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Charles Dale

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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

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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 and Unforgotten.[5]

Theatre

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

Filmography

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Film

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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

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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

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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

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  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.
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