Brett Dalton

Brett Patrick Dalton (born January 7, 1983)[1] is an American actor and voice 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 Munroe in the 2015 video game Until Dawn.

Brett Dalton
Dalton in June 2015
Born
Brett Patrick Dalton

(1983-01-07) January 7, 1983
San Jose, California, U.S.
Education
OccupationActor, Voice Actor
Years active2007–present
Spouse(s)
Melissa Trn
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(m. 2015; div. 2019)​
Children1
Websitebrettdalton.org

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[2] 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,[2] Dalton received a Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama in 2011.[2][3][4] One of his Yale classmates was Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o.[5]

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 follows character Phil Coulson and his small team of agents, Dalton's character among them.[6] 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).[7]

On May 16, 2014, Dalton was cast in indie drama film Lost in Florence as Eric Lombard, 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.[8][9]

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.[10]

Dalton stars in The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, a film released on January 20, 2017, by Walden Media and Vertical Church Films.[11]

Personal life

Brett lives in Los Angeles with his wife Melissa Trn[12] and their daughter, who was born in 2012.[5][13][14] He filed for divorce in November 2019.[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
2019 Confidence Ordinary White Man Short film
2020 Superman: Man of Tomorrow Rudolph "Rudy" Jones / Parasite Voice, Direct-to-video
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Nurses Dr. Kurt Taylor Unsold Pilot
2012 Blue Bloods Phillip Gibson Episode: Collateral Damage
2012 Army Wives Henry Episode: Fatal Reaction
2013 Killing Lincoln Robert Todd Lincoln National Geographic Television film
2013–2017 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Grant Ward / Hive Main role (seasons 1, 2, 3), Recurring role (season 4); 58 Episodes
Won - 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 & Shall I Visit the Dinosaurs?
2017–2019 Milo Murphy's Law Brick Voice;
6 Episodes
2018 Cooking with Love Stephen Harris Hallmark Channel Television film[16]
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 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel Television film[17]
2019 Ghostwriter Apple TV +
2020 Just My Type Martin Clayborne Hallmark Channel 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. "The Birth of Brett Dalton". California Birth Index. Retrieved September 30, 2016.dgdjcf2uixkodhtyuxfe2yuu0p ggggive|quote= actor Brett Dalton in 1983 (age 36)}}
  2. "Brett Dalton hits jackpot with role in 'Marvel's Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'". Denver Post. September 23, 2013. Archived from the original on December 8, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  3. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Brett Dalton Interview — Comic-Con 2013. IGN. July 20, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  4. "Brett Dalton joins 'physical comic book world' in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.". CBR. September 17, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  5. "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  6. "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.
  7. "Meet the Cast: Brett Dalton". Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  8. 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.
  9. "'The Tourist', starring Brett Dalton & Stana Katic, filming in Florence, Italy - On Location Vacations". 11 June 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  10. "Nominees - National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Corporation". navgtr.org. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  11. "First trailer for faith-based comedy drama The Resurrection of Gavin Stone starring Brett Dalton". Flickering Myth. 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  12. "Melissa Trn on Twitter". Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  13. "'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.': Brett Dalton talks playing 'badass' Ward". Los Angeles Times. October 16, 2013.
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2014-07-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D's Brett Dalton Files for Divorce from Wife Melissa Trn After 4 Years of Marriage". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  16. "Hallmark's 'Cooking with Love': Learn All About the Cast & the Movie". Heavy.com. 11 February 2018.
  17. "Suburban Chicago Couple's Love Story Becomes Holiday Hallmark Movie". NBC Chicago. 11 December 2018.
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