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{{short description|American actor, presenter and businessman}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2017}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Dale Dye.jpg
| name = Dale Dye
| birth_name = Dale Adam Dye Jr. 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|10|08}}
| birth_place = {{Nowrap|[[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]], U.S.}}
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| nationality = 
|caption=Dye in 2008
| years_active = 1986–present
| education = [[Missouri Military Academy]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Maryland University College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|technical advisor|radio personality|writer}}
| parents = {{unbulleted list|Dale Adam Dye Sr.|Della Grace Koehler}}
| awards = [[Order of Saint Maurice (United States)|Order of Saint Maurice]]
| website = {{URL|daledye.com}}
| module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
| allegiance = [[United States of America]]
| branch = {{Marines|United States|name=United States Marine Corps}}
| serviceyears = 1964–84
| rank = [[File:US Marine O3 shoulderboard.svg|25px]] [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]]
| unit = {{unbulleted list|[[1st Battalion, 5th Marines]]|[[2nd Battalion, 5th Marines]]|[[2nd Battalion, 1st Marines]]}}
| battles = '''[[Vietnam War]]'''
* [[Tet Offensive]]
'''[[Lebanese Civil War]]'''
| awards = {{unbulleted list|[[Bronze Star Medal]] w/ [["V" Device|Combat "V"]]|[[Purple Heart Medal]] (3)|[[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]]|[[Joint Service Commendation Medal]]|[[Commendation Medal (United States)|Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal]] w/ Combat "V" (2)|[[Achievement Medal|Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal]] w/ Combat "V"|[[Combat Action Ribbon]] (2)|'' [[#Military awards|See more]]''}}
}}
}}
'''Dale Adam Dye Jr.''' (born October 8, 1944) is an American actor, technical advisor, radio personality and writer. A decorated Marine veteran of the [[Vietnam War]], Dye is the founder and head of Warriors, Inc., a technical advisory company specializing in portraying realistic military action in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] films. Dye has also offered his expertise to television, such as the [[HBO]] miniseries ''[[Band of Brothers (miniseries)|Band of Brothers]]'' and ''[[The Pacific (miniseries)|The Pacific]]'', the [[Apple TV+]] miniseries ''[[Masters of the Air]]'', and video games, including the ''[[Medal of Honor (video game series)|Medal of Honor]]'' series. 

==Early life and education==
Dye was born on October 8, 1944, in [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]], to Dale Adam and Della Grace (née Koehler) Dye.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/51/Dale-Dye.html|title=Dale Dye Biography (1944–)|access-date=September 26, 2014|publisher=filmreference.com}}</ref> His father was a liquor salesman in and around [[St. Louis]] and took Dale with him as he visited working-class taverns. There he heard war stories from [[World War II]] veterans. One particular story about man-to-man fighting told by a Marine who said he had fought in the [[Asiatic-Pacific Theater|Pacific Theater]] piqued Dale's attention. He looked up the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] that night and made up his mind to join the U.S. Marines. Dye was educated at St. Joseph's Military Academy in Chicago and the [[Missouri Military Academy]] in [[Mexico, Missouri]].<ref name=dejunge>{{cite news |title=Dale Dye Will Make a Man Out of You |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/movies/13dye.html?pagewanted=all |first1=PETER |last1=DE JONGE |date= November 13, 2005 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

==Military career==
Dye had hoped to attend the [[United States Naval Academy|U.S. Naval Academy]], but after failing the entrance exam three times and having exhausted his family's meager funds getting through military academy, he enlisted in the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] in January 1964.<ref name=dejunge/> His unit was among the first to deploy to Vietnam in 1965. Officers in the unit noticed his keen observational skills and literary interest, and encouraged him to reclassify as a [[War correspondent|combat correspondent]]. He became one of a very few Marine combat correspondents. He sent stories to military publications and to the hometown newspapers of fellow Marines.<ref name=drill/> As a correspondent, he saw more battles than many low-ranking infantrymen. Dye developed an immense respect for the "grunts" who took the brunt of any action.<ref name=dejunge/>

