
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.

No Price Too High

This Is Wonderland

Aberdeen

マードック・ミステリー 刑事マードックの捜査ファイル

Wonderfalls

Falls Around Her

刑事カーディナル

SkyMed

IT/イット THE END “それ”が見えたら、終わり。

Diggstown

Relic Hunter

エキゾチカ

American Experience

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

ニュー・ワールド

The Big White

Nouvelle-France

Le Confessionnal

Northern Lights

Pocahontas: The Legend

Casino Jack

Moby Dick

Stardom

The Broken Cord

Acting Good

The Virginian

Honey Moccasin

The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw

Ananghoonska

X-Rated

Liberty Street

Café Daughter

Les Légendes du Grand Nord

Elijah

Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights

Justice Denied

Moose TV

Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis