Charles Dale
Acting • Born 1963-02-04
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
Filmography
53 credits
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
Movie • 2013
Self
Genghis Cohn
Movie • 1993
Herr Heller
The Hour of the Pig
Movie • 1993
First Witness
Animal Farm
Movie • 1999
Moses/Pincher (voice)
The Last Romantics
Movie • 1992
Ambulance Driver
The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer
Movie • 2021
Frankenstein: Legacy
Movie • 2025
Bob
Buddha Boy
Movie
Mr Griffith
Richard II
Movie • 1991
Lord Willoughby
Henry IV: Part 1
Movie • 1991
Poins
Henry IV: Part 2
Movie • 1991
Poins
Henry V
Movie • 1991
Le Far
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
Movie • 1991
Vernon
Henry VI: House of York
Movie • 1991
Young Clifford
Richard III
Movie • 1991
Earl of Richmond
Secret Society
Movie • 2000
Paul
Protein
Movie • 2025
Stanton
Real Men
Movie • 2003
DS Barry Grimes
A Bit of Tom Jones?
Movie • 2009
Factory Foreman
The List
Movie • 2013
Richard Van Meeren
Towpaths of Glory
Movie • 2005
Craig Thorn
Phoebe
Movie • 1985
George
Pythons on the Mountain
Movie • 1985
Gareth (aged 17)
Spaced
TV • 1999
Security Guard
The Bill
TV • 1984
A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992
Colin Fletcher
The Pembrokeshire Murders
TV • 2021
DS Gareth Rees
Belonging
TV • 2000
Steve
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
DS Redston
Judge John Deed
TV • 2001
Robin Hood
TV • 2006
Van der Valk
TV • 1972
Simon Plesman
New Tricks
TV • 2004
The Last Detective
TV • 2003
The Street
TV • 2006
Barking!
TV • 1998
Real Men
TV • 2002
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
TV • 2008
Rocket Man
TV
Conviction
TV • 2004
Casualty
TV • 1986
Big Mac
The Royal
TV • 2003
DS Slingsby
The Eustace Bros.
TV • 2003
Clive Eustace
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Gideon Blundell
Sherwood
TV • 2022
Leonard Gibson
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV • 2011
Self - Participant
Requiem
TV • 2018
Royce Evans
Paradise Heights
TV • 2002
Clive Eustace
Testament: The Bible in Animation
TV • 1996
Sailor / Ninevite (voice)
Ready, Steady, Cook
TV • 1994
Self - Guest
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
TV • 2006
Maxentius
The Crow Girl
TV • 2025
Brian Cole
Morgan's Boy
TV • 1984
Gareth Price