Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 4, 1963
Place of Birth:
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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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
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Frankenstein: Legacy | Bob |
| 2025 | Protein | Stanton |
| 2021 | The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer | |
| 2013 | The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 | Self |
| 2013 | The List | Richard Van Meeren |
| 2009 | A Bit of Tom Jones? | Factory Foreman |
| 2003 | Real Men | DS Barry Grimes |
| 2000 | Secret Society | Paul |
| 1999 | Animal Farm | Moses/Pincher (voice) |
| 1993 | The Hour of the Pig | First Witness |
| 1993 | Genghis Cohn | Herr Heller |
| 1992 | The Last Romantics | Ambulance Driver |
| 1991 | Richard II | Lord Willoughby |
| 1991 | Henry IV: Part 2 | Poins |
| 1991 | Henry IV: Part 1 | Poins |
| 1991 | Henry V | Le Far |
| 1991 | Henry VI: House of Lancaster | Vernon |
| 1991 | Richard III | Earl of Richmond |
| 1991 | Henry VI: House of York | Young Clifford |
| Buddha Boy | Mr Griffith |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Sherwood | Leonard Gibson |
| 2021 | The Pembrokeshire Murders | DS Gareth Rees |
| 2018 | Requiem | Royce Evans |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant |
| 2008 | Bargain Hunt Famous Finds | |
| 2006 | Robin Hood | |
| 2006 | The Street | |
| 2006 | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Maxentius |
| 2004 | New Tricks | |
| 2004 | Conviction | |
| 2003 | The Last Detective | |
| 2003 | The Royal | DS Slingsby |
| 2003 | The Eustace Bros. | Clive Eustace |
| 2002 | Real Men | |
| 2002 | Paradise Heights | Clive Eustace |
| 2001 | Judge John Deed | |
| 2000 | Belonging | Steve |
| 1999 | Spaced | Security Guard |
| 1998 | Barking! | |
| 1997 | The Lakes | Gary Alcock aka 'Chef' |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Gideon Blundell |
| 1996 | Testament: The Bible in Animation | Sailor / Ninevite (voice) |
| 1994 | Ready Steady Cook | Self - Guest |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | Colin Fletcher |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | DS Redston |
| 1986 | Casualty | Big Mac |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Simon Plesman |
| Rocket Man |