Brett Dalton
| Brett Dalton | |
|---|---|
 Dalton at the Florida Supercon, June 2015 | |
| Born |
Brett Patrick Dalton[1] January 7, 1983 San Jose, California |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Partner(s) | Melissa Trn |
| Children | 1 |
Brett Patrick Dalton (born January 7, 1983 [2]) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Grant Ward 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.
Personal life
Brett lives on the West Coast with his fiancée Melissa Trn[12] and their daughter, Sylvia, who was born in 2012.[6][13][14]
Filmography
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 | Post-production |
| 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 | 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[15] | Michael "Mike" Monroe | Voice and motion capture performance |
References
- ↑ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com
- ↑ "Brett Patrick Dalton, Born 01/07/1983 in California | CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". www.californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
- 1 2 3 "Brett Dalton: I'm lucky to be on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.". Huffington Post. September 23, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
- ↑ Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Brett Dalton Interview — Comic-Con 2013. IGN. July 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Brett Dalton joins 'physical comic book world' in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.". Comic Book Resources.com. September 17, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
- 1 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziA03G76Wps
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ http://www.tv.com/shows/nurses-2007/
- ↑ "Meet the Cast: Brett Dalton.". Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/brett-dalton-robin-tunney-tessa-thompson-american-sniper/
- ↑ http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2014/06/11/the-tourist-starring-brett-dalton-stana-katic-filming-in-florence-italy/
- ↑ "Melissa Trn on Twitter". Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ "'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.': Brett Dalton talks playing 'badass' Ward". Los Angeles Times. October 16, 2013.
- ↑ http://wiki.shieldtv.net/index.php?title=Brett_Dalton
- ↑ http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/08/12/dawn-unveiled-ps4-gamescom-2014/
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