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









