Charles Dale
Actor
Biography
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
The Hour of the Pig
as First Witness 1993
The List
as Richard Van Meeren 2013
The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer
2021
Protein
as Stanton 2025
Genghis Cohn
as Herr Heller 1993
A Bit of Tom Jones?
as Factory Foreman 2009
Secret Society
as Paul 2000
Real Men
as DS Barry Grimes 2003
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
as Self 2013
The Last Romantics
as Ambulance Driver 1992
Frankenstein: Legacy
as Bob 2025
Buddha Boy
as Mr Griffith TBA
Richard II
as Lord Willoughby 1991
Henry IV: Part 1
as Poins 1991
Henry IV: Part 2
as Poins 1991
Henry V
as Le Far 1991