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.