Dillon Casey

Dillon Casey

Dillon Casey at the Genie Awards in 2012.
Born Dillon Francis Casey[1]
(1983-10-29) October 29, 1983
Dallas, Texas, U.S.[1][2][3]
Alma mater
Occupation Actor, Producer
Years active 2001–present
Parent(s) Richard & Patrice Casey

Dillon Francis Casey (born October 29, 1983) is an American-born Canadian actor and producer. He is best known for his role as Sean Pierce in The CW action-thriller television series Nikita.

Early life

Casey was raised in Oakville, Ontario.[4] His father, Richard, is an urologist, and his mother, Patrice, is an image consultant. After graduating from Oakville Trafalgar High School, Casey graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 2005[5] and received a Master of Economics degree from the University of Toronto.[5]

Career

He moved to Toronto, just to return to his roots where he was chosen to play the role of "Trevor Lemonde" in a short running CBC show called MVP. The show garnered attention for the actor, putting him on a giant billboard in his underwear in Times Square.[6]

Casey relocated to Los Angeles, California for his career in January 2009.

In July 2011, Casey appeared as Brad in a very notable episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day.[7] titled "Dead of Night", the season's third episode.

He had recurring roles in the shows The Vampire Diaries, Being Erica, and Skins.

He obtained his first lead role for the movie Creature which was released in September 2011. The movie was unsuccessful both at the box office and with most critics; Casey was cast afterward in the 2012 Valentine movie The Vow. The movie was successful at the box office and is currently the fourth-highest weekend debut of 2012.

In 2011, He was cast as Sean Pierce which is currently his best known role to date, a Navy Seal, in the action show Nikita which was meant to only be a short term recurring role, but he was upgraded to series regular later on in the same season. The show was renewed for a third season that began airing in October 2012. He continued on as a main cast member of the show until his character's death in the later part of that season.

Filmography

List of film credits
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Code Breakers Sentry (uncredited) Television film
2007 Too Young to Marry Max Doyle Television film
2007 Killing Zelda Sparks Bill
2008 Shirtgun Guy Shirtgun Guy Film short
Also producer
2008 Victor Glenn Crossley Television film
2009 Captain Coulier (Space Explorer) Fred Film short
2009 A Nanny's Secret Carter Television film
2011 Creature Oscar
2011 Three Inches Dillon Television film
2012 The Vow Ryan
2013 Only I... Van Walton
List of television credits
Year Title Role Notes
2001 System Crash Groovy Gary / Tommy Jensen Episode: "Good Deeds Done Cheap"
2006 11 Cameras Chuck Main Cast
2006 1-800-Missing Steve Biggs Episode: "Spring Break"
2007 Monster Warriors Jock Strongjaw Episode: "The Drive In"
2007 The Best Years Brandon Zimmerman 4 episodes
2008 MVP Trevor Lemonde Main Role
2008 House Party Sean Goldstein Main Cast
2009 Aaron Stone Dax Episode: "Time Out"
2009 Warehouse 13 Cody Thomas Episode: "Pilot"
2009 Valemont Sebastian 16 episodes
2009–2010 Being Erica Ryan 6 episodes
2010 The Vampire Diaries Noah Episode: "Unpleasantville"
2011 Skins Evan 3 episodes
2011 Torchwood Brad Episode: "Miracle Day: Dead of Night"
2011–2013 Nikita Sean Pierce 39 episodes
2013 Backpackers Brandon Lead Role
2014–2015 Remedy Griffin Connor Lead Role
2015 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Will Daniels 2 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominated work Result
2015 Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Remedy Nominated

References

  1. 1 2 "Texas Births, 1926-1995". Family Tree Legends. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Dillon Casey talks about Nikita, Weapons & the Casey Brothers". The Arts Guild. March 1, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Nikita's Dillon Casey Interview with Wzra Tv". YouTube. February 10, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ Depko, Tina (2010-01-29). "Oakville native sinks his teeth into hit vampire show". Oakville Beaver (Metroland Media). Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  5. 1 2 "DILLON CASEY, BSc’05". McGill Alumni Live 265. April 18, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ "MVP: Dillon Casey". YouTube. 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  7. ↑ Jensen, Michael (2011-03-05). "Exclusive! Meet Brad, Captain Jack's One Night Stand on "Torchwood: Miracle Day!"". AfterElton.com. Retrieved 2012-08-05.

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