Acting credits
49
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Dayo Ade
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 13Series: 36
TMDB ID: 120889
IMDb ID: nm0011747
Known for: Acting
Place of birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1987 - 2025
Years active: 39
Average TMDB rating: 7.25
Wikidata: Q3019349
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Dayo Ade.
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes
as Self
2025 Movie
6.1
Toys of Terror
as David
2021 Movie
5.1
Isabelle
as Father Lopez
2019 Movie
Fanboy
as CAA Security Officer
2019 Movie
4.9
Let Go
as Charles
2011 Movie
6.8
Unthinkable
as Winston
2010 Movie
2.0
Gettin' Some Jail Time
as Uncle JG
2006 Movie
4.6
Phat Girlz
as Godwin
2006 Movie
3.4
My Own Country
1998 Movie
5.1
Color of Justice
as Prisoner
1997 Movie
4.3
Rude
as Mike
1995 Movie
Save My Lost Nigga Soul
1993 Movie
5.4
School's Out!
as BLT
1992 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dayo Ade.
7.8
Upload
as Baratunde • 3 eps
2020 Series
7.5
Bob Hearts Abishola
as Tayo • 10 eps
2019 Series
8.5
The Rookie
as Jonathan Ryland • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.2
StartUp
as Jules • 5 eps
2016 Series
7.3
Private Eyes
as Ben Riggs • 1 eps
2016 Series
8.3
Chicago Med
as Dorian Harwell • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.5
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Agent Barbour • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.7
Cracked
as Leo Beckett • 21 eps
2013 Series
7.7
Rookie Blue
as Russ • 3 eps
2010 Series
7.0
Republic of Doyle
as Brian Mitchell • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Nelson Shabazz • 1 eps
2009 Series
8.0
Castle
as Anton Wade • 1 eps
2009 Series
8.3
Heartland
as Jim Parker • 2 eps
2007 Series
6.6
The Bill Engvall Show
1 eps
2007 Series
8.2
Bones
as Cooper Blackthorn • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.9
Lost
as Justin • 2 eps
2004 Series
7.3
CSI: NY
as Derrick James • 2 eps
2004 Series
7.9
10-8: Officers on Duty
as Spatz • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.3
Joan of Arcadia
as Ruben • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.6
NCIS
as ER Orderly • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.0
Las Vegas
as Cedric 'The Cannibal' Barimba • 1 eps
2003 Series
6.2
Boomtown
as Banger • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.2
Without a Trace
as Omar Manir • 1 eps
2002 Series
8.1
The Shield
as Lionel • 1 eps
2002 Series