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James Badge Dale
American actor (born 1978) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James Badge Dale (born James Badgett Dale, May 1, 1978) is an American actor. Frequently cast as law enforcement and military characters, he is known for his roles as Chase Edmunds in 24, Robert Leckie in The Pacific, Trooper Barrigan in The Departed, Luke Lewenden in The Grey, Eric Savin in Iron Man 3, and Tyrone S. "Rone" Woods in 13 Hours.
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Early life
James Badgett Dale[2] was born in New York City's Manhattan borough on May 1, 1978, the only child of actress and singer Anita Morris (1943–1994) and actor and dancer Grover Dale (born 1935). He was educated at Wonderland Avenue Elementary School in the Laurel Canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles. At the age of 10, he was picked out of his fifth grade class to audition for the role of Simon in the 1990 film Lord of the Flies. After gaining the role and spending five months filming on location in Jamaica, he returned to his schooling at Wonderland.
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Dale's early notable roles are Simon in the 1990 film Lord of the Flies and Chase Edmunds in the third season of the Fox series 24 (which he later reprised in 24: The Game). He also appeared in CSI: Miami and CSI: NY as serial killer Henry Darius. The storyline originally began in the CSI: Miami episode "Felony" and ended with the CSI: NY episode "Manhattan Manhunt", resulting in a crossover between the two shows.[citation needed]
In 2006, Dale played the supporting role of Trooper Barrigan in The Departed. He then was cast as the lead in AMC's political thriller Rubicon which revolves around a secret society that pulls the strings on the world political stage like the alleged Illuminati and the Council on Foreign Relations. It centers on Dale's brilliant analyst Will Travers discovering that his employers are not who they seem to be. He starred as Robert Leckie, one of the three leads in the HBO miniseries The Pacific (2010).[3]
In 2013, Dale played Eric Savin in the Marvel superhero film Iron Man 3, Captain Speke in the science fiction thriller World War Z, Dan Reid in Disney's The Lone Ranger, and the brother of Lee Harvey Oswald in Parkland. In 2014, he starred in an off-Broadway production of Small Engine Repair (and would later appear in a small role in the 2021 film adaptation). He portrayed a firefighter captain in 2017 drama film Only the Brave, and an ex-police militia member in tense thriller The Standoff at Sparrow Creek released the following year. He played the lead as an ex-police officer grieving the loss of his family in the critically acclaimed supernatural horror The Empty Man in 2020.[4][5]
He played the male lead in Starz series Hightown (2020-2024) as a sex-addicted police detective dealing with the opiod crisis.[6] In 2022, he guest starred in a comedic role in an episode of Hulu's Ramy,[7] and three episodes of the first series of Paramount+ series 1923.[8] In 2024 he starred in the action film King Ivory, drawn to the project by the writing, and the revenge thriller Violent Ends.[7][9] He was cast in a recurring role in the Apple TV miniseries The Savant set to premiere in September 2025.[7]
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Personal life
Dale married actress Emily Wickersham in September 2024.[10] They have a son born in 2021. In October 2024, they had their second child.[11]
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