Dayo Ade
Acting
Lagos, Nigeria
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
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes
2025 · Movie
Toys of Terror
2021 · Movie
Upload
2020 · Series
Bob Hearts Abishola
2019 · Series
Isabelle
2019 · Movie
Fanboy
2019 · Movie
The Rookie
2018 · Series
StartUp
2016 · Series
Private Eyes
2016 · Series
Chicago Med
2015 · Series
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 · Series
Cracked
2013 · Series
Let Go
2011 · Movie
Rookie Blue
2010 · Series
Unthinkable
2010 · Movie
Republic of Doyle
2010 · Series
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · Series
Castle
2009 · Series
Heartland
2007 · Series
The Bill Engvall Show
2007 · Series
Gettin' Some Jail Time
2006 · Movie
Phat Girlz
2006 · Movie
Bones
2005 · Series
Lost
2004 · Series
CSI: NY
2004 · Series
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003 · Series
Joan of Arcadia
2003 · Series
NCIS
2003 · Series
Las Vegas
2003 · Series
Boomtown
2002 · Series
Without a Trace
2002 · Series
The Shield
2002 · Series
Scrubs
2001 · Series
Alias
2001 · Series
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001 · Series
The District
2000 · Series
Girlfriends
2000 · Series
Charmed
1998 · Series
V.I.P.
1998 · Series
My Own Country
1998 · Movie
Color of Justice
1997 · Movie
Rude
1995 · Movie
Jungleground
1995 · Movie
Due South
1994 · Series
ER
1994 · Series
Save My Lost Nigga Soul
1993 · Movie
School's Out!
1992 · Movie
Degrassi High
1989 · Series
The Kids in the Hall
1989 · Series
Degrassi Junior High
1987 · Series