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Kayce John Dutton is a horseman and ranch hand, son of ranch owner John Dutton and his wife Evelyn Dutton, married to Monica Long. He is played by Luke Grimes, with Rhys Alterman playing a younger version in several flashbacks.

Personal life[]

Family & marriage[]

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Kayce was born on April 24, 1990, into a ranching family. Before his father John Dutton inherited the ranch, his ancestors had already settled in the Yellowstone vicinity. John and Evelyn Dutton were blessed with three more children: Kayce has two brothers (Lee and Jamie) and a sister (Beth). They grew up together on the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch.

His mother died when he was young. On March 30, 1997 she was out riding with Beth and Kayce and fell off her horse. Beth went to look for help and Kayce - young as he was - tried everything to protect her and stop her from dying, but help came too late and she had breathed her last breath when her husband found her. [1]

In July of that year, Kayce's father met Rip Wheeler, an orphan boy that just killed his father after he murdered Rip's mother and brother. John Dutton welcomed the new boy onto his family's ranch, giving the orphan a home again. [2]

Kayce later started his own family by marrying Monica Long, the granddaughter of Indian elder Felix Long and the sister of Robert Long. Kayce and Monica had a son they named Tate and lived on the Broken Rock Indian Reservation. [3]

His oldest brother Lee died in a feud with the Reservation. Kayce was on the scene and saw his brother get shot by Robert Long, Kayce's brother-in-law. He murdered Robert to protect himself and his brother but found out he was too late as Lee's gunshot wound turned out to be fatal. [3]

His wife Monica was pregnant once again while their oldest son, Tate, was in his teens. He went with his mother to the hospital when she was about to give birth to her child, but they had a car accident and even though she gave birth to a son, who she and Kayce named John, he died shortly after, probably due to complications suffered because of the accident. [4]

Military service[]

U.S. Navy SEALs[]

Kayce served in the United States Navy as a Navy SEAL. He was in Pakistan during one of his missions and was confronted with a high-value target that used his family to protect himself. When the man started shooting he couldn't do anything else but start shooting back, killing not only the man but his wife and daughter as well. [5]

Work[]

Horseman[]

At some point Kayce made it his job to tame wild horses. He did so when he came back from his military service and tried to make a living on the Broken Rock Reservation. [3]

Yellowstone Dutton Ranch[]

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When his father gave him a chance to come back on the ranch, Kayce went to live in the bunkhouse and started to work his way back in. [6] Later on, his father appointed him as the new foreman of the ranch, succeeding his brother Lee and Rip Wheeler, [7] and he and his family started to live in the ranch house. [8]

Montana Livestock Association[]

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Kayce followed in his father's and brother's footsteps when he started to work as a Livestock Agent for the Montana Livestock Association. [9] It gave him a higher authority in situations that ask for it. [10]

Incident(s)[]

  • Kayce and Monica were witnesses to a drug lab explosion close to the road they were driving on. They survived but Kayce had to shoot a man to put him out of his misery. [11]
  • When out driving with Tate, he stumbled upon an abandoned van. It turned out there was an abducted girl in it. Kayce had to kill her two abductors and with help from the girl's father tried to keep the happenings hidden. [1] However, the remains were discovered and he was arrested by the Tribal Police. [12] With help from his brother Jamie, he was able to explain and go free. [13]
  • Monica was hit when trying to stop a fight between two schoolboys. She passed out while recovering at home [14] and in the hospital it turned out she had suffered an epidural hematoma and had to have brain surgery. [15] In the time of recovery, their marriage took a turn for the worse but it brought Kayce [6] (and eventually Monica and Tate [8]) back to his home ranch.[2]
  • With Rip Wheeler and some other ranch hands, Kayce took part in the hanging of Dan Jenkins, an enemy of the ranch. They could have let him die then and there but used it as a warning and let him go eventually. [6]
  • There has been some friction between Kayce and Rip Wheeler during the years they have known each other. They got in a fight more than once. At one point they took it far and Rip let Kayce win to let him have the most authority on the ranch. [7]
  • When the rivalry between the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch and businessmen Malcolm & Teal Beck got out of hand, the Becks went after Kayce's son Tate. He was found missing when he was feeding his horse at night. [16]

Appearances[]

Check out the table(s) below to find out in which Yellowstone episodes Kayce made an appearance.

O = appeared in this episode
- = did not appear in this episode

Season 1[]

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
O O O O O O O O O

Season 2[]

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
O O O O O O O O O O

Season 3[]

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
O O O O O O O O O O

Season 4[]

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
O O O O O O O O O O

Season 5[]

01 02 03 04 05 06 07
O O O O O O O
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
O * * * * * *

* To be announced

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References[]

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