Dye was wounded during the [[Tet Offensive]] in 1968 and had to recuperate in a rear area. During this time, the [[2nd Battalion 3rd Marines]] — the unit he had traveled with — was preparing for Operation Ford. Dye persuaded the battalion commander to let him accompany the battalion as a war correspondent. During the next week, the battalion engaged in a number of firefights with units of the North Vietnamese [[People's Army of Vietnam]] (PAVN). On March 18, 1968, Dye replaced an assistant machine gunner who had been killed. The machine gun position was isolated forward of the remainder of the battalion. Although he was wounded, Dye exposed himself to intense enemy fire to retrieve ammunition for the machine gun to help hold off PAVN soldiers during an all-night firefight. During other engagements, he exposed himself to enemy fire to rescue several wounded Marines and a Navy [[Hospital corpsman|corpsman]]. As a result of his actions, he was awarded the [[Bronze Star Medal]] with [["V" Device|Combat "V"]] for heroism.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Szoldra |first1=Paul |title=Here's how Hollywood legend Dale Dye earned the Bronze Star for heroism in Vietnamm |url=http://www.wearethemighty.com/dale-dye-bronze-star-2015-03 |access-date=April 8, 2015 |date=March 26, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707133006/http://www.wearethemighty.com/dale-dye-bronze-star-2015-03 |archive-date=July 7, 2015 }}</ref>

"Dye's heart is with the grunts", said Bob Rea, who worked with Dye as a combat correspondent during the worst of Tet. "He feels like he owes something to those people. He is a grunt wannabe." During three [[tour of duty|tours of duty]] in [[South Vietnam]], he participated in 31 combat operations. During his 1967-to-1968 and 1969-to-1970 tours of duty, he was attached to two different battalions of the [[1st Marine Division (United States)|1st Marine Division]]. Dye spent a total of 13 years as an enlisted Marine, rising to the rank of [[Master sergeant#United States|Master Sergeant]] before being appointed a [[Warrant officer (United States)#Marine Corps|warrant officer]] in 1976. Afterward, he entered into the [[Limited duty officer|Limited Duty Program]] and became commissioned as a captain. He is considered a "[[Mustang (military officer)|mustang]]", an enlisted man who receives a commission as an officer. While he was a [[Captain (United States O-3)|captain]], he was deployed to [[Beirut]] for duty with the [[Multinational Force in Lebanon]] in 1982 and 1983. Shortly after his return, the Marine barracks were [[1983 Beirut barracks bombing|attacked]], resulting in the deaths of 241 Americans, most of whom had been stationed at [[Camp Lejeune]], North Carolina.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

Fellow Marine correspondent [[Gustav Hasford]] dubbed him "Daddy D.A." (as he was among the oldest of the correspondents) and included him as a character in his first semi-autobiographical Vietnam novel ''[[The Short-Timers]]'', and more extensively in his second, ''[[The Phantom Blooper]]''. The movie based on Hasford's first novel ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'' included the "Daddy D.A." character (played by [[Keith Hodiak]]), though neither the character nor Dye's name is explicitly mentioned in the dialogue.<ref name=drill/>

In his book ''[[Dispatches (book)|Dispatches]]'', journalist [[Michael Herr]] provides a vivid picture of Dye during the chaos of the Tet Offensive and the [[Battle of Hue|Battle of Huế]]:<ref name=herr>{{cite book|last1=Herr|first1=Michael|title=Dispatches|date=1991|publisher=Vintage Books|location=New York|isbn=978-0679735250|pages=73–74|edition=1st Vintage International|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QcWumjEd-HIC&pg=PA73}}</ref>

{{quote|And there was a Marine correspondent, Sergeant Dale Dye, who sat with a tall yellow flower sticking out of his helmet cover, a really outstanding target. He was rolling his eyes around and saying, 'Oh yes, oh yes, Charlie's got his shit together here, this will be bad," and smiling happily. It was the same smile I saw a week later when a sniper's bullet tore up a wall two inches above his head, odd cause for amusement in anyone but a grunt.}}

