who plays king george in once upon a time
Alan Dale At the age of 52, he began to revive his career and started taking acting classes,[4] something he had not thought about after being cast in Neighbours.[2] He described his age, unknown status and willingness to work for a relatively low fee as being his main assets for getting work in America. His drama teacher, who he has remained with ever since,[2] told him "that you might want to play great roles, but truth is you will get cast as a specific type. Just work out your type. The others in the class said I was a bit Anthony Hopkins and a bit Sean Connery and that went into my head. I thought if I go for roles those guys would go for I'm more likely to get them."[4] The first role he was offered was a part in a series called Sign of Life, a show about a rock band, which eventually fell through.[2] Dale only received a couple of auditions during his first year in America, but his break came when he was cast as the South African Al Patterson in four episodes of ER.[1] Since then, Dale has been "busier than ever".[4] He has appeared in many television series including guest appearances on The West Wing, Torchwood, The Lone Gunmen, Californication,[7] and The Practice.[2] Many of these have been recurring roles, such as the part of Tom Morrow in JAG and its spin-off NCIS, as well as appearing in three episodes, including the series finale, of The X-Files, playing the "Toothpick Man".[2] He played the recurring role of Vice President of the United States Jim Prescott for seven episodes of the second season of 24, a part which was originally supposed to be a single scene.[1] Dale had recurring roles in the serial Midnight Man and the Australian series Sea Patrol in 2008.[2] He also had recurring parts on Undercovers, Entourage as John Ellis, the fictional owner of Warner Bros., and the British series Moving Wallpaper as a fictional version of himself.[7][8][9] He had a recurring role as King George in the series Once Upon a Time,[7][10] and Emmett in Hot in Cleveland,[11] before joining the main cast of Dominion in 2014, playing General Edward Riesen.[12]