Joel Oulette
Canadian actor
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Joel Oulette (born 2001) is a Canadian actor, most noted for his lead role as Jared in the television drama series Trickster.[1] 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.[2]
Joel Oulette | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 7, 2001 Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Known for | Trickster |
Early life
Oulette was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and has ties to the Red River Métis Nation and Cumberland House Cree Nation.[3][4] He began acting at the age of five, encouraged by his mother, who was an actress herself.[5] He attended Strathmore High School.[6] He also played for his school's Spartan's Football team.[6]
Oulette and his sister, Shayla Stonechild, competed as a team in the ninth season of The Amazing Race Canada in 2023.[7]
Career
Oulette was cast as an extra on HBO's 2007 Western historical drama television film, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.[5] In 2018, he played a small role on the prehistorical adventure film, Alpha.[6] He later earned a larger role on the drama film, Monkey Beach, released in 2020.[8] He was also on the television crime drama series, Tribal.[9] He starred as Runaway on the 2020 film, Parallel Minds.[10] In September 2019, he was cast as the starring role of Jared, on the supernatural thriller drama television series, Trickster.[11] The show premiered in October 2020.[12] Oulette made an appearance during a commercial break on Hockey Night in Canada in promotion of the show.[5]
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.[13] He starred in Daniel Foreman's thriller film Abducted as Derrick Desjardins,[10] which was released in 2021.[14] Oulette also played the main character Ben Taggart in the first season of the BYUtv and Family Channel series Ruby and the Well.[15]
At the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, he received a nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series for Trickster.[16] In 2022, Oulette was cast as Hahn in the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender.[17] In 2023, Oulette competed on the ninth season of The Amazing Race Canada with his sister Shayla.[18]
In 2024, he co-hosted the documentary series Warrior Up! with Anna Lambe and Joshua Odjick.[19]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Alpha | Youth Hunter | [6] | |
| 2020 | Parallel Minds | Runaway | [10] | |
| Monkey Beach | Jimmy | [8] | ||
| 2021 | Abducted | Derrick Desjardins | [13] | |
| 2023 | Cascade | Jesse | ||
| 2024 | Can I Get a Witness? | Daniel | ||
| Julian and the Wind | Julian | Short film | ||
| Here | Indigenous Man | |||
| 2026 | Descendants: Wicked Wonderland | Robbie Hood | [20] | |
| Seventeen | Phoenix |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Indigenous Boy | Television film | [5] |
| 2020 | Tribal | Jordan | Episode: "The Road to Hell is Paved" | [9] |
| Trickster | Jared | Lead role | [8] | |
| 2021 | Two Sentence Horror Stories | Jeremy | Episode: "Manifest Destiny" | [13] |
| Ruby and the Well | Ben Taggart | 6 episodes | [15] | |
| 2022 | Notes on Being Un-Popular | Joshua Bird | Unaired TV Pilot | [21] |
| 2023 | The Amazing Race Canada | Himself | Contestant, season 9 | [18] |
| Nancy Drew | Nashua Kipp | 2 episodes | ||
| 2023-present | My Life with the Walter Boys | Jay Abrahams | Recurring role | |
| 2024 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Hahn | 2 episodes | [17] |
| Don't Even | Wesley | TV series | ||
| Warrior Up! | Himself | Host; documentary series | ||
| 2025–present | Splinter Cell: Deathwatch | Thunder | Voice | |
| 2026 | Carrie | Tommy Ross | Post-production |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Trickster | Nominated | [16] |
