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Dayo Ade

Dayo Ade

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 poster
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes
2025 • Self
Toys of Terror poster
Toys of Terror
2021 • David
Isabelle poster
Isabelle
2019 • Father Lopez
Fanboy poster
Fanboy
2019 • CAA Security Officer
Let Go poster
Let Go
2011 • Charles
Unthinkable poster
Unthinkable
2010 • Winston
Gettin' Some Jail Time poster
Gettin' Some Jail Time
2006 • Uncle JG
Phat Girlz poster
Phat Girlz
2006 • Godwin
My Own Country poster
My Own Country
1998
Color of Justice poster
Color of Justice
1997 • Prisoner
Rude poster
Rude
1995 • Mike
Save My Lost Nigga Soul poster
Save My Lost Nigga Soul
1993
School's Out! poster
School's Out!
1992 • BLT