Charles Dale

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Charles Dale
Born (1963-02-04) 4 February 1963 (age 62)
Wales
OccupationActor
Notable work Casualty

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. [1] [2] He was born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales.[ citation needed ]

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Television

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 . [3] [4]

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 [5]

Theatre

In 2017, he played Hugo in the new musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. [6] [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979ExitsDigger
1993 The Hour of the Pig First Witness
Genghis CohnHerr Heller
1999 Animal Farm Moses / Pincher the RottweilerTelevision film, Voice only
2000Skin DeepHunterTelevision film
Secret SocietyPaul
2008Domestic FlightBarryShort film
2009 A Bit of Tom Jones? Factory Foreman
2013The ListRichard van Meeren
2015The Real MamilsTelevision film
2017Another Man's ShoesCharlieShort film
2023LindaPost Office ManagerShort film
2024Frankenstein: LegacyBob

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 Danger: Marmalade At Work Male Nurse / Sailor / BurglarRecurring role; 3 episodes
Big Deal PolicemanEpisode: "A Ragged Run"
Morgan's BoyGareth PriceRecurring role; 4 episodes
1985Summer SeasonGareth / GeorgeRecurring role; 2 episodes
Ties of BloodSoldierEpisode: "Out of Time"
1991 The War of the Roses Lord Willoughby / Ned Poins / Le Far / Vernon / Young Clifford / Earl of Richmond Miniseries; 7 episodes
1992 Lovejoy D.S. RedstonEpisode: "Benin Bronze"
Van der Valk Simon PlesmanEpisode: "Still Waters"
Screen Two Ambulance DriverEpisode: "The Last Romantics"
A Touch of Frost Colin FletcherEpisode: "Not With Kindness"
1995 Casualty Phil TullyEpisode: "Out of Time"
The Bill Don CollyerEpisode: "Lockdown"
1996 Bramwell DuncanEpisode: "The Rule of Thuggery"
Testament: The Bible in Animation Sailor / NineviteEpisode: "Jonah"
1997 The Bill Miles CooperEpisode: "In the Dark"
The Famous Five Police InspectorEpisode: "Five Go Off in a Caravan"
1997–1999 The Lakes Gary AlcockSeries regular; 14 episodes
1998 Out of Hours WelbyEpisode: "Episode 5"
1999 Casualty Billy TraynorEpisode: "Crazy Love"
Touching Evil DCI WheelanEpisode: "Innocent"
Spaced Security GuardEpisode: "Chaos"
2000 Where the Heart Is ColinEpisode: "Friends in Need"
At Home with the Braithwaites McGuireRecurring role; 4 episodes
Clarkson's Car Years Pub ActorEpisode: "The New Romantics"
Burnside Billy HoldenEpisode: "Back with a Vengeance"
2000–2002 Coronation Street Dennis Stringer Series regular; 167 episodes
2002–2003 The Eustace Bros. Clive EustaceSeries regular; 12 episodes
2003 Casualty Larry SteadmanEpisode: "Flash in the Pan"
The Bill Mark WilsonEpisode: "Better Late Than Never"
2004 Steel River Blues George BarnesSeries regular; 7 episodes
Conviction Malcolm WatersEpisode: "Episode 4"
2004–2006 Barking! GregSeries regular; 20 episodes
2005 The Last Detective Craig ThornEpisode: "Towpaths of Glory"
Rocket Man Barney ScottMiniseries; 6 episodes
2006 Holby City George AllenEpisode: "Looking After Number One"
Judge John Deed P.O. Dave SpearsonEpisode: "Hard Gating"
Thin Ice RockyMiniseries
New Tricks Stephen MurrayEpisode: "Lady's Pleasure"
The Street SteveEpisode: "Stan"
Where the Heart Is BrianEpisode: "Flesh and Blood"
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Maxentius Episode: "Constantine"
Vincent Leo HarveyEpisode: "Soldiers of a False Army"
Robin Hood Lucky GeorgeEpisode: "Brothers in Arms"
2006, 2009 Belonging Steve LewisRecurring role; 2 episodes
2007 The Royal DS SlingsbyRecurring role; 3 episodes
2007–2021 Casualty Big MacSeries regular; 354 episodes
2012 Holby City Big MacEpisode: "Unsafe Haven: Part Two"
Made in WalesMr. GriffithEpisode: "Buddha Boy"
2016 Moving On RoyEpisode: "Zero"
2017 Grantchester Cyril ParkerEpisode: "Series 3, Episode 3"
Armchair Detectives Bob TanzerEpisode: "Watercolour Crime"
2018 Kiri AlanEpisode: "Episode 3"
Requiem Royce EvansMiniseries; 6 episodes
Doctors Dennis WallaceEpisode: "In Plain Sight"
2021 The Pembrokeshire Murders DS Gareth ReesMiniseries; 3 episodes
Unforgotten Chief Constable RobinRecurring role; 4 episodes
2022 Rules of the Game Brian WestonMiniseries; 2 episodes
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Jacob TarkEpisode: "If It Be Man's Work"
Sherwood Leonard GibsonRecurring role; 4 episodes
2023 Midsomer Murders Gideon BlundellEpisode: "The Devil's Work"
2024 Emmerdale JurorEpisode: "19/12/24"

Video games

YearShowRoleNotes
2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla Voice only
2022 Elden Ring Preceptor Seluvis [8] Voice only
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 VVoice only

References

  1. News, Manchester Evening (15 February 2007). "Fears for Corrie child stars". men.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. "BFI Screenonline: Lakes, The (1997-99)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  3. "BBC One - Casualty - MacKenzie 'Big Mac' Chalker". BBC.
  4. "Charles Dale: 'I'm not sure people will miss me from Casualty!' - News - Casualty - What's on TV". What' s on TV. 9 June 2016.
  5. "Charles Dale". Royal Court.
  6. "Full cast announced for Everybody's Talking About Jamie". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  7. Brennan, Clare (19 February 2017). "Everybody's Talking About Jamie review – joyous teen drag musical". The Observer via www.theguardian.com.
  8. "Elden Ring (Video Game 2022)". IMDb. Retrieved 5 January 2024.