Charles Dale
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
Movie Appearances

The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
as Self
2013

The Hour of the Pig
as First Witness
1993

Animal Farm
as Moses/Pincher (voice)
1999

Genghis Cohn
as Herr Heller
1993

The Last Romantics
as Ambulance Driver
1992

The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer
2021

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

Richard III
as Earl of Richmond
1991

Henry VI: House of Lancaster
as Vernon
1991

Henry VI: House of York
as Young Clifford
1991

Secret Society
as Paul
2000

Protein
as Stanton
2025

Real Men
as DS Barry Grimes
2003

A Bit of Tom Jones?
as Factory Foreman
2009

The List
as Richard Van Meeren
2013












