Dale Adam Dye Jr. was born on the 8th October 1944, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri USA and, apart from being a former US Marines Corps captain, is also a businessman, actor as well as an author. Dale is renowned for appearing in movies such as “Platoon” (1986), “Natural Born Killers”(1994) and “Saving Private Ryan” (1998) as well as for publishing several novels including “Run Between the Raindrops”. He is also the founder and the owner of Warriors, Inc. – a Hollywood technical advisor company.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this soldier-turned-actor has accumulated so far? How rich Dale Dye is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Dale Dye’s net worth, as of mid-2017, revolves around the sum of $3 million, acquired through his on-camera appearances, business endeavors and book publishing.
Dale Dye Net Worth $3 million
Dale was born to Della Grace Koehler and Dale Adam Dye Sr. who was a liquor salesman. From an early age, Dale dreamed of becoming a soldier so when he was old enough, he enrolled at the St. Joseph’s Military Academy in Chicago, Illinois. He later attended the Missouri Military Academy after which he joined the US Marine Corps in 1964. Within the next year, he was deployed to Vietnam where he also served as a combat correspondent for the next couple of years, participating in over 30 crucial combat operations. After Vietnam, Dye served in Beirut and later Lebanon, and gained the rank of Master Sergeant. After almost 20 years spent in the Marines, during which he also obtained University of Maryland’s Bachelor of Arts degree in English language, in 1984 Dale retired from his military service. However, this two-decade-long engagement provided the basis for Dale Dye’s net worth.
Upon retirement, he founded Warriors, Inc. – a company specialized in providing realistic acting training for war scenes and movies. As its CEO, Dye is one of the leading Hollywood’s military consultants. He debuted as an actor in 1986 when he appeared in “Invaders from Mars” Sci-Fi movie. Later that year he made a memorable performance as Captain Harris in the first part of Oliver Stone’s war drama movie trilogy “Platoon”. Through the rest of the 1980s as well as 1990s, Dye maintained a continuous streak of acting engagements, mainly in small, military roles, appearing in Hollywood blockbusters including “JFK” (1991), “Mission: Impossible” (1996) and “Starship Troopers” (1997). It is certain that all these involvements helped Dale Dye to significantly improve the total amount of his revenues.
Apart from the big screen, Dye has also added several TV roles to his portfolio – he was cast for the television series “Band of Brothers”, “Rocket Power”, “Commander in Chief” as well as “Entourage” and “Falling Skies” among a handful of others. Besides his on-camera engagements, he also voice-acted in several video games including several sequels of the “Medal of Honor” franchise and “Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway”. All these ventures added a notable sum to the total size of Dale Dye’s net worth.
Dye also served as a journalist for Soldier of Fortune magazine, as well as military commentator for Los Angeles’ KFI AM 640 radio station, and The History Channel’s documentary series host. Since his retirement from the Marines, Dye has published almost a dozen novels of which the most popular, apart from the one already mentioned above, are “Outrage”, “Platoon” and “Conduct Unbecoming” and is also the co-author of graphic novel series “Code Word: Geronimo”. Doubtlessly, all these accomplishments have helped Dale Dye to further boost not only his popularity but his wealth as well.
When it comes to his personal life, Dale Dye has married three times – ’til 1979 he was married to Margaret Chavez. In 1983 he married Kathryn Clayton with whom he welcomed a son Christopher who is a music composer and a daughter Adrienne Kate Dye who is an actress. However, this marriage ended with a divorce too. Since 2006, Dye has been married to Julia Dye.
Platoon, Saving Private Ryan, Sniper: Special Ops, Casualties of War, Knight and Day, Planes: Fire & Rescue, Fire Birds, Born on the Fourth of July, Starship Troopers, Under Siege, Mission: Impossible, Rules of Engagement, Natural Born Killers, The Purge: Anarchy, Larry Crowne, The Great Raid, 44 Mi...
TV Shows
Band of Brothers, Rough Riders, The Conquerors, Supercarrier
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Trademark
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Has constantly worked with film director Oliver Stone
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Often plays a small military role in the movies on which he serves as advisor.
