Dakota Daulby

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

Early life Daulby was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He spends his time between his home town of Maple Ridge and Vancouver.

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.

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. The film was featured at the New York Film Festival and other film festivals across the world. 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.

2014–present: Falling Skies and beyond

Daulby appeared in the series Spooksville, CW's iZombie, Pretty Little Addict, Batwoman, Van Helsing, 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 Canadian horror thriller, Black Fly, which was released at international film festivals in 2015. 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. In 2016, he had a guest starring role opposite Academy Award nominatee Djimon Hounsou, in M. Night Shyamalan's Wayward Pines. Daulby played Travis in the Luc Besson fantasy epic, The Warriors Gate.

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 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 FilmNominated Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Short Drama Nominated UBCP/ACTRA Award for Best Newcomer 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 seriesNominated Leo Award for Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series 2018FreaksExecutioner Movie 2019–2020 The 100 Sheidheda/ Dark Commander TV series 2021 Black Summer Sonny TV series 2021 The Last Victim Tad Movie 2024 Shōgun Salamon TV series 2024 Longlegs Agent Horatio Fisk Movie 2025 Smoke Lee Miniseries 2026 Tight Lettuce (Tissé serré) Joel Feature film