Charles Dale | |
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Born | Wales | 4 February 1963
Occupation | Actor |
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 ]
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]
In 2017, he played Hugo in the new musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. [6] [7]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1979 | Exits | Digger | |
1993 | The Hour of the Pig | First Witness | |
Genghis Cohn | Herr Heller | ||
1999 | Animal Farm | Moses / Pincher the Rottweiler | Television film, Voice only |
2000 | Skin Deep | Hunter | Television film |
Secret Society | Paul | ||
2008 | Domestic Flight | Barry | Short film |
2009 | A Bit of Tom Jones? | Factory Foreman | |
2013 | The List | Richard van Meeren | |
2015 | The Real Mamils | Television film | |
2017 | Another Man's Shoes | Charlie | Short film |
2023 | Linda | Post Office Manager | Short film |
2024 | Frankenstein: Legacy | Bob | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
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1984 | Danger: Marmalade At Work | Male Nurse / Sailor / Burglar | Recurring role; 3 episodes | ||
Big Deal | Policeman | Episode: "A Ragged Run" | |||
Morgan's Boy | Gareth Price | Recurring role; 4 episodes | |||
1985 | Summer Season | Gareth / George | Recurring role; 2 episodes | ||
Ties of Blood | Soldier | Episode: "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. Redston | Episode: "Benin Bronze" | ||
Van der Valk | Simon Plesman | Episode: "Still Waters" | |||
Screen Two | Ambulance Driver | Episode: "The Last Romantics" | |||
A Touch of Frost | Colin Fletcher | Episode: "Not With Kindness" | |||
1995 | Casualty | Phil Tully | Episode: "Out of Time" | ||
The Bill | Don Collyer | Episode: "Lockdown" | |||
1996 | Bramwell | Duncan | Episode: "The Rule of Thuggery" | ||
Testament: The Bible in Animation | Sailor / Ninevite | Episode: "Jonah" | |||
1997 | The Bill | Miles Cooper | Episode: "In the Dark" | ||
The Famous Five | Police Inspector | Episode: "Five Go Off in a Caravan" | |||
1997–1999 | The Lakes | Gary Alcock | Series regular; 14 episodes | ||
1998 | Out of Hours | Welby | Episode: "Episode 5" | ||
1999 | Casualty | Billy Traynor | Episode: "Crazy Love" | ||
Touching Evil | DCI Wheelan | Episode: "Innocent" | |||
Spaced | Security Guard | Episode: "Chaos" | |||
2000 | Where the Heart Is | Colin | Episode: "Friends in Need" | ||
At Home with the Braithwaites | McGuire | Recurring role; 4 episodes | |||
Clarkson's Car Years | Pub Actor | Episode: "The New Romantics" | |||
Burnside | Billy Holden | Episode: "Back with a Vengeance" | |||
2000–2002 | Coronation Street | Dennis Stringer | Series regular; 167 episodes | ||
2002–2003 | The Eustace Bros. | Clive Eustace | Series regular; 12 episodes | ||
2003 | Casualty | Larry Steadman | Episode: "Flash in the Pan" | ||
The Bill | Mark Wilson | Episode: "Better Late Than Never" | |||
2004 | Steel River Blues | George Barnes | Series regular; 7 episodes | ||
Conviction | Malcolm Waters | Episode: "Episode 4" | |||
2004–2006 | Barking! | Greg | Series regular; 20 episodes | ||
2005 | The Last Detective | Craig Thorn | Episode: "Towpaths of Glory" | ||
Rocket Man | Barney Scott | Miniseries; 6 episodes | |||
2006 | Holby City | George Allen | Episode: "Looking After Number One" | ||
Judge John Deed | P.O. Dave Spearson | Episode: "Hard Gating" | |||
Thin Ice | Rocky | Miniseries | |||
New Tricks | Stephen Murray | Episode: "Lady's Pleasure" | |||
The Street | Steve | Episode: "Stan" | |||
Where the Heart Is | Brian | Episode: "Flesh and Blood" | |||
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Maxentius | Episode: "Constantine" | |||
Vincent | Leo Harvey | Episode: "Soldiers of a False Army" | |||
Robin Hood | Lucky George | Episode: "Brothers in Arms" | |||
2006, 2009 | Belonging | Steve Lewis | Recurring role; 2 episodes | ||
2007 | The Royal | DS Slingsby | Recurring role; 3 episodes | ||
2007–2021 | Casualty | Big Mac | Series regular; 354 episodes | ||
2012 | Holby City | Big Mac | Episode: "Unsafe Haven: Part Two" | ||
Made in Wales | Mr. Griffith | Episode: "Buddha Boy" | |||
2016 | Moving On | Roy | Episode: "Zero" | ||
2017 | Grantchester | Cyril Parker | Episode: "Series 3, Episode 3" | ||
Armchair Detectives | Bob Tanzer | Episode: "Watercolour Crime" | |||
2018 | Kiri | Alan | Episode: "Episode 3" | ||
Requiem | Royce Evans | Miniseries; 6 episodes | |||
Doctors | Dennis Wallace | Episode: "In Plain Sight" | |||
2021 | The Pembrokeshire Murders | DS Gareth Rees | Miniseries; 3 episodes | ||
Unforgotten | Chief Constable Robin | Recurring role; 4 episodes | |||
2022 | Rules of the Game | Brian Weston | Miniseries; 2 episodes | ||
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators | Jacob Tark | Episode: "If It Be Man's Work" | |||
Sherwood | Leonard Gibson | Recurring role; 4 episodes | |||
2023 | Midsomer Murders | Gideon Blundell | Episode: "The Devil's Work" | ||
2024 | Emmerdale | Juror | Episode: "19/12/24" | ||
Year | Show | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Assassin's Creed Valhalla | Voice only | |
2022 | Elden Ring | Preceptor Seluvis [8] | Voice only |
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | V | Voice only | |
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