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Quote
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The military is probably the best school in the world for an actor. You have to sublimate your own personality and become something else. I'm good at that.
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A great number of the war films I saw, however, didn't match my own experience... The uniforms were pressed, the guys were clean, and they reacted in such a heroic fashion to life in extremes. No matter what Sir Laurence Olivier had to say, it isn't just acting when something is so out of your frame of reference. You have to have an idea of what the truth is. Nobody did.
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Fact
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He is left handed.
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Was considered for the title role in RoboCop (1987).
During the Second Gulf War, Dye was hired by Los Angeles radio station KFI as a military commentator and given a two-hour radio show.
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Son: Christopher Dye - Music Composer.
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His Alma Mater, Missouri Military Academy, has a long-standing football rivalry with another nearby military school, Kemper. Kemper Military School & College, in Boonville, Missouri was used as the filming location for Combat High (1986) & Child's Play 3 (1991).
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Daughter is actress Adrienne Dye.
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Served as a combat correspondent with the 1st Marine Division in Vietnam in 1967-1968. A fellow combat correspondent in the same unit was the late Gustav Hasford. Hasford wrote "The Short-Timers," the Vietnam novel on which the movie Full Metal Jacket (1987) was based.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Green Ghost
2017
post-production
General Moorland
Citizen Soldiers
pre-production
Lieutenant-General Courtney Hodges
Stupid Cupid
TV Movie pre-production
Cmdr. Hardy
The Last Full Measure
pre-production
Senator Holt
Range 15
2016
The President
Sniper: Special Ops
2016
Jackson
Blue
2015/I
Mr. Phelps
The Purge: Anarchy
2014
New Founding Father
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
Cabbie (voice)
August: Osage County
2013
Radio Announcer
Falling Skies
2011-2013
TV Series
Porter Jim Porter
Larry Crowne
2011
Cox
Naked Run
2011
Harry
Entourage
2005-2010
TV Series
Firearms Instructor / Scuba Instructor
Knight and Day
2010
Frank Jenkins
Cold Case
2010
TV Series
Al Wasserlauf '10
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
2007
Video Game
Colonel Robert Sink (voice)
Chuck
2007
TV Series
General Stanfield
The Loop
2007
TV Series
Ralph Somkin
Resurrecting the Champ
2007
Erik 'The Wow Man' Kernan Sr. (voice)
Music Within
2007
Captain Ruzicka (as Dale A. Dye)
Commander in Chief
2006
TV Series
General Peter Allyson
Las Vegas
2006
TV Series
Sergeant Burn
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
2005
Video Game
Lt. Colonel 'Bob' Scott (voice, uncredited)
The Great Raid
2005
General Kreuger
Medal of Honor: European Assault
2005
Video Game
OSS Handler / MP Narrator (voice, as Captain Dale Dye)
Rocket Power
1999-2004
TV Series
Lieutenant Tice Ryan
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
2003
Video Game
Jack 'Gunny' Lauton (voice, as Capt. Dale Dye)
Missing Brendan
2003
General Temekin
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
2003
TV Movie
SWAT Lieutenant
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
2002
Video Game
Narration in training
Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand
2002
TV Movie
Lt. Tice Ryan (voice)
Spy Game
2001
Commander Wiley - Rescue Sequence
Band of Brothers
2001
TV Mini-Series
Colonel Robert F. Sink
Rules of Engagement
2000
Gen. Perry
The Others
2000
TV Series
Capt. Ken Radley
Medal of Honor
1999
Video Game
Opening Movie Narrator (voice)
A Table for One
1999
Vernon Harpwood
Mutiny
1999
TV Movie
Air America
1999
TV Series
Captain Gage
JAG
1995-1998
TV Series
Col. Bill Cobb / Sergeant Major Hollis
Seven Days
1998
TV Series
General Cole
Saving Private Ryan
1998
