Araya Mengesha
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| Height: 5’9” Weight: 160lbs Hair: Black Eyes: Brown CAEA/ACTRA | ||
| THEATRE/STAGE: | ||
| Breath of Kings: Redemption | Prince Henry, Henry V | Stratford Festival; Dir: Mitchell Cushman |
| Breath of Kings: Rebellion | Prince Henry | Stratford Festival; Dir: Weyni Mengesha |
| Rifles | Jose Carrar | Praxis Theatre; Dir: Michael Wheeler |
| War Horse | Bone | Mirvish Productions; Dir: Marianne Elliott |
| Aneemah’s Spot | Wan | Summerworks Festival; Dir: Dian Marie Bridge |
| Another Africa | Office Worker | Volcano; Dir: Ross Manson, Weyni Mengesha |
| The African Trilogy (GLO) | Benjamin | Volcano; Dir: Josette Bushell-Mingo |
| Rice Boy | Tommy | Stratford Festival; Dir: Guillermo Verdecchia |
| Macbeth | Fleance | Stratford Festival; Dir: Des McAnuff |
| Julius Caesar | As Cast | Stratford Festival; Dir: James MacDonald |
| Mother Courage and Her Children | Swiss Cheese | TMU; Dir: Richard Greenblatt |
| Metamorphoses | Vertumnus | TMU; Dir: Jordan Pettle |
| Sophonisba | Syphax | TMU; Dir: Peter Wylde |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Flute | TMU; Dir: Ian Watson |
| Don Juan Comes Back from the War | Don Juan | TMU; Dir: Cynthia Ashperger |
| The Lion King (Original Toronto Cast) | Young Simba | Mirvish Productions; Dir: Julie Taymor |
| FILM: | ||
| Regular | Reggie | Black Period Prod; Lucius Dechausay |
| **DEFUND | Brother | Incognito Ave/2Skins Entertainment;
Dir: Araya Mengesha/Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah |
| Nobody | Pavel | Universal/87 North; Dir: Ilya Naishuler |
| Run This Town
TEF |
Joshua
Tef |
JoBro Productions; Dir: Ricky Tollman
CFC; Dir: Cory Bowles |
| Jean of the Joneses
*MAANOKOOBIYO |
Writer
Maano |
Circle Blue Films; Dir: Stella Meghie
Sundance Directors Lab; Dir: K’naan Warsame |
| Awake | Amon | Expect Theatre Inc; Dir: Laura Mullin/Chris Tolley |
| Cul de Sac | Michael | Temple Street; Dir: Gebriel Deneke |
| Nurse.Fighter.Boy | Kandae | CFC/Ingrid Veninger; Dir: Charles Officer |
| 10,000 Black Men Named George (TV) | Bobby | Butterick Road Prod; Dir: Robert Townsend |
| Convicted (TV) | William | Sagia Prod; Dir: Kevin Sullivan |
| **TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten Short Films 2021
*2013 Sundance Directors Lab |
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| TELEVISION: | ||
| Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent | Recurring Guest Star | Rogers/CityTV/Universal International Studios; Dir: Various |
| ***Revenge of the Black Best Friend | Phil | CBC; Dir: Tyronne Tommy |
| Hello, Again | Douggie | CBC; Dir: Melanie Chung |
| Tiny Pretty Things | Tyler Stroyer | Netflix; Dir: Gary Fleder |
| Hudson & Rex | Mike Friezen | Shaftesbury/Pope Productions; Dir: Felipe Rodriguez |
| **Anne with an ‘E’ | Elijah | CBC/Netflix; Dir: Paul Fox |
| What Got Did | Malik | LoCo Motion Pictures; Dir: Gloria Kim |
| Man Seeking Woman | Cabin Jamal | FXX; Dir: Dan Longino |
| Shoot the Messenger | Hassan | CBC; Dir: Sudz Sutherland |
| Hemlock Grove | Puppet | Netflix/Gaumont; Dir: Jim O’Hanlon |
| Rogue | Freddy | eOne/Direct TV; Dir: Clement Virgo |
| Ruby Skye, PI | Zoffi | Story.2Oh; Dir: Kelly Harms |
| Saving Hope | Dembele | ICF Films/E1; Dir: Ken Girotti |
| Degrassi: TNG | Frat Guy | Epitome/Nickelodeon/Much; Dir: Farhad Mann |
| Nikita | Ben Prentice | CW/Warner Bros.; Dir: David Solomon |
| *Mystery Hunters | Host | Apartment II Prod/Discovery Kids |
| Soul Food | Mike/Andre | S.F. Films Inc/Showtime |
| Screech Owls | Larry | Shaftesbury Films |
| Doc | Ryan | Pebblehut Productions |
| Real Kids / Real Adventures | Omar | Firecorp V Productions |
| ***2023 Nominee Canadian Screen Award – Best Lead Performance, Web Program or Series | ||
| ***2023 Nominee ACTRA Toronto Award – Outstanding Performance – Gender Non-Conforming or Male | ||
| **2020 Nominee ACTRA Toronto Award – Outstanding Performance – Gender Non-Conforming or Male | ||
| *2009 Gemini Award | ||
| TRAINING: | ||
| CFC Actors Conservatory – one of eight actors selected for the 2018 actors’ residency
Graduating Class of Toronto Metropolitan University Theatre School |
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| Acting: Lindy Davies, Clement Virgo, Ed Harris, Alfrie Woddard, Marianne McIsaac, Peter Wylde, John Boylan, ahdri zhina mandiela | ||
| Shakespeare: Ian Watson, David Collins | ||
| SPECIAL SKILLS / SPORTS: | ||
| Singing (Tenor), Accents, Basketball, Baseball, Pool, Track, Driver’s License (Full G Class), Improv, Spoken Word, Stage Combat | ||
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