（Alan Hugh Dale）是新西兰演员。小时候，戴尔就对戏剧产生了热爱，并成为一名橄榄球运动员。退役后，他从事了多种职业来养家糊口，然后在 27 岁时决定成为一名职业演员。由于在新西兰的工作有限，戴尔搬到了澳大利亚，1979 年至 1982 年，他在《年轻医生》中扮演约翰·福雷斯特博士。后来，他在《邻居》中饰演吉姆·罗宾逊（Jim Robinson），这个角色他扮演了八年。这个角色是戴尔在澳大利亚和英国最相关的角色。当他与制片人就他和其他演员的报酬发生争执时，他离开了该系列。

离开邻居后，戴尔在澳大利亚被塑造成罗宾逊，并努力寻找工作。2000年移居美国后，他的职业生涯重新焕发了活力。从那时起，他在许多美国系列中扮演角色，包括 The O.C.（饰演 Caleb Nichol）和 Ugly Betty（饰演 Bradford Meade）中的重要角色，以及在 Lost、24、NCIS、ER、The West Wing、The X 档案和孤独的枪手中反复出现和客串角色。戴尔还出演了《星际迷航：复仇女神》、《好莱坞凶杀案》和《印第安纳琼斯与水晶骷髅王国》等电影，以及伦敦西区制作的《Spamalot》。戴尔自 1990 年以来一直与前澳大利亚小姐特蕾西·皮尔森结婚，并育有四个孩子。

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. 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 and The Lone Gunmen. Dale has also appeared in minor roles in films such as Star Trek Nemesis, Hollywood Homicide and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 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.