Charles Dale
Acting
Born 1963 (age 63)
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
56 acting credits
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
Spaced
24 Sep 1999
Midsomer Murders
23 Mar 1997
Animal Farm
03 Oct 1999
Robin Hood
07 Oct 2006
Requiem
02 Feb 2018
Emmerdale
16 Oct 1972
The Pembrokeshire Murders
11 Jan 2021
Sherwood
13 Jun 2022
Filmography
2026
- Fallingas Father Clarey1 episode
2025
- Frankenstein: Legacyas Bob
- Proteinas Stanton
- Death Valleyas Terry Daniels1 episode
- The Crow Girlas Brian Cole2 episodes
2022
- Sherwoodas Leonard Gibson5 episodes
2021
- The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer
- The Pembrokeshire Murdersas DS Gareth Rees3 episodes
2018
- Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigatorsas Jacob Tark1 episode
- Requiemas Royce Evans6 episodes
2013
- The Listas Richard Van Meeren
2009
- A Bit of Tom Jones?as Factory Foreman
2008
- Bargain Hunt Famous Finds1 episode
2006
- Robin Hood1 episode
- Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empireas Maxentius1 episode
- Rocket Man6 episodes
- The Street1 episode
- Thin Iceas Rocky6 episodes
2005
- Towpaths of Gloryas Craig Thorn
2004
- Conviction1 episode
- New Tricks1 episode
2003
- The Eustace Bros.as Clive Eustace6 episodes
- Real Menas DS Barry Grimes
- The Last Detective1 episode
- The Royalas DS Slingsby3 episodes
2002
- Paradise Heightsas Clive Eustace6 episodes
- Real Men2 episodes
2001
- Judge John Deed1 episode
2000
- Secret Societyas Paul
- Belongingas Steve83 episodes
- At Home with the Braithwaitesas McGuire4 episodes
1999
- Animal Farmas Moses
- Spacedas Security Guard1 episode
1998
- Barking!6 episodes
1997
- Midsomer Murdersas Gideon Blundell1 episode
1996
- Testament: The Bible in Animationas Sailor1 episode
1993
- Genghis Cohnas Herr Heller
- The Hour of the Pigas First Witness
1992
- A Touch of Frostas Colin Fletcher1 episode
- The Last Romanticsas Ambulance Driver
1991
- Richard IIas Lord Willoughby
- Henry IV: Part 2as Poins
- Henry IV: Part 1as Poins
- Henry Vas Le Far
- Henry VI: House of Lancasteras Vernon
- Richard IIIas Earl of Richmond
- Henry VI: House of Yorkas Young Clifford
1985
- Pythons on the Mountainas Gareth (aged 17)
- Phoebeas George
1984
- The Bill2 episodes
- Morgan's Boyas Gareth Price8 episodes
1972
- Emmerdaleas Karl2 episodes
- Van der Valkas Simon Plesman1 episode