==Later career==
===Technical advising===
Dye retired from the Marine Corps in 1984 and founded Warriors, Inc. The company specializes in training actors in [[war film]]s to portray their roles realistically, and provides research, planning, staging and on-set consultation for directors and other film-production personnel. His company is the top military consultant to Hollywood.<ref name=drill>{{cite web|title=Dale Dye Is Hollywood's Drill Sergeant|date=April 25, 2014 |url=https://medium.com/war-is-boring/dale-dye-is-hollywoods-drill-sergeant-2c65d85a3dc2|access-date=April 8, 2015}}</ref> While on active duty, Dye was a combat correspondent and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[English studies|English]] from the [[University of Maryland Global Campus|University of Maryland University College]]. After retiring, Dye became a correspondent for the ''[[Soldier of Fortune (magazine)|Soldier of Fortune]]'' magazine. He worked for the magazine for one year, during which he worked in Central America, providing [[guerrilla warfare]] training to troops in El Salvador and Nicaragua while reporting on conflicts in the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daledye.com/?page_id=61|title=Dale Dye Biography|publisher=daledye.com|access-date=September 26, 2014|archive-date=October 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025020829/http://daledye.com/?page_id=61|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Dye was determined to make Hollywood's depictions of battle more realistic. After unsuccessfully offering his services to a number of directors, he pitched fellow Vietnam War veteran [[Oliver Stone]] a plan to put actors through a mock boot camp before production of the movie ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]''. Dye put the principal actors—including [[Charlie Sheen]], [[Willem Dafoe]], [[Johnny Depp]], and [[Forest Whitaker]]—through an immersive 30-day military-style training regimen. He limited how much food and water they received; when the actors slept, he fired [[Blank (cartridge)|blanks]] to keep the tired actors awake.<ref name=drill/> Dye, who had a small role in the movie as Captain Harris, also wrote the [[novelization]] based on Stone's screenplay. 

Dye also worked as a military technical adviser and personal trainer on the 1992 film ''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)|Last of the Mohicans]]'', and after working in the same capacity on the acclaimed [[HBO]] series ''[[Band of Brothers (miniseries)|Band of Brothers]]'' (2001), producers [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Steven Spielberg]] called upon his expertise again for their follow-up series ''[[The Pacific (miniseries)|The Pacific]]'' (2010) and [[Apple TV+]] series ''[[Masters of the Air]]'' (2024). In 2017 Dye was recognised as an Honorary Member of the [[506th Infantry Regiment (United States)|506th Airborne Infantry Regiment]] (the regiment under the command of General [[Robert Sink]], whom Dye played in ''Band of Brothers'') for his work in bringing a high degree of quality and realism to cinematic portrayals of combat.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

=== Acting===
After ''Platoon''{{'}}s critical success, Dye played a role in another Vietnam War movie, ''[[Casualties of War]]'', and also prominently appeared as Colonel [[Robert Sink]] in the [[HBO]] miniseries ''[[Band of Brothers (miniseries)|Band of Brothers]]'', on which his company also worked.

Dye appeared in ''[[Outbreak (1995 film)|Outbreak]]'' portraying Lieutenant Colonel Briggs, a [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] officer. He played [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s superior officer Colonel [[Leonard Wood]] in the [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] miniseries ''[[Rough Riders (film)|Rough Riders]]''. He appeared in ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' as an aide to [[George Marshall|General George Marshall]]; in ''[[Under Siege]]'' and ''[[Under Siege 2: Dark Territory]]'' as Captain Garza, an admiral's aide; in ''[[Spy Game]]'' as Commander Wiley during the rescue sequence; in ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]'' as Frank Barnes of the CIA; in ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'' as General Y; and in ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'' as a high-ranking officer in the aftermath of the Brain Bug capture. 

Dye played himself in ''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]'', teaching fictional character Vincent Chase to scuba-dive in preparation for his role in ''Aquaman''. He appeared in the 2010 film ''[[Knight and Day]]'' with [[Tom Cruise]] and [[Cameron Diaz]], and in ''[[Larry Crowne]]'' with [[Tom Hanks]] the following year. He was the technical adviser for the 1994 Oliver Stone movie ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'', making a brief appearance as a fictionalized, police-[[Police ranks of the United States|lieutenant]] version of himself. Dye played Col. Porter in the [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] science fiction series ''[[Falling Skies]]'' from 2011 to 2013. {{asof|2015}} he was preparing to direct two films, ''No Better Place to Die'', which he wrote, and ''Citizen Soldiers''.<ref name=drill/> He had a [[cameo appearance]] as New Founding Father Donald Talbott in the 2014 film ''[[The Purge: Anarchy]]''.

===Writing===
Dye has written several novels, including ''Run Between the Raindrops'' in 1985 (also published as ''Citadel'') and ''Conduct Unbecoming'' (1992), and the novelization of the film ''Platoon''. Along with wife Julia and comic-book artist Gerry Kissell, Dye created the critically acclaimed and best-selling graphic novel ''Code Word: Geronimo'' ([[IDW Publishing]], 2011), which tells the story of the [[Death of Osama bin Laden|Navy SEAL raid]] on Osama bin Laden's compound.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

