Alan Dale

Birthday: 6 May 1947, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Birth Name: Alan Dale

Height: 188 cm

Alan Dale was born on May 6, 1947 in Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. He is best known for his eight year role as Jim Robinson in the long running Australian soap opera Neighbours (1985), played Caleb in the hit Fox series The O.C. (2003), featured on Lost (2004) and has a long list of recurring roles. These include 24 (2001), NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003), The West Wing (1999), ER (1994) and The X Files (1993). His film credits include The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Priest (2011), After the Sunset (2004), Hollywood Homicide (2003) and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). Alan has extensive theater credits. He played the lead role of King Arthur in "Spamalot" on the West End, London. He has hosted his own radio shows and is a successful voice-over artist in both Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Show less «

When I moved to Los Angeles, aged 54, I printed out Winston Churchill's phrase, 'Never, never, never...Show more »

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. Show less «

My wife says I'm much happier when I'm not a regular on a TV show.

I was doing a late-night round as a milkman in 1978 when I heard a radio DJ announce that he was lea...Show more »

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. Show less «

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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. Show less «

I did a production of Macbeth in the 1960s in which I had a swordfight in the final scene. But the b...Show more »

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. Show less «

When you're tied to one show, you are very much at the mercy of the writers, so you can suddenly get...Show more »

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. Show less «

Alan Dale

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