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Alan Dale

Acting

Born May 6, 1947 · Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Also known as Alan Hugh Dale

Biography

Alan Hugh Dale is a New Zealand actor. As a child, Dale developed a love of theatre and also became a rugby player. After retiring from the sport he took on a number of professions to support his family, before deciding to become a professional actor at the age of 27. With work limited in New Zealand, Dale moved to Australia, where he played Dr. John Forrest in The Young Doctors from 1979 to 1982. He later appeared as Jim Robinson in Neighbours, a part he played for eight years. The character is the role Dale is most associated with in Australia and the United Kingdom. He left the series when he fell out with the producers over the pay he and the rest of the cast received. After leaving Neighbours, Dale became typecast as Robinson in Australia and struggled to find work. His career was revitalised after he relocated to the United States in 2000. Since then he has had roles in many American series including prominent parts in The O.C. (as Caleb Nichol) and Ugly Betty (as Bradford Meade), as well as recurring and guest roles in Lost, 24, NCIS, ER, The West Wing, The X-Files and The Lone Gunmen. Dale has also appeared in minor roles in films such as Star Trek Nemesis, Hollywood Homicide and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as well as the London West End production of Spamalot. Dale has been married to former Miss Australia Tracey Pearson since 1990 and has four children.

Filmography50+ titles

The X-Files

1993as Toothpick Man

The West Wing

1999as Mitch Bryce

Dynasty

2017as Joseph Anders

Person of Interest

2011as Ulrich Kohl

Lost

2004as Charles Widmore

Flight of the Conchords

2007as Australian Ambassador

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Joshua Koehler

24

2001as Vice President Jim Prescott

ER

1994as Al Patterson

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

2014as Councilman Rockwell

The O.C.

2003as Caleb Nichol

CSI: Miami

2002as Dubay

The Practice

1997as Judge Robert Brenford

Homeland

2011as President Morse

Californication

2007as Lloyd Alan Philips Jr.

NCIS

2003as Tom Morrow

Burn Notice

2007as Ken Bocklage

Once Upon a Time

2011as King George / Albert Spencer

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011as Detective Isaksson

Entourage

2004as John Ellis

Torchwood

2006as Copley

JAG

1995as Tom Morrow

Hot in Cleveland

2010as Emmet

Crossing Jordan

2001as Carl Logan

Tangled Ever After

2012as Priest (voice)

The Lost World

1999as Phelan

The Assassin

2025as Aaron Cross

Tangled: Before Ever After

2017as The Vicar (voice)

Unsupervised

2012as Sid (voice)

Dominion

2014as General Rysen

Blue Heelers

1993

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

2021as Self (archive Footage)

Ugly Betty

2006as Bradford Meade

A Little Bit of Heaven

2011as Dr. Sanders

Star Trek: Nemesis

2002as Praetor Hiren

CSI: Cyber

2015as Richard Margolin

Entourage

2015as John Ellis

The Mindy Project

2012as Alfred

After the Sunset

2004as Security Chief

Neighbours

1985as Jim Robinson

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2008as General Bob Ross

Playing Mona Lisa

2000as Uncle Joe

Priest

2011as Monsignor Chamberlain

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

2010as Jacoby

Wreck

2022as Owen Devereaux

Hollywood Homicide

2003as Commander Preston

Graves

2016as Trevor Lloyd

Grace: The Possession

2014as Father John

First Daughter

1999as Daly

Rent Control

2003as George