D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai

D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, a Canadian performer of Oji-Cree heritage born in 2001, got his start on television, playing Chase Whaley across the first season of Holly Hobbie in 2018 and then taking the part of Tom Longboat in two episodes of Murdoch Mysteries, with further guest work in Creeped Out and Tribal. His first feature role came as Hank in Tracey Deer's Beans (2021), a Toronto International Film Festival selection that took Best Motion Picture at the Canadian Screen Awards. He became widely known for his role as the teenager Bear Smallhill in Reservation Dogs, the FX on Hulu comedy-drama that ran from 2021 to 2023, a performance that brought a Primetime Emmy nomination for lead actor in a comedy series and made him the first Indigenous actor nominated in that category. Later credits include Hell of a Summer (2025), Warfare (2025) and Caught Stealing (2025).