Dylan Bruno (born September 6, 1972) is an American actor and former model. 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.
Early life
Bruno was born September 6, 1972, in Milford, Connecticut,[1] to actor Scott Bruno and the late Nancy (née Mendillo) Bruno. His older brother is film and television actor, director and producer Chris Bruno.[2] Growing up, the brothers lived in Milford with their mother and spent time with their father on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.[citation needed] Both brothers graduated from Hamden Hall Country Day School, a private college prep school in Hamden CT.
In 1994, Bruno earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from MIT,[1] where he played varsityfootball as a linebacker.[3][4] "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.'"[1] Upon graduating, Bruno worked for a robotics company before deciding to pursue a career in acting.[1]
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). He also appeared in The Anarchists -Cookbook (2002).
Bruno had a five-year run as "Colby Granger" on the hit TV show, Numbers from 2005 to 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.