Vinnie Karetak, sometimes also credited as Vincent Karetak, is an Inuk actor and filmmaker from Arviat, Nunavut,Samantha Dawson, "Qanurli uses laughter to promote the Inuit language". Nunatsiaq News, November 13, 2012. best known for his television roles as Nipangi Huittuq in QanurliPeter Varga, "Nunavut’s Qanurli? comedy troupe heads across the pond to Greenland". Nunatsiaq News, May 3, 2017. and Jeffrey in North of North.Daron Letts, "Iqaluit fans offer thumbs-up to ‘North of North’ season ender". Nunatsiaq News, February 19, 2025.
He has also had small roles in the films Two Lovers and a Bear and The Grizzlies, and the television series The Terror and Acting Good, as well as voice roles in Anaana's Tent and Ukaliq and Kalla.Jim Bell, "New Inuktitut series aims to delight and instruct". Nunatsiaq News, September 8, 2020. With his Qanurli co-star Thomas Anguti Johnston, he has also cohosted the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation public affairs talk show Qanuq Isumavit,Peter Varga, "New hosts hope to attract youth to televised Inuit language phone-in show". Nunatsiaq News, October 7, 2014. and he was one of the creators of the touring theatrical show Kiviuq Returns.Lisa Gregoire, "Nunavut high performers: 20 years up on stage". Nunatsiaq News, March 29, 2019.
Karetak and Jaap van Heusden co-wrote and co-directed the drama film In Alaska,Jamie Casemore, "Dutch-Canadian copro In Alaska rolls in B.C.". Playback, September 26, 2025. which premiered at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival.
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