Araya Mengesha

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.

Araya Mengesha
Araya Mengesha in 2019
Araya Mengesha in 2019
Born (1987-07-23) July 23, 1987
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Parent
FamilyWeyni Mengesha (cousin)

Biography

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
Year Title Role Notes
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
2020 Tiny Pretty Things Tyler Stroyer 5 episodes
2021 Nobody Pavel
2021 Defund Brother
2022 Revenge of the Black Best Friend Phil
2024 Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent Mark Yohannes Series regular

References
  1. "Araya Mengesha". Gary Goddard Agency. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  2. "Araya Mengesha". TV.com.
  3. Mercedes Grundy (April 29, 2016). "Meet Stratford's new royal family". Exhibitionists.
  4. "Official website of Mystery Hunters". Archived from the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  5. Pat Mullen, "TIFF Unveil's (sic) Line-up for 'Celebrating Alanis' Retrospective". Point of View, August 11, 2021.
  6. Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada's Top Ten films of 2021" Archived 2021-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Now, December 6, 2021.
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