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Dayo Ade’s family moved to Toronto when he was very young. Showing an interest in acting at just 11 years old, he landed his first role at CBC in two years later, playing Bryant Lister ‘BLT’ Thomas on Degrassi Junior High. The second in the boundry-breaking Degrassi series, Dayo Ade played the part of the shows’ first-ever mixed-race couple. In 1990, along with the rest of the Degrassi cast, he was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Ensemble. He played the part of Leo Beckett on the 2013 CBC series, Cracked.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
School’s Out (TV-1992)
Rude (1995)
Jungleground (1995)
Colour of Justice (TV-1997)
My Own Country (TV-1998)
Phat Girlz (2006)
Remembering Phil (2008)
Unthinkable (2010)
Let Go (2011)
Refuge (2013, short)
The Wanting (aka Isabelle, 2018)
Fanboy (2019, short)
Cinema of Sleep (2020)
TV Series – Cast:
Degrassi Junior High (1988-1991)
The L.A. Complex (2012)
Cracked (2013-2014)
The Book of Negroes (2015, mini-series)
TV Series – Guest appearances:
The Kids in the Hall (1993, 1994)
Due South (1996)
V.I.P. (2001)
Resurrection Nlvd. (2001)
First Monday (2002)
Charmed (2002)
The District (2002)
The Shield (2003)
Boomtown (2003)
10-8: Officers on Duty (2003)
Las Vegas (2004)
Girlfriends (2004)
Joan of Arcadia (2004)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2004)
Scrubs (2004)
Alias (2004)
Without a Trace (2007)
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2007)
The Bill Engvall Show (2007)
ER (2007)
CSI: NY (2008)
Castle (2010)
Lost (2010)
NCIS: Los Angeles (2010)
Chase (2010)
Republic of Doyle (2014)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014)
Rookie Blue (2015)
Bones (2015)
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016)
Beauty and the Beast (2016)
Heartland (2016, 2018)
StartUp (2017, 2018)
Insomnia (2018)
Animal Kingdom (2018)
Working’ Moms (2019)
The Rookie (2019)
October Faction (2019)
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