
Charles Dale
Acting
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

1997
Midsomer Murders
1997 · tv

1986
Casualty
1986 · tv

1992
A Touch of Frost
1992 · tv

1984
The Bill
1984 · tv

2004
New Tricks
2004 · tv

1994
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994 · tv

2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · tv

2006
Robin Hood
2006 · tv

1986
Lovejoy
1986 · tv

1972
Van der Valk
1972 · tv

2001
Judge John Deed
2001 · tv

2022
Sherwood
2022 · tv

2025
Death Valley
2025 · tv

2025
The Crow Girl
2025 · tv

1999
Spaced
1999 · tv

2006
The Street
2006 · tv

2003
The Last Detective
2003 · tv

2006
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006 · tv

2018
Requiem
2018 · tv

1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996 · tv

1999
Animal Farm
1999 · movie

2000
Belonging
2000 · tv

2021
The Pembrokeshire Murders
2021 · tv

2004
Conviction
2004 · tv

1993
The Hour of the Pig
1993 · movie

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Rocket Man
— · tv

2002
Paradise Heights
2002 · tv

2003
The Royal
2003 · tv

1991
Richard III
1991 · movie

1984
Morgan's Boy
1984 · tv