War Department Colonel
Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday
1997
TV Movie
Captain Halsey Lang
Starship Troopers
1997
General (as Dale A. Dye)
Trial and Error
1997
Dr. Stone
Rough Riders
1997
TV Series
Col. Leonard Wood
Within the Rock
1996
TV Movie
General Hurst
Mission: Impossible
1996
Frank Barnes
Sgt. Bilko
1996
First Engineer
Space: Above and Beyond
1996
TV Series
Major Jack Colquitt
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
1995
Captain Garza
Outbreak
1995
Colonel Briggs
The Puppet Masters
1994
Brande
Natural Born Killers
1994
Dale Wrigley
Blue Sky
1994
Col. Mike Anwalt
Endangered
1994
Guarding Tess
1994
Charles Ivy
Cover Story
1993
Jack
Heaven & Earth
1993
Larry
Under Siege
1992
Captain Garza (as Dale A. Dye)
Raven
1992
TV Series
Colonel Paul David Mackay
Dead On: Relentless II
1992
Video
Captain Rivers
JFK
1991
General Y
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991
TV Movie
Major Green
The Neon Empire
1991
TV Movie
Chief Bates
Servants of Twilight
1991
Police Officer
L.A. Law
1991
TV Series
Colonel Massien, Judge
Kid
1990
Garvey
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
TV Movie
Fire Birds
1990
A.K. McNeil
Spontaneous Combustion
1990
General
The Fourth War
1990
Sergeant Major
Always
1989
Don
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
Infantry Colonel
Casualties of War
1989
Capt. Hill
The Favorite
1989
French Officer
84C MoPic
1989
Radio voice (voice)
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set
1988
TV Movie
Assistant Director
Supercarrier
1988
TV Series
Capt. Henry K. Hank' Madigan (1988)
Billionaire Boys Club
1987
TV Movie
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Vietnam War Story
1987
TV Series
Radio Voices
Platoon
1986
Captain Harris
Invaders from Mars
1986
Squad Leader
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Yellow Birds
2017
senior military advisor post-production
Citizen Soldiers
senior military advisor pre-production
Lauren
2013
TV Series military consultant - 12 episodes
The Pacific
2010
TV Mini-Series senior military advisor - 10 episodes
Tropic Thunder
2008
military technical advisor
Combat Zone
2007
TV Series documentary senior military advisor - 3 episodes
Music Within
2007
military advisor: Philippines - as Captain Dale A. Dye
La tigre e la neve
2005
senior military advisor
The Great Raid
2005
senior military technical advisor - as Capt. Dale Dye USMC Ret.
Alexander
2004
senior military advisor - as Capt. Dale A. Dye
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
2003
Video Game military advisor - as Capt. Dale Dye USMC [Ret.]
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Breakthrough
2003
Video Game military advisor
Medal of Honor: Frontline
2002
Video Game military advisor - as Capt. Dale Dye
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
2001
Video documentary training schedules
Band of Brothers
2001
TV Mini-Series senior military advisor - 2 episodes
Medal of Honor: Underground
2000
Video Game project consultant: military field staff - as Capt. Dale Dye USMC [ret.]
Tigerland
2000
military advisor
Rules of Engagement
2000
military advisor - as Captain Dale Dye
Medal of Honor
1999
Video Game military advisor - as Capt. Dale Dye USMC [ret.]
Mutiny
1999
TV Movie military technical advisor - as Capt. Dale Dye
The Thin Red Line
1998
assistant military advisor
Saving Private Ryan
1998
senior military advisor - as Capt. Dale Dye USMC [ret]
Small Soldiers
1998
military advisor
Wag the Dog
1997
technical advisor - uncredited
Starship Troopers
1997
technical advisor - as Dale A. Dye
Rough Riders
1997
TV Series leader - 2 episodes
Within the Rock
1996
TV Movie technical advisor: military
Sgt. Bilko
1996
technical advisor: military - as Capt. Dale Dye USMC [ret.]
Outbreak
1995
technical advisor: military - as Capt. Dale Dye USMC [Ret]
A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994
technical advisor
Natural Born Killers
1994
technical advisor - as Capt. Dale Dye
Blue Sky
1994
technical advisor - uncredited
Forrest Gump
1994
technical advisor - as Captain Dale Dye USMC {ret.}
Guarding Tess
1994
technical advisor - uncredited
Heaven & Earth
1993
technical advisor: military - as Capt. Dale Dye U.S.M.C. [Ret.]
