Dayo Ade
Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
50 credits
Save My Lost Nigga Soul
Movie • 1993
Unthinkable
Movie • 2010
Winston
School's Out!
Movie • 1992
BLT
Fanboy
Movie • 2019
CAA Security Officer
Let Go
Movie • 2011
Charles
Color of Justice
Movie • 1997
Prisoner
Isabelle
Movie • 2019
Father Lopez
Phat Girlz
Movie • 2006
Godwin
Rude
Movie • 1995
Mike
Toys of Terror
Movie • 2021
David
Gettin' Some Jail Time
Movie • 2006
Uncle JG
My Own Country
Movie • 1998
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes
Movie • 2025
Self
Star Trek: Enterprise
TV • 2001
Klingon Tactical Officer
Castle
TV • 2009
Anton Wade
The District
TV • 2000
Toro
Boomtown
TV • 2002
Banger
Due South
TV • 1994
Trevor
Joan of Arcadia
TV • 2003
Ruben
Alias
TV • 2001
Bank Manager
Las Vegas
TV • 2003
Cedric 'The Cannibal' Barimba
Girlfriends
TV • 2000
Vendor
Charmed
TV • 1998
Bodyguard
CSI: NY
TV • 2004
Derrick James
V.I.P.
TV • 1998
B.J. Finley
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Omar Manir
The Bill Engvall Show
TV • 2007
Lost
TV • 2004
Justin
Degrassi High
TV • 1989
B.L.T. Thomas
ER
TV • 1994
James Rollins
10-8: Officers on Duty
TV • 2003
Spatz
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV • 2009
Nelson Shabazz
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TV • 2013
Agent Barbour
Degrassi Junior High
TV • 1987
B.L.T. Thomas
The Rookie
TV • 2018
Jonathan Ryland
Cracked
TV • 2013
Leo Beckett
StartUp
TV • 2016
Jules
Private Eyes
TV • 2016
Ben Riggs
The Shield
TV • 2002
Lionel
Chicago Med
TV • 2015
Dorian Harwell
Bob Hearts Abishola
TV • 2019
Tayo
NCIS
TV • 2003
ER Orderly
Republic of Doyle
TV • 2010
Brian Mitchell
Bones
TV • 2005
Cooper Blackthorn
Rookie Blue
TV • 2010
Russ
Heartland
TV • 2007
Jim Parker
The Kids in the Hall
TV • 1989
Male Guard #1
The Kids in the Hall
TV • 1989
Rebel
Upload
TV • 2020
Baratunde
Scrubs
TV • 2001
Mr. Hovey