Brett Dalton

Brett Dalton
Dalton at the June 2015 Florida Supercon
Born Brett Patrick Dalton
(1983-01-07) January 7, 1983
San Jose, California
Residence Los Angeles, California
Education University of California, Berkeley (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
Occupation Actor
Years active 2007–present
Spouse(s)
Melissa Trn (m. 2015)
Children 1

Brett Patrick Dalton[1] (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., as well as Michael Monroe in the 2015 video game Until Dawn.

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 the Yale School of Drama 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 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 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) You Can't Take It With You (Chautauqua Theater Company), and The Understudy (Westport Country Playhouse).[8]

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.[9][10]

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.[11]

Dalton stars in The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, a film released on January 20, 2017 by Walden Media and Vertical Church Films.[12]

Personal life

Brett lives in Los Angeles with his wife Melissa Trn[13] and their daughter, who was born in 2012.[6][14][15]

Filmography

Dalton in 2014
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2009 1:00am Games Travis Short film
2012 Sheets Short film
2014 Beside Still Waters James Miller
2016 Trust No One Victor Short film
2017 The Resurrection of Gavin Stone Gavin Stone
2017 Lost in Florence Eric Lombard
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Nurses Dr. Kurt Taylor Unsold 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
2013–2016, 2017, 2018 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Grant Ward, Hive 58 Episodes;
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Male Breakout Star (2014)
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain (2016)
2015 Jake and the Never Land Pirates Talon Voice;
Episode: "Flight of the Feathers/Captain Hookity Hook"
2015, 2018 Robot Chicken Various Roles Voice;
Episodes: "Cheese Puff Mountain" and "Shall I Visit the Dinosaurs?"
2017–present Milo Murphy's Law Brick Voice;
6 Episodes
2018 Cooking with Love Stephen Harris Television film
2018 Elementary Ryan Hayes Episode: "An Infinite Capacity for Taking Pains"
2018 Deception Isaac Walker Episode: "Loading Up"
2018 Once Upon a Christmas Miracle Christopher Dempsey Television film
Video Games
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Until Dawn Michael "Mike" Munroe Voice and motion capture performance;
Nominated – National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Award for Best Supporting Role in a Drama

References

  1. ↑ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995", Ancestry.com, California Department of Health Services |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ↑ "Brett Patrick Dalton". californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Brett Dalton: I'm lucky to be on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.". Huffington Post. September 23, 2013. Archived from the original on December 8, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  4. ↑ Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Brett Dalton Interview — Comic-Con 2013. IGN. July 20, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Brett Dalton joins 'physical comic book world' in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.". comicbookresources.com. September 17, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Exclusive: Joss Whedon's red-hot S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot adds 'deadly' new Agent". TV Line. November 27, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Meet the Cast: Brett Dalton". Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  9. ↑ Team, The Deadline (16 May 2014). "Robin Tunney & Sarah Bolger Join 'My All American'; Brett Dalton In 'Tourist'; Tessa Thompson Cast In 'Selma'; Joel Lambert Books 'American Sniper'". Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "'The Tourist', starring Brett Dalton & Stana Katic, filming in Florence, Italy - On Location Vacations". 11 June 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Nominees - National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Corporation". navgtr.org. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "First trailer for faith-based comedy drama The Resurrection of Gavin Stone starring Brett Dalton". Flickering Myth. 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  13. ↑ "Melissa Trn on Twitter". Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  14. ↑ "'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.': Brett Dalton talks playing 'badass' Ward". Los Angeles Times. October 16, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
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