Cast & creator
Gale Hansen
Best known for Murder, She Wrote, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, Dead Poets Society
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".
Also known as: گیل هانسن
10
film credits
3
television credits
13
1983–2025 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (13)
Showing 13 of 13 credits
Murder, She Wrote
Arnold Wynn
1984
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Wes Briggs (segment "The Perfect Record")
1997
Dead Poets Society
Charlie Dalton
1989
Class of '96
Samuel 'Stroke' Dexter
1993
The Interview
Butchie
2025
Zelig
Freshman #1
1983
The Finest Hour
Dean Mazzoli
1992
Double Vision
Michael
1992
Under Surveillance
Joel Pierson
1991
Dead Poets in NYC
Self
2014
Good Bad Things
Dad
2024
Shaking the Tree
Sully
1991
You Are Here
Joe Donald