Actor
Dayo Ade
13 films
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.)
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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.
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First watchUnthinkable20106.8as WinstonThe government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which the whereabouts are unknown.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
13 films as actor- 2021Toys of TerrorDavid
- 2019IsabelleFather Lopez
- 2019FanboyCAA Security Officer
- 2011Let GoCharles
- 2010UnthinkableWinston
- 2006Gettin' Some Jail TimeUncle JG
- 2006Phat GirlzGodwin
- 1998My Own CountryJohn Okri
- 1997Color of JusticePrisoner
- 1995RudeMike
- 1995JunglegroundCowboy
- 1993Save My Lost Nigga Soul
- 1992School's Out!BLT