===Radio work and video games===
During the [[Iraq War]], Dye was hired as a military commentator by radio station [[KFI AM 640]] in Los Angeles and given a two-hour radio show. He hosted the [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]]'s documentary series ''[[The Conquerors (TV series)|The Conquerors]]''. He was featured in two tracks on [[Hoobastank]]'s CD ''[[Every Man for Himself (album)|Every Man for Himself]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rierson|first1=Richard|title=26 – Dale Dye: Author, Actor, Founder of Warriors, Inc.|url=http://www.doseofleadership.com/dale-dye/|publisher=Dose of Leadership|access-date=April 8, 2015|date=March 14, 2013|archive-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923220010/http://www.doseofleadership.com/dale-dye/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Dye consulted during development of the ''[[Medal of Honor (video game series)|Medal of Honor]]'' video games series, and lent his voice and likeness to the character Gunnery Sergeant Jack Lauton in ''[[Medal of Honor: Rising Sun]]''. He reprised his role as Colonel Robert Sink in the ''[[Brothers in Arms (series)|Brothers in Arms]]'' video game series, for which he also provided his likeness.

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last1=Dye |first1=Captain Dale |last2=Dye |first2=Dr. Julia |title=Code Word: Geronimo |location=San Diego, California |publisher=[[IDW Publishing]] |date=2011 |isbn=978-1613770979 |name-list-style=amp}}
* {{cite book |last=Dye |first=Dale |date=1992 |title=Conduct Unbecoming |location=New York |publisher=[[Berkley Books|Berkley Publishing Group]] |isbn=0425132366 |edition=paperback}}
* {{cite book |last=Dye |first=Dale A. |date=2013 |title=Beirut File |series=Shake Davis Series |location=North Hills, California |publisher=Warriors Publishing Group |isbn=978-0989798303  |edition=paperback}}
* {{cite book |last=Dye |first=Dale A. |date=2012 |title=Chosin File |series=Shake Davis Series |location=North Hills, California |publisher=Warriors Publishing Group |isbn=978-0985338800  |edition=paperback}}
* {{cite book |last=Dye |first=Dale A. |date=2014 |title=Contra File |series=Shake Davis Series |location=North Hills, California |publisher=Warriors Publishing Group |isbn=978-0989798341  |edition=paperback}}
* {{cite book |last=Dye |first=Dale A. |date=2008 |title=Laos File |series=Shake Davis Series |location=North Hills, California |publisher=Warriors Publishing Group |isbn=978-0982167007  |edition=paperback}}
* {{cite book |last=Dye |first=Dale A. |date=2013 |title=Outrage: Author's Preferred Edition |location=North Hills, California |publisher=Warriors Publishing Group |isbn=978-0985338855  |edition=paperback}}
* {{cite book |last=Dye |first=Dale A. |date=2010 |title=Peleliu File |series=Shake Davis Series |location=North Hills, California |publisher=Warriors Publishing Group |isbn=978-0982167014  |edition=paperback}}
* {{cite book |last=Dye |first=Dale A. |date=1986 |title=Platoon |location=New York |publisher=[[Berkley Books|Charter Books]] |isbn=1121560644}}
* {{cite book |last=Dye |first=Dale A. |date=1985 |title=Run Between the Raindrops |location=North Hills, California |publisher=Warriors Publishing Group |isbn=978-0989798372 |edition=paperback}}
* {{cite book |last1=Dye |first1=Dale A. |last2=Laemlein |first2=Tom |title=Small Arms of the Vietnam War: A Photographic Study |location=North Hills, California |publisher=Warriors Publishing Group |date=2015 |isbn=978-0986195518 |name-list-style=amp}}

