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...
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Exotica
As Man at opera
Northern Lights
As Jacob
The Big White
As Cam
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
As Young Man Afraid
Pocahontas: The Legend
As Kocoum
Battle of the Brave
As Owashak
Café Daughter
As Amos Horseknife
Les Légendes du Grand Nord
As Mawaki
The New World
As Kiskiak
The Shaman's Source
As Mathew Hare
Stellar
As Auntie 1
Honey Moccasin
As Zachary John
The Broken Cord
As Frank Cree
Snake Treaty
Elijah
As Elijah Harper
Aberdeen
As Alfred
It Chapter Two
As Shokopiwah Man
The Confessional
As Moose
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
As John Norton
The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw
As William Bearclaw
X-Rated
As Nathan Jones
Stardom
Liberty Street
As Nathan Jones
Moose TV
Wonderfalls
As Jerry
No Price Too High
Acting Good
Moby Dick
As Tashtego
Relic Hunter
As Inuit Hunter
This Is Wonderland
As Brian Perot (as William Merasty)
Diggstown
As Chief Thomas