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Joel Oulette (born 2001/2002) is a Canadian actor, most noted for his lead role as Jared in the television drama series Trickster. 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.

Early life

Oulette was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and has ties to the Red River Métis Nation and Cumberland House Cree Nation. He began acting at the age of five, who was encouraged by his mother, who was an actress herself. He attended Strathmore High School. He also played for his school's Spartan's Football team.

Career

Oulette was cast as an extra on HBO's 2007 Western historical drama television film, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. In 2018, he played a small role on the prehistorical adventure film, Alpha. He later earned a larger role on the drama film, Monkey Beach, released in 2020. He was also on the television crime drama series, Tribal. He starred as Runaway on the 2020 film, Parallel Minds. In September 2019, he was cast as the starring role of Jared, on the supernatural thriller drama television series, Trickster. The show premiered in October 2020. Oulette made an appearance during a commercial break on Hockey Night in Canada in promotion of the show.

In February 2021, he starred in season two, episode ten 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 starred in Daniel Foreman's thriller film Abducted as Derrick Desjardins, which was released in 2021. Oulette also played the main character Ben Taggart in the first season of the BYUtv and Family Channel series Ruby and the Well.

At the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, he received a nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series for Trickster. In 2022, Oulette was cast as Hahn in the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender. In 2023, Oulette competed on the ninth season of The Amazing Race Canada with his sister Shayla.

Filmography

Awards and nominations