Brett Dalton


Brett Patrick Dalton 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 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 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, Dalton received a Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama in 2011. One of his Yale classmates was Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o.

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. 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? ; Sweet Bird of Youth and Demon Dreams ; Macbeth You Can't Take It With You, and The Understudy.
On May 16, 2014, Dalton was cast in indie drama film Lost in Florence 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.
In 2015, Dalton voiced the character Mike in Until Dawn, 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.
Dalton stars in The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, a film released on January 20, 2017, by Walden Media and Vertical Church Films.

Personal life

Brett lives in Los Angeles with his wife Melissa Trn and their daughter, who was born in 2012. He filed for divorce in November 2019.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
20091:00am GamesTravisShort film
2012SheetsShort film
2014Beside Still WatersJames Miller
2016Trust No OneVictorShort film
2017The Resurrection of Gavin StoneGavin Stone
2017Lost in FlorenceEric Lombard
2019ConfidenceOrdinary White ManShort film
2020Rudolph "Rudy" Jones/ParasiteVoice, Direct-to-video

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007NursesDr. Kurt TaylorUnsold Pilot
2012Blue BloodsPhillip GibsonEpisode: Collateral Damage
2012Army WivesHenryEpisode: Fatal Reaction
2013Killing LincolnRobert Todd LincolnNational Geographic Television film
2013–2018Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Grant Ward, HiveMain role ; Recurring role ; Guest role, 58 Episodes;
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Male Breakout Star
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain
2015Jake and the Never Land PiratesTalonVoice;
Episode: Flight of the Feathers/Captain Hookity Hook
2015, 2018Robot ChickenVarious RolesVoice;
Episodes: Cheese Puff Mountain & Shall I Visit the Dinosaurs?
2017–2019Milo Murphy's LawBrickVoice;
6 Episodes
2018Cooking with LoveStephen HarrisHallmark Channel Television film
2018ElementaryRyan HayesEpisode: An Infinite Capacity for Taking Pains
2018DeceptionIsaac WalkerEpisode: "Loading Up"
2018Once Upon a Christmas MiracleChristopher DempseyHallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel Television film
2019GhostwriterApple TV +
2020Just My TypeMartin ClayborneHallmark Channel Television film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015Until DawnMichael "Mike" MunroeVoice and motion capture performance;
Nominated — National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Award for Best Supporting Role in a Drama