Dylan Bruno

Actor

Birthday September 6, 1972

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Milford, Connecticut, U.S.

Age 51 years old

Nationality United States

Height 1.79 m

#22435 Most Popular

1972

Dylan Bruno (born September 6, 1972) is an American actor and former model.

Bruno was born September 6, 1972, in Milford, Connecticut, to actor Scott Bruno and the late Nancy (née Mendillo) Bruno.

His older brother is film and television actor, director and producer Chris Bruno.

Growing up, the brothers lived in Milford with their mother and spent time with their father on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Both brothers graduated from Hamden Hall Country Day School, a private college prep school in Hamden CT.

1994

In 1994, Bruno earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from MIT, where he played varsity football as a linebacker.

"When I got into MIT, I just decided it was an opportunity I didn't want to turn down," he said.

"I actually found out that I had the second-lowest SAT scores at MIT. The guy with the lowest score and I would always hang out together and be like, 'Yeah, we're the second-to-last and last dumbest guy in the school.'" Upon graduating, Bruno worked for a robotics company before deciding to pursue a career in acting.

1995

In 1995, while working as a model for Calvin Klein, Bruno made his television acting debut on the NBC series High Sierra Search and Rescue.

1997

He made his film debut in Naked Ambition (1997).

1998

His first major film role was a supporting part in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1998), followed by a lead role in the horror film The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999).

On television, Bruno portrayed FBI agent Colby Granger in Numbers and disgraced former Army Ranger Jason Paul Dean in NCIS.

In 1998, he had small roles in Saving Private Ryan and When Trumpets Fade and competed in and won a special episode of American Gladiators (1989–96).

1999

He co-starred in The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), Where the Heart Is (2000), Going Greek (2001).

2001

He portrayed an L.A.P.D. cop in The One (2001), a rock musician in The Simian Line (2001), and Harry "Blaine" Mayhugh, Jr., in The Pennsylvania Miners' Story (2002).

2002

He also appeared in The Anarchists -Cookbook (2002).

2005

Bruno had a five-year run as "Colby Granger" on the hit TV show, Numbers from 2005 to 2010.

2010

In May 2010, he joined NCIS for three episodes, playing a disgraced U.S. Army Ranger who worked for a Mexican drug cartel; in the Season 7 finale, his character died in a gunfight.

Bruno has done voice-over work for several products such as Bacardi Silver, Coors Light, Chevrolet, Jeep, Virtual Boy, and Sony Handycam.

In addition to his voice-over work, Bruno is the current narrator of the Discovery Channel program Rides.

Bruno is married and has three sons.

He is an avid spearfisher.