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 Hig ... hway, 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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Liberty Street
as Nathan Jones
Episodes: 26
First Aired: Jan 11, 1995
Moby Dick
as Tashtego
Episodes: 4
First Aired: May 08, 2011
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
as John Cree
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 15, 2006
Wonderfalls
as Jerry
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 12, 2004
Relic Hunter
as Inuit Hunter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1999
This Is Wonderland
as Brian Perot (as William Merasty)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 12, 2004
Diggstown
as Chief Thomas
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 06, 2019
Cardinal
as Billy Ralph Northwind
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 25, 2017
Acting Good
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Oct 17, 2022
Moose TV
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Jul 05, 2007
No Price Too High
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Jan 01, 1995
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