Joel Oulette

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| name = Joel Oulette

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| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|21|2023|6|21}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/on-your-mark-canada-all-10-teams-revealed-for-season-9-of-the-amazing-race-canada-beginning-july-4-on-ctv/|title=On Your Mark, Canada! All 10 Teams Revealed for Season 9 of THE AMAZING RACE CANADA, Beginning July 4 on CTV|publisher=Bell Media|date=June 21, 2023|access-date=June 21, 2023|archive-date=June 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621173902/https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/on-your-mark-canada-all-10-teams-revealed-for-season-9-of-the-amazing-race-canada-beginning-july-4-on-ctv/|url-status=live}}

| birth_place = Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2007–present

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| known for = Trickster

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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.{{cite web|author=Aruna Dutt|url=https://www.cbc.ca/television/trickster/how-this-young-canadian-star-went-straight-from-high-school-to-making-history-on-tv-1.5760801|title=How this young Canadian star went straight from high school to 'making history' on TV|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101031522/https://www.cbc.ca/television/trickster/how-this-young-canadian-star-went-straight-from-high-school-to-making-history-on-tv-1.5760801|archivedate=2020-11-01|website=CBC News|date=October 14, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=March 1, 2024}} 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.{{cite web|author=Craig Takeuchi|url=https://www.straight.com/movies/bc-indigenous-supernatural-mystery-monkey-beach-gets-theatrical-release-in-vancouver|title=B.C. Indigenous supernatural mystery Monkey Beach gets theatrical release in Vancouver|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031234645/https://www.straight.com/movies/bc-indigenous-supernatural-mystery-monkey-beach-gets-theatrical-release-in-vancouver|archivedate=2020-10-31|website=The Georgia Straight|date=October 16, 2020|access-date=March 1, 2024}}

Early life

Oulette was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and has ties to the Red River Métis Nation and Cumberland House Cree Nation.{{cite web|author=David Friend|url=https://www.vancourier.com/trickster-actor-joel-oulette-on-the-overwhelming-rise-of-cbc-s-new-series-1.24203457|title='Trickster' actor Joel Oulette on the 'overwhelming' rise of CBC's new series|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929205242/https://www.vancourier.com/trickster-actor-joel-oulette-on-the-overwhelming-rise-of-cbc-s-new-series-1.24203457|archivedate=2020-09-29|website=Vancouver Courier|date=September 15, 2020|access-date=March 1, 2024|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Moore|first=Angel|url=https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/new-series-warrior-up-on-aptn-lumi-features-indigenous-youth-warriors/|title=New series Warrior Up! on APTN lumi features Indigenous youth warriors|website=APTN National News|date=May 7, 2024|access-date=June 21, 2024}} He began acting at the age of five, encouraged by his mother, who was an actress herself.{{cite web|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/09/15/trickster-actor-joel-oulette-on-the-overwhelming-rise-of-cbcs-new-series/|title='Trickster' actor Joel Oulette on the 'overwhelming' rise of CBC's new series|website=CityNews|author=David Friend|date=September 15, 2020|access-date=March 1, 2024}} He attended Strathmore High School.{{cite web|url=https://strathmorenow.com/articles/local-actor-hits-the-big-screen-2|title=Local Actor Hits The Big Screen|website=Strathmore Now|author=Rolfe Johannson|date=August 29, 2018|access-date=March 1, 2024}} He also played for his school's Spartan's Football team.

Oulette and his sister, Shayla Stonechild, competed as a team in the ninth season of The Amazing Race Canada in 2023.Eric Volmers, [https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/television/eliminated-medicine-hat-siblings-talk-about-what-viewers-didnt-see-on-amazing-race-canada "Eliminated Medicine Hat siblings talk about what viewers didn't see on Amazing Race Canada"]. Calgary Herald, August 5, 2023.

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/joel_oulette|title=Joel Oulette|website=CBC|access-date=March 1, 2024}} He was also on the television crime drama series, Tribal.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/television/trickster-is-your-next-must-watch-series-and-here-s-why-1.5706448|title=Trickster is your next must watch series and here's why|website=CBC Television|author=Vanja Mutabdzija Jaksic|date=August 31, 2020|access-date=March 1, 2024}} He starred as Runaway on the 2020 film, Parallel Minds.{{cite web|url=https://medicinehatnews.com/news/local-news/2021/11/03/indigenous-film-abducted-has-major-local-connection/|title=Indigenous film 'Abducted' has major local connection|website=Medicine Hat News|author=Kendall King|date=November 3, 2021|access-date=March 1, 2024}} In September 2019, he was cast as the starring role of Jared, on the supernatural thriller drama television series, Trickster.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/cast-revealed-for-cbc-s-upcoming-series-the-trickster-1.5285735|title=Cast revealed for CBC's upcoming series, The Trickster|website=CBC News|author=Jane van Koeverden|date=September 18, 2019|access-date=March 1, 2024}} The show premiered in October 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/television/introducing-the-stars-from-cbc-s-trickster-1.5708508|title=Introducing the stars from CBC's Trickster|website=CBC News|author=Vanja Mutabdzija Jaksic|date=September 30, 2020|access-date=March 1, 2024}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/manifest-destiny-two-sentence-horror-stories/|title=Manifest Destiny - Two Sentence Horror Stories|website=CBS News|date=February 13, 2021|access-date=March 1, 2024}} He starred in Daniel Foreman's thriller film Abducted as Derrick Desjardins, which was released in 2021.{{cite web|author=Travis Dosser|url=https://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/news/local-news/county-plays-backdrop-to-indigenous-thriller-film/wcm/18f72241-abd6-4b52-948d-ebc1bf956a4c|title=County plays backdrop to Indigenous thriller film|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222151122/https://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/news/local-news/county-plays-backdrop-to-indigenous-thriller-film|archivedate=2024-02-22|website=St. Thomas Times-Journal|date=October 13, 2020|access-date=March 1, 2024|url-status=live}} Oulette also played the main character Ben Taggart in the first season of the BYUtv and Family Channel series Ruby and the Well.{{cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/byutv-greenlights-season-2-of-ruby-and-the-well-ahead-of-series-premiere-301484386.html|title=BYUtv Greenlights Season 2 of "Ruby and the Well" Ahead of Series Premiere|website=PR Newswire|date=February 16, 2022|access-date=March 1, 2024}}

