
Actor
Charles Dale
Born 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 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

Spaced
Security Guard · 1999

Midsomer Murders
Gideon Blundell · 1997

A Touch of Frost
Colin Fletcher · 1992

The Pembrokeshire Murders
DS Gareth Rees · 2021

Sherwood
Leonard Gibson · 2022

Lovejoy
DS Redston · 1986

Requiem
Royce Evans · 2018

Animal Farm
Moses/Pincher (voice) · 1999

Casualty
Big Mac · 1986

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Maxentius · 2006

The Hour of the Pig
First Witness · 1993

Frankenstein: Legacy
Bob · 2025

Death Valley
Terry Daniels · 2025

The Crow Girl
Brian Cole · 2025

The Royal
DS Slingsby · 2003

Real Men
DS Barry Grimes · 2003

Belonging
Steve · 2000

Testament: The Bible in Animation
Sailor / Ninevite (voice) · 1996

Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Guest · 1994

Henry V
Le Far · 1991

Van der Valk
Simon Plesman · 1972

Morgan's Boy
Gareth Price · 1984

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant · 2011

Protein
Stanton · 2025