James Badge Dale

James Badge Dale is one of those actors who makes every scene feel more grounded just by showing up, and I genuinely think he's underrated in the best possible way. Born in New York and trained at Manhattanville University, he brings a real, unshowy intensity to everything he touches — whether it's the exhausted humanity he gave Robert Leckie in The Pacific, the quiet menace of his bit in The Departed, or the coiled tension he brought to 13 Hours as Tyrone "Rone" Woods. He keeps getting cast as soldiers and cops because there's something in him that reads as authentically load-bearing — like a guy who actually has to hold something together. Iron Man 3 could've been a throwaway villain role; he made it stick. I'd honestly watch a whole film built around any character he's ever played as a side note.

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Name (English)

James Badge Dale

Name (Japanese)

ジェームズ・バッジ・デール

Reading

じぇーむず・ばっじ・でーる

Born

May 1, 1978 (age 48)

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

University

Manhattanville University

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Badge%20Dale
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451974

Tags

• New York
• actor
• stage actor
• television actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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