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

• 2021Toys of Terror — David
• Upload — Baratunde
• Bob Hearts Abishola — Tayo
• 2019Fanboy — CAA Security Officer
• 2019Isabelle — Father Lopez
• The Rookie — Jonathan Ryland
• Private Eyes — Ben Riggs
• StartUp — Jules
• Chicago Med — Dorian Harwell
• Cracked — Leo Beckett
• Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — Agent Barbour
• 2011Let Go — Charles
• Republic of Doyle — Brian Mitchell
• Rookie Blue — Russ
• 2010Unthinkable — Winston
• Castle — Anton Wade
• NCIS: Los Angeles — Nelson Shabazz
• Heartland — Jim Parker
• The Bill Engvall Show
• 2006Gettin' Some Jail Time — Uncle JG
• 2006Phat Girlz — Godwin
• Bones — Cooper Blackthorn
• CSI: NY — Derrick James
• Lost — Justin
• 10-8: Officers on Duty — Spatz
• Joan of Arcadia — Ruben
• Las Vegas — Cedric 'The Cannibal' Barimba
• NCIS — ER Orderly
• Boomtown — Banger
• The Shield — Lionel
• Without a Trace — Omar Manir
• Alias — Bank Manager
• Scrubs — Mr. Hovey
• Star Trek: Enterprise — Klingon Tactical Officer
• Girlfriends — Vendor
• The District — Toro
• Charmed — Bodyguard
• 1998My Own Country — John Okri
• V.I.P. — B.J. Finley
• 1997Color of Justice — Prisoner
• 1995Jungleground — Cowboy
• 1995Rude — Mike
• Due South — Trevor
• ER — James Rollins
• 1993Save My Lost Nigga Soul
• 1992School's Out! — BLT
• Degrassi High — B.L.T. Thomas
• The Kids in the Hall — Male Guard #1, Rebel
• Degrassi Junior High — B.L.T. Thomas

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2025Degrassi: Whatever It Takes — Self