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Brett Dalton

Highest Rated: 93% Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020)

Lowest Rated: 14% Lost in Florence (2017)

Birthday: Jan 7, 1983

Birthplace: San Jose, California, USA

Actor Brett Dalton vaulted to fame as the conflicted double agent Grant Ward on ABC's cult action series "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." (2013- ). Born Brett Patrick Dalton on January 7, 1983 in San Jose, California, he developed an interest in acting as a senior at Westmont High School, where he auditioned for a role in a school production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Dalton studied acting as an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley and then as part of the master's program at Yale University. After struggling for two years to find stage work in New York, Dalton shifted his focus to film and television, where he made his screen debut in the pilot for the Fox medical drama "Nurses" (2007). After earning a substantial showcase as Robert Todd Lincoln in the Ridley and Tony Scott-produced "Killing Lincoln" (2013) for the National Geographic Channel, Dalton scored his breakout role as Agent Grant Ward on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." Initially depicted as a straight arrow special operative for the secretive defense agency, Ward is revealed to be a double agent for the cult-like Hydra, a terrorist organization and one of Marvel Comics' longest-running antagonistic entities. Ward's loyalties are divided following the death of his romantic interest, which allowed the character to remain a consistent presence on the series. The cult status of "S.H.I.E.L.D." gave Dalton's profile a boost that led to greater acting opportunities, including a supporting turn in the film festival favorite "Beside Still Waters" (2013) and a leading role in the action-thriller "The Tourist" (2015).

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Highest rated movies

93% 67% Superman: Man of Tomorrow
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67% 73% Beside Still Waters
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54% 84% The Resurrection of Gavin Stone Watchlist 14% 32% Lost in Florence Watchlist
50% Cooking With Love
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57% Just My Type
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50% One December Night
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33% Once Upon a Christmas Miracle
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet 50% One December Night Jason (Character) - 2021
93% 67% Superman: Man of Tomorrow Parasite (Voice) - 2020
No Score Yet 57% Just My Type Martin Clayborne (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 33% Once Upon a Christmas Miracle Chris (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 50% Cooking With Love Stephen Harris (Character) - 2018
14% 32% Lost in Florence Eric Lazard (Character) - 2017
54% 84% The Resurrection of Gavin Stone Gavin Stone (Character) $2.3M 2017
67% 73% Beside Still Waters James (Character) - 2013

TV

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70% 66% Found Mark Trent (Character) 2023-2025
No Score Yet 52% The Equalizer Carter Griffin (Guest Star) 2022
No Score Yet 88% Chicago Fire Lt. Jason Pelham (Guest Star) 2021-2022
64% 91% Deception Isaac Walker (Guest Star) 2018
95% 89% Elementary Ryan Hayes (Guest Star) 2018
95% 91% Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Grant Ward (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2013-2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Home & Family Guest 2017
No Score Yet 84% Robot Chicken Unknown (Guest Voice) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Geeks Who Drink Guest 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates Talon (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Larry King Now Guest 2015
No Score Yet 92% The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Army Wives Henry (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 81% Blue Bloods Unknown (Guest Star) 2012