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.
Birthday: January 01, 1960
November 30, 1994
March 21, 2009
October 27, 2005
May 27, 2007
June 01, 1995
November 19, 2004
October 19, 2023
March 25, 1995
December 25, 2005
January 01, 1990
September 11, 2022
January 01, 1998
February 03, 1992
January 24, 1989
May 28, 2008
September 06, 2024
September 04, 2019
September 29, 1995
January 01, 2013
October 17, 2019
February 27, 1994
October 13, 2000
