Alan Dale

New Zealand born and raised, but better known for his work in Australia and the United States, Alan Dale began his screen career on Kiwi soap Radio Waves. After eight years as patriarch Jim Robinson on Australia's Neighbours he was later cast in hit US show The OC, and established himself as the man to call for business magnates and authority figures: his CV includes 24, Ugly Betty, Lost, and Once Upon a Time.

I either play rulers of the world, or the guy who kills the ruler of the world. Alan Dale in The Times, 8 March 2008