Charles Dale
Known for: 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
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Gideon Blundell
1997
Series
Casualty
Big Mac
1986
Series
Emmerdale
Karl
1972
Series
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Guest
1994
Series
A Touch of Frost
Colin Fletcher
1992
Series
The Bill
1984
Series
New Tricks
2004
Series
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Series
Van der Valk
Simon Plesman
1972
Series
Robin Hood
2006
Series
Falling
Father Clarey
2026
Series
Lovejoy
DS Redston
1986
Series
Judge John Deed
2001
Series
The Crow Girl
Brian Cole
2025
Series
Sherwood
Leonard Gibson
2022
Series
Spaced
Security Guard
1999
Series
Death Valley
Terry Daniels
2025
Series
The Street
2006
Series
The Pembrokeshire Murders
DS Gareth Rees
2021
Series
Requiem
Royce Evans
2018
Series
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Maxentius
2006
Series
Belonging
Steve
2000
Series
The Last Detective
2003
Series
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Sailor / Ninevite (voice)
1996
Film
Animal Farm
Moses / Pincher (voice)
1999
Series
Conviction
2004
Series
Morgan's Boy
Gareth Price
1984
Thin Ice
Rocky
2006
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
2008
Film
The Hour of the Pig
First Witness
1993
Film
Richard III
Earl of Richmond
1991
Series
Rocket Man
2006
Film
Henry V
Le Far
1991
Film
Buddha Boy
Mr Griffith
Series
Paradise Heights
Clive Eustace
2002
Film
Genghis Cohn
Herr Heller
1993
Series
The Royal
DS Slingsby
2003
Barking!
1998
Film
Frankenstein: Legacy
Bob
2025
Film
The List
Richard Van Meeren
2013
The Eustace Bros.
Clive Eustace
2003
Film
Phoebe
George
1985
Film
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
Self
2013
Film
Real Men
DS Barry Grimes
2003
Film
Secret Society
Paul
2000
Film
The Last Romantics
Ambulance Driver
1992
Film
Henry VI: House of York
Young Clifford
1991
Real Men
2002
Film
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
Vernon
1991
Film
Protein
Stanton
2025
Film
Towpaths of Glory
Craig Thorn
2005
Film
A Bit of Tom Jones?
Factory Foreman
2009
Film
Richard II
Lord Willoughby
1991
Film
Henry IV: Part 1
Poins
1991
Film
Pythons on the Mountain
Gareth (aged 17)
1985
Film
The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer
2021
Film
Henry IV: Part 2
Poins
1991