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Ian Anthony Dale is known by many names like Adam Noshimuri on Hawaii Five to 0, Simon Lee on The Event, Davis Lee on Surface and many others. These are the names of the various popular characters he has portrayed in several films and film projects that he has under his belt. The actor has been in the industry for over ten years and you will learn all about his acting career, his parents and his wife, and other cool facts worth knowing about him.

The biography of Ian Anthony Dale

As you might have guessed, Ian is of mixed descent which includes Japanese, French and English. His birth gladdened the hearts of his parents when he was born on July 3, 1978, in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States.

Growing up, he attended high school at Cretin-Derham Hall High School where he was an outstanding baseball player. At the same time, the young boy was trying his hand at acting and was also proving gifted with a talent for imitating characters in school plays. After high school, Dale then went to St. Mary’s University in Winona, Minnesota to further explore his thirst for acting. He did not, however, see the end of his university studies at St. Mary’s, as he later enrolled at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he ended up obtaining a bachelor’s degree in film in 2000.

Fresh out of college, Ian had no time to mess aroundAs he waited for a major stage role, he started out as a carpenter, building sets and sets, while impersonating for auditions. He didn’t have to do this for long as he soon made his screen debut on Fast Lane in 2002 and after that came another role in The Break in 2003. The following years saw the talented actor star in shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, 24, Angel, JAG Criminal Minds, Trauma and many more.

His big movie role came with Mr. 3000, a 2004 film where Ian Anthony Dale played the character of Fukuda a Japanese pitcher. His role in the film saw him starring alongside Chris Noth, Angela Bassett and Bernie Mac. Next came a role in the 2007 American comedy-drama film The Bucket List where he acted as an instructor to Morgan characters Freeman and Jack Nicholson. At this point, no one wondered if Ian was good at what he did on screen. The actor continued with more big-screen work like Mortal Kombat: Rebirth (2010) as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion, a fan-favorite character from the fight movie, Anders in kisses kisses (2016) and Ben Jacobs inWakefield (2017).

Besides his movies and TV series, Ian Anthony Dale featured in 5 episodes of the web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy as Hanzo Hasashi/Scorpion which ran from 2011 to 2013. Additionally, the Minnesota actor has also featured in 2012 video games like ‘Sleeping Dogs’ as Ricky Wong, ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops II’ where his voice was used, and Marvin The Thief in ‘ Battlefield Hardline”. (2015).

Family: parents, wife

Ian was born to Jack and Olga Dale. Her father is of French and English descent, while her mother is a Japanese immigrant to the United States. It’s unclear how they met, but we do know that Ian’s father, Jack Dale, was an ice hockey player who played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. He also played for the US national ice hockey team and was part of the 1968 Winter Olympics team. Besides Ian, they had four other children in their family, including three boys and a girl.

The actor is married to Nicole Garippo, they had their wedding in Los Angeles in October 2016, after having known and dated for quite some time. Their union has been strong ever since, with no divorce rumors. They are the parents of a little girl who is still very young.

Height and other facts

• The actor stands at a height of 1.83 m.
• Although he was not born in Japan, Ian Anthony Dale found it important to study his native country’s native language at Osaka Sangyo University in Los Angeles.
• Ian also trained in Japanese swordsmanship and kung fu shinkendo. Perhaps that was why he landed the role in the movie Mortal Combat.
• Ian Anthony Dale net worth is $3 million. He is said to earn up to $750,000 per movie.

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