Brett Dalton
Brett Dalton | |
|---|---|
 Dalton at the June 2015 Florida Supercon | |
| Born | Brett Patrick Dalton[1] January 7, 1983 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Spouse |
Melissa Trn (m. 2015) |
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 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).[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]
On January 20, 2017, Dalton will star in The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, a film to be released by Walden Media and Vertical Church Films.
Dalton has been touted to start in the long-awaited film adaptation of the Uncharted video-game series. Fans started a "#BrettForNate" hashtag to convince Sony Entertainment to cast him in the leading role of Nathan Drake, and a Change.org petition was even started to convince Sony to cast him. Dalton tweeted himself that he would like to take on the role.[12] So far, nothing substantial has come from the links, and no casting announcements have been made regarding the film[13]
Personal life
Brett lives in Los Angeles with his wife Melissa Trn[14] and their daughter, Sylvia, who was born in 2012.[6][15][16]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1:00am Games | Travis | Short Film |
| 2013 | Sheets | Short Film | |
| 2014 | Beside Still Waters | James | |
| 2016 | Lost in Florence | Eric Lazard | Completed |
| 2017 | Cars 3 | Jackson Storm | Filming |
| 2017 | The Resurrection of Gavin Stone | Gavin Stone | Post-Production |
| 2017 | Trust No One | Victor | 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 |
| 2013–2016 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Grant Ward / Hive | Series Regular; 53 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 | Robot Chicken | Doctor Manhattan (voice) | Episode: "Cheese Puff Mountain" |
| 2016 | Milo Murphy's Law | Brick (voice) | 2 episodes |
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
- ^ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995", Ancestry.com, California Department of Health Services
{{citation}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Brett Patrick Dalton". californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
- ^ a b c "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.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Brett Dalton Interview — Comic-Con 2013. IGN. July 20, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "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/
- ^ http://navgtr.org/nominees/
- ^ "Brett Dalton on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
- ^ "Uncharted Movie Director Shawn Levy Talks Casting Nathan Drake, Film Expectations". Movie News Guide. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
- ^ "Melissa Trn on Twitter". Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ^ "'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.': Brett Dalton talks playing 'badass' Ward". Los Angeles Times. October 16, 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
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External links
- Brett Dalton at IMDb
- Brett Dalton on Twitter
