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Garry Chalk

Highest Rated: 80% Little Pink House (2017)

Lowest Rated: 0% Disquiet (2023)

Birthday: Feb 17, 1952

Birthplace: Southampton, England, UK

Hard-working British-born Canadian actor Gary Chalk has performed in hundreds of film and television productions including many animated shows to which he has lent his voice, most notably as Optimus Primal in the "Beast Wars: Transformers" series. Born in Southampton, England, he moved to Vancouver at age five and first took to the stage in a school play at age eight, continuing to sing and perform through high school and later with community theater groups. Dissatisfying early jobs as a stockbroker and a teacher drove him back to the stage, where he performed with the Playhouse, the Arts Club, and other Canadian theaters before landing his first film and series parts, beginning in 1980. Amidst his early minor roles, he first did voice recording work in the 1983 TV movie "The Legend of Hiawatha." Further supporting parts and guest spots followed in films such as the horror sequel "The Fly II" and numerous series, including repeat stints on "21 Jump Street" and "MacGyver." Chalk found more prominent offerings in the animated realm in "The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" and various "Transformers" shows and video games, voicing both Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal. Larger parts in live action series included a Gemini Award-winning (Canadian Emmy) regular role in the Canadian crime drama "Cold Squad" and a recurring turn in "Stargate SG-1." On the big screen, he appeared in the Christmas comedy "Deck the Halls" and the adaptation of the renowned graphic novel "Watchmen."

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Highest rated movies

80% 81% Little Pink House Watchlist
79% 62% Sweet Virginia
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33% 24% The Fly II
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11% 21% Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite! Watchlist
6% 30% Deck the Halls
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0% 22% Disquiet Watchlist
0% 25% SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2
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0% 12% Leprechaun: Origins
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82% The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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A Trace of Danger
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 67% Colorblind Walton (Character) - 2023
0% 22% Disquiet Virgil (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Exile Chief Sanders (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love on Fire Don Hamilton (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Making Spirits Bright Bill Ryan (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Birthday Romance John (Character) - 2020
11% 21% Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite! Old Ed (Voice) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fishing for Love Lee (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 50% Love Under the Rainbow Paul (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Best Friend's Betrayal Detective Perkins (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 29% Santa's Boots Uncle Ralph (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 20% Memories of Christmas Mike (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deadly Attraction Ted (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 31% Love Struck Café Matt Quinn (Character) - 2017
80% 81% Little Pink House Mayor Beachy (Character) $199.1K 2017
79% 62% Sweet Virginia Lou Hopkins (Character) $8.4K 2017
No Score Yet 40% Barbie: Dolphin Magic Pete (Voice) - 2017
No Score Yet 47% Murder She Baked: A Deadly Recipe Mayor Bascomb (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 60% Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery Mayor Bascomb (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 35% Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story Doc Forrester (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Game of Love Coach Zimmer (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 0% Accidental Obsession Saul Rubens (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 44% 'Tis the Season for Love Santa (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 34% Open Season: Scared Silly Ed (Voice) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Sumbody Peter Heart (Character) - 2014
0% 12% Leprechaun: Origins Hamish (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Monster Beach Uncle Woody (Voice) - 2014
No Score Yet 47% After All These Years Sgt. Mulligan (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 62% The Princess Twins of Legendale King Solter / Castle Guard / Henchmen (Voice) - 2013
No Score Yet 46% The Movie Out Here Vick (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 36% A Christmas Story 2 Higbee's Santa (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 77% Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2 Break (Voice) - 2012
No Score Yet 48% Three Weeks, Three Kids Charlie Marshall (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 41% The Hunt for the I-5 Killer Reynolds (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 11% Behemoth Sheriff Matt Allington (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 75% Barbie in a Mermaid Tale Break (Voice) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Care Bears: The Giving Festival Unknown (Voice) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Growing the Big One Edward Miles (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 60% Care Bears: To the Rescue Unknown (Voice) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Trace of Danger Unknown (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 29% Courage Louis Vale (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Encounter With Danger Sheriff Walters (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 23% The Thaw Jack (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 49% Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins Vice Principal Grimes (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 30% Christmas Town Jack Travers (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 64% Tom & Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale King of Cats (Voice) - 2007
No Score Yet 74% Barbie as the Island Princess Frazer/Calvin (Voice) - 2007
No Score Yet 49% Stan Lee Presents: Mosaic Nathan Nelson (Voice) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Uncaged Heart Unknown (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Truth Jack Lycar (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 35% Christmas on Chestnut Street Crouch (Character) - 2006
6% 30% Deck the Halls Sheriff Dave (Character) $35.1M 2006
No Score Yet 42% Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico El Haystack Grande (Voice) - 2005
No Score Yet 71% Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy Unknown (Voice) - 2005
No Score Yet 17% Mary Higgins Clark's Try to Remember Stuart Kling (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 65% In Search of Santa Gerridommis/Capn' Cragg (Voice) - 2004
0% 25% SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 Police Captain (Character) $9.1M 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Caught in the Headlights Sergeant (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 50% Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy Bluto (Voice) - 2004
No Score Yet 30% National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Reunion Fred Hodges (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 77% Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular Unknown (Voice) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story Inspector Ken Dowson (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 55% Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control Hector (Voice) - 2002
No Score Yet 49% Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Friends Forever! Warlock (Voice) - 2002
No Score Yet 50% Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story District Attorney (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 90% Bang Bang You're Dead Chief Bud McGee (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 52% Lone Hero Sheriff Cal (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 16% Camouflage Ernie (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deadly Little Secrets Jack Burtrell (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 6% The Shipment Dale Dixer (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tick Tock Sheriff Sam (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by a Killer Sheriff Sam (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 50% My Mother the Spy Herb Kulcheck (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 55% Take Me Home: The John Denver Story Milt (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Quarantine Unknown (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shutterspeed Walter Bradford (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Spree Det. Colin (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crimes of Passion: One Hot Summer Night Unknown (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Champion's Fight: A Moment of Truth Movie Coach (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Husband's Secret Life Eddie Sullivan (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 17% Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Timothy Dugan (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Know What You Did Homicide Captain (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet In Defense of Murder Homicide Captain (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story Unknown (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 36% Silencing Mary Gardner (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Into the Arms of Danger: A Moment of Truth Movie Unknown (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Five Desperate Hours Capt. Durk (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 82% The Hunchback of Notre Dame Unknown (Voice) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Abduction of Innocence: A Moment of Truth Unknown (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stand Against Fear: A Moment of Truth Movie Coach Peters (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 70% Kidz in the Wood Coach (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Unlikely Suspects Coach Peters (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 50% Justice for Annie: A Moment of Truth Movie Detective Larson (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diana Kilmury: Teamster Rasmussen (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 71% Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Lt. Col. Douglas Hart (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Le livre de la Jungle: Goodtimes Unknown (Voice) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Circumstances Unknown Unknown (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 70% Jungle Book Unknown (Voice) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth Movie Coach Gilbert (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 53% Alice in Wonderland Unknown (Voice) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge / Ghost of Christmas Past / Portly Gentleman (Voice) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beyond Obsession Lt. Bartell (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Disappearance of Vonnie Andy (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Woman on the Ledge Batallion Commander (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blackmail Kiminski (Character) - 1991
33% 24% The Fly II Scorby (Character) $19.6M 1989

