Dale Joseph Doback is one of the two titular characters (alongside Brennan Huff) and the deuteragonist of of the 2008 comedy movie Step Brothers.
This handsome young gentleman lives with his dad, Dr. Robert Doback. Dale is 40 and completely happy to mooch off his dad for the rest of his life. He can’t imagine things getting better than they are now. But, change is coming. His father just married Nancy – and now she and her son Brennan are moving into the Doback household. Dale is none-too-pleased with either (especially Brennan) moving in, until he has the displeasure of meeting Brennan's malicious younger brother, Derek Huff. After striking Derek, he has (inadvertently) won the heart of Derek's romantically deprived Alice.
He is played by John C. Reilly. who also voiced Wreck-It Ralph in the film of the same name and it's sequel, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Eddie Noodleman in Sing, who also portrays Hank Marlow in Kong: Skull Island, Rhomann Dey in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Dale spends his time lazing around the house, watching TV and goofing off. If pressed about his job, he lies and just describes the plot of Good Will Hunting.
Dale loves watching Shark Week, karate, nudie mags, and playing drums. When he isn’t sitting on the couch eating pizza, Dale is jamming on his precious drum set in his “beat laboratory.” He’s fiercely protective of his kit, and forbids his new step brother from touching it under penalty of “getting stabbed in the neck with a knife.”