Originally from Green River, UT, Dallyn Vail Bayles is a professional actor, singer and recording artist.
Bayles understudied and performed the roles of the Phantom and Raoul in the Broadway touring company of The Phantom of the Opera. He performed internationally and throughout the United States with the Broadway tour of Les Misérables.
Bayles has also performed leading roles in numerous regional theater productions across the country, including several here in Utah, most recently performing the role of Rochester in the musical Jane Eyre at Hale Center Theater Orem.
He portrays Hyrum Smith in the films Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration and Emma Smith: My Story. Bayles was honored to perform as a soloist with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson’s 85th birthday celebration, has also performed with the choir on several Music and the Spoken Word broadcasts and with the Utah Symphony in the Deer Valley Concert Series.
Other LDS credits include portraying Joseph Smith in the Nauvoo Pageant, Joseph in Savior of the World, and Alma Richards in Light of the World performed during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Bayles has recorded three solo albums, and has songs featured in the movies 17 Miracles and Ephraim’s Rescue.
He completed his MFA in Musical Theatre at The Boston Conservatory, and received his BFA in Music Dance Theatre from Brigham Young University.
Bayles was honored to receive the 2012 BYU Young Alumni Distinguished Service Award. He works as adjunct faculty at BYU in the School of Music and the Theatre Department. Bayles is a member of Actors’ Equity Association.
He and his wife, Rachel, are the proud parents of five children.