Brett Patrick Dalton (born January 7, 1983) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Grant Ward and therefore Hive in ABC's series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., as well as Detective Mark Trent in the NBC procedural drama series Found, and Michael "Mike" Munroe in the 2015 video game Until Dawn. He also provided the voice and motion capture for Freyr in God of War: Ragnarök (2022).
Early life & education Dalton was born January 7, 1983. In 2001, he graduated 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 and Hive. 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? (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).
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.
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.
Dalton stars in The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, a film released on January 20, 2017, by Walden Media and Vertical Church Films.
In 2021, Dalton was cast in a recurring role in NBC drama series Chicago Fire as Interim Lieutenant Jason Pelham.
Starting in 2022, Dalton provided the voice of The Witness in The Witch Queen (2022), Lightfall (2023), and The Final Shape (2024), 3 major expansions for Bungie 's 2017 first person shooter Destiny 2.
Personal life Brett lived in Los Angeles with his wife Melissa Trn and their daughter, who was born in 2012. The couple separated on August 1, 2019 and Dalton filed for divorce in November 2019.
Filmography Film + Year Title RoleNotes 2014 Beside Still Waters James Miller2017 The Resurrection of Gavin Stone Gavin Stone Lost in Florence Eric Lombard 2020 Superman: Man of Tomorrow Rudolph "Rudy" Jones / Parasite A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.Voice, direct-to-video 2023 Justice League: Warworld Bat Lash 2024 Justice League Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three Bat Lash, Captain Atom
Television Year Title RoleNotes 2007 Nurses Dr. Kurt Taylor Unsold pilot2012 Blue Bloods Phillip Gibson Episode: "Collateral Damage" 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 episodesWon – Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Male Breakout Star (2014)Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain (2016) 2014–2015 Jake and the Never Land Pirates Talon Voice; 2 episodes 2015 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Double Agent Himself Episode: "Security Alert" 2015, 2018 Robot Chicken Doctor Manhattan / Fred Jones / Various roles Voice; 2 episodes 2016 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Academy Himself Episodes: "Sci-Tech Challenge", "Skydive Challenge", "Inhuman Adaptation" 2017–2018 Milo Murphy's Law Brick Voice; recurring role2018 Cooking with Love Stephen Harris Hallmark Channel television film Elementary Ryan Hayes Episode: "An Infinite Capacity for Taking Pains" Deception Isaac Walker Episode: "Loading Up" Once Upon a Christmas Miracle Christopher Dempsey Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel television film 2020 Just My Type Martin Clayborne Hallmark Channel television film2021 Ghostwriter Captain Vincent 3 episodes One December Night Jason Bedford Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel television film 2021–2022 Chicago Fire Lieutenant Jason Pelham Recurring role; 9 episodes 2022 The Equalizer Carter Griffin 4 episodes 2023–2024 Hamster & Gretel Mayor Meyer 6 episodes 2023–2025 Found Mark Trent Main cast 2025 Boots Sgt. Pitowski 2 episodes
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2015, 2024 Until Dawn Michael "Mike" Munroe Voice and motion capture performance;Nominated – National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awardfor Best Supporting Role in a Drama2022 Destiny 2: The Witch Queen The Witness Voice God of War Ragnarök Freyr Voice and motion capture performance 2023 Destiny 2: LightfallThe WitnessVoice 2024 Destiny 2: The Final Shape
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