Charles Dale
Known for: Acting
Born: February 4, 1963
Place of birth: Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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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Filmography
23 movies · 35 TV shows, newest first
2.2
Falling
2026
8.0
Frankenstein: Legacy
2025
4.7
Protein
2025
6.5
Death Valley
2025
6.4
The Crow Girl
2025
6.9
Sherwood
2022
6.8
The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer
2021
6.8
The Pembrokeshire Murders
2021
6.2
Requiem
2018
NR
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
2013
4.3
The List
2013
6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
3.8
A Bit of Tom Jones?
2009NR
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
2008
6.9
Robin Hood
2006
7.6
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
3.0
Rocket Man
2006
7.6
The Street
20066.0
Thin Ice
2006
NR
Towpaths of Glory
2005
7.8
Conviction
2004
7.3
New Tricks
2004NR
The Eustace Bros.
2003
8.5
Real Men
2003
7.8
The Last Detective
2003
7.8
The Royal
2003
NR
Paradise Heights
2002NR
Real Men
2002
6.8
Judge John Deed
2001
4.8
Secret Society
2000
8.0
Belonging
2000
6.5
At Home with the Braithwaites
2000
5.7
Animal Farm
1999
7.9
Spaced
1999NR
Barking!
1998
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
7.0
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996
8.0
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994
5.1
Genghis Cohn
1993
6.2
The Hour of the Pig
1993
7.5
A Touch of Frost
1992
NR
The Last Romantics
1992
NR
Richard II
1991
NR
Henry IV: Part 1
1991
NR
Henry IV: Part 2
1991
8.0
Henry V
1991
NR
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991
NR
Henry VI: House of York
1991
NR
Richard III
1991
6.2
Casualty
1986
7.4
Lovejoy
1986
NR
Pythons on the Mountain
1985
NR
Phoebe
1985
6.8
The Bill
1984
7.0
Morgan's Boy
1984
4.3
Emmerdale
1972
6.2
Van der Valk
1972
NR
Buddha Boy
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