
Billy Merasty
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…
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Filmography
Acting (41)
Movies (26)
Aberdeen
2024as Alfred
Café Daughter
2023as Amos Horseknife
Stellar
2022as Auntie 1
It Chapter Two
2019as Shokopiwah Man
The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw
2019as William Bearclaw
Falls Around Her
2018as Draven
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
2013as John Norton
Casino Jack
2010as Bartender
Northern Lights
2009as Jacob
Elijah
2008as Elijah Harper
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007as Young Man Afraid
The New World
2005as Kiskiak
The Big White
2005as Cam
Battle of the Brave
2004as Owashak
Stardom
2000
The Virginian
2000as Lee Talltrees
Honey Moccasin
1998as Zachary John
Les Légendes du Grand Nord
1995as Mawaki
Pocahontas: The Legend
1995as Kocoum
The Confessional
1995as Moose
Exotica
1994as Man at opera
X-Rated
1994as Nathan Jones
The Broken Cord
1992as Frank Cree
The Shaman's Source
1990as Mathew Hare
Snake Treaty
1989
Justice Denied
1989as Donald Marshall, Jr.
Television (15)
SkyMed
2022as Glen
Acting Good
2022as Roger Laughingstick
Diggstown
2019as Chief Thomas
Cardinal
2017as Billy Ralph Northwind
Moby Dick
2011as Tashtego
Murdoch Mysteries
2008as Gravekeeper Gary Cardinal
Moose TV
2007Mixed Blessings
2007as Mark
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
2006as John Cree
This Is Wonderland
2004as Brian Perot (as William Merasty)
Wonderfalls
2004as Jerry
Relic Hunter
1999as Inuit Hunter
No Price Too High
1995
Liberty Street
1995as Nathan Jones
American Experience
1988as Warrior
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