
Dayo Ade
Biography
Dayo Ade (born 1972) is a Nigerian-Canadian actor. (He was born in Nigeria and moved with his family to Toronto, Ontario, Canada at an early age.)
He played Bryant Lester "BLT" Thomas in seasons 3–5 of the Degrassi Junior High series. He appeared as nurse Leo Beckett on the CBC Television series Cracked. He voiced the character Hunter Hakka in Starlink: Battle for Atlas.
He also had guest appearances in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Borderland", in the Alias episode "The Awful Truth", in the Scrubs episode "My Malpractical Decision", and in the Charmed episode "We're Off to See the Wizard". He appeared in the Lost episodes "What Kate Does" and "Lighthouse".
In 2021, he joined the cast of Bob Hearts Abishola as Abishola's Nigerian husband Tayo Adebambo, and starred in the film Cinema of Sleep. At the 2021 Whistler Film Festival, he won the award for Best Performance in a Borsos Competition Film for Cinema of Sleep.
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Acting History
2025
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes as Self
2021Toys of Terror as David
2019Bob Hearts Abishola as Tayo
2019Isabelle as Father Lopez
2019Fanboy as CAA Security Officer
2018The Rookie as Jonathan Ryland
2016StartUp as Jules
2016Private Eyes as Ben Riggs
2015Chicago Med as Dorian Harwell
2013Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Agent Barbour
2013Cracked as Leo Beckett
2011Let Go as Charles
2010Rookie Blue as Russ
2010Unthinkable as Winston
2010Republic of Doyle as Brian Mitchell
2009NCIS: Los Angeles as Nelson Shabazz
2009Castle as Anton Wade
2007Heartland as Jim Parker
2007The Bill Engvall Show
2006Gettin' Some Jail Time as Uncle JG
2006Phat Girlz as Godwin
2005Bones as Cooper Blackthorn
2004Lost as Justin
2004CSI: NY as Derrick James
200310-8: Officers on Duty
2003Joan of Arcadia as Ruben
2003NCIS as ER Orderly
2003Las Vegas as Cedric 'The Cannibal' Barimba
2002Boomtown as Banger
2002Without a Trace as Omar Manir
2002The Shield as Lionel
2001Scrubs as Mr. Hovey
2001Alias as Bank Manager
2001Star Trek: Enterprise as Klingon Tactical Officer
2000The District as Toro
2000Girlfriends as Vendor
1998Charmed as Bodyguard
1998V.I.P. as B.J. Finley
1998My Own Country
1997Color of Justice as Prisoner
1995Rude as Mike
1994Due South as Trevor
1994ER as James Rollins
1993Save My Lost Nigga Soul
1992School's Out! as BLT
1989Degrassi High as B.L.T. Thomas
1989The Kids in the Hall as Male Guard #1
1989The Kids in the Hall as Rebel
1987Degrassi Junior High as B.L.T. Thomas









