Characters of Casualty - Big Mac Chalker

Big Mac Chalker

Mackenzie "Big Mac" Chalker played by Charles Dale, is a Porter who first appeared on 24 November 2007. Mac is a British Sign Language interpreter, which according to the website is because his mother Vera was profoundly deaf. He has a budding friendship with receptionist, Noel Garcia

The BBC describe him as "lonely" and "vulnerable" stating that he "hates himself" and "spends his days loathing the world and his nights gorging on comfort food, escaping into James Bond films. An episode of series 23 devoted to the character sees him assume a vigilante role on the city's Farmead Estate.Dale states that the episode causes Mac to realise: "it's time he stood up for himself and that he can't run from things that happened in the past all his life. Describing Mac's personality, Dale appraised that Mac is "deeply introverted" and struggles to accept that his colleagues actually like him. He explained that although Mac occasionally acts pompously, this approach is "a mask that he puts on to keep people at distance when he gets afraid or embarrassed". He expanded that Mac has: "been scared to go out and he’s terrified of life. But because of people in the hospital he’s slowly discovering it."