Sniper
1993
technical advisor: military - as Capt. Dale Dye
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
technical advisor: military - as Capt. Dale Dye
JFK
1991
technical advisor
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991
TV Movie technical advisor
Dogfight
1991
military consultant - as Capt. Dale Dye
Jacob's Ladder
1990/I
military consultant - as Capt. Dale Dye
Cadence
1990
technical advisor - as Captain Dale Dye
Fire Birds
1990
technical advisor
The Fourth War
1990
technical advisor
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
technical advisor: military - as Capt. Dale Dye
Casualties of War
1989
technical advisor
84C MoPic
1989
technical advisor
The Beast of War
1988
technical advisor - as Capt. Dale Dye
Platoon
1986
technical advisor: military - as Captain Dale Dye United States Marine Corp. {Ret.}
Invaders from Mars
1986
technical advisor
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Citizen Soldiers
producer pre-production
No Better Place to Die
producer pre-production
Return to Iwo Jima
2012
Documentary short co-producer
Semper Fi
2001
TV Movie producer - as Dale A. Dye
Fire Birds
1990
co-producer
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Citizen Soldiers
pre-production
No Better Place to Die
pre-production
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
No Better Place to Die
pre-production
Fire Birds
1990
story
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Alexander
2004
second unit director
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Trooper
2010
special thanks
Medal of Honor: European Assault
2005
Video Game special thanks - as Captain Dale Dye
Behind the Rules of Engagement
2000
Video documentary short special thanks - as Capt. Dale Dye
Vietnam War Story
1987
TV Series special thanks - 3 episodes
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Resurrecting 'Alexander'
2005
Video documentary short
Himself (as Captain Dale Dye)
The 100 Greatest War Films
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself (as Capt. Dale Dye)
The Conquerors
2005
TV Series
Himself - Host
'Saving Private Ryan': Boot Camp
2004
Video documentary short
Himself (as Capt. Dale Dye)
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
2002
Video documentary short
Himself
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
2001
Video documentary
Himself / Capt. Harris
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
2001
TV Short documentary
Himself (as Captain Dale Dye)
Biography
2001
TV Series documentary
Himself
Behind the Rules of Engagement
2000
Video documentary short
Himself (as Captain Dale Dye)
Into the Breach: 'Saving Private Ryan'
1998
Video documentary short
Himself (as Capt. Dale Dye USMC Ret.)
Return to Normandy
1998
Video documentary
Himself
HBO First Look
1998
TV Series documentary
Himself
Platoon: 30
2017
Documentary filming
Himself
Marvel's Captain America: 75 Heroic Years
2016
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Natural Born Killers: Method in the Madness
2014
Video short
Himself
The Greatest Ever War Films
2014
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Technical Advisor, Platoon / Saving Private Ryan (as Captain Dale Dye)
The Real Story
2013
TV Series
Himself
The Guns of Navarone: Military Fact or Fiction
2011
Video short
Himself
The Guns of Navarone: The Greek Resistance
2011
Video short
Himself
The Guns of Navarone: The Navarone Effect
2011
Video short
Himself
The Guns of Navarone: World War 2 in the Greek Islands
2011
Video short
Himself
The Old School Wizardry of The Guns of Navarone
2011
Video short
Himself
The Real World Guns of Navarone
2011
Video short
Himself
Small Town Boy, Real American Hero
2011
Documentary
Narrator
USS Franklin: Honor Restored
2011
Documentary
Narrator (voice)
Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good
2011
Documentary
Himself
The Making of 'Last of the Mohicans'
2010
Video documentary
Himself (as Capt. Dale Dye)
The Filthy Thirteen: Real Stories from Behind the Lines
2006
Video
Himself
The Real Heroes of Stalag XVIIB
2006
Video documentary short
Himself (as Capt. Dale A. Dye USMC Ret.)
Hannity & Colmes
2005
TV Series
Himself
Perfect Is the Enemy of Good
2005
Video documentary short
Himself (as Captain Dale Dye)
Known for movies
Saving Private Ryan (1998) as War Department Colonel