Good
2022
1.0
Auntie 1
Stellar
2022
4.0
William Bearclaw
The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw
2019
6.8
Shokopiwah Man
It Chapter Two
2019
6.8
Chief Thomas
Diggstown
2019
7.5
Draven
Falls Around Her
2018
6.9
Billy Ralph Northwind
Cardinal
2017
0.0
John Norton
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
2013
Credits
Aberdeen
as Alfred
2024
7.5
Café Daughter
as Amos Horseknife
2023
0.0
Acting Good
as Roger Laughingstick
2022
5.0
Stellar
as Auntie 1
2022
1.0
The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw
as William Bearclaw
2019
4.0
It Chapter Two
as Shokopiwah Man
2019
6.8
Diggstown
as Chief Thomas
2019
6.8
Falls Around Her
as Draven
2018
7.5
Cardinal
as Billy Ralph Northwind
2017
6.9
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
as John Norton
2013
0.0
Moby Dick
as Tashtego
2011
5.7
Northern Lights
as Jacob
2009
5.8
Elijah
as Elijah Harper
2008
0.0
🎬
Mixed Blessings
as Mark
2007
0.0
Moose TV
2007
0.0
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as Young Man Afraid
2007
6.5
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
as John Cree
2006
0.0
The New World
as Kiskiak
2005
6.5
The Big White
as Cam
2005
6.2
Battle of the Brave
as Owashak
2004
6.1
Wonderfalls
as Jerry
2004
7.7
This Is Wonderland
as Brian Perot (as William Merasty)
2004
9.0
Stardom
2000
5.2
The Virginian
as Lee Talltrees
2000
4.9
Relic Hunter
as Inuit Hunter
1999
6.7
Honey Moccasin
as Zachary John
1998
4.0
The Confessional
as Moose
1995
6.0
Pocahontas: The Legend
as Kocoum
1995
5.8
Les Légendes du Grand Nord
as Mawaki
1995
0.0
Liberty Street
as Nathan Jones
1995
1.0
No Price Too High
1995
10.0
Exotica
as Man at opera
1994
6.6
X-Rated
as Nathan Jones
1994
1.0
The Broken Cord
as Frank Cree
1992
5.0
🎬
The Shaman's Source
as Mathew Hare
1990
1.0
Justice Denied
as Donald Marshall, Jr.
1989
0.0
🎬
Snake Treaty
1989
0.0
American Experience
as Warrior
1988
6.9