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.
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
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0197656
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5076682
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Filmography (Movies)
Frankenstein: Legacy
Character:Bob
Release Date:27/11/2025
Protein
Character:Stanton
Release Date:13/06/2025
The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer
Character:
Release Date:14/01/2021
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
Character:Self
Release Date:11/11/2013
The List
Character:Richard Van Meeren
Release Date:05/07/2013
A Bit of Tom Jones?
Character:Factory Foreman
Release Date:01/01/2009
Towpaths of Glory
Character:Craig Thorn
Release Date:05/06/2005
Real Men
Character:DS Barry Grimes
Release Date:12/03/2003
Secret Society
Character:Paul
Release Date:29/10/2000
Animal Farm
Character:Moses/Pincher (voice)
Release Date:03/10/1999
Genghis Cohn
Character:Herr Heller
Release Date:09/11/1993
The Hour of the Pig
Character:First Witness
Release Date:25/09/1993
The Last Romantics
Character:Ambulance Driver
Release Date:29/03/1992
Richard II
Character:Lord Willoughby
Release Date:29/03/1991
Henry IV: Part 1
Character:Poins
Release Date:29/03/1991
Henry IV: Part 2
Character:Poins
Release Date:29/03/1991
Henry V
Character:Le Far
Release Date:29/03/1991
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
Character:Vernon
Release Date:29/03/1991
Henry VI: House of York
Character:Young Clifford
Release Date:29/03/1991
Richard III
Character:Earl of Richmond
Release Date:29/03/1991
Pythons on the Mountain
Character:Gareth (aged 17)
Release Date:30/07/1985
Phoebe
Character:George
Release Date:18/06/1985
Television Appearances
The Crow Girl
Character:Brian Cole
Sherwood
Character:Leonard Gibson
The Pembrokeshire Murders
Character:DS Gareth Rees
Requiem
Character:Royce Evans
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Character:Self - Participant
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
Character:
Robin Hood
Character:
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Character:Maxentius
The Street
Character:
Conviction
Character:
New Tricks
Character:
The Eustace Bros.
Character:Clive Eustace
The Last Detective
Character:
The Royal
Character:DS Slingsby
Paradise Heights
Character:Clive Eustace
Real Men
Character:
Judge John Deed
Character:
Belonging
Character:Steve
Spaced
Character:Security Guard
Barking!
Character:
Midsomer Murders
Character:Gideon Blundell
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Character:Sailor / Ninevite (voice)
Ready, Steady, Cook
Character:Self - Guest
A Touch of Frost
Character:Colin Fletcher
Casualty
Character:Big Mac
Lovejoy
Character:DS Redston
The Bill
Character:
Van der Valk
Character:Simon Plesman
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