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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- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Gideon Blundell
- Casualty (1986) as Big Mac
- New Tricks (2004)
- A Touch of Frost (1992) as Colin Fletcher
- The Bill (1984)
- Ready, Steady, Cook (1994) as Self - Guest
- 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
- Spaced (1999) as Security Guard
- Death Valley (2025) as Terry Daniels
- The Street (2006)
- The Last Detective (2003)
- The Crow Girl (2025) as Brian Cole
- Requiem (2018) as Royce Evans
- Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006) as Maxentius
- Testament: The Bible in Animation (1996) as Sailor / Ninevite (voice)
- Belonging (2000) as Steve
- Conviction (2004)
- The Pembrokeshire Murders (2021) as DS Gareth Rees
- Animal Farm (1999) as Moses/Pincher (voice)