Meegwun Fairbrother

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Meegwun Fairbrother is an Ojibwe actor from the Grassy Narrows First Nation in so-called Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] He is most noted for his role as Owen Beckbie in the television drama series Burden of Truth , for which he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022. [3]

He has also appeared in the television series Mohawk Girls , Avatar: The Last Airbender , SkyMed , Murdoch Mysteries , and The Sticky , and the feature films Finality of Dusk and Seeds .

References

  1. ↑ A. R. Wilson, "Burden of Truth: Meegwun Fairbrother on Beckbie’s journey and bringing an Indigenous POV to the writer’s room". TV, eh?, March 9, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Meegwun Fairbrother". École nationale de théâtre du Canada (in French). 2024-11-21. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
  3. ↑ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada , February 15, 2022.