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]''
| Captain Harris
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Invaders from Mars (1986 film)|Invaders from Mars]]''
| Squad Leader
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[The Beast (1988 film)|The Beast]]''
| Helicopter Crew Chief
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Always (1989 film)|Always]]''
| Don
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July]]''
| Infantry Colonel 
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Casualties of War]]''
| Captain Hill
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[The Favorite (1989 film)|The Favorite]]''
| French Officer
|
|-
| 1990
| ''Kid''
| Garvey
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Fire Birds]]''
| Colonel A.K. McNeil
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[The Fourth War]]''
| Sergeant Major 
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Spontaneous Combustion (film)|Spontaneous Combustion]]''
| General
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]''
| General Y
|
|-
| 1991
| ''Servants of Twilight''
| Police Officer
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Under Siege]]''
| Captain Nick Garza
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Heaven & Earth (1993 film)|Heaven & Earth]]''
| Larry
|
|-
| 1993
| ''Cover Story''
| Jack
|
|-
| 1994
| ''Endangered''
| Ricky
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Guarding Tess]]''
| CIA Agent Charles Ivy
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Natural Born Killers]]''
| Officer Dale Wrigley
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Blue Sky (1994 film)|Blue Sky]]''
| Colonel Mike Anwalt
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[The Puppet Masters (film)|The Puppet Masters]]''
| Brande
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Outbreak (1995 film)|Outbreak]]''
| Lieutenant Colonel Briggs
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Under Siege 2: Dark Territory]]''
| Captain Nick Garza
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Sgt. Bilko]]''
| First Engineer
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]''
| IMF Agent Frank Barnes
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Trial and Error (1997 film)|Trial and Error]]''
| Dr. Stone
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]''
| Mobile Infantry General
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''
| War Department Colonel
|
|-
| 1999
| ''A Table for One''
| Vernon Harpwood
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Rules of Engagement (film)|Rules of Engagement]]''
| General Perry
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Spy Game]]''
| Commander Wiley
|
|-
| 2003
| ''Missing Brendan''
| General Temekin
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[The Great Raid]]''
| [[Walter Krueger|General Krueger]]
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Music Within]]''
| Captain Ruzicka
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Knight and Day]]''
| Frank Jenkins
|
|-
| 2011
| ''Naked Run''
| Harry
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Larry Crowne]]''
| Cox
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Planes: Fire & Rescue]]''
| Cabbie (voice)
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Purge: Anarchy]]''
| Donald Talbott, New Founding Father
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Sniper: Special Ops]]''
| Lieutenant Colonel Jackson
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Range 15]]''
| President Mattis
|
|-
| 2019
| ''[[The Last Full Measure (2019 film)|The Last Full Measure]]''
| Holt
|
|-
| 2021
| ''Green Ghost and the Masters of the Stone''
| General Moorland
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023 film)|The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial]]''
| Vice Admiral R.T. Dewey
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Billionaire Boys Club (1987 film)|Billionaire Boys Club]]''
| Defense Attorney
| Uncredited
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Supercarrier (TV series)|Supercarrier]]''
| Captain Henry K. 'Hank' Madigan
|
|-
| 1988
| ''Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set''
| Assistant director
| TV movie
|-
| 1989
| ''[[The Neon Empire]]''
| Chief Bates
| TV movie
|-
| 1990
| ''[[The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson]]''
| Colonel Paul L. Bates 
| TV movie
|-
| 1991
| ''Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis''
| Major Green
| TV movie
|-
| 1991
| ''[[L.A. Law]]''
| President Colonel Kenners
| Episode: "Rest in Pieces"
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Raven (U.S. TV series)|Raven]]''
| Colonel Paul David Mackay
| Episode: "Is Someone Crazy in Here or Is It Me"
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Dead On: Relentless II]]''
| Captain Rivers
|
|-
| 1995–1998
| ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]''
| Sergeant Major Hollis / Colonel Bill Cobb
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Space: Above and Beyond]]''
| Major Jack Colquitt
| Episode: "Who Monitors the Birds?"
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Within the Rock]]''
| General Hurst
| TV movie
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Rough Riders (miniseries)|Rough Riders]]''
| Colonel Leonard Wood
| TV miniseries
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Seven Days (TV series)|Seven Days]]''
| General Cole
| Episode: "Doppleganger: Part 1"
|-
| 1998
| ''Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday''
| Captain Halsey Lang
| TV movie
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Air America (TV series)|Air America]]''
| Captain Gage
| Episode: "The Court-Martial of Rio Arnett"
|-
| 1999–2004
| ''[[Rocket Power]]''
| Lieutenant Tice Ryan (voice)
| Recurring cast
|-
| 1999
| ''Mutiny''
| Unknown 
| TV movie
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Others (American TV series)|The Others]]''
| Captain Ken Radley
| Episode: "Souls on Board"
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Band of Brothers (miniseries)|Band of Brothers]]''
| Colonel [[Robert Sink]]
| 7 episodes
|-
| 2003
| ''[[44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out]]''
| SWAT Lieutenant
| TV movie
|-
| 2005–2010
| ''[[Entourage (American TV series)|Entourage]]''
| Firearms Instructor / Scuba Instructor / Himself
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]''
| Sergeant Burn
| Episode: "And Here's Mike with the Weather"
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Commander in Chief (TV series)|Commander in Chief]]''
| General Peter Allyson
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2007
| ''[[The Loop (U.S. TV series)|The Loop]]''
| Ralph Somkin
| Episode: "The Stranger"
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]''
| General Stanfield
| Episode: "[[Chuck Versus the Intersect]]"
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Cold Case]]''
| Al Wasserlauf
| Episode: "Free Love"
|-
| 2011–2013
| ''[[Falling Skies]]''
| [[List of Falling Skies characters#Colonel Porter|General Porter]]
| 11 episodes
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1995
| ''Platoon (American Laser Games) (Unreleased)''
| Captain Harris
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Medal of Honor (1999 video game)|Medal of Honor]]''
| Opening Movie Narrator (voice)
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Medal of Honor: Allied Assault]]''
| Narration in Training (voice)
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Medal of Honor: Rising Sun]]''
| Gunnery Sergeant Jack 'Gunny' Lauton (voice)
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Medal of Honor: European Assault]]''
| OSS Handler / Multiplayer Narrator
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Battlefield 2: Modern Combat]]''
| Lieutenant Colonel Bob Scott (voice)
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway]]''
| Colonel [[Robert Sink]] (voice)
|
|}

