Gale Hansen

Known for

Acting

Born

January 8, 1960 (age 66)

Birthplace

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Biography

Memorable as the beatnik wannabe Charlie "Nuwanda" Dalton in 1989's Dead Poet's Society; Minneapolis born, Seattle raised Gale is a combo of German, Jewish, Russian, American Indian. Currently working as a Creative Exec at a Film Finance Co in Beverly Hills, Gale's [only] wife Eva Quiroz appeared [as "Brunette at the bar"] with him in the 1990 film "Shaking the Tree" as well as another "Brunette" in 1991 flick with Rob Lowe, "Finest Hour".

Best known work

Dead Poets Society

1989

Zelig

1983

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

1997

The Finest Hour

1992

Double Vision

1992

Shaking the Tree

1991

Good Bad Things

2024

Class of '96

1993

Under Surveillance

1991

Filmography

TBA
You Are Here
as Joe Donald
2025
The Interview
as Butchie
2024
Good Bad Things
as Dad
2014
Dead Poets in NYC
as Self
1997
Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionTV
as Wes Briggs (segment "The Perfect Record") (1 episode)
1993
Class of '96TV
as Samuel 'Stroke' Dexter (17 episodes)
1992
Double Vision
as Michael
1992
The Finest Hour
as Dean Mazzoli
1991
Shaking the Tree
as Sully
1991
Under Surveillance
as Joel Pierson
1989
Dead Poets Society
as Charlie Dalton
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
as Arnold Wynn (1 episode)
1983
Zelig
as Freshman #1