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Alan Dale

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  • Birth Place: Dunedin, New Zealand
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/06/1947, Taurus
  • Profession: Actor
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Although best known to his fellow countrymen Down Under for his eight-year stint on the wildly popular soap Neighbours, Dale found stateside fame playing a string of powerful but ruthless characters on American TV. The New Zealand-born actor moved to Australia early on to further his career and became a national icon for his small-sceeen work on The Young Doctors and the aforementioned Neighbours. Even though the latter series turned him into a star, Dale disliked the way the producers treated the cast. Perhaps his unhappiness influenced his decision to try his luck in Hollywood in 2000. Despite being a fiftysomething character actor with little name or face recognition in the U.S., he soon became a ubiquitous presence on the tube, appearing on hit shows like ER, The X Files and 24. He was particularly memorable in a trio of similar roles: three villainous tycoons who also happened to be overprotective family men on The O.C., Lost and Ugly Betty.Alan Dale Fast Facts:
  • Not to be confused with the big-band singer of the same name.
  • An avid swimmer and rugby player in his youth.
  • Worked a variety of jobs before his acting career took off, including selling cars and real estate, and delivering milk.
  • Performed in his parents' theater group and did radio voice-overs in New Zealand before moving to Australia in 1979, where he landed a role on the soap opera The Young Doctors.
  • While playing bass in a band with other Neighbours actors at a 1987 charity event, fellow cast member Kylie Minogue sang Little Eva's "The Loco-motion" with them, thus her singing career was born.
  • Shared in a 2007 Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for ABC dramedy Ugly Betty.
  • Alan Dale Relationships:
  • Claire - Ex-wife
  • Daniel - Son
  • Matthew Dale - Son
  • Nicholas - Son
  • Simon Dale - Son
  • Tracey Dale - Wife
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Lost, Alan Dale, Yunjin Kim courtesy Paul Massey/ABC
Lost, Alan Dale  courtesy Paul Massey/ABC
Ugly Betty, Alan Dale  courtesy Dean Hendler/ABC
Ugly Betty, America Ferrera, Alan Dale  courtesy Karen Neal/ABC
Ugly Betty, Alan Dale, America Ferrera courtesy Ron Tom/ABC
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