Billy Merasty
Acting
1960-01-01 · 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.
Filmography
Aberdeen
2024 · Movie
Café Daughter
2023 · Movie
Acting Good
2022 · Series
Stellar
2022 · Movie
SkyMed
2022 · Series
The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw
2019 · Movie
It Chapter Two
2019 · Movie
Diggstown
2019 · Series
Falls Around Her
2018 · Movie
Cardinal
2017 · Series
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
2013 · Movie
Moby Dick
2011 · Series
Casino Jack
2010 · Movie
Northern Lights
2009 · Movie
Elijah
2008 · Movie
Murdoch Mysteries
2008 · Series
Mixed Blessings
2007 · Series
Moose TV
2007 · Series
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007 · Movie
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
2006 · Series
The New World
2005 · Movie
The Big White
2005 · Movie
Battle of the Brave
2004 · Movie
Wonderfalls
2004 · Series
This Is Wonderland
2004 · Series
Stardom
2000 · Movie
The Virginian
2000 · Movie
Relic Hunter
1999 · Series
War of 1812
1999 · Series
Honey Moccasin
1998 · Movie
The Confessional
1995 · Movie
Pocahontas: The Legend
1995 · Movie
Les Légendes du Grand Nord
1995 · Movie
Liberty Street
1995 · Series
No Price Too High
1995 · Series
Exotica
1994 · Movie
X-Rated
1994 · Movie
The Broken Cord
1992 · Movie
Heritage Minutes
1991 · Series
The Shaman's Source
1990 · Movie
Justice Denied
1989 · Movie
Snake Treaty
1989 · Movie
American Experience
1988 · Series