Dayo Ade

• Name — Dayo Ade • Born — 1972 • Birthplace — Lagos, Nigeria • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1988−present

He was born in Lagos, Nigeria and moved with his family to Toronto, Ontario, Canada at an early age. He played Bryant Lester "BLT" Thomas in Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High. He described the payment for the series as "(expletive) nothing" in 2025 documentary Degrassi: Whatever It Takes. The statement was contested by series co-creator Linda Schuyler, who noted cast have a retirement fund and a scholarship foundation. Ade's jobs after that role included working for car rental and security companies. In recent decades, he appeared as nurse Leo Beckett on the CBC Television series Cracked. He voiced as 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. Dayo has spoken of the financial difficulties those in the entertainment industry face in support of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.

• Television • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1988–1991 — Degrassi Junior High / Degrassi High — Bryant Lester "BLT" Thomas — 48 episodes - 21 uncredited • 1991 — Top Cops — Snaggs / Que — Season 2, episode 9: "Ronald Bratton/John Thompson and Christine Bridges" • 1992 — Degrassi Talks — Himself — Episode 5: "...On Drugs" • School's Out — Bryant Lester "BLT" Thomas — TV movie • 1993–1995 — data-sort-value="Kids in the Hall, The" | The Kids in the Hall — Male Guard #1 / Rebel — 2 episodes • 1996 — Due South — Trevor - Thug #1 — Season 2, episode 13: "White Men Can't Jump to Conclusions" • 1997 — Color of Justice — Prisoner — TV movie • 1998 — My Own Country — John Okri — TV movie • 2001 — V.I.P. — B.J. Finley — Season 3, episode 13: "Val on Fire" • Resurrection Blvd. — Taylor "The Hurt" Bryant — 2 episodes • 2002 — First Monday — Dwayne Yong — Episode 1: "First Monday" • Charmed — Bodyguard #3 — Season 4, episode 19: "We're Off to See the Wizard" • data-sort-value="District, The" | The District — Toro — Season 2, episode 22: "Payback" • 2003 — data-sort-value="Shield, The" | The Shield — Lionel — Season 2, episode 9: "Co-Pilot" • Boomtown — Banger — Season 2, episode 9: "Co-Pilot" • 10-8: Officers on Duty — Spatz — Episode 1: "Brothers in Arms" • 2004 — Las Vegas — Cedric "The Cannibal" Barimba — Season 1, episode 11: "Blood and Sand" • Girlfriends — Vendor — Season 4, episode 24: "New York Unbound" • Joan of Arcadia — Rueben — Season 2, episode 2: "Out of Sight" • Star Trek: Enterprise — Klingon Tactical Officer — Season 4, episode 4: "Borderland" • Scrubs — Mr. Hovey — Season 4, episode 9: "My Malpractical Decision" • 2005 — Alias — Bank Manager — Season 4, episode 3: "The Awful Truth" • 2007 — Without a Trace — Omar Manir — Season 5, episode 24: "The Beginning" • NCIS — ER Orderly — Season 4, episode 24: "Angel of Death" • data-sort-value="Bill Engvall Show, The" | The Bill Engvall Show — Bouncer — Season 1, episode 7: "The Birthday" • ER — James Rollins — Season 14, episode 3: "Officer Down" • 2008 — CSI: NY — Robert James — 2 episodes • 2010 — Castle Rock — Anton Wade — Season 2, episode 15: "Suicide Squeeze" • Lost — Justin — 2 episodes • NCIS: Los Angeles — Nelson Shabazz — Season 1, episode 19: "Hand-to-Hand" • Chase — Tucker Dawes — Episode 3: "The Comeback Kid" • 2012 — data-sort-value="L.A. Complex, The" | The L.A. Complex — Dynasty — 11 episodes • 2013 — Cracked — Leo Beckett — 21 episodes • 2014 — Republic of Doyle — Brian Mitchell — Season 3, episode 13: "Welcome Back Crocker" • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — Agent Barbour — Season 1, episode 17: "Turn, Turn, Turn" • 2015 — data-sort-value="Book of Negroes, The" | The Book of Negroes — Prince — Miniseries Episode 4 • Rookie Blue — Russ — 3 episodes • Bones — Cooper Blackthorn — Season 11, episode 8: "High Treason in the Holiday Season" • 2016 — Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders — Paul Ntombi — Season 1, episode 10: "Iqiniso" • Beauty & the Beast — Dawes — 2 episodes • 2016–2018 — Heartland — Jim Parker — 3 episodes • 2017–2018 — Startup — Officer Jules — 5 episodes • 2018 — Insomnia — Phil — 4 episodes • Animal Kingdom — Detective French — Season 3, episode 1: "The Killing" • 2019 — data-sort-value="Rookie, The" | The Rookie — Jonathan Ryland — Season 2, episode 6: "Fallout" • 2019–2021; 2023 — Workin' Moms — Mel Boyd — 11 episodes • 2020 — October Faction — Moshe — 5 episodes • data-sort-value="Comey Rule, The" | The Comey Rule — Shaun — Miniseries 2 episodes • 2021 — Private Eyes — Ben Riggs — Season 4, episode 9: "A Star Is Torn" • 2021–present — Bob Hearts Abishola — Tayo — 11 episodes • 2022 — Chicago Med — Dorian Harwell — Season 7, episode 20: "End of the Day, Anything Can Happen"

• Video games • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2007 — Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy — Voice • 2018 — Starlink: Battle for Atlas — Hunter Hakka — Voice • 2019 — Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint — Josiah Hill — Voice