Charles Dale

Charles Dale

Known for
Acting
Born
February 4, 1963 (age 63)
Birthplace
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales

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

Filmography

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Buddha Boy poster

Buddha Boy

Movie · as Mr Griffith

2026
Falling poster

Falling

TV · as Father Clarey · 1 ep

2025
Frankenstein: Legacy poster

Frankenstein: Legacy

Movie · as Bob

2025
Protein poster

Protein

Movie · as Stanton

2025
The Crow Girl poster

The Crow Girl

TV · as Brian Cole · 2 eps

2025
Death Valley poster

Death Valley

TV · as Terry Daniels · 1 ep

2022
Sherwood poster

Sherwood

TV · as Leonard Gibson · 5 eps

2021
The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer poster

The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer

Movie

2021
The Pembrokeshire Murders poster

The Pembrokeshire Murders

TV · as DS Gareth Rees · 3 eps

2018
Requiem poster

Requiem

TV · as Royce Evans · 6 eps

2018
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators poster

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

TV · as Jacob Tark · 1 ep

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

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

Movie · as Self

2013
The List poster

The List

Movie · as Richard Van Meeren

2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

2009
A Bit of Tom Jones? poster

A Bit of Tom Jones?

Movie · as Factory Foreman

2008
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds

Bargain Hunt Famous Finds

TV · 1 ep

2006
Robin Hood poster

Robin Hood

TV · 1 ep

2006
The Street poster

The Street

TV · 1 ep

2006
Rocket Man poster

Rocket Man

TV · 6 eps

2006
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire poster

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

TV · as Maxentius · 1 ep

2006
Thin Ice

Thin Ice

TV · as Rocky · 6 eps

2005
Towpaths of Glory poster

Towpaths of Glory

Movie · as Craig Thorn

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · 1 ep

2004
Conviction poster

Conviction

TV · 1 ep

2003
Real Men poster

Real Men

Movie · as DS Barry Grimes

2003
The Last Detective poster

The Last Detective

TV · 1 ep

2003
The Royal poster

The Royal

TV · as DS Slingsby · 3 eps

2003
The Eustace Bros.

The Eustace Bros.

TV · as Clive Eustace · 6 eps

2002
Real Men

Real Men

TV · 2 eps

2002
Paradise Heights poster

Paradise Heights

TV · as Clive Eustace · 6 eps

2001
Judge John Deed poster

Judge John Deed

TV · 1 ep

2000
Secret Society poster

Secret Society

Movie · as Paul

2000
Belonging poster

Belonging

TV · as Steve · 83 eps

2000
At Home with the Braithwaites poster

At Home with the Braithwaites

TV · as McGuire · 4 eps

1999
Animal Farm poster

Animal Farm

Movie · as Moses / Pincher (voice)

1999
Spaced poster

Spaced

TV · as Security Guard · 1 ep

1998
Barking!

Barking!

TV · 6 eps

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Gideon Blundell · 1 ep

1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation poster

Testament: The Bible in Animation

TV · as Sailor / Ninevite (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Ready, Steady, Cook poster

Ready, Steady, Cook

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1993
The Hour of the Pig poster

The Hour of the Pig

Movie · as First Witness

1993
Genghis Cohn poster

Genghis Cohn

Movie · as Herr Heller

1992
The Last Romantics poster

The Last Romantics

Movie · as Ambulance Driver

1992
A Touch of Frost poster

A Touch of Frost

TV · as Colin Fletcher · 1 ep

1991
Richard II poster

Richard II

Movie · as Lord Willoughby

1991
Henry IV: Part 1 poster

Henry IV: Part 1

Movie · as Poins

1991
Henry IV: Part 2 poster

Henry IV: Part 2

Movie · as Poins

1991
Henry V poster

Henry V

Movie · as Le Far

1991
Richard III poster

Richard III

Movie · as Earl of Richmond

1991
Henry VI: House of Lancaster poster

Henry VI: House of Lancaster

Movie · as Vernon

1991
Henry VI: House of York poster

Henry VI: House of York

Movie · as Young Clifford

1986
Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy

TV · as DS Redston · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Big Mac · 415 eps

1985
Phoebe poster

Phoebe

Movie · as George

1985
Pythons on the Mountain poster

Pythons on the Mountain

Movie · as Gareth (aged 17)

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · 2 eps

1984
Morgan's Boy poster

Morgan's Boy

TV · as Gareth Price · 8 eps

1972
Van der Valk poster

Van der Valk

TV · as Simon Plesman · 1 ep

1972
Emmerdale poster

Emmerdale

TV · as Karl · 2 eps