Alan Dale

Highest Rated: 90% Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Lowest Rated: 15% Priest (2011)

Birthday: May 6, 1947

Birthplace: Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

Was an avid swimmer and rugby player in his youth. Worked at a variety of jobs before his acting career took off, including delivering milk, and selling cars andreal estate. Performed in his parents' theater group and did radio voice-oversin New Zealand before moving to Australia in 1979,where hesoon landed a role on thesoap opera The Young Doctors. Became famous in Australia forplaying the character Jim Robinson on the soap Neighbours for eight years. While he was playing bass in a band withhis Neighbourscostars at a1987 charity event, a cast membernamed Kylie Minogue sangLittle Eva's "The Loco-motion" with them, and her singing career was born. After moving to Los Angeles in 2000,quickly became familiar to U.S. audiences with roles on ER, The X-Files andThe O.C., among other shows. Shareda 2007 Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for theABC dramedy Ugly Betty. Says his motto is the Winston Churchill quote, "Never, never, never give up."