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Billy Merasty

Billy Merasty

Actor Jan 1 (age 66) Brochet, Manitoba, Canada 1988–2024 (36 year career)
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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. H…

Known For

It Chapter Two
Film

It Chapter Two

Shokopiwah Man
The New World
Film

The New World

Kiskiak
Exotica
Film

Exotica

Man at opera
The Big White
Film

The Big White

Cam
Casino Jack
Film

Casino Jack

Bartender
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Film

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Young Man Afraid
Moby Dick
Film

Moby Dick

Tashtego
Northern Lights
Film

Northern Lights

Jacob

Filmography

Acting (41)

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