Ex-Coronation Street star Charles Dale swapped acting for 2 surprisingly normal day jobs
manchestereveningnews.co.ukHe played one of the most controversial characters on Coronation Street in the early 2000s but actor Charles Dale's life is much more normal now.
The 59-year-old played Dennis Stringer from 2000 to 2002, a biker and friend of Les Battersby who was infamous for cheating on his partner with his friend's missus - and eventually leaving partner Eileen Grimshaw for Les Battersby's wife Janice.
Charles' character Dennis later attempted to take his own life on New Year's Day, only to survive his attempt but tragically die soon after in a car accident.
After leaving the soap with Dennis' death in 2002, Charles went on to play Big Mac in Casualty from 2007 to 2016 and later turned his hand to theatre work, playing Hugo in the popular new musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in 2017.
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