That Alan Dale is a bit of a soap star slut isn't he??

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How many bloody shows has he been in??

Just watching Californiacation and he has popped up! Is there no show that he won't take part in?

I love that he's in Lost AND The OC. I swear he popped up on Ally McBeal as well. More power to Jim Robinson. He must be minted by now.

He is EVERYWHERE! I find it hilarious actually!

He has been in Ugly Betty too. Don't remember him in Lost. Surely Desperate Housewives is next?

Was he not in west wing for a while as well. Everytime i see him I can't believe he is anyone except jim robinson.

hE WAS the evil Charles Widmore in Lost.

He was in ER and the X Files

Never watched the West Wing. I need to find a show that he hasn't been in!

Bless Jim, do prefer him in these roles tho

he was born just up the road from me.in hampshire.gets about a bit doesn't he?

Er AND X Files!!! How have I missed him in X files??

Tbh I stopped watching Lost after season 3.

wiki says he was born in nz.i don't think that's right.

He's a Kiwi?

i'll shut up now - i always thought it was jim born here turns out it was lou carpenter from neighbours.

Sorry missed your 1st post, he was born in Hampshire but Wiki says Nz?

I thought he was aussie!

haha!

He was some shadowy senior FBI figure in X Files who was plotting against Mulder.

alan dale born in nz

lou carpenter actor born in hants

i always thought alan was born here

And he was the VoiceOver in Pushing Daisies...

Who wasn't plotting against Mulder?

I guess it's been quite a while since I have seen X Files.

So he isn't Aussie...interesting

He really is everywhere isn't he

A few years ago I was on the tube watching a 24 with him in and recalling a conversation me and DH had had the night before about him being everywhere, I looked up and lo and behold there was a poster advertising him in Spamalot right in front of me too! He has an extremely good agent I suspect.

Plus I've never understood the whole 'non-Americans playing Americans' thing in US dramas, is it because they are cheaper? I'm pretty sure there's not a shortage of aspiring actors in the US is there and yet so often major roles are played by overseas actors putting on the accent.

He seems to have a bit part in most US dramas, I can't add any to those already mentioned. It was Jim Dale (from the Carry Ons) who was the voice over on Pushing Daisies though , as opposed to Alan Dale aka Jim from Neighbours

I liked him best in star treck (inserection I think?) and also playing a mean aussie in a piss take of 'west side story' in Flight of the Concords.

Alan Dale is a kiwi. Well NZ are claiming him anyway

He played the Aussie prime minister in Flight of the Conchords. You can tell he's a Kiwi because he played the Aussie PM as an arsehole.

I had to google Jim Dale..

I had a read on his wiki page, he really has been in a lot. A few characters dying from heart attacks too! I will ask Dh about Flight of the Concords, he has seen more than I have. I can normally tell the difference between a Aussie and Kiwi accent.

If you see Alan Dale in a show you know it's going to be a good one

I don't remember him at all in WW, and I thought I knew that backwards! Enlighten me, someone!

It is a sport, isnt it - spotting him in totally different settings. I like him though - he acts well and I find him believeable in everything. Especailly Lost...

here he is in Flight of the Conchords: