- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 4, 1963
- Place of Birth
- Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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 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
movieFrankenstein: Legacy
2025 · Bob
movieProtein
2025 · Stanton
tvDeath Valley
2025 · Terry Daniels
tvThe Crow Girl
2025 · Brian Cole
tvSherwood
2022 · Leonard Gibson
movieThe Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer
2021
tvThe Pembrokeshire Murders
2021 · DS Gareth Rees
tvRequiem
2018 · Royce Evans
movieThe Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
2013 · Self
movieThe List
2013 · Richard Van Meeren
tvCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · Self - Participant
movieA Bit of Tom Jones?
2009 · Factory Foreman
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
tvBargain Hunt Famous Finds
2008
tvRobin Hood
2006
tvAncient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006 · Maxentius
tvThe Street
2006
movieTowpaths of Glory
2005 · Craig Thorn
tvConviction
2004
tvNew Tricks
2004
The Eustace Bros.
tvThe Eustace Bros.
2003 · Clive Eustace
movieReal Men
2003 · DS Barry Grimes
tvThe Last Detective
2003
tvThe Royal
2003 · DS Slingsby
tvParadise Heights
2002 · Clive Eustace
Real Men
tvReal Men
2002
tvJudge John Deed
2001
movieSecret Society
2000 · Paul
tvBelonging
2000 · Steve
movieAnimal Farm
1999 · Moses / Pincher (voice)
tvSpaced
1999 · Security Guard
Barking!
tvBarking!
1998
tvMidsomer Murders
1997 · Gideon Blundell
tvTestament: The Bible in Animation
1996 · Sailor / Ninevite (voice)
tvReady, Steady, Cook
1994 · Self - Guest
movieGenghis Cohn
1993 · Herr Heller
movieThe Hour of the Pig
1993 · First Witness
tvA Touch of Frost
1992 · Colin Fletcher
movieThe Last Romantics
1992 · Ambulance Driver
movieRichard II
1991 · Lord Willoughby
movieHenry IV: Part 1
1991 · Poins
movieHenry IV: Part 2
1991 · Poins
movieHenry V
1991 · Le Far
movieRichard III
1991 · Earl of Richmond
movieHenry VI: House of Lancaster
1991 · Vernon
movieHenry VI: House of York
1991 · Young Clifford
tvCasualty
1986 · Big Mac
tvLovejoy
1986 · DS Redston
moviePythons on the Mountain
1985 · Gareth (aged 17)
moviePhoebe
1985 · George
tvThe Bill
1984
tvMorgan's Boy
1984 · Gareth Price
tvVan der Valk
1972 · Simon Plesman
movieBuddha Boy
— · Mr Griffith
tvRocket Man
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