Brett Dalton

Brett Dalton

Dalton at the Florida Supercon, June 2015
Born Brett Patrick Dalton[1]
(1983-01-07) January 7, 1983
San Jose, California
Occupation Actor
Years active 2007–present
Spouse(s) Melissa Trn (m. 2015)
Children 1

Brett Patrick Dalton (born January 7, 1983 [2]) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Grant Ward and Hive in ABC's series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..

Early life

Dalton graduated in 2001 from Westmont High School in Campbell, California, where he became interested in acting after auditioning for a production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest[3] and where he was California Scholarship Federation President and Associated Student Body President. He played the lead in My Favorite Year. After studying at University of California, Berkeley for his undergraduate degree,[3] Dalton received a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University in 2011.[3][4][5] One of his Yale classmates was Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o.[6]

Career

In November 2012, he was cast in a starring role in the Joss Whedon TV series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D as Agent Grant Ward. The series takes place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, following character Agent Phil Coulson and his small team of agents, Dalton's character among them.[7] Dalton's other television credits include Blue Bloods, Army Wives and Nurses (failed pilot for Fox),[8] and National Geographic Channel's Killing Lincoln, a Tony and Ridley Scott Production. His theatre credits include Passion Play, Romeo and Juliet, and Happy Now? (Yale Repertory); Sweet Bird of Youth and Demon Dreams (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Macbeth (Macbeth) and You Can't Take It With You (Chautauqua Theater Company).[9]

On May 16, 2014, Dalton was cast in indie drama film The Tourist, as Eric Lazard, a heartbroken former college football star who gets in over his head with a dangerous Florentine sport and alluring local woman, alongside Stana Katic and Emily Atack.[10][11]

In 2015, Dalton voiced the character Mike in Until Dawn (2015), an action survival horror video game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. In February, Dalton was nominated by the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers for his performance.[12]

Personal life

Brett lives on the West Coast with his wife Melissa Trn[13] and their daughter, Sylvia, who was born in 2012.[6][14][15]

Filmography

Dalton in 2014

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2010 1:00am Games Travis Short Film
2013 Sheets Short Film
2014 Beside Still Waters James
2016 The Tourist Eric Lazard Completed
2016 The Resurrection of Gavin Stone Gavin Stone Post-Production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Nurses Dr. Kurt Taylor Episode: "Pilot"
2012 Blue Bloods Phillip Gibson Episode: "Collateral Damage"
2012 Army Wives Beach Runner Episode: "Fatal Reaction"
2013 Killing Lincoln Robert Todd Lincoln Television film
2013–present Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Grant Ward
Hive		 Main Cast;
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Male Breakout Star (2014)
2015 Jake and the Never Land Pirates Talon Voice; Episode: "Flight of the Feathers/Captain Hookity Hook"
2015 Robot Chicken Doctor Manhattan Voice; Episode: "Cheese Puff Mountain"

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Until Dawn Michael "Mike" Munroe Voice and motion capture performance
Nominated – NAVGTR Award for Best Supporting Role in a Drama

References

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