Araya Mengesha (born July 23, 1987) is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as himself on the kids documentary mystery series Mystery Hunters and as Mark Yohannes in Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent, in which he currently stars. He had a role in the Bob Odenkirk action film Nobody, and had a recurring role in the period drama Anne with an E. 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.
From 2002 to 2009, together with David Acer and Christina Broccolini he was a presenter of the documentary television series Mystery Hunters.
His short film Defund, co-directed with Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival,Pat Mullen, "TIFF Unveil's [sic] Line-up for 'Celebrating Alanis' Retrospective". Point of View, August 11, 2021. 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 Year Title Role Notes 2002–2009 Mystery Hunters Himself 78 episodes 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 Ryan Gosling Must Be Stopped Bus Stop Guy TV Miniseries 2018–2019 Anne With An E Elijah5 episodes 2020 Tiny Pretty Things Tyler Stroyer 5 episodes 2021 Nobody Pavel Defund Brother 2022 Revenge of the Black Best Friend Phil Hello (Again) Douggie Series regular 2023 Regular Reggie Short film 2024–present Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent Mark Yohannes Series regular
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