Araya Mengesha
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Araya Mengesha | |
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 Araya Mengesha in 2019 | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] |
Araya Mengesha [2] 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.
Biography[]
Mengesha was born in Toronto to Ethiopian-Canadian International business consultant 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 |
References[]
- ^ "Araya Mengesha". Gary Goddard Agency.
- ^ "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 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ^ 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". Now, December 6, 2021.
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