Charles Dale

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Charles Dale

Acting 63 February 4, 1963

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…

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Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.5 1997 TV Show
Emmerdale

Emmerdale

4.3 1972 TV Show
Casualty

Casualty

6.2 1986 TV Show
Ready, Steady, Cook

Ready, Steady, Cook

8.0 1994 TV Show
Spaced

Spaced

7.9 1999 TV Show
The Bill

The Bill

6.8 1984 TV Show
A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost

7.6 1992 TV Show
New Tricks

New Tricks

7.3 2004 TV Show
Robin Hood

Robin Hood

6.9 2006 TV Show
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

7.2 2018 TV Show
Animal Farm

Animal Farm

5.7 1999 Movie
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

6.0 2011 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Falling

    TV show Father Clarey

  2. 2025
    Frankenstein: Legacy

    Movie Bob

  3. 2025
    Protein

    Movie Stanton

  4. 2025
    Death Valley

    TV show Terry Daniels

  5. 2025
    The Crow Girl

    TV show Brian Cole

  6. 2022
    Sherwood

    TV show Leonard Gibson

  7. 2021
    The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer

    Movie

  8. 2021
    The Pembrokeshire Murders

    TV show DS Gareth Rees

  9. 2018
    Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

    TV show Jacob Tark

  10. 2018
    Requiem

    TV show Royce Evans

  11. 2013
    The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2

    Movie Self

  12. 2013
    The List

    Movie Richard Van Meeren

  13. 2011
    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    TV show Self - Participant

  14. 2009
    A Bit of Tom Jones?

    Movie Factory Foreman

  15. 2008
    Bargain Hunt Famous Finds

    TV show

  16. 2006
    Robin Hood

    TV show

More credits
  1. 2006
    Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

    TV show Maxentius

  2. 2006
    Rocket Man

    TV show

  3. 2006
    The Street

    TV show

  4. 2006
    Thin Ice

    TV show Rocky

  5. 2005
    Towpaths of Glory

    Movie Craig Thorn

  6. 2004
    Conviction

    TV show

  7. 2004
    New Tricks

    TV show

  8. 2003
    The Eustace Bros.

    TV show Clive Eustace

  9. 2003
    Real Men

    Movie DS Barry Grimes

  10. 2003
    The Last Detective

    TV show

  11. 2003
    The Royal

    TV show DS Slingsby

  12. 2002
    Paradise Heights

    TV show Clive Eustace

  13. 2002
    Real Men

    TV show

  14. 2001
    Judge John Deed

    TV show

  15. 2000
    Secret Society

    Movie Paul

  16. 2000
    Belonging

    TV show Steve

  17. 2000
    At Home with the Braithwaites

    TV show McGuire

  18. 1999
    Animal Farm

    Movie Moses / Pincher (voice)

  19. 1999
    Spaced

    TV show Security Guard

  20. 1998
    Barking!

    TV show

  21. 1997
    Midsomer Murders

    TV show Gideon Blundell

  22. 1996
    Testament: The Bible in Animation

    TV show Sailor / Ninevite (voice)

  23. 1994
    Ready, Steady, Cook

    TV show Self - Guest

  24. 1993
    Genghis Cohn

    Movie Herr Heller