
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

Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997

Casualty
TV • 1986

A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992

New Tricks
TV • 2004

The Bill
TV • 1984

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV • 2011

Ready, Steady, Cook
TV • 1994

Lovejoy
TV • 1986

Van der Valk
TV • 1972

Robin Hood
TV • 2006

Judge John Deed
TV • 2001

Spaced
TV • 1999

Sherwood
TV • 2022

The Street
TV • 2006

The Last Detective
TV • 2003

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
TV • 2006

Requiem
TV • 2018

Testament: The Bible in Animation
TV • 1996