At the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, he received a nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series for Trickster.{{cite web|url=https://etcanada.com/news/762146/television-nominees-announced-for-2021-canadian-screen-awards-schitts-creek-leads-the-pack-with-21-nominations/|title=Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, 'Schitt's Creek' Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations|website=ET Canada|author=Brent Furdyk|date=March 30, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330100408/https://etcanada.com/news/762146/television-nominees-announced-for-2021-canadian-screen-awards-schitts-creek-leads-the-pack-with-21-nominations/|archivedate=March 30, 2021}} In 2022, Oulette was cast as Hahn in the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/avatar-the-last-airbender-george-takei-utkarsh-ambudkar-arden-cho-danny-pudi-1235128746/|title='Avatar: The Last Airbender': George Takei, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Arden Cho, Danny Pudi Among 20 Cast In Netflix Series|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|date=September 7, 2022|access-date=June 21, 2023|archive-date=June 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621234838/https://deadline.com/2022/09/avatar-the-last-airbender-george-takei-utkarsh-ambudkar-arden-cho-danny-pudi-1235128746/|url-status=live}} In 2023, Oulette competed on the ninth season of The Amazing Race Canada with his sister Shayla.

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"\| Notes ! class="unsortable"\| {{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
2007 \| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee \| Indigenous Boy \| Television film \|
2018 \| Alpha \| Youth Hunter \| \|
rowspan=4\| 2020 \| Tribal \| Jordan \| Episode: "The Road to Hell is Paved" \|
Parallel Minds \| Runaway \| \|
Monkey Beach \| Jimmy \| \|
Trickster \| Jared \| Lead role \|
rowspan=3\|2021 \| Two Sentence Horror Stories \| Jeremy \| Episode: "Manifest Destiny" \|
Abducted \| Derrick Desjardins \| \|
Ruby and the Well \| Ben Taggart \| 6 episodes \|
2022 \| Notes on Being Un-Popular \| Joshua Bird \| Unaired TV Pilot \|{{Cite web \|author= Notes on Being Un-Popular\|date=2022-07-17 \|title=Introducing the nerdy heartthrob, Joshua Bird, played by Joel Oulette on our upcoming comedy “Notes on Being Un-Popular”!\|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CgFeglGPLu2/\|access-date=2024-12-04 \|website=Instagram}}
rowspan=3\| 2023 \| data-sort-value="Amazing Race Canada, The" \| The Amazing Race Canada \| Himself \| Contestant, season 9 \|
Cascade \| Jesse \| \|
Nancy Drew \| Nashua Kipp \| 2 episodes \|
rowspan=6\| 2024 \| Avatar: The Last Airbender \| Hahn \| 2 episodes \|
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 \| \|
2026 \| Untitled Descendants film \| Robbie Hood \| \| {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/descendants-5-cast-offspring-robin-hood-dr-facilier-mr-smee-1236306009/ \|title='Descendants 5' Adds 4 To Cast As Offspring Of Robin Hood, Dr. Facilier & Mr. Smee \|author=Nellie Andreeva \|date=March 3, 2025 \|website=Deadline}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"| Notes

! class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

2007

| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

| Indigenous Boy

| Television film

2018

| Alpha

| Youth Hunter

rowspan=4| 2020

| Tribal

| Jordan

| Episode: "The Road to Hell is Paved"

Parallel Minds

| Runaway

Monkey Beach

| Jimmy

Trickster

| Jared

| Lead role

rowspan=3|2021

| Two Sentence Horror Stories

| Jeremy

| Episode: "Manifest Destiny"

Abducted

| Derrick Desjardins

Ruby and the Well

| Ben Taggart

| 6 episodes

2022

| Notes on Being Un-Popular

| Joshua Bird

| Unaired TV Pilot

|{{Cite web |author= Notes on Being Un-Popular|date=2022-07-17 |title=Introducing the nerdy heartthrob, Joshua Bird, played by Joel Oulette on our upcoming comedy “Notes on Being Un-Popular”!|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CgFeglGPLu2/|access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Instagram}}

rowspan=3| 2023

| data-sort-value="Amazing Race Canada, The" | The Amazing Race Canada

| Himself

| Contestant, season 9

Cascade

| Jesse

Nancy Drew

| Nashua Kipp

| 2 episodes

rowspan=6| 2024

| Avatar: The Last Airbender

| Hahn

| 2 episodes

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

2026

| Untitled Descendants film

| Robbie Hood

| {{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/descendants-5-cast-offspring-robin-hood-dr-facilier-mr-smee-1236306009/ |title='Descendants 5' Adds 4 To Cast As Offspring Of Robin Hood, Dr. Facilier & Mr. Smee |author=Nellie Andreeva |date=March 3, 2025 |website=Deadline}}