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Araya Mengesha
Araya Mengesha in 2019
Born	(1987-07-23) July 23, 1987 (age 37) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Father	Prince Stefanos Mengesha Seyoum
Family	Weyni Mengesha (cousin)

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, and was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2021.

Filmography

References

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2. "Araya Mengesha". TV.com.
3. Mercedes Grundy (April 29, 2016). "Meet Stratford's new royal family". Exhibitionists.
4. "Official website of Mystery Hunters". Archived from the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
5. Pat Mullen, "TIFF Unveil's [sic] Line-up for 'Celebrating Alanis' Retrospective". Point of View, August 11, 2021.
6. Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada's Top Ten films of 2021" Archived 2021-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Now, December 6, 2021.
7. Anne (Drama, Family), Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R. H. Thomson, Northwood Anne, Northwood Entertainment, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), 2017-05-12, retrieved 2024-04-17{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
8. Tiny Pretty Things (Drama, Mystery, Romance), Kylie Jefferson, Lauren Holly, Casimere Jollette, Insurrection Media, Peacock Alley Entertainment, Mojo Films, 2020-12-14, retrieved 2024-04-17{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
9. Naishuller, Ilya (2021-03-26), Nobody (Action, Crime, Drama), Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen, 87North, Dentsu, Eighty Two Films, retrieved 2024-04-17
10. Hello (Again) (Romance, Comedy), Alex Mallari Jr, Araya Mengesha, Rong Fu, 100 Dragons Media, 2022-03-25, retrieved 2024-04-17{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Araya Mengesha at IMDb

• 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
• Ethiopian princes
• Ethiopian Royal Family
• Exiled royalty