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Dalton Day

American actor and singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ24007699
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Dalton Day (born August 2, 1991) is an American actor and singer.

Life and career

Day was born in Cumming, Georgia. Day had the opportunity to be on a film set in Atlanta Georgia with his twin sister in her first film The Adventures of Ociee Nash. Day was home schooled after second grade until high school, when he attended Chaparral High School in Temecula, California. He was a competitive gymnast until a serious skate boarding accident when he was 14 years old. During his recovery time, his parents bought him a guitar. Now, he is a self taught musician/songwriter. Day began acting professionally in 2011. His first acting job was Criminal Minds in 2011. Because of his gymnastics background, stunts come very easily and he enjoys doing his own stunts on set whenever he is allowed.

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The public source identifies “Dalton Day” as american actor and singer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Dalton, American and actor.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1991, 2011—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1991-08-02. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Dalton, American and actor providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q24007699. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991 and 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from Dalton Day” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.