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Alan Hugh Dale (born 6 May 1947) 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. 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, Entourage and Once Upon a Time. Dale has also appeared in minor roles in films such as Star Trek Nemesis, Hollywood Homicide, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 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. 

Net Worth $8 Million
Date Of Birth May 6, 1947
Place Of Birth Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Height 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
Profession Actor, Miscellaneous Crew
Spouse Tracey Pearson
IMDB http://imdb.com/name/nm4847903
Trademark
1 Deep commanding voice
2 Frequently plays directors, powerful executives or successful businessmen
Quote
1 When you’re tied to one show, you are very much at the mercy of the writers, so you can suddenly get a script where you have a heart attack and die.
2 I was doing a late-night round as a milkman in 1978 when I heard a radio DJ announce that he was leaving. I marched straight to the radio station and told them I could do better. For some reason, they gave me a go.
3 When I moved to Los Angeles, aged 54, I printed out Winston Churchill’s phrase, ‘Never, never, never give up’, and stuck it on my fridge. I had no idea what was going to happen, but I knew I had to keep on going.
4 My wife says I’m much happier when I’m not a regular on a TV show.
5 I did a production of Macbeth in the 1960s in which I had a swordfight in the final scene. But the blade fell off my sword just as I was stabbing the guy. I ended up having to hammer him to death.
6 I came to the United States to see what would happen in 2000 after working for 20 years in Australia and asked my agent to look out for the nasty roles because I’d become famous for playing the nicest man in Australia. So I wanted to play bad guys.
Fact
1 Is one of only 26 actors to have speaking roles in both the Star Trek and Doctor Who franchises. He played Praetor Hiren in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) and Dr. Aaron Copley in Torchwood: Reset (2008).
2 All three of his best known characters (Jim Robinson of Neighbours (1985), Caleb Nichol in The O.C. (2003) and Bradford Meade in Ugly Betty (2006)) were written out of their respective series through fatal heart attacks.
3 Son Simon Dale is a radio presenter for one of London’s most popular stations “Kiss 100” (3-6pm).
4 Has two young sons with his second wife, Tracy Dale – Nick and Dan.
5 Former milkman.
6 Is the only actor to have appeared in the fictional television Cabinets of both President Jed Bartlet (The West Wing (1999), played by Martin Sheen) and President David Palmer (24 (2001), played by Dennis Haysbert). On “The West Wing”, he plays Mitch Bryce, the Secretary of Commerce. On “24”, he played Jim Prescott, the Vice President, who voted to remove the President from office temporarily using the 25th Amendment, on “The West Wing”, he agreed to the President’s temporary resignation.
7 Children – Matthew Dale is an actor, musician and writer, dividing his time between Los Angeles, California and Melbourne, Australia where he is working in the theatre. Simon Dale is a radio announcer in the United Kingdom.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Dynasty 2017-2018 TV Series Joseph Anders
Once Upon a Time 2011-2017 TV Series King George / Albert Spencer
Tangled: Before Ever After 2017 TV Movie The Vicar (voice)
Homeland 2017 TV Series President Morse
Graves 2016 TV Series Trevor Lloyd
Secret City 2016 TV Series Prime Minister Martin Toohey
NCIS 2003-2016 TV Series N.C.I.S. Director Tom Morrow / Homeland Senior Division Chief Tom Morrow / Tom Morrow / …
CSI: Cyber 2016 TV Series Richard Margolin
Dominion 2014-2015 TV Series General Edward Riesen
Top Coppers 2015 TV Series Frank
Entourage 2015 John Ellis
Grace 2014/I Father John
Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2014 Councilman Rockwell
Auckland Daze 2013 TV Series Alan
The Mindy Project 2013 TV Series Alfred
Hot in Cleveland 2012-2013 TV Series Emmet
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified 2013 Video Game Alan Weir (voice)
Body of Proof 2013 TV Series Emmett Harrington
The Killing 2011-2012 TV Series Senator Eaton
Unsupervised 2012 TV Series Sid
Mass Effect 3 2012 Video Game Henry Lawson / Captain Aaron Sommers (voice)
House of Lies 2012 TV Series Jonathan Strauss
Tangled Ever After 2012 Short Priest (voice)
Undercovers 2010-2012 TV Series James Kelvin
Beauty and the Beast: A Dark Tale 2012 TV Movie Emperor Dorian
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2011 Detective Isaksson
Person of Interest 2011 TV Series Ulrich Kohl
Happy New Year 2011/IV Bill
Entourage 2008-2011 TV Series John Ellis
Doomsday Prophecy 2011 TV Movie General Slate
Priest 2011 Monsignor Chamberlain
Californication 2011 TV Series Lloyd Alan Philips Jr.
A Little Bit of Heaven 2011 Dr. Sanders
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark 2010 Charles Jacoby
Burn Notice 2010 TV Series Ken Bocklage
Lost 2006-2010 TV Series Charles Widmore
Important Things with Demetri Martin 2010 TV Series Mob Boss
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2009 TV Series Judge Joshua Koehler
Moving Wallpaper 2009 TV Series Alan Dale
Renaissance 2009 Video short John
Flight of the Conchords 2009 TV Series Australian Ambassador
Sea Patrol 2008 TV Series Ray Walsman
Midnight Man 2008 TV Mini-Series Donald Hagan
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008 General Ross
Torchwood 2008 TV Series Copley
Ugly Betty 2006-2007 TV Series Bradford Meade
24: The Game 2006 Video Game VP Jim Prescott (voice)
Yakuza 2005 Video Game Masaru Sera (English version, voice)
E-Ring 2005 TV Series Raymond Metcalf
The O.C. 2003-2005 TV Series Caleb Nichol
Bow 2005 TV Movie
After the Sunset 2004 Security Chief
EverQuest II 2004 Video Game Dawson Magnificent / Generic High Elf (voice)
Straight Eye: The Movie 2004 Short Kelly’s Dad
24 2003-2004 TV Series Vice President Jim Prescott
Crossing Jordan 2004 TV Series Carl Logan
Rent Control 2003 TV Movie George
CSI: Miami 2003 TV Series Canadian Consul General Dubay
Hollywood Homicide 2003 Commander Preston
The West Wing 2002-2003 TV Series Secretary of Commerce Mitch Bryce
JAG 2003 TV Series Tom Morrow
The Extreme Team 2003 Richard Knowles
The Practice 2002 TV Series Judge Robert Brenford
Star Trek: Nemesis 2002 Praetor Hiren
American Dreams 2002 TV Series Captain Andrews
X-Men: Next Dimension 2002 Video Game Beast / Dr. Hank McCoy (voice)
The X-Files 2002 TV Series Toothpick Man
Philly 2001 TV Series Bruce Frohman
The Lone Gunmen 2001 TV Series Michael Wilhelm
ER 2000-2001 TV Series Al Patterson
Signs of Life 2001 TV Series Clive
The Lost World 2000 TV Series Phelan
First Daughter 1999 TV Movie Daly
Alien Cargo 1999 TV Movie Eichhorn, Explorer Dolphin
State Coroner 1997-1998 TV Series Atty. Gen. Dudley Mills
Blue Heelers 1997 TV Series Rod Wright
Breaking News 1997 TV Series Dave
Plainclothes 1995 TV Series Sen Sgt Mitch Mitchell
Space: Above and Beyond 1995 TV Series Colonial Governor Borman
Time Trax 1994 TV Series Mr. Bergdorf
Janus 1994 TV Series Richard Issacs
Neighbours 1985-1993 TV Series Jim Robinson
Houseboat Horror 1989 Video Evans
The Far Country 1988 TV Movie Dave Marshall
The Young Doctors 1979-1983 TV Series John Forrest
The Applicant 1982 Short
Radio Waves 1978 1978 TV Series Jack Delamore

Miscellaneous

Title Year Status Character
Your Highness 2011 additional voice

Self

Title Year Status Character
13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2007 TV Special Himself
The 33rd Annual People’s Choice Awards 2007 TV Special documentary Himself
The 11th Annual Satellite Awards 2006 TV Movie Himself
The O.C.: A Day in the Life 2004 TV Special documentary Himself / Caleb Nichol
On-Air with Ryan Seacrest 2004 TV Series Himself
Pure 24 2003 TV Series documentary Himself
24: Access All Areas 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself
Neighbours: A 10th Anniversary Celebration 1995 Video documentary Himself / Jim Robinson
The Big Breakfast 1994 TV Series Himself
The Royal Variety Performance 1988 1988 TV Special Himself
The Tonight Show 1962 TV Series Himself – Comedian
Once Upon a Time: The Price of Magic 2013 TV Movie documentary Himself – Narrator (voice)
Home & Family 2013 TV Series Himself – Guest
Loose Women 2010 TV Series Himself
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2010 TV Series Himself
Alan Carr: Chatty Man 2009 TV Series Himself
Big Night In 2009 TV Special Himself
TV Burp 2008 TV Series Himself
Happy Hour 2008 TV Series Himself
The Alan Titchmarsh Show 2008 TV Series Himself
Torchwood Declassified 2008 TV Series documentary Himself
Richard & Judy 2008 TV Series Himself
The 2007 Australian Film Institute Awards 2007 TV Special Himself – Presenter
Becoming Ugly: A New Face for Television 2007 Video short Himself

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Neighbours 2005-2017 TV Series Jim Robinson
Gogglebox 2015 TV Series Jim Robinson
Hot in Cleveland 2013 TV Series Emmet
Lost: A Journey in Time 2009 TV Movie Charles Widmore (uncredited)
Lost: The Story of the Oceanic 6 2009 TV Movie Charles Widmore (uncredited)
Lost: Destiny Calls 2009 TV Movie Charles Widmore (uncredited)
‘Neighbours’ on Five 2008 TV Movie documentary Jim Robinson (uncredited)
The Beautiful World of Ugly Betty 2007 TV Movie Bradford Meade
The Beauty of Ugly Betty 2007 TV Movie Bradford Meade

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2009 Saturn Award Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Best Guest Starring Role in a Television Series Lost (2004)
2008 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Ugly Betty (2006)
2007 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Ugly Betty (2006)

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