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]
Television
editFrom 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 and Unforgotten.[5]
Theatre
editIn 2017, he played Hugo in the new musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.[6][7]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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" |
Video games
edit| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Assassin's Creed Valhalla | Voice only | |
| 2022 | Elden Ring | Preceptor Seluvis[8] | Voice only |
| Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | V | Voice only |
References
edit- ^ News, Manchester Evening (15 February 2007). "Fears for Corrie child stars". men.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "BFI Screenonline: Lakes, The (1997-99)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ "BBC One - Casualty - MacKenzie 'Big Mac' Chalker". BBC.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Charles Dale". Royal Court.
- ^ "Full cast announced for Everybody's Talking About Jamie". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ Brennan, Clare (19 February 2017). "Everybody's Talking About Jamie review – joyous teen drag musical". The Observer – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Elden Ring (Video Game 2022)". IMDb. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
External links
edit- Charles Dale at IMDb
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