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Years active
  
2010–present

Name
  
Dakota Daulby

Role
  
Film actor


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Born
  
October 10, 1994 (age 29) (
1994-10-10
)
Vancouver, British Columbia

Occupation
  
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer

Movies and TV shows
  
Falling Skies, Sitting on the Edge of Marlene, Why Does God Hate Me?, Mimi & Me

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Actor dakota daulby


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

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Personal life

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Daulby was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He spends his time between his home town of Maple Ridge and Vancouver. Daulby has began to make an expansion into the American market, with work on notable TV shows like "Falling Skies" and "Wayward Pines". He discovered his love for acting at a very young age and proceeded to enrol as a student in New Image College. 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.

2011 - 2014: Early Roles

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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. The film would be featured at the prestigious New York Film Festival as well as at numerous film festivals across North America and around the world. The film has since gone an amase more than 1 million views on YouTube, and develop a dedicated fan following. Daulby has stated "It was hard to understand the importance and meaning that this film would have for so many people, at such a young age. It's just really nice to be a part of something that people can find hope in".

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Daulby would follow that up by an actor role in the Lifetime film "Girl Fight" by director Stephen Gyllenhaal. Having sited Gyllenhaal's son, Jake Gyllenhaal as a major influence on his career - Daulby found extra special nostalgia in the experience.

In the following year, Daulby's hard work paid would pay off after landing the starring role in the feature film "The Woodcarver," alongside John Ratzenberger. He would again find himself tapped to co-star as the corky love interest in the Leo Award-winning big screen adaptation "Sitting On the Edge of Marlene" alongside Paloma Kwiatkowski and Suzanne Clément from the short story "The Trouble With Marlene" by award-winning Canadian author, Billie Livingston.

2014 - Present: Falling Skies

Daulby has appeared in the series Spooksville, CW's iZombie, Pretty Little Addict and in a recurring role on the fourth season of Falling Skies. 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.

In early 2014, Daulby won the leading role in the edgy and intense Canadian horror thriller, Black Fly, which was released at international film festivals in 2015. Daulby received nomination at Leo Awards for "Best Male Lead in a Motion Picture" - losing how 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 has also co-written, co-directed, and co-produced over 20 short and alternative media films with New Image Entertainment. In 2016, he had a guest starring role opposite Academy Award nominatee Djimon Hounsou, in the M. Night Shyamalan produced Wayward Pines. Daulby will play the role of Travis in the upcoming Luc Besson fantasy epic, Warrior's Gate.

Other Involvements

Daulby was the co-creature of the Vancouver-based 72 horror film festival, The Phrike Filmfest - also acting as the shows official MC. He has remained 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.

References

Dakota Daulby Wikipedia