==Military awards==
Dye's military decorations and awards include:<ref>[http://static10.imagecollect.com/preview/1498/92f56b3445b2ea3 photo: 22 ribbons]</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| {{ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|other_device=nv|ribbon=Bronze Star ribbon.svg|width=110}}
| [[Bronze Star Medal]] w/ [["V" Device|Combat "V"]]
|-
| {{ribbon devices|number=2|type=award-star|ribbon=Purple Heart ribbon.svg|width=110}}
| [[Purple Heart]] w/ two [[5/16 inch star|{{frac|5|16}}" Gold Stars]]
|-
| {{ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Meritorious Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=110}}
| [[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]]
|-
| {{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Joint Service Commendation ribbon.svg|width=110}}
| |[[Joint Service Commendation Medal]]
|-
| {{ribbon devices|number=1|type=award-star|other_device=nv|ribbon=Navy and Marine Corps Commendation ribbon.svg|width=110}}
| [[Commendation Medal|Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal]] w/ Combat "V" and one {{frac|5|16}}" Gold Star
|-
| {{ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Air Force Commendation Medal ribbon.svg|width=110}}
| |[[Air Force Commendation Medal]]
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| [[Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal]] w/ Combat "V"
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| [[Combat Action Ribbon]] w/ one {{frac|5|16}}" Gold Star
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| [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Navy Presidential Unit Citation]] w/ three [[Service star|{{frac|3|16}}" bronze stars]]
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| {{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Navy Unit Commendation ribbon.svg|width=110}}
| [[Navy Unit Commendation]] w/ one {{frac|3|16}}" bronze star
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| {{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg|width=110}}
| [[Meritorious Unit Commendation#Navy and Marine Corps|Meritorious Unit Commendation]] w/ one {{frac|3|16}}" bronze star
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| {{ribbon devices|number=3|type=service-star|ribbon=Marine Corps Good Conduct ribbon.svg|width=110}}
| [[Good Conduct Medal (United States)#Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal|Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal]] w/ three {{frac|3|16}}" bronze stars
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| [[Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal]]
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| [[National Defense Service Medal]]
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| [[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]]
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| {{ribbon devices|number=3|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=110}}
| [[Vietnam Service Medal]] w/ three [[Service star|{{frac|3|16}}" bronze stars]]
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| [[Humanitarian Service Medal]]
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| {{ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.svg|width=110}}
| [[Sea Service Deployment Ribbon]] w/ two {{frac|3|16}}" bronze stars
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| {{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon.svg|width=110}}
| [[Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon]]
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| {{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam Staff Service Medal ribbon-First Class.svg|width=110}}
| [[Vietnam Staff Service Medal|Republic of Vietnam Staff Service Medal]] (2nd Class)
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| {{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam gallantry cross unit award-3d.svg|width=110}}
| [[Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)#Unit Award|Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Gallantry Cross) w/ Palm]]
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| {{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=VNCivilActionsRibbon-2.svg|width=110}}
| [[Civil Actions Medal#Unit Award|Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Civil Actions) w/ Palm]]
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| {{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam Campaign Medal ribbon with 60- clasp.svg|width=110}}
| [[Vietnam Campaign Medal|Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal w/ 1960– Device]]
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==See also==
*[[List of people from Missouri|List of notable people from Missouri]]
*[[List of United States Marines|List of notable United States Marines]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{Cite book |title=Dispatches |author=Herr, Michael |pages=70–85 |chapter=Chapter 2: Hell Sucks |location=New York |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |year=1977}}

==External links==
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