Joel Oulette

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Joel Oulette
Born2001or2002(age 22–23) [1]
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Known for Trickster

Joel Oulette (born 2001/2002) is a Canadian actor, most noted for his lead role as Jared in the television drama series Trickster . [2] 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 . [3]

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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. [4] [5] He began acting at the age of five, who was encouraged by his mother, who was an actress herself. [6] He attended Strathmore High School. [7] He also played for his school's Spartan's Football team. [7]

Career

Oulette was cast as an extra on HBO's 2007 Western historical drama television film, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee . [6] In 2018, he played a small role on the prehistorical adventure film, Alpha . [7] 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. [6]

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. [1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2007 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Indigenous BoyTelevision film [6]
2018 Alpha Youth Hunter [7]
2020 Tribal JordanEpisode: "The Road to Hell is Paved" [9]
2020Parallel MindsRunaway [10]
2020 Monkey Beach Jimmy [8]
2020 Trickster JaredMain role [8]
2021 Two Sentence Horror Stories JeremyEpisode: "Manifest Destiny" [13]
2021AbductedDerrick Desjardins [13]
2021 Ruby and the Well Ben Taggart6 episodes [15]
2023 The Amazing Race Canada HimselfContestant, season 9 [1]
Cascade Jesse
2024 Avatar: The Last Airbender Hahn2 episodes [17]
Can I Get a Witness? Daniel
Don't Even WesleyTV series
Here Indigenous Man

Awards and nominations

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

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