Araya Mengesha(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''.

Biography

Mengesha was born in Toronto to Ethiopian-Canadian International business consultant

Stefanos Mengesha Seyoum Prince Stefanos Mengesha Seyoum (also Estifanos Mangasha Seyum, born 24 October 1952), is a member of the Royal family, Imperial Family of Ethiopian Empire, Ethiopia. He serves as the Imperial Chancellor of Imperial Ethiopian Order of Saint Mary ...

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 Weyni Mengesha is a Canadian film and theatre director, based in Toronto, Ontario. She is known as the director of the plays ''da kink in my hair'', and ''Kim's Convenience''. Mengesha married American actor Eion Bailey in 2011. The couple ha ...

. From 2002 to 2009, together with

David Acer David Acer (; born 27 February 1970) is a Canadian author, stand-up comedian, close-up illusionist, inventor of magic tricks, and co-host/co-writer of the syndicated television series Mystery Hunters. His writing on Mystery Hunters earned him tw ...

and Christina Broccolini he was a presenter of the documentary television series ''

Mystery Hunters ''Mystery Hunters'' is a Canadian documentary television series aimed at a young audience. It aired on YTV in Canada and on Discovery Kids and MeTV in the United States. It was also dubbed in Japanese and aired in Japan on NHK. Teenage hosts Ar ...

''. His short film '' Defund'', co-directed with Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, premiered at the

2021 Toronto International Film Festival The 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, the 46th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held from September 9 to 18, 2021.Barry Hertz"TIFF planning ‘substantially bigger’ 2021 film festival compared to last year’ ...

, and was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2021.Norman Wilner
"TIFF announces Canada’s Top Ten films of 2021"
'' Now'', December 6, 2021.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mengesha, Araya Canadian male television actors Living people Male actors from Toronto 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian people of Eritrean descent Canadian people of Ethiopian descent Canadian Screen Award winners Black Canadian male actors Film directors from Toronto Black Canadian filmmakers 1987 births