Joel Oulette

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Joel Oulette
Born (2001-12-07) December 7, 2001 (age 24)
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Known forTrickster

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]

Early life

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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

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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

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2007 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Indigenous Boy Television film [5]
2018 Alpha Youth Hunter [6]
2020 Tribal Jordan Episode: "The Road to Hell is Paved" [9]
Parallel Minds Runaway [10]
Monkey Beach Jimmy [8]
Trickster Jared Lead role [8]
2021 Two Sentence Horror Stories Jeremy Episode: "Manifest Destiny" [13]
Abducted Derrick Desjardins [13]
Ruby and the Well Ben Taggart 6 episodes [15]
2022 Notes on Being Un-Popular Joshua Bird Unaired TV Pilot [20]
2023 The Amazing Race Canada Himself Contestant, season 9 [18]
Cascade Jesse
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]
Can I Get a Witness? Daniel
Julian and the Wind Julian Short film
Don't Even Wesley TV series
Warrior Up! Himself Host; documentary series
Here Indigenous Man
2025–present Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Thunder Voice
2026 Descendants: Wicked Wonderland Robbie Hood [21]
TBA Carrie Tommy Ross In production

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Refs
2021 Canadian Screen Awards Best Actor in a Drama Series Trickster Nominated [16]

References

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