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To the 1th. Ian Anthony Dale/Adam Noshimuri Appreciation Thread!

Biography

Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Dale attended Cretin-Derham Hall High School where he was a standout baseball player and also first discovered acting.[1][2][3] His father Jack Dale, who is of French and English descent, played ice hockey for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and made the national team for the 1968 Winter Olympics.[4] His mother is Japanese and emigrated to the United States from Kobe as a teenager.[5][6]

Dale attended St. Mary's University in Winona, Minnesota where he studied stage and theatre, and then moved to Madison, Wisconsin, graduating from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[2] During his first several years in Los Angeles, he worked as a carpenter building sets to make ends meet while taking acting classes and auditioning for roles


Career



Film

In 2004, Dale appeared in the film Mr. 3000 as "***uda", alongside Bernie Mac, Angela Bassett and Chris Noth. His next movie role was in 2007's The Bucket List as an instructor to Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman's characters in one of the scenes. In 2009, he followed that up with a minor part in The Hangover, and appeared in the independent film Lollipops. In 2010, he starred in the Tekken movie as Kazuya Mishima and in Flying Lessons. In 2010, he also portrayed Scorpion in the short film of Mortal Kombat: Rebirth on YouTube.[7] The film paved way for a web series, Mortal Kombat: Legacy, in which Dale reprised his role. He reprised his role in the second season.

Television

Dale had his first television break on a 2002 episode of Fastlane. Since then he has appeared in episodes of Angel, JAG, Las Vegas, Charmed, 24, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Criminal Minds, Dollhouse and Cold Case.
Major television roles have included recurring character Davis Lee on Surface, and Detective Christopher Choi on Day Break. Both series were only broadcast for one season and did not return for a second. Dale was a series regular in the NBC drama series The Event, which ran in Fall 2010. His most recent recurring roles include Hawaii Five-0 as Adam Noshimuri and Murder in the First as Lieutenant Jim Koto.[2] He also has a main role in the CBS TV series Salvation as Deputy Secretary of Defense Harris Edwards.


Adam Noshimuri


Adam Noshimuri is the son of Hiro Noshimuri, former leader of the Japanese Yakuza. His father tried to make sure his son would not follow in his footsteps. Adam has been trying to turn his father's assets into legitimate businesses without any corruption or other Yakuza influences.

At the end of Powehiwehi, Kono tells Adam she wants to be his wife. They get married in 5.25 A Make Kaua. Currently, Adam is trying to clear up his debt, unsure whether to pay through illegal means or not. .