Billy Merasty
Actor/Actriz
24
Movies
14
TV Shows
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.
As Actor/Actress
Murdoch Mysteries
Gravekeeper Gary Cardinal
American Experience
Warrior
Cazatesoros
Inuit Hunter
This Is Wonderland
Brian Perot (as William Merasty)
IT: Capítulo 2
Shokopiwah Man
SkyMed
Glen
Cardinal
Billy Ralph Northwind
Diggstown
Chief Thomas
Wonderfalls
Jerry
El Nuevo Mundo
Kiskiak
Moby Dick
Tashtego
Liberty Street
Nathan Jones
Entierren Mi Corazón En Wounded Knee
Young Man Afraid
Exótica
Man at Opera
Acting Good
Roger Laughingstick
Golpe de suerte
Cam
Northern Lights
Jacob
Casino Jack
Bartender
Moose TV
X-Rated
Nathan Jones
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
John Cree
Pocahontas: The Legend
Kocoum
No Price Too High
Stardom
Nouvelle-France
Owashak
The Virginian
Lee Talltrees
Les Légendes du Grand Nord
Mawaki
Elijah
Elijah Harper
Le Confessionnal
Moose
The Broken Cord
Frank Cree