Charles Dale
Charles Dale (born 4 February 1963) is a Welsh actor known for playing Big Mac in Casualty, Dennis Stringer in Coronation Street, Gary "Chef" Alcock in The Lakes and Clive Eustace in The Eustace Bros. He was born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
From November 2007 until June 2016, Dale portrayed Big Mac, a hospital porter, an Emergency Care Assistant and a Healthcare Assistant in the BBC One series Casualty. He played Steve Lewis in the BBC Wales series Belonging (1999-2009).
He has also made appearances in Lovejoy, Soldier Soldier, Bramwell, A Touch of Frost, Touching Evil III, The Bill, At Home with the Braithwaites, Burnside, Steel River Blues, New Tricks, Where the Heart Is, Holby City, Spaced, Rocket Man, The Pembrokeshire Murders, Unforgotten and Emmerdale
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Films (23)
Frankenstein: Legacy
2025 · Bob
Protein
2025 · Stanton
Le tueur du jeu télévisé
2021
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
2013 · Self
The List
2013 · Richard Van Meeren
A Bit of Tom Jones?
2009 · Factory Foreman
Towpaths of Glory
2005 · Craig Thorn
Real Men
2003 · DS Barry Grimes
Secret Society
2000 · Paul
Animal Farm
1999 · Moses / Pincher (voice)
Genghis Cohn
1993 · Herr Heller
The Hour of the Pig
1993 · First Witness
The Last Romantics
1992 · Ambulance Driver
Richard II
1991 · Lord Willoughby
Henry IV: Part 1
1991 · Poins
Henry IV: Part 2
1991 · Poins
Henry V
1991 · Le Far
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991 · Vernon
Henry VI: House of York
1991 · Young Clifford
Richard III
1991 · Earl of Richmond
Pythons on the Mountain
1985 · Gareth (aged 17)
Phoebe
1985 · George
Buddha Boy
· Mr Griffith
Séries (36)
Falling
2026 · Father Clarey
Death Valley
2025 · Terry Daniels
The Crow Girl
2025 · Brian Cole
Sherwood
2022 · Leonard Gibson
The Pembroke Murders
2021 · DS Gareth Rees
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018 · Jacob Tark
Requiem
2018 · Royce Evans
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · Self - Participant
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
2008
Robin des Bois
2006
Roma antigua: El Ascenso y la Caída de un Imperio
2006 · Maxentius
Rocket Man
2006
The Street
2006
Thin Ice
2006 · Rocky
Conviction
2004
New Tricks
2004
The Eustace Bros.
2003 · Clive Eustace
The Last Detective
2003
The Royal
2003 · DS Slingsby
Paradise Heights
2002 · Clive Eustace
Real Men
2002
Judge John Deed
2001
Belonging
2000 · Steve
At Home with the Braithwaites
2000 · McGuire
Spaced
1999 · Security Guard
Barking!
1998
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Gideon Blundell
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996 · Sailor / Ninevite (voice)
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994 · Self - Guest
A Touch of Frost
1992 · Colin Fletcher
Casualty
1986 · Big Mac
Lovejoy
1986 · DS Redston
The Bill
1984
Morgan's Boy
1984 · Gareth Price
Emmerdale
1972 · Karl
Van der Valk
1972 · Simon Plesman