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Garry Gordon Marcus Chalk (born February 17, 1952) is a British-born Canadian actor and voice actor. He has provided the voices for Optimus Primal of Beast Wars: Transformers and Beast Machines, as well the Optimus Prime in the anime English dubs of Transformers: Armada, Transformers Energon, and Transformers: Cybertron, and also was the third American voice of Dr. Robotnik for Sonic Underground. He has lent his voice to over 30 animated television series and has been in films such as The Fly II and Freddy vs. Jason.
Life and career
Chalk was born in Southampton, UK on February 17th 1952 and, at the age of 5, moved with his family to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on June 17, 1957.
Chalk has been involved with professional theatre since 1978, and has performed at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company (VPTC), the Arts Club Theatre Company (ACTC), The Vancouver Theatresports League and numerous theatres in British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta. The last live stage production he did was A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, where he played Miles Gloriosus. He also performed in Henry IV and As You Like It at the VPTC, as well as Dracula and Passion at the ACTC.
Most of his career has been in film and television; he had a recurring role on Cold Squad for four years, for which he won Gemini Awards in two consecutive years, and until the close of its ninth season had a recurring role on the science-fiction series Stargate SG-1. He is also a veteran of over 1,500 animated productions including Class of the Titans, and the 2002 remake of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. He is also known for his voice work in the Transformers franchise as the voice of Optimus Primal in Beast Wars and Beast Machines, and as Optimus Prime in the Unicron Trilogy. He also voiced the original Megatron in an episode of Beast Wars.
In the 2000s, he appeared occasionally in the Sci-Fi Channel shows Eureka, as Col. Briggs and Painkiller Jane, as Ruben Hennessey.
Filmography
Animation
- 3-2-1 Penguins! – Sol, Bert/Cavitus
- ¡Mucha Lucha! – El Haystack Grande, Tibor the Terrible, Additional Voices
- Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog – Grounder, Captain Rescue, Dragon Breath, Computer ("Grounder the Genius")
- Alien Racers –
- Beast Machines: Transformers – Optimus Primal
- Beast Wars: Transformers – Optimus Primal, Megatron G1 (episode 38)
- Being Ian – Mr. Cartwright
- Billy the Cat – Additional Voices
- Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars – Commander Dogstar, Al Negator
- Camp Candy – Additional Voices
- Captain N: The Game Master – King Hippo, Narrator, Donkey Kong, The Count, Bayou Billy, Malkil, Mayor Squaresly, Additional Voices
- Class of the Titans – Hercules and Ares
- Conan the Adventurer – Snagg
- Dinosaur Train – Marco Megaraptor
- Double Dragon – Chopper, Kona, Wild Willy
- Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies – King Gurumes (1996 BLT/Funimation dub)
- Dragon Tales – Mungus the Giant
- Barbie and the Rockers: Out of this World – Additional Voices
- Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses – Desmond
- Barbie in A Mermaid Tale – Brake
- Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2 – Brake
- Barbie of Swan Lake – Baker
- Barbie as the Island Princess – Frazer
- Barbie Thumbelina – Louie
- Darkstalkers – Donovan Baine
- Dragon Booster – Conner Penn/Mortis
- Eon Kid – Duke Von Rhymer
- Exosquad – Marsala, General Shiva
- Extreme Dinosaurs – Badrap
- The Fearless Four - The Baron, The Miller, Platini, Guard #2
- Funky Fables – Various Characters
- G.I. Joe – Pathfinder, Shockwave, Gristle, Metal-Head, Road Pig, Various Cobra Troopers
- G.I. Joe Extreme – Lieutenant Stone
- Gadget & the Gadgetinis – Additional Voices
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002) – Man-At-Arms (Duncan), Whiplash
- Hurricanes – Additional Voices
- King Arthur and the Knights of Justice – Lord Viper, Warlord Bash, Sir Brick, Sir Phil
- Kissyfur – Additional Voices
- LeapFrog - Additional Voices
- Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle – Leo the Lion
- Mega Man – Guts Man, Bright Man, Dark Man, Needle Man, Heat Man, Stone Man
- Mosaic – Nathan Nelson
- Mummies Alive! – Additional Voices
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic – Fido, Prince Rutherford
- Nexo Knights – General Magmar, Additional Voices
- Pocket Dragon Adventures – Sir Nigel
- Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy – Bluto
- ReBoot – Turbo, Slash, Al's Waiter, Herr Doktor
- RoboCop: Alpha Commando – Additional Voices
- RollBots – Captain Pounder
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys – Santa Claus, Bumbