Dakota Daulby

Dakota Daulby (born October 10, 1994) is a Canadian film and television actor, producer, director and screenwriter.

Dakota Daulby
Born (1994-10-10) October 10, 1994
Vancouver, British Columbia
Occupation(s)Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
Years active2010–present
Websitewww.dakotadaulby.com

Early life

Daulby was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] He spends his time between his home town of Maple Ridge and Vancouver.[1] He started his two-year acting program under the department head and Gemini Award winning actor Phil Granger and completed the program with honours in September 2014.[2][3]

Career

Daulby entered the American market with work on TV shows such as Falling Skies and Wayward Pines. He discovered his love for acting at a young age and proceeded to enroll in New Image College.[4]

2011–2014: Early roles

Daulby got his first break after landing the lead role in the award-winning short film Why Does God Hate Me?, written and directed by Joel Ashton McCarthy.[5] The film was featured at the New York Film Festival[6] and other film festivals across the world.[2]

Daulby next appeared in the Lifetime film Girl Fight by director Stephen Gyllenhaal. He cited Gyllenhaal's son, Jake Gyllenhaal as a major influence on his career.

The following year, Daulby landed the starring role in the feature film The Woodcarver, alongside John Ratzenberger.[7][8] He co-starred as the love interest in the Leo Award-winning big screen adaptation Sitting on the Edge of Marlene alongside Paloma Kwiatkowski and Suzanne Clément, adapted from the novella The Trouble With Marlene by Billie Livingston.[7][9]

2014–present: Falling Skies and beyond

Daulby appeared in the series Spooksville, CW's iZombie, Pretty Little Addict and in a recurring role on the fourth season of Falling Skies.[7][10][11] Daulby portrays the ruthless Nazi-esque head of the Espheni brainwashing camps, Kent Matthews. On the show, he worked closely with Maxim Knight, Noah Wyle, Will Patton, Doug Jones and Colin Cunningham.[12]

In early 2014, Daulby won the leading role in the Canadian horror thriller, Black Fly, which was released at international film festivals in 2015.[12][13] Daulby received a nomination at Leo Awards for "Best Male Lead in a Motion Picture" - losing to his Black Fly co-star Matthew MacCaull. In November 2015, Daulby was nominated for and won the ACTRA Union of BC Performers (UBCP) award for the best emerging performer for his role in Black Fly.

Daulby co-wrote, co-directed, and co-produced over 20 short and alternative media films with New Image Entertainment.[7][14] In 2016, he had a guest starring role opposite Academy Award nominatee Djimon Hounsou, in M. Night Shyamalan's Wayward Pines.[15] Daulby played Travis in the Luc Besson fantasy epic, The Warriors Gate.[16]

Other projects

Daulby was the co-creator of the Vancouver-based 72 horror film festival, The Phrike Filmfest - also acting as the shows official MC. He is highly involved in New Image College's community events, he hosted and appeared on such shows like Breakfast Television, the Fair at the PNE, Electric Playground and Shaw Television.

Daulby appears in the CW's The 100 (TV series) as Sheidheda.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Camp Goodtimes Max Short film
2011 Why Does God Hate Me? Matthew Short Film
2011 Girl Fight Sophomore Boy #1 TV movie
2012 The Woodcarver Matthew TV movie
2013 Mimi & Me Sam Vaughn Short Film
2014 Spooksville Jerome Simone; 1 episode TV series
2014 Falling Skies Kent Matthews; 5 episodes TV series
2014 Sitting on the Edge of Marlene Drew Movie
2014 Roar Josh Short Film
Nominated – Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Short Drama[17]
2014 Black Fly Jake Henson Movie
Nominated – Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Motion Picture[17]
Nominated – UBCP/ACTRA Award for Best Newcomer[18]
2014 Josh & Tom Tom; co-producer Short Film
2014 That Strawberry? Co-writer, co-director, and co-producer Short Film
2015 iZombie Tommy/Tom; 2 episodes TV series
2016 Pretty Little Addict Tyler Kinan TV movie
2016 The Warriors Gate Travis Movie
2016 Wayward Pines Griffin; 1 episode TV series
Nominated – Leo Award for Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series[19]
2019 The 100 Sheidheda/ Dark Commander TV series
2021 Black Summer Sonny TV series
2021 The Last Victim Tad Movie

References
  1. "Arts: Maple Ridge Actor Dakota Daulby Stars in "The Woodcarver" – Pitt Meadows Today". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
  2. Interview: Dakota Daulby talks about his career and Falling Skies
  3. The Permanent Rain Press Interview With Dakota Daulby
  4. "Acting and Esthetician School, Makeup Artist Training and Workshops". New Image College. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  5. "Video on Joel Ashton McCarthy". Joel Ashton McCarthy. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  6. "54th New York Film Festival". Film Society of Lincoln Center. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  7. "Home | Montreal Gazette | Montreal Gazette". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
  8. "Teen thespian forging name for himself - News - Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Times". www.mrtimes.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  9. http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/06/vancouver-actor-dakota-daulby-takes-tough-role-spielberg-series/
  10. "FALLING SKIES Scoop: Dakota Daulby Talks Reeducation Camps and Humanity's Survival in season 4 | the TV addict". 22 June 2014.
  11. "Dakota Daulby Discusses His Role on Falling Skies". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
  12. "INTERVIEW: Dakota Daulby on FALLING SKIES, BLACK FLY & SITTING ON THE EDGE OF MARLENE – Hollywood North Buzz".
  13. "Notable.ca | Dakota Daulby Todays Notable Young Professional". Archived from the original on 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
  14. "Camille Sullivan and Michael Eklund bag the big prizes at UBCP/ACTRA awards | Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly". 7 November 2015.
  15. "Actor Dakota Daulby Talks 'Wayward Pines' and M. Night Shyamalan". 6 July 2016.
  16. Vogt, Tiffany (2016-07-05). "EXCLUSIVE: WAYWARD PINES Scoop: Shining the Spotlight on Dakota Daulby". seat42f.com. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  17. "2015 nominees" (PDF). leoawards.com. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  18. "UBCP/ACTRA – The 2015 UBCP/ACTRA AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED". www.ubcp.com. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  19. "Leo Awards, Nominees by Name 2017". www.leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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