Bryan Dechart

Bryan Dechart is an American actor and a Twitch streamer who portrays Connor in Detroit: Become Human. His first television role was on Guiding Light.

On June 30, 2018, he married Amelia Rose Blaire, the actress who portrays the Blue-haired Traci, Brown-haired Traci and WR400 #429 671 942.^[1] On May 2024, the couple announced the birth of their first child.^[2]

Video Game work[]

2016 - Mafia III - (Various Voices)
2018 - Detroit: Become Human (Connor)
2018 - Red Dead Redemption II - (The local pedestrian population)
2020 - Cyberpunk 2077 - Brendan
2022 - Broken Pieces - Mathew Banks

Filmography[]

2009 - Guiding Light (Brian)
2010 - Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Young John Silvestri)
2010 - Step Up 3D (Anton)
2012 - Dreams From a Petrified Head (Jeremy)
2012 - Jane By Design (Eli Chandler)
2013 - Switched at Birth (Graham)
2013 - Beauty and the Beast (Aaron Keller)
2014 - Cowgirls 'n Angels: Dakota's Summer (Taylor Chase)
2014 - True Blood (Dave)
2014 - The Remaining (Dan Gardner)
2015 - Roommate Wanted (Joe)
2015 - As Good As You (Jamie)
2017 - First Night (Joey)
2018 - You'll Only Have Each Other
2019 - Vampire: The Masquerade: L.A. By Night (Vannevar)

Notes[]

The audition script Bryan Dechart had for his first audition was the same as the KARA (tech demo).^[3]
- In his second audition, he had a more specific script from the game.^[4]
- He went through a lot of auditions during the casting process.^[5]
David Cage's children made the final decision on who should play Connor between three actors.^[6]
The first scene Bryan filmed was The Hostage. It was filmed on his birthday.^[7]
The first scene Clancy Brown and Bryan Dechart filmed was Partners.^[8]
Bryan Dechart stated that Data from the famous sci-fi TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation and [[1]] from the famous sci-fi action film [Matrix] served as inspirations while preparing for his role.^[9]^[10]
- Harrison Ford is his all-time favorite actor and was his inspiration for deviant Connor's smirk and swagger.^[11]
While shooting the game, he never actually met his co-stars Valorie Curry and Jesse Williams. Because of scheduling, they filmed all their scenes separately and they were edited together.^[12]
- During a panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Bryan and Jesse met for the first time in real life.^[13]
While portraying Connor, Bryan improvised in some scenes.^[14]
Connor's serial number in the finished game, #313 248 317-51, was decided on by Bryan Dechart: 313 for the Detroit area code, 248 for his home area code (Novi, Michigan), 317 for his birthday (March 17th), 5 for the number of people in his family, and 1 as it is the first Connor.^[15]
Connor doing his quarter coin tricks was motion-capture acted by Bryan Dechart, although without the coin, which was added in later.^[16]
In addition to his work for the game, Bryan Dechart also played Connor in an interactive theater experience that was part of the game's marketing.^[17]
Bryan Dechart did the performance capture for Isaac Falone.^[18]
According to Bryan Dechart, animators of Quantic Dream replaced all of the pigeons in the abandoned apartment with Connor models at one occasion. Therefore, a bunch of little Connor models were scattered through the place and even fly up into the air.^[19]
His favorite line in the script is "I like dogs", and according to him, when he told this to David Cage, he was not happy about it.^[20]
A life-size statue of Connor based on Bryan Dechart's likeness is created for a museum at Grévin in Paris.^[21]
He has an Instagram page and a Twitch channel where he streams with his wife, Amelia Rose Blaire.
He has a YouTube account where he uploads his Twitch streams.
He helped David Cage cast Amelia Rose Blaire as Traci, since she helped him with Connor's lines and memorized Traci's lines. She eventually auditioned and got the role.

Gallery[]

References[]

CAST

Valorie Curry | Bryan Dechart | Jesse Williams

[1] Bryan Dechart's Twitter

[2] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/C61w-A0PsF7/

[3] Fun facts from Bryan Dechart's (Connor's actor) recent stream! on Reddit

[4] David Cage's Reddit AMA

[5] Bryan Dechart's Twitch Mod & Community Manager's Twitter

[6] Q&A session with Bryan Dechart and David Cage on YouTube

[7] Fun facts from Bryan Dechart's (Connor's actor) recent stream! on Reddit

[8] Bryan Dechart's Twitch Mod & Community Manager's Twitter

[9] Bryan Dechart's Twitter

[10] Bryan Dechart's Twitter

[11] Bryan Dechart's Twitter

[12] Bryan Dechart's Twitter

[13] Bryan Dechart's Twitter

[14] Fun facts from Bryan Dechart's (Connor's actor) recent stream! on Reddit

[bd-twitch-dbh-number-15] Bryan Dechart's Detroit: Become Human playthrough, #5

[16] Connor's coin flip on Twitch

[17] "Detroit: Become Human - Connor in REAL LIFE! Interactive Theater at the DETROIT 2038 Premiere"

[18] Bryan Dechart's Twitter

[19] Pigeons become Connor on Twitch

[20] Bryan Dechart's favorite line on Twitch

[21] David Cage's Twitter

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