Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Lagos, Nigeria

Dayo Ade

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.

Titles

Girlfriends

Series • 2000

NCIS

Series • 2003

The Rookie

Series • 2018

Bones

Series • 2005

Lost

Series • 2004

NCIS: Los Angeles

Series • 2009

Chicago Med

Series • 2015

Castle

Series • 2009

Charmed

Series • 1998

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Series • 2013

Scrubs

Series • 2001

ER

Series • 1994

CSI: NY

Series • 2004

Heartland

Series • 2007

Without a Trace

Series • 2002

Las Vegas

Series • 2003

Star Trek: Enterprise

Series • 2001

The Shield

Series • 2002

V.I.P.

Series • 1998

Private Eyes

Series • 2016

Rookie Blue

Series • 2010

Due South

Series • 1994

The District

Series • 2000

Republic of Doyle

Series • 2010

Upload

Series • 2020

Bob Hearts Abishola

Series • 2019

StartUp

Series • 2016

Joan of Arcadia

Series • 2003

The Kids in the Hall

Series • 1989

Alias

Series • 2001