Dinsdale

Captain Dinsdale was the captain aboard the USCSS Maginot. Dinsdale was attacked by a Facehugger and was killed when the crew tried to remove it. Dinsdale appears in the 2025 FX Series Alien: Earth and is played by Tanapol Chuksrida.

Biography

Aboard The Maginot

Dinsdale was the captain aboard the USCSS Maginot. 65 years ago, Weyland-Yutani sent the USCSS Maginot, including Dinsdale and his crew, on a gathering mission to find alien lifeforms and bring them back to Earth.

4 Months From Earth

In the year 2120, the crew of the Maginot awoke from hypersleep. They were 805 million miles away from Earth and are four months away from reaching Earth. In the mess hall, the crew are having something to eat. Captain Dinsdale says that Comms are down, the log files are corrupt and they are burning too much fuel. Morrow says security will investigate the issues. The Captain wants Zaveri and Teng to see what systems they can shut down. Shmuel suggests shutting down the ‘zoo’ with the specimens. Morrow reminds the crew that the specimens are the mission’s primary objective. Some of the crew re-enter cryosleep.

Facehuggers Escape Their Containment

Around 17 days before reaching Earth, Petrovich deliberately caused a fire in containment and opened the Alien Egg containers. Captain Dinsdale and Bronski entered to extinguish the fire. Bronski is attacked by a Facehugger first and Dinsdale goes to help him, but another Facehugger also attacks him. They were brought back to the Medbay. Rahim tried to remove the Facehugger from Dinsdale by making an incision at the base of the tail. It bled acid, which killed Dinsdale.

Trivia

• Shmuel appears in Episode 1, “Neverland” and Episode 5, “In Space, No One…”.