
Charles Dale
Acting
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
Born: February 4, 1963 · Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Filmography (25)

Protein
2025

The Crow Girl
2025

Sherwood
2022

The Pembrokeshire Murders
2021

Requiem
2018

The List
2013

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011

Robin Hood
2006

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006

The Street
2006

New Tricks
2004

The Last Detective
2003

The Royal
2003

Judge John Deed
2001

Animal Farm
1999

Spaced
1999

Midsomer Murders
1997

Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996

Ready, Steady, Cook
1994

The Hour of the Pig
1993

A Touch of Frost
1992

Casualty
1986

Lovejoy
1986

The Bill
1984

Van der Valk
1972
