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Araya Mengesha
Araya Mengesha
	Araya Mengesha in 2019
Born	July 23, 1987 (age 37); Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Father	Prince Stefanos Mengesha Seyoum
Family	Weyni Mengesha (cousin)

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Araya Mengesha^[2] (born July 23, 1987) 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. He is a claimant to the throne of Ethiopia, abolished in 1974.

Biography

Mengesha was born in Toronto to Ethiopian-Canadian International business consultant Prince 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
2014	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
2022	Revenge of the Black Best Friend	Phil
2024	Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent	Mark Yohannes	Series regular

References

^ "Araya Mengesha". Gary Goddard Agency. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
^ "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 February 24, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
^ 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" Archived 2021-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Now, December 6, 2021.

External links

Araya Mengesha at IMDb

[Mengesha-1] "Araya Mengesha". Gary Goddard Agency. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

[Araya-2] "Araya Mengesha". TV.com.

[royal-3] Mercedes Grundy (April 29, 2016). "Meet Stratford's new royal family". Exhibitionists.

[4] "Official website of Mystery Hunters". Archived from the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

[5] Pat Mullen, "TIFF Unveil's [sic] Line-up for 'Celebrating Alanis' Retrospective". Point of View, August 11, 2021.

[6] Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada's Top Ten films of 2021" Archived 2021-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Now, December 6, 2021.

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 From 2002 to 2009, together with [[David Acer]] and Christina Broccolini he was a presenter of the documentary television series ''[[Mystery Hunters]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.apartment11.tv/mystery-hunters.html |title=Official website of ''Mystery Hunters'' |access-date=October 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224044529/http://www.apartment11.tv/mystery-hunters.html |archive-date=February 24, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-His short film ''[[Defund (film)|Defund]]'', co-directed with Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, premiered at the [[2021 Toronto International Film Festival]],<ref>Pat Mullen, [http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/tiff-unveils-line-up-for-celebrating-alanis-retrospective "TIFF Unveil's [sic] Line-up for 'Celebrating Alanis' Retrospective"]. ''[[Point of View (magazine)|Point of View]]'', August 11, 2021.</ref> and was named to TIFF's annual year-end [[Canada's Top Ten]] list for 2021.<ref>Norman Wilner, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/news-and-features/tiff-announces-canadas-top-ten-for-2021 "TIFF announces Canada's Top Ten films of 2021"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206220329/https://nowtoronto.com/movies/news-and-features/tiff-announces-canadas-top-ten-for-2021 |date=2021-12-06 }}. ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]'', December 6, 2021.</ref>
+His short film ''[[Defund (film)|Defund]]'', co-directed with Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, premiered at the [[2021 Toronto International Film Festival]],<ref>Pat Mullen, [http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/tiff-unveils-line-up-for-celebrating-alanis-retrospective "TIFF Unveil's &#91;sic&#93; Line-up for 'Celebrating Alanis' Retrospective"]. ''[[Point of View (magazine)|Point of View]]'', August 11, 2021.</ref> and was named to TIFF's annual year-end [[Canada's Top Ten]] list for 2021.<ref>Norman Wilner, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/news-and-features/tiff-announces-canadas-top-ten-for-2021 "TIFF announces Canada's Top Ten films of 2021"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206220329/https://nowtoronto.com/movies/news-and-features/tiff-announces-canadas-top-ten-for-2021 |date=2021-12-06 }}. ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]'', December 6, 2021.</ref>
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