Charles Dale
Known for Acting · 54 credits
- Born
- 1963-02-04 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- 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
TV Shows (31)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Gideon Blundell
Casualty
1986
as Big Mac
A Touch of Frost
1992
as Colin Fletcher
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994
as Self - Guest
New Tricks
2004
The Bill
1984
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
Robin Hood
2006
Lovejoy
1986
as DS Redston
Van der Valk
1972
as Simon Plesman
Judge John Deed
2001
Sherwood
2022
as Leonard Gibson
The Street
2006
Spaced
1999
as Security Guard
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Maxentius
Death Valley
2025
as Terry Daniels
The Last Detective
2003
Requiem
2018
as Royce Evans
The Crow Girl
2025
as Brian Cole
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996
as Sailor / Ninevite (voice)
Belonging
2000
as Steve
The Pembrokeshire Murders
2021
as DS Gareth Rees
Conviction
2004
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
2008
Morgan's Boy
1984
as Gareth Price
Paradise Heights
2002
as Clive Eustace
Rocket Man
The Eustace Bros.
2003
as Clive Eustace
Barking!
1998
The Royal
2003
as DS Slingsby
Real Men
2002
Movies (23)
Animal Farm
1999
as Moses/Pincher (voice)
Protein
2025
as Stanton
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
2013
as Self
Frankenstein: Legacy
2025
as Bob
The Hour of the Pig
1993
as First Witness
Real Men
2003
as DS Barry Grimes
The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer
2021
Secret Society
2000
as Paul
Genghis Cohn
1993
as Herr Heller
The Last Romantics
1992
as Ambulance Driver
Richard III
1991
as Earl of Richmond
A Bit of Tom Jones?
2009
as Factory Foreman
The List
2013
as Richard Van Meeren
Henry VI: House of York
1991
as Young Clifford
Henry IV: Part 2
1991
as Poins
Henry V
1991
as Le Far
Phoebe
1985
as George
Buddha Boy
as Mr Griffith
Henry IV: Part 1
1991
as Poins
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991
as Vernon
Richard II
1991
as Lord Willoughby
Pythons on the Mountain
1985
as Gareth (aged 17)
Towpaths of Glory
2005
as Craig Thorn
About 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… With 54 credits spanning from 1972 to 2025, Charles Dale has appeared in 23 films and 31 TV shows.
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Most Popular Charles Dale Movies
- Animal Farm (1999) — as Moses/Pincher (voice)
- Protein (2025) — as Stanton
- The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 (2013) — as Self
- Frankenstein: Legacy (2025) — as Bob
- The Hour of the Pig (1993) — as First Witness
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