Brett Dalton

Brett Dalton is perhaps best known for his role as “Agent Grant Ward” in Joss Whedon’s hit ABC series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for which he received a Teen Choice Award for Best Male Breakout Star. He currently starts opposite Shanola Hampton in NBC’s Found. He had a major arc in NBC’s hit long-running series, Chicago Fire, as well as CBS’s The Equalizer. He previously appeared in AppleTV+’s Sesame Street spinoff, Ghost Writer, and in National Geographic’s Killing Lincoln, from producers Tony and Ridley Scott Production. Other television credits include Elementary, Deception, Blue Bloods, and Army Wives.

On the big screen, Brett starred as the lead in the independent features The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, directed by Dallas Jenkins, Lost in Florence, directed by Evan Oppenheimer, and Beside Still Waters, directed by Chris Lowell.

Brett has made a name for himself in the videogame world. He stars in the 2023 BAFTA Award-winning God of War: Ragnarök. He also starred alongside Rami Malek and a tremendous ensemble cast in the BAFTA Award-winning horror video game Until Dawn for Playstation 4 as well as Destiny 2: The Witch Queen. He has lent his voice to a number of animated films and television shows such as Justice League: Warworld, Hamster & Gretel, Superman: Man of Tomorrow, Milo Murphy’s Law, Robot Chicken, and Jake and the Neverland Pirates.

Brett’s theater credits include Passion Play, Romeo and Juliet, and Happy Now? for Yale Repertory; Sweet Bird of Youth and Demon Dreams for Williamstown Theatre Festival; as well as the titular role of Macbeth and You Can’t Take it With You for Chautauqua Theater Company.

He has a degree in Art and Theater from the University of California at Berkeley and an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama.