- Born
- Birth nameDarren Jack Dalton
- Height6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- Darren Dalton made his screen debut as Randy Anderson, the Soc, in Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders (1983), a drama based on the novel by S.E. Hinton.
He has since starred in over 30 films and has also worked as a screenwriter and producer. He has collaborated with C. Thomas Howell on a number of projects including War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008) and The Day the Earth Stopped (2008).
Dalton is probably best known for his starring role in the John Milius World War 3 film Red Dawn (1984) in which he co-starred with Howell, Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, and Lea Thompson.
- IMDb mini biography by: Matt Lee-Williams
- SpouseKristen Dalton(August 8, 1993 - 2009) (divorced)
- Is an accomplished woodworker.
- He played bass guitar in a rock band called "Regression" with his older brother and friends. The band broke up after Darren took off to film The Outsiders (1983).
- Darren Dalton graduated from Del Norte High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1983.
- Attended high school with French Stewart.
- Darren's family includes his father Jack Dalton, mother Karen Dalton, brothers Eric, Kirk and Anthony and cousin Austin Cunningham.
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