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Charles Dale

Cast & creator

Charles Dale

1963-02-04 (age 63) Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales Website IMDb

Best known for Midsomer Murders, Casualty, Emmerdale

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

Movies

23

film credits

Series

36

television credits

Career

59

1972–2026 · acting roles

Credit score

6.5

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Gideon Blundell · 1997

Casualty

Casualty

Big Mac · 1986

Emmerdale

Emmerdale

Karl · 1972

Ready, Steady, Cook

Ready, Steady, Cook

Self - Guest · 1994

The Bill

The Bill

Acting · 1984

Across film & television

Filmography (59)

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Showing 59 of 59 credits

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Gideon Blundell

Casualty

Casualty

Big Mac

Emmerdale

Emmerdale

Karl

Ready, Steady, Cook

Ready, Steady, Cook

Self - Guest

The Bill

The Bill

New Tricks

New Tricks

A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost

Colin Fletcher

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Self - Participant

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

Jacob Tark

Lovejoy

Lovejoy

DS Redston

Van der Valk

Van der Valk

Simon Plesman

Sherwood

Sherwood

Leonard Gibson

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Judge John Deed

Judge John Deed

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Maxentius

Spaced

Spaced

Security Guard

At Home with the Braithwaites

At Home with the Braithwaites

McGuire

Falling

Falling

Father Clarey

Death Valley

Death Valley

Terry Daniels

The Street

The Street

The Last Detective

The Last Detective

The Crow Girl

The Crow Girl

Brian Cole

Belonging

Belonging

Steve

Requiem

Requiem

Royce Evans

Testament: The Bible in Animation

Testament: The Bible in Animation

Sailor / Ninevite (voice)

The Pembrokeshire Murders

The Pembrokeshire Murders

DS Gareth Rees

Bargain Hunt Famous Finds

Morgan's Boy

Morgan's Boy

Gareth Price

Thin Ice

Rocky

The Hour of the Pig

The Hour of the Pig

First Witness

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

Moses / Pincher (voice)

Conviction

Conviction

The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2

The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2

Self

Real Men

Real Men

DS Barry Grimes

The Eustace Bros.

Clive Eustace

Henry VI: House of York

Henry VI: House of York

Young Clifford

Barking!

Paradise Heights

Paradise Heights

Clive Eustace

The Royal

The Royal

DS Slingsby

Pythons on the Mountain

Pythons on the Mountain

Gareth (aged 17)

Real Men

Rocket Man

Rocket Man

Henry IV: Part 2

Henry IV: Part 2

Poins

The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer

The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer

Secret Society

Secret Society

Paul

The List

The List

Richard Van Meeren

A Bit of Tom Jones?

A Bit of Tom Jones?

Factory Foreman

The Last Romantics

The Last Romantics

Ambulance Driver

Frankenstein: Legacy

Frankenstein: Legacy

Bob

Richard III

Richard III

Earl of Richmond

Henry VI: House of Lancaster

Henry VI: House of Lancaster

Vernon

Phoebe

Phoebe

George

Genghis Cohn

Genghis Cohn

Herr Heller

Buddha Boy

Buddha Boy

Mr Griffith

Henry V

Henry V

Le Far

Henry IV: Part 1

Henry IV: Part 1

Poins

Towpaths of Glory

Towpaths of Glory

Craig Thorn

Protein

Protein

Stanton

Richard II

Richard II

Lord Willoughby