Billy Merasty
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Aberdeen
2024
as Alfred
Café Daughter
2023
as Amos Horseknife
Stellar
2022
as Auntie 1
Acting Good
2022
as Roger Laughingstick
SkyMed
2022
as Glen
It Chapter Two
2019
as Shokopiwah Man
The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw
2019
as William Bearclaw
Diggstown
2019
as Chief Thomas
Falls Around Her
2018
as Draven
Cardinal
2017
as Billy Ralph Northwind
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
2013
as John Norton
Moby Dick
2011
as Tashtego
Casino Jack
2010
as Bartender
Northern Lights
2009
as Jacob
Elijah
2008
as Elijah Harper
Murdoch Mysteries
2008
as Gravekeeper Gary Cardinal
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
as Young Man Afraid
Moose TV
2007
Mixed Blessings
2007
as Mark
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
2006
as John Cree
The Big White
2005
as Cam
The New World
2005
as Kiskiak
Battle of the Brave
2004
as Owashak
Wonderfalls
2004
as Jerry
This Is Wonderland
2004
as Brian Perot (as William Merasty)
Stardom
2000
The Virginian
2000
as Lee Talltrees
Relic Hunter
1999
as Inuit Hunter
War of 1812
1999
as John Norton
Honey Moccasin
1998
as Zachary John
Pocahontas: The Legend
1995
as Kocoum
Les Légendes du Grand Nord
1995
as Mawaki
The Confessional
1995
as Moose
Liberty Street
1995
as Nathan Jones
No Price Too High
1995
X-Rated
1994
as Nathan Jones
Exotica
1994
as Man at Opera
The Broken Cord
1992
as Frank Cree
Heritage Minutes
1991
as John Norton
The Shaman's Source
1990
as Mathew Hare
Snake Treaty
1989
Justice Denied
1989
as Donald Marshall, Jr.
American Experience
1988
as Warrior