Acting credits
48
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Charles Dale
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 23Series: 25
TMDB ID: 1219948
IMDb ID: nm0197656
Known for: Acting
Born: February 4, 1963
Age: 63
Place of birth: Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1972 - 2025
Years active: 54
Average TMDB rating: 6.91
Wikidata: Q5076682
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
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Charles Dale.
Frankenstein: Legacy
as Bob
2025 Movie
5.2
Protein
as Stanton
2025 Movie
6.8
The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer
2021 Movie
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
as Self
2013 Movie
4.3
The List
as Richard Van Meeren
2013 Movie
3.8
A Bit of Tom Jones?
as Factory Foreman
2009 Movie
Towpaths of Glory
as Craig Thorn
2005 Movie
9.0
Real Men
as DS Barry Grimes
2003 Movie
3.3
Secret Society
as Paul
2000 Movie
5.7
Animal Farm
as Moses/Pincher (voice)
1999 Movie
3.9
Genghis Cohn
as Herr Heller
1993 Movie
6.1
The Hour of the Pig
as First Witness
1993 Movie
The Last Romantics
as Ambulance Driver
1992 Movie
Richard II
as Lord Willoughby
1991 Movie
Henry IV: Part 1
as Poins
1991 Movie
Henry IV: Part 2
as Poins
1991 Movie
Henry V
as Le Far
1991 Movie
Richard III
as Earl of Richmond
1991 Movie
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
as Vernon
1991 Movie
Henry VI: House of York
as Young Clifford
1991 Movie
Pythons on the Mountain
as Gareth (aged 17)
1985 Movie
Phoebe
as George
1985 Movie
Buddha Boy
as Mr Griffith
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Charles Dale.
7.2
The Crow Girl
as Brian Cole • 2 eps
2025 Series
7.0
Sherwood
as Leonard Gibson • 5 eps
2022 Series
6.8
The Pembrokeshire Murders
as DS Gareth Rees • 3 eps
2021 Series
6.3
Requiem
as Royce Evans • 6 eps
2018 Series
5.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.8
Robin Hood
1 eps
2006 Series
7.4
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
as Maxentius • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.7
The Street
1 eps
2006 Series
7.7
Conviction
1 eps
2004 Series
7.4
New Tricks
1 eps
2004 Series
7.7
The Last Detective
1 eps
2003 Series
7.6
The Royal
as DS Slingsby • 3 eps
2003 Series
Paradise Heights
as Clive Eustace • 6 eps
2002 Series
6.7
Judge John Deed
1 eps
2001 Series
7.0
Belonging
as Steve • 83 eps
2000 Series
7.9
Spaced
as Security Guard • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Gideon Blundell • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.4
Testament: The Bible in Animation
as Sailor / Ninevite (voice) • 1 eps
1996 Series
Ready, Steady, Cook
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.5
A Touch of Frost
as Colin Fletcher • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.2
Casualty
as Big Mac • 415 eps
1986 Series
7.3
Lovejoy
as DS Redston • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.7
The Bill
2 eps
1984 Series
5.8
Van der Valk
as Simon Plesman • 1 eps
1972 Series