Alan Dale
Acting • Born 1947-05-06
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.
Filmography
72 credits
Star Trek: Nemesis
Movie • 2002
Praetor Hiren
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Movie • 2008
General Bob Ross
After the Sunset
Movie • 2004
Security Chief
Hollywood Homicide
Movie • 2003
Commander Preston
A Little Bit of Heaven
Movie • 2011
Dr. Sanders
Priest
Movie • 2011
Monsignor Chamberlain
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Movie • 2010
Jacoby
Happy New Year
Movie • 2011
Bill
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Movie • 2011
Detective Isaksson
Alien Cargo
Movie • 1999
Eichhorn, Explorer Dolphin
Doomsday Prophecy
Movie • 2011
General Slate
Houseboat Horror
Movie • 1989
Evans
The Extreme Team
Movie • 2003
Richard Knowles
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Movie • 2014
Councilman Rockwell
First Daughter
Movie • 1999
Daly
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Movie • 2021
Self (archive Footage)
Tangled Ever After
Movie • 2012
Priest (voice)
Entourage
Movie • 2015
John Ellis
Grace
Movie • 2014
Father John
Playing Mona Lisa
Movie • 2000
Uncle Joe
Tangled: Before Ever After
Movie • 2017
The Vicar (voice)
Rent Control
Movie • 2003
George
Beauty and the Beast
Movie • 2012
Emperor Dorian
The Applicant
Movie • 1982
Straight Eye: The Movie
Movie • 2004
Kelly's Dad
Renaissance
Movie • 2009
John
Person of Interest
TV • 2011
Ulrich Kohl
Torchwood
TV • 2006
Copley
The Young Doctors
TV • 1976
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Dubay
Blue Heelers
TV • 1993
E-Ring
TV • 2005
Entourage
TV • 2004
John Ellis
24
TV • 2001
Vice President Jim Prescott
Crossing Jordan
TV • 2001
Carl Logan
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Joshua Koehler
Flight of the Conchords
TV • 2007
Australian Ambassador
The O.C.
TV • 2003
Caleb Nichol
Neighbours
TV • 1985
Jim Robinson
The Practice
TV • 1997
Judge Robert Brenford
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Toothpick Man
Lost
TV • 2004
Charles Widmore
NCIS
TV • 2003
Tom Morrow
Ugly Betty
TV • 2006
Bradford Meade
The Lone Gunmen
TV • 2001
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
TV • 2009
Self
Moving Wallpaper
TV • 2008
Alan Dale
Hot in Cleveland
TV • 2010
Emmet
Dominion
TV • 2014
General Rysen
Once Upon a Time
TV • 2011
King George / Albert Spencer
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Mitch Bryce
Burn Notice
TV • 2007
Ken Bocklage
ER
TV • 1994
Al Patterson
The Mindy Project
TV • 2012
Alfred
Graves
TV • 2016
Trevor Lloyd
Secret City
TV • 2016
Martin Toohey
Californication
TV • 2007
Lloyd Alan Philips Jr.
Dynasty
TV • 2017
Joseph Anders
Space: Above and Beyond
TV • 1995
Colonial Governor Borman
CSI: Cyber
TV • 2015
Richard Margolin
JAG
TV • 1995
Tom Morrow
Top Coppers
TV • 2015
Frank
Unsupervised
TV • 2012
Sid (voice)
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV • 2004
Self - The O.C.
Homeland
TV • 2011
President Morse
Janus
TV • 1994
Richard Issacs
The Lost World
TV • 1999
Phelan
American Dreams
TV • 2002
Captain Andrews
The Young Doctors
TV • 1976
John Forrest
The Assassin
TV • 2025
Aaron Cross
The Killings: Parrish Station
TV
Wreck
TV • 2022
Owen Devereaux