D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai

D'Pharaoh Miskwaatez McKay Woon-A-Tai is a Canadian actor of Indigenous descent. He gained recognition for his role as Bear Smallhill in the FX on Hulu comedy-drama series Reservation Dogs (2021), earning a nomination for a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. Woon-A-Tai was born in Toronto and is of Oji-Cree, Chinese-Guyanese, and German heritage. He holds a black belt in Shotokan karate and is the grandson of renowned Shotokan instructor Frank Woon-A-Tai. His paternal grandfather is Dr. Alex McKay, a professor of Anishinaabemowin language at the University of Toronto's Indigenous Studies department. Woon-A-Tai grew up in the Esplanade neighborhood of Toronto and has connections to the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation.