Joel Oulette

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Joel Oulette
BornDecember 7 2001 (age (23)
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Known for Trickster

Joel Oulette (born 2001 is a Canadian actor, most noted for his lead role as Jared in the television drama series Trickster . [1] He was cast in the series as his first starring role after supporting performances in the television series Tribal and the films Parallel Minds and Monkey Beach . [2]

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Early life

Oulette was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and has ties to the Red River Métis Nation and Cumberland House Cree Nation. [3] [4] He began acting at the age of five, encouraged by his mother, who was an actress herself. [5] He attended Strathmore High School. [6] He also played for his school's Spartan's Football team. [6]

Oulette and his sister, Shayla Stonechild, competed as a team in the ninth season of The Amazing Race Canada in 2023. [7]

Career

Oulette was cast as an extra on HBO's 2007 Western historical drama television film, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee . [5] In 2018, he played a small role on the prehistorical adventure film, Alpha . [6] He later earned a larger role on the drama film, Monkey Beach , released in 2020. [8] He was also on the television crime drama series, Tribal . [9] He starred as Runaway on the 2020 film, Parallel Minds. [10] In September 2019, he was cast as the starring role of Jared, on the supernatural thriller drama television series, Trickster . [11] The show premiered in October 2020. [12] Oulette made an appearance during a commercial break on Hockey Night in Canada in promotion of the show. [5]

In February 2021, he starred in season two, episode ten of the Netflix Series Two Sentence Horror Stories as an Indigenous man who faces a dark history when he and his girlfriend visit an old west reenactment for their podcast. [13] He starred in Daniel Foreman's thriller film Abducted as Derrick Desjardins, [10] which was released in 2021. [14] Oulette also played the main character Ben Taggart in the first season of the BYUtv and Family Channel series Ruby and the Well . [15]

At the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, he received a nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series for Trickster. [16] In 2022, Oulette was cast as Hahn in the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender . [17] In 2023, Oulette competed on the ninth season of The Amazing Race Canada with his sister Shayla. [18]

In 2024, he co-hosted the documentary series Warrior Up! with Anna Lambe and Joshua Odjick. [19]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2007 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Indigenous BoyTelevision film [5]
2018 Alpha Youth Hunter [6]
2020 Tribal JordanEpisode: "The Road to Hell is Paved" [9]
Parallel MindsRunaway [10]
Monkey Beach Jimmy [8]
Trickster JaredLead role [8]
2021 Two Sentence Horror Stories JeremyEpisode: "Manifest Destiny" [13]
AbductedDerrick Desjardins [13]
Ruby and the Well Ben Taggart6 episodes [15]
2022Notes on Being Un-PopularJoshua BirdUnaired TV Pilot [20]
2023 The Amazing Race Canada HimselfContestant, season 9 [18]
Cascade Jesse
Nancy Drew Nashua Kipp2 episodes
My Life with the Walter Boys Jay AbrahamsRecurring role
2024 Avatar: The Last Airbender Hahn2 episodes [17]
Can I Get a Witness? Daniel
Julian and the Wind JulianShort film
Don't Even WesleyTV series
Warrior Up! HimselfHost; documentary series
Here Indigenous Man
2025–present Splinter Cell: Deathwatch ThunderVoice
2026 Descendants: Wicked Wonderland Robbie Hood [21]
TBA Carrie Tommy RossIn production

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRefs
2021 Canadian Screen Awards Best Actor in a Drama Series Trickster Nominated [16]

References

  1. ↑ Aruna Dutt (October 14, 2020). "How this young Canadian star went straight from high school to 'making history' on TV". CBC News . Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  2. ↑ Craig Takeuchi (October 16, 2020). "B.C. Indigenous supernatural mystery Monkey Beach gets theatrical release in Vancouver". The Georgia Straight . Archived from the original on 2020-10-31. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  3. ↑ David Friend (September 15, 2020). "'Trickster' actor Joel Oulette on the 'overwhelming' rise of CBC's new series". Vancouver Courier . Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  4. ↑ Moore, Angel (May 7, 2024). "New series Warrior Up! on APTN lumi features Indigenous youth warriors". APTN National News . Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 4 David Friend (September 15, 2020). "'Trickster' actor Joel Oulette on the 'overwhelming' rise of CBC's new series". CityNews . Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Rolfe Johannson (August 29, 2018). "Local Actor Hits The Big Screen". Strathmore Now. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ Eric Volmers, "Eliminated Medicine Hat siblings talk about what viewers didn't see on Amazing Race Canada". Calgary Herald , August 5, 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 "Joel Oulette". CBC . Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  9. 1 2 Vanja Mutabdzija Jaksic (August 31, 2020). "Trickster is your next must watch series and here's why". CBC Television . Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  10. 1 2 3 Kendall King (November 3, 2021). "Indigenous film 'Abducted' has major local connection". Medicine Hat News . Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  11. ↑ Jane van Koeverden (September 18, 2019). "Cast revealed for CBC's upcoming series, The Trickster". CBC News . Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  12. ↑ Vanja Mutabdzija Jaksic (September 30, 2020). "Introducing the stars from CBC's Trickster". CBC News . Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  13. 1 2 3 "Manifest Destiny - Two Sentence Horror Stories". CBS News . February 13, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  14. ↑ Travis Dosser (October 13, 2020). "County plays backdrop to Indigenous thriller film". St. Thomas Times-Journal . Archived from the original on 2024-02-22. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  15. 1 2 "BYUtv Greenlights Season 2 of "Ruby and the Well" Ahead of Series Premiere". PR Newswire . February 16, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  16. 1 2 Brent Furdyk (March 30, 2021). "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, 'Schitt's Creek' Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada . Archived from the original on March 30, 2021.
  17. 1 2 "'Avatar: The Last Airbender': George Takei, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Arden Cho, Danny Pudi Among 20 Cast In Netflix Series". Deadline Hollywood. September 7, 2022. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  18. 1 2 "On Your Mark, Canada! All 10 Teams Revealed for Season 9 of THE AMAZING RACE CANADA, Beginning July 4 on CTV". Bell Media. June 21, 2023. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  19. ↑ Angel Moore, "New series Warrior Up! on APTN lumi features Indigenous youth warriors". APTN News , May 7, 2024.
  20. ↑ Notes on Being Un-Popular (2022-07-17). "Introducing the nerdy heartthrob, Joshua Bird, played by Joel Oulette on our upcoming comedy "Notes on Being Un-Popular"!". Instagram. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  21. ↑ Nellie Andreeva (March 3, 2025). "'Descendants 5' Adds 4 To Cast As Offspring Of Robin Hood, Dr. Facilier & Mr. Smee". Deadline .
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