
Charles Dale
Department: Acting
Biography
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
Known For

The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
2013

Genghis Cohn
1993

The Hour of the Pig
1993

Animal Farm
1999

The Last Romantics
1992

The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer
2021

Frankenstein: Legacy
2025

Buddha Boy
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Richard II
1991

Henry IV: Part 1
1991

Henry IV: Part 2
1991

Henry V
1991

Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991

Henry VI: House of York
1991

Richard III
1991

Secret Society
2000

Protein
2025

Real Men
2003

A Bit of Tom Jones?
2009

The List
2013

Towpaths of Glory
2005

Phoebe
1985

Pythons on the Mountain
1985

Spaced
1999

The Bill
1984

A Touch of Frost
1992

The Pembrokeshire Murders
2021

Belonging
2000

Lovejoy
1986

Judge John Deed
2001

Robin Hood
2006

Van der Valk
1972

New Tricks
2004

The Last Detective
2003

The Street
2006

Barking!
1998

Real Men
2002

Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
2008

Rocket Man
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Conviction
2004

Casualty
1986

The Royal
2003

The Eustace Bros.
2003

Midsomer Murders
1997

Sherwood
2022

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011

Requiem
2018

Paradise Heights
2002

Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996

Ready, Steady, Cook
1994

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006

The Crow Girl
2025

Morgan's Boy
1984