Who is Brett Dalton?

Brett Dalton is an actor by profession and American by nationality. He is best known for starring in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Hive and Grant Ward, in the 2015 game Until Dawn as Michael Munroe.

Brett Dalton – Age, Parents, Siblings

Brett Dalton’s birth took place on January 7, 1983, in San Jose, California, USA. He was born as Brett Patrick Dalton. He is not the only child of his parents and has a sibling, a brother named Kevin Dalton.

Brett Dalton, Kevin Dalton (Image: Twitter - posted April 2016)

Education, Ethnicity

For education Brett Dalton attended Westmont High School, graduating in 2001. There he was California Scholarship Federation President and Associated Student Body President. He went on to study at the University of California and earned his Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama in 2011. 

Other details of his life including the name of his mother, father, as well as his childhood, are unknown. His ethnicity is Irish, Scandinavian.

Brett Dalton – Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Divorce

Dalton married his longtime girlfriend Melissa Trn on 16 December 2015 after years of dating and had met while attending the Yale School of Drama. With his wife, he has a child, a daughter named Sylvia Dalton (born 2012). 

Brett Dalton with his parents, daughter and now ex-wife (Image: Instagram - posted March 2017)

However, in November 2019 it was reported that he had filed for divorce. 

Brett Dalton – Net Worth, Salary

His net worth is estimated to be around $2 Million while the figure on his annual salary is under review.

Brett Dalton – Career

Early Days

Dalton’s interest in acting began after he auditioned for a production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Having started his career in 2007 in TV series Nurses, which was not picked up, he went on to star in short films 1:00am Games (2009), Sheets (2012). 

After a series of guest roles in TV series Army Wives (2012), Killing Lincoln (2013), Brett Dalton finally landed the role of Grant Ward, Hive in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-2016, 2017, 2018). He was the main role in season 1-3, a recurring role in season 4 and guest role in season 5 of the series. 

Films, Series

Since then he has starred in films Beside Still Waters (2014), The Resurrection of Gavin Stone (2017), Lost in Florence  (2017), Confidence (2019). 

Moreover, Brett Dalton has lent in voice Jake and the Never Land Pirates (2015), Robot Chicken (2015, 2018), Milo Murphy's Law (2017-2019) and guest-starred in Elementary (2018), Deception (2018).

Dalton is also known for starring in Hallmark Channel films Cooking with Love (2018), Once Upon a Christmas Miracle (2018), Just My Type (2020). Also, he has played Michael Munroe in the 2015 video game Until Dawn.

Brett Dalton, Bethany Joy Lenz in Just My Type (Image: Central Jersey)

Co-stars

On Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Brett Dalton has starred alongside Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Adrianne Palicki, Jeff Ward, Elizabeth Henstridge, Iain De Caestecker, Clark Gregg.

Brett Dalton – Awards, Nominations

Over the years Brett Dalton has been nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain (2014, 2016) and has won the award in 2014. He has also been nominated for the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Award for Best Supporting Role in a Drama (2015).

Brett Dalton – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media handles such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Brett Dalton is followed by several hundred thousand followers and counting. He also has a self-titled YouTube channel.