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
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Frankenstein: Legacy as Bob
- 2024 · Protein as Stanton
- 2022 · Sherwood as Leonard Gibson
- 2021 · The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer as
- 2021 · The Pembrokeshire Murders as DS Gareth Rees
- 2018 · Requiem as Royce Evans
- 2013 · The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 as Self
- 2013 · The List as Richard Van Meeren
- 2011 · Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- 2009 · A Bit of Tom Jones? as Factory Foreman
- 2008 · Bargain Hunt Famous Finds as
- 2006 · Robin Hood as
- 2006 · Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire as Maxentius
- 2006 · The Street as
- 2004 · Conviction as
- 2004 · New Tricks as
- 2003 · The Eustace Bros. as Clive Eustace
- 2003 · Real Men as DS Barry Grimes
- 2003 · The Last Detective as
- 2003 · The Royal as DS Slingsby
- 2002 · Paradise Heights as Clive Eustace
- 2002 · Real Men as
- 2001 · Judge John Deed as
- 2000 · Secret Society as Paul
- 2000 · Belonging as Steve
- 1999 · Animal Farm as Moses/Pincher (voice)
- 1999 · Spaced as Security Guard
- 1997 · The Lakes as Gary Alcock aka 'Chef'
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Gideon Blundell
- 1996 · Testament: The Bible in Animation as Sailor / Ninevite (voice)
- 1994 · Ready Steady Cook as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Genghis Cohn as Herr Heller
- 1993 · The Hour of the Pig as First Witness
- 1992 · A Touch of Frost as Colin Fletcher
- 1992 · The Last Romantics as Ambulance Driver
- 1991 · Henry V as Le Far
- 1991 · Henry VI: House of York as Young Clifford
- 1991 · Richard II as Lord Willoughby
- 1991 · Henry IV: Part 2 as Poins
- 1991 · Richard III as Earl of Richmond
- 1991 · Henry IV: Part 1 as Poins
- 1991 · Henry VI: House of Lancaster as Vernon
- 1986 · Casualty as Big Mac
- 1986 · Lovejoy as DS Redston
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1972 · Van der Valk as Simon Plesman
- Future · Rocket Man as
- Future · Barking! as
- Future · Buddha Boy as Mr Griffith