Alan Hugh Dale (born 6 May 1947) is a New Zealand actor. As a child, Dale enjoyed theatre and rugby. After retiring from the sport, he took on a number of occupations, before deciding to become a professional actor at age 27. Dale subsequently 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 from 1985 until 1993. 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 found he had become typecast as Jim 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. From 2017 to 2021, Dale starred in the soap opera Dynasty as Joseph Anders. 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, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, 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.

Early life and work

In 1968, Dale married his girlfriend, Claire. The couple had two children, Simon and Matthew, The marriage ended in divorce in 1979. At the time, Dale lived in Auckland but after the divorce he moved to Sydney with his sons.

He and his family live in Manhattan Beach, California and also owns property in Australia. Both of Dale's parents died in 2007. || Direct-to-video release

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| 2002 || Rent Control || George ||

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| 2002 || Star Trek: Nemesis || Praetor Hiren ||

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| 2014 || Grace || Father John ||

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| 2015 || Entourage || John Ellis

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| 1979–1982 || The Young Doctors || Dr. John Forrest

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| 2009 || Law & Order: Special Victims Unit || Judge Joshua Koehler || Episode 10.21: "Liberties"

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| 2010 || Important Things with Demetri Martin || Mob Boss || Episode 2.1: "Attention"

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| 2010 || Burn Notice || Ken Bocklage

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| 2011 || Californication || Lloyd Alan Phillips Jr. || Episode 4.07: "The Recused"

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| 2011 || Doomsday Prophecy || General Slade

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| 2012–2013 || Hot in Cleveland

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| 2013 || Auckland Daze || Alan/Himself || Three episodes

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| 2014 || Dominion || General Edward Riesen || Main cast

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| 2015 || Top Coppers || Frank

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|2017–2021 || Dynasty || Joseph Anders || Main cast (seasons 1–4); 73 episodes

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| 2019 || Tangled: The Series || Vicar

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|2025

|Assassin || Aaron Cross ||

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|2026

|The Killings at Parrish Station

|TBA

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Video games

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| 2002 || X-Men: Next Dimension

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| 2008 || Spamalot || King Arthur || Palace Theatre, London with Grafton Theatre for Auckland Festival ||