Joel Oulette

Joel Oulette is a Canadian actor, most noted for his lead role as Jared in the television drama series Trickster.[1] A member of the Cumberland House Cree and Red River Métis nations from Medicine Hat, Alberta,[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] In February 2021, he starred in S2.E10 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.

He is slated to star in Daniel Foreman's thriller film Abducted, currently slated for release in 2021.[4]

At the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, he received a nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series for Trickster.[5]

Joel also played the main character Ben Taggart in the first season of the BYUtv and Family Channel series Ruby and the Well.

In 2022, Oulette was cast as Hahn in the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender.[6]

In 2023, Oulette competed on the ninth season of The Amazing Race Canada with his sister Shayla.[7]

References

Aruna Dutt, "How this young Canadian star went straight from high school to 'making history' on TV". CBC News, October 14, 2020.
David Friend, "'Trickster' actor Joel Oulette on the 'overwhelming' rise of CBC's new series" Archived 2020-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Vancouver Courier, September 15, 2020.
Craig Takeuchi, "B.C. Indigenous supernatural mystery Monkey Beach gets theatrical release in Vancouver". The Georgia Straight, October 16, 2020.
Travis Dosser, "County plays backdrop to Indigenous thriller film". St. Thomas Times-Journal, October 13, 2020.
Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
"'Avatar: The Last Airbender': George Takei, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Arden Cho, Danny Pudi Among 20 Cast In Netflix Series". Deadline Hollywood. September 7, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
"On Your Mark, Canada! All 10 Teams Revealed for Season 9 of THE AMAZING RACE CANADA, Beginning July 4 on CTV". Bell Media. June 21, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

External links

Joel Oulette at IMDb

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[dutt-1] Aruna Dutt, "How this young Canadian star went straight from high school to 'making history' on TV". CBC News, October 14, 2020.

[2] David Friend, "'Trickster' actor Joel Oulette on the 'overwhelming' rise of CBC's new series" Archived 2020-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Vancouver Courier, September 15, 2020.

[3] Craig Takeuchi, "B.C. Indigenous supernatural mystery Monkey Beach gets theatrical release in Vancouver". The Georgia Straight, October 16, 2020.

[4] Travis Dosser, "County plays backdrop to Indigenous thriller film". St. Thomas Times-Journal, October 13, 2020.

[5] Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.

[6] "'Avatar: The Last Airbender': George Takei, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Arden Cho, Danny Pudi Among 20 Cast In Netflix Series". Deadline Hollywood. September 7, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[7] "On Your Mark, Canada! All 10 Teams Revealed for Season 9 of THE AMAZING RACE CANADA, Beginning July 4 on CTV". Bell Media. June 21, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2023.