TV

Credit
47% 73% The Irrational Bob Clovis (Guest Star) 2023-2024
No Score Yet 82% LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu Unknown (Voice) 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tribal Contance Edwin Harris (Character) 2020-2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Monster Beach Woody (Voice) 2019-2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gourmet Detective Mysteries Father Weston (Guest Star) 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet LEGO Nexo Knights General Magmar (Voice) 2015-2017
80% 85% UnREAL Beth Ann's Father (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cedar Cove Sheriff Troy Davis (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2013-2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Iron Kid Narrator 2007-2008
No Score Yet 83% Tom and Jerry Tales Head Lifeguard (Voice) 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Transformers Cybertron Optimus Prime (Voice) 2006
65% 83% Dark Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beast Machines Unknown (Voice) 1999-2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Detective Barnett (Character),
Detective Frank Dayton (Guest Star)
1995 1998 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet 7 Days Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet 100% Beast Wars Optimus Primal (Voice) 1996-1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Viper Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead Man's Gun Riley Cunningham (Guest Star) 1998-1999
No Score Yet 86% Millennium Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sentinel Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet 75% Sliders Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Commish Ralph Hoberman (Guest Star) 1993 1995
100% 82% Exosquad Marsala (Character) 1993-1994
No Score Yet 89% Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Grounder (Voice) 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bordertown Frank Foley (Guest Star) 1989 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet 21 Jump Street Rent-A-Cop (Guest Star) 1987-1988 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Danger Bay Unknown (Guest Star) 1986 1989
No Score Yet 70% MacGyver Unknown (Guest Star) 1988-1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wiseguy Bartender (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet 42% Airwolf Burke (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet The New Adventures of He-Man He-Man/Artilla/President Pell/Alcon/Sgt. Krone/Andros/Gross (Voice)