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
Acting
TV
Spaced
as Security Guard
1999
TV
Midsomer Murders
as Gideon Blundell
1997
Movie
Animal Farm
as Moses/Pincher (voice)
1999
TV
Robin Hood
2006
TV
Requiem
as Royce Evans
2018
TV
The Pembrokeshire Murders
as DS Gareth Rees
2021
TV
Casualty
as Big Mac
1986
TV
Sherwood
as Leonard Gibson
2022
TV
A Touch of Frost
as Colin Fletcher
1992
TV
New Tricks
2004
TV
Lovejoy
as DS Redston
1986
TV
The Bill
1984
Movie
The Hour of the Pig
as First Witness
1993
TV
Death Valley
as Terry Daniels
2025
TV
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
as Maxentius
2006
TV
The Crow Girl
as Brian Cole
2025
Movie
The List
as Richard Van Meeren
2013
Movie
Frankenstein: Legacy
as Bob
2025
TV
Judge John Deed
2001
TV
The Street
2006
TV
The Last Detective
2003
TV
Van der Valk
as Simon Plesman
1972
TV
The Royal
as DS Slingsby
2003
Movie
Protein
as Stanton
2025