AlanDale
- Actor
New Zealand born and raised, but better known for his work in Australia and the United States, Alan Dale began his screen career on Kiwi soap Radio Waves. After eight years playing patriarch Jim Robinson on Australia's Neighbours, he was cast in American hit The OC, and established himself as the man to call for business magnates and authority figures. His CV includes shows 24, Ugly Betty, Lost and Once Upon a Time.
Screenography
Biography
Most of the Kiwi actors who have built careers in Hollywood — from Martin Henderson through to Cliff Curtis — set up shop in the United States before they'd turned 30. At that age Alan Dale had just begun his screen career. He would be in his early fifties before deciding "to take a chance" on Los Angeles. Since then, Dale has played an impressive gallery of authority figures on television and film, including turns in such high profile TV shows as The OC, Ugly Betty and Lost.
Awards
2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards (United States)
Nominated (alongside the rest of the cast) for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: for Ugly Betty
2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards
Nominated (alongside the rest of the cast) for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: for Ugly Betty
“I either play rulers of the world or the guy who kills the ruler of the world.”