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Brett Patrick Dalton (born January 7, 1983) is an American 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 Detective Mark Trent in the NBC
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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

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
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for his undergraduate degree, Dalton received a
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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
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developed by Supermassive Games and published by
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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 ''
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'' '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


Television


Video games


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalton, Brett 1983 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors Male actors from San Jose, California University of California, Berkeley alumni David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni 21st-century American male actors Westmont High School (California) alumni