Joel Oulette

Joel Oulette (born 2001) is a Canadian actor, most noted for his lead role as Jared in the television drama series Trickster. 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.

Early life Oulette was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and has ties to the Red River Métis Nation and Cumberland House Cree Nation. He began acting at the age of five, encouraged by his mother, who was an actress herself. He attended Strathmore High School. He also played for his school's Spartan's Football team.

Career Oulette was cast as an extra on HBO's 2007 Western historical drama television film, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. He was also on the television crime drama series, Tribal. He starred as Runaway on the 2020 film, Parallel Minds. In September 2019, he was cast as the starring role of Jared, on the supernatural thriller drama television series, Trickster. The show premiered in October 2020. Oulette made an appearance during a commercial break on Hockey Night in Canada in promotion of the show. He starred in Daniel Foreman's thriller film Abducted as Derrick Desjardins, Oulette also played the main character Ben Taggart in the first season of the BYUtv and Family Channel series Ruby and the Well.

At the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, he received a nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series for Trickster. In 2022, Oulette was cast as Hahn in the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender. In 2023, Oulette competed on the ninth season of The Amazing Race Canada with his sister Shayla.

In 2024, he co-hosted the documentary series Warrior Up! with Anna Lambe and Joshua Odjick. Seventeen Phoenix Television Year Title Role Notes 2007 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Indigenous Boy Television film 2023 The Amazing Race Canada Himself Contestant, season 9 Nancy Drew Nashua Kipp 2 episodes2023-presentMy Life with the Walter BoysJay AbrahamsRecurring role 2024 Avatar: The Last Airbender Hahn 2 episodes 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 Best Actor in a Drama Series