Ian Anthony Dale

Ian Anthony Dale is an American actor. His notable roles include Adam Noshimuri on Hawaii Five-0, Harris Edwards on Salvation, Simon Lee on The Event, Davis Lee on Surface, Avatar Gamma on Charmed and Kazuya Mishima in Tekken. He has also appeared on shows such as Las Vegas, JAG, Day Break, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Criminal Minds, 24, and The Walking Dead and The Resident

Early life Growing up in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Dale attended Cretin-Derham Hall High School where he was a standout baseball player and also first discovered acting. His father Jack Dale played ice hockey for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and made the national team for the 1968 Winter Olympics. His mother is Japanese who immigrated from Kobe to the United States as a teenager.

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. 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. 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 the fall of 2010.

Hawaii Five-0, Murder in the First and Salvation Beginning in 2011 with the second season, Dale portrayed the recurring role of Adam Noshimuri in the 2010 remake of Hawaii Five-O. The character was first introduced as the head of the Yakuza, later becoming a police officer; and current boyfriend, later husband, of Kono Kalakaua, who was portrayed by series regular Grace Park. Following Park's departure from the series, Dale was promoted to the main cast beginning with the eighth season, a role which he held until the series concluded with its tenth season in 2020. Dale also directed an episode of the series during its final season, and later crossed over to the 2018 reboot of Magnum, P.I. during its second season.

During his time on Hawaii Five-0 Dale was also cast in series regular roles on Murder in the First as Jim Koto and in Salvation, to portray Harris Edwards. Both roles were held for the entirety of both series run; three seasons from 2014–2016 and two seasons from 2017–2018, respectively. Other roles during this time included guest stints on The Mentalist and American Horror Story: Coven, two-episode story arcs on Emily Owens, M.D. and Hart of Dixie, and the unsold television adaptation of Delirium.

Post Hawaii Five-0 Following Hawaii Five-0 Dale had a brief recurring role as Louis Bravo on the American legal drama All Rise, and was cast to portray Tomi, Yumiko's long lost brother in the eleventh and final season of The Walking Dead. In November 2022 Dale was cast to play Dr. James Yamada on The Resident.

In May 2024, Dale was cast to play Sean Harimoto on Fox series Rescue: HI-Surf.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2004 Mr. 3000 Fukuda 2007 The Bucket List Instructor 2009 The Hangover Chow's #1 Tekken Kazuya Mishima Flying Lessons Lance 2010 Mortal Kombat: Rebirth Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion 2016 XOXO Anders 2017 Wakefield Ben Jacobs

Television Year Title Role Notes 2002 Fastlane Jackson Yu Episode: "Mighty Blue"2003 Angel Drugged Vampire #3 Episode: "Release" JAG Lance Corporal Brad Owens Episode: "The Boast"2004 Las Vegas Jonathan Tam Episode: "Die Fast, Die Furious" Hawaii Lieutenant Robertson Episode: "No Man Is an Island" Second Time Around Sam Chang Episode: "No, No" Charmed Avatar Gamma 5 episodes 2005 North Shore Garrett Haynes Episode: "The End" 2005–2006 Surface Davis Lee Main role 2006–2007 Day Break Detective Christopher Choi Main role 2006–2009 Criminal Minds Lt. Detective Owen Kim 2 episodes2007 Without a Trace David Kwon Episode: "Without You" Bones Commander James Adams Episode: "Spaceman in a Crater" 24 Zhou Yong 2 episodes Cold Case Ray Takahashi Episode: "Family 8108"2009 CSI: NY Ellis Park Episode: "The Past, Present and Murder" Dollhouse Jack Dunston Episode: "Haunted" CSI: Miami Evan Wilcox Episode: "Kill Clause"2010 Trauma Andy Wu Episode: "Protocol" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Lon Rose Episode: "The Panty Sniffer" 2010–2011 The Event Agent Simon Lee Main role 2011 Burn Notice Xavier Episode: "Damned If You Do"2011–2020 Hawaii Five-0 Adam Noshimuri Recurring role (seasons 2–7) Main role (seasons 8–10)and director; 1 episode2012 The Mentalist Nathaniel Kim Episode: "Red Dawn" Emily Owens, M.D. Dr. Kyle Putnam 2 episodes 2013 American Horror Story: Coven Dr. David Zhong Episode: "Bitchcraft" 2014 Delirium Liam Unsold TV pilot 2014–2016 Murder in the First Jim Koto Main role 2015 Hart of Dixie Henry Dalton 2 episodes 2017–2018 Salvation Harris Edwards Main role 2020 Magnum P.I. Adam Noshimuri Episode: "A Leopard on the Prowl" 2021–2022 The Walking Dead Tomi Recurring role (season 11); 7 episodes 2021–2023 All Rise DA Louis Bravo Recurring role (seasons 2–3)16 episodes 2022 The Resident Dr. James Yamada Season 6 2023 Accused Jiro Tamura Episode: "Jiro's Story" 2024–2025 Rescue: HI-Surf Sean Harimoto Recurring role; 5 episodes

Web Year Title Role Notes 2011–2013 Mortal Kombat: Legacy Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion 5 episodes

Video games Year Title Role Notes2012 Sleeping Dogs Ricky Wong Call of Duty: Black Ops II Multiplayer Voices 2015 Battlefield Hardline Marvin The Thief 2024 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Jo Sawashiro 2026 Romeo Is a Dead Man SilverSox

Directing credits Year Title Notes 2020 Hawaii Five-0 Episode: "He waha kou o ka he'e"