Actor
Alan Dale
May 6, 1947 · Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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.
Notable work
7.7Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
as Councilman Rockwell
6Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
as General Bob Ross
7.4The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
as Detective Isaksson
8Lost (2004)
as Charles Widmore
8Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
as Joshua Koehler
8.4The X-Files (1993)
as Toothpick Man
7.6Homeland (2011)
as President Morse
5.9Priest (2011)
as Monsignor Chamberlain
7.6NCIS (2003)
as Tom Morrow
7.4Once Upon a Time (2011)
as King George / Albert Spencer
8.1Person of Interest (2011)
as Ulrich Kohl
7.824 (2001)
as Vice President Jim Prescott
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