IMG Models has signed D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, WWD has learned exclusively.
The 20-year-old Canadian actor, most recently featured on GQ Hype, is best known for his role as Bear Smallhill in FX on the Hulu comedy-drama “Reservation Dogs.”
The modeling agency will help build its portfolio in fashion editorials as well as fashion and lifestyle endorsements.
“I’m so excited to be involved in img Model family,” Woon-e-Tai said in an exclusive statement. “I look forward to this journey in fashion and to continuing to use my platform to highlight indigenous voices and stories.”
Born in Toronto, Woon-a-Tai has Oji-Cree, Chinese-Guyanan and German heritage.
D’Pharaoh Woon-e-Tai
Courtesy of IMG Models / Jeff Vespa
He began his career on Canadian television, appearing in the Family Channel series “Holy Hobby,” and later “Murdoch Mysteries,” “Creeped Out” and “Tribal.” His feature film debut came in Tracy Dear’s “Beans”, winner of the 2021 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award.
It was in late 2020 that Woon-a-Tae was announced to join the cast of “Reservation Dogs,” which follows the lives of four indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma. Filmmakers Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi are behind the project (picked up for season two, airing now), with Woon-A-Tai emerging as its breakout star.
Woon-a-tae has been featured in Vogue and Flaunt, with an editorial spread in GQ.
Originally published at Pen 18
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