
Charles Dale
Acting
Born 1963-02-04 · 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
Known for

Casualty
1986 · TV

Belonging
2000 · TV

Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV

Morgan's Boy
1984 · TV

Requiem
2018 · TV

Sherwood
2022 · TV

Rocket Man
— · TV

Paradise Heights
2002 · TV

The Royal
2003 · TV

The Pembrokeshire Murders
2021 · TV

The Bill
1984 · TV

The Crow Girl
2025 · TV

New Tricks
2004 · TV

A Touch of Frost
1992 · TV

Lovejoy
1986 · TV

Spaced
1999 · TV

Robin Hood
2006 · TV

The Street
2006 · TV

The Last Detective
2003 · TV

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

Judge John Deed
2001 · TV

Conviction
2004 · TV

Van der Valk
1972 · TV

Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996 · TV

Ready, Steady, Cook
1994 · TV

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · TV