Araya Mengesha
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Araya Mengesha | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2002–present |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] |
Parent |
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Family | Weyni Mengesha (cousin) |
Araya Mengesha[2] (born July 23, 1987) is a Canadian actor, best known for his roles as Kandae in Nurse.Fighter.Boy, Michael in Cul de sac and Zoffi in Ruby Skye P.I.: The Maltese Puppy. He is a claimant to the throne of Ethiopia, abolished in 1974.
Biography[edit]
Mengesha was born in Toronto to Ethiopian-Canadian International business consultant Prince Stefanos Mengesha Seyoum and Eritrean-Canadian Selamawit Kiros. Through his father, he is a member of the Imperial family of Ethiopia. He is the cousin of theatre director Weyni Mengesha.[3]
From 2002 to 2009, together with David Acer and Christina Broccolini he was a presenter of the documentary television series Mystery Hunters.[4]
His short film Defund, co-directed with Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival,[5] and was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2021.[6]
Filmography[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2002–2009 | Mystery Hunters | Himself | ||
2002 | Conviction | William Conamacher | TV movie | |
2008 | Nurse.Fighter.Boy | Kandae | ||
2010 | Nikita | Ben Prentice | ||
2011 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Frat Guy #1 | ||
2012 | Cul de sac | Michael | Short | |
2013 | Saving Hope | Den Bailli | ||
2014 | Ruby Skye P.I.: The Maltese Puppy | Zoffi | Web series | |
Ryan Gosling Must Be Stopped | Bus Stop Guy | TV Miniseries | ||
2018–2019 | Anne With An E | Elijah | 5 episodes | [7] |
2020 | Tiny Pretty Things | Tyler Stroyer | 5 episodes | [8] |
2021 | Nobody | Pavel | [9] | |
Defund | Brother | |||
2022 | Revenge of the Black Best Friend | Phil | ||
Hello (Again) | Douggie | Series regular | [10] | |
2023 | Regular | Reggie | Short film | |
2024 | Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent | Mark Yohannes | Series regular |
References[edit]
- ^ "Araya Mengesha". Gary Goddard Agency. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
- ^ "Araya Mengesha". TV.com.
- ^ Mercedes Grundy (April 29, 2016). "Meet Stratford's new royal family". Exhibitionists.
- ^ "Official website of Mystery Hunters". Archived from the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
- ^ Pat Mullen, "TIFF Unveil's [sic] Line-up for 'Celebrating Alanis' Retrospective". Point of View, August 11, 2021.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada's Top Ten films of 2021" Archived 2021-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Now, December 6, 2021.
- ^ Anne (Drama, Family), Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R. H. Thomson, Northwood Anne, Northwood Entertainment, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), 2017-05-12, retrieved 2024-04-17
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Tiny Pretty Things (Drama, Mystery, Romance), Kylie Jefferson, Lauren Holly, Casimere Jollette, Insurrection Media, Peacock Alley Entertainment, Mojo Films, 2020-12-14, retrieved 2024-04-17
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Naishuller, Ilya (2021-03-26), Nobody (Action, Crime, Drama), Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen, 87North, Dentsu, Eighty Two Films, retrieved 2024-04-17
- ^ Hello (Again) (Romance, Comedy), Alex Mallari Jr, Araya Mengesha, Rong Fu, 100 Dragons Media, 2022-03-25, retrieved 2024-04-17
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