James Badge Dale
James Badge Dale is an American actor. Frequently cast as law enforcement and military characters, he is known for his roles as 24 characters#Chase Edmunds|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.
Early life
James Badgett Dale was born in the New York City borough of Manhattan on May 1, 1978, the only child of actress/singer Anita Morris and actor/dancer Grover Dale. 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.Career
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. He also appeared in CSI: Miami and CSI: NY as serial killer Henry Darius. In 2006, he 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.In 2013, Dale played Eric Savin in the Marvel superhero film Iron Man 3, Captain Speke in the science fiction thriller World [War Z (film)|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. He portrayed a firefighter captain in 2017 drama film Only [the Brave (2017 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.
He played the male lead in Starz series Hightown as a sex-addicted police detective dealing with the opioid crisis. In 2022, he guest starred in a comedic role in an episode of Hulu's Ramy, and in three episodes of the first series of Paramount+ series 1923. In 2024 he starred in the action film King Ivory, being drawn to the project by the writing. He was cast in a recurring role in the upcoming Apple TV miniseries The Savant. He starred in the 2025 revenge thriller Violent Ends.