Acting
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
Falling
Series · 2026
Frankenstein: Legacy
Film · 2025
Protein
Film · 2025
The Crow Girl
Series · 2025
Death Valley
Series · 2025
Sherwood
Series · 2022
The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer
Film · 2021
The Pembrokeshire Murders
Series · 2021
Requiem
Series · 2018
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Series · 2018
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
Film · 2013
The List
Film · 2013
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Series · 2011
A Bit of Tom Jones?
Film · 2009
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
Series · 2008
Robin Hood
Series · 2006
The Street
Series · 2006
Rocket Man
Series · 2006
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Series · 2006
Thin Ice
Series · 2006
Towpaths of Glory
Film · 2005
New Tricks
Series · 2004
Conviction
Series · 2004
Real Men
Film · 2003
The Last Detective
Series · 2003
The Royal
Series · 2003
The Eustace Bros.
Series · 2003
Real Men
Series · 2002
Paradise Heights
Series · 2002
Judge John Deed
Series · 2001
Secret Society
Film · 2000
Belonging
Series · 2000
At Home with the Braithwaites
Series · 2000
Animal Farm
Film · 1999
Spaced
Series · 1999
Barking!
Series · 1998
Midsomer Murders
Series · 1997
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Series · 1996
Ready, Steady, Cook
Series · 1994
Genghis Cohn
Film · 1993
The Hour of the Pig
Film · 1993
The Last Romantics
Film · 1992
A Touch of Frost
Series · 1992
Richard II
Film · 1991
Henry IV: Part 1
Film · 1991
Henry IV: Part 2
Film · 1991
Henry V
Film · 1991
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
Film · 1991
Henry VI: House of York
Film · 1991
Richard III
Film · 1991
Lovejoy
Series · 1986
Casualty
Series · 1986
Phoebe
Film · 1985
Pythons on the Mountain
Film · 1985
The Bill
Series · 1984
Morgan's Boy
Series · 1984
Van der Valk
Series · 1972
Emmerdale
Series · 1972
Buddha Boy
Film