Memorable as the beatnik wannabe Charlie "Nuwanda" Dalton in 1989's Dead Poet's Society; internet sources place this Seattle actor's birth in 1961 to a working-class family of Norwegian stock. Currently active in theatre, Gale's wife Brittney appeared with him in the 1990 film "Shaking the Tree".


Gale's nickname derives from his oldest son, Jasper's nickname, "Jazz" when Jasper's friends and classmates would call him "Jazz daddy". His younger son, Caleb, refuses nicknames on principle, but allows Gale to call him "Sonnyboy.".