Billy Merasty

Known for ActingBorn 1960-01-01 (age 66)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, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

No Price Too High

Justice Denied

Aberdeen

This Is Wonderland

Murdoch Mysteries

Wonderfalls

Falls Around Her

Cardinal

Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis

It Chapter Two

SkyMed

Diggstown

Les Légendes du Grand Nord

Relic Hunter

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Exotica

The New World

American Experience

The Broken Cord

The Big White

Battle of the Brave

Northern Lights

The Confessional

Casino Jack

Snake Treaty

Pocahontas: The Legend

Moby Dick

The Virginian

Stardom

Acting Good

The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw

Honey Moccasin

The Shaman's Source

Liberty Street

X-Rated

Stellar

Café Daughter

Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights

Elijah

Moose TV

Mixed Blessings