Cast & creator
Dayo Ade
Best known for NCIS, The Rookie, Bones
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.
14
film credits
37
television credits
51
1987–2025 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (51)
Showing 51 of 51 credits
NCIS
ER Orderly
2003
The Rookie
Jonathan Ryland
2018
Bones
Cooper Blackthorn
2005
Castle
Anton Wade
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
Nelson Shabazz
2009
Chicago Med
Dorian Harwell
2015
Charmed
Bodyguard
1998
Lost
Justin
2004
Scrubs
Mr. Hovey
2001
CSI: NY
Derrick James
2004
Without a Trace
Omar Manir
2002
ER
James Rollins
1994
Star Trek: Enterprise
Klingon Tactical Officer
2001
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Agent Barbour
2013
Las Vegas
Cedric 'The Cannibal' Barimba
2003
Heartland
Jim Parker
2007
The Shield
Lionel
2002
V.I.P.
B.J. Finley
1998
Private Eyes
Ben Riggs
2016
Girlfriends
Vendor
2000
Due South
Trevor
1994
Rookie Blue
Russ
2010
The District
Toro
2000
Joan of Arcadia
Ruben
2003
Republic of Doyle
Brian Mitchell
2010
StartUp
Jules
2016
Bob Hearts Abishola
Tayo
2019
Upload
Baratunde
2020
The Kids in the Hall
Male Guard #1
1989The Kids in the Hall
Rebel
1989
10-8: Officers on Duty
Spatz
2003
Alias
Bank Manager
2001
Boomtown
Banger
2002
The Bill Engvall Show
2007
Unthinkable
Winston
2010
Cracked
Leo Beckett
2013
Degrassi Junior High
B.L.T. Thomas
1987
Degrassi High
B.L.T. Thomas
1989
Phat Girlz
Godwin
2006
Toys of Terror
David
2021
Let Go
Charles
2011
Isabelle
Father Lopez
2019
Color of Justice
Prisoner
1997
Fanboy
CAA Security Officer
2019
Jungleground
Cowboy
1995
My Own Country
John Okri
1998
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes
Self
2025
Gettin' Some Jail Time
Uncle JG
2006
School's Out!
BLT
1992
Save My Lost Nigga Soul
1993
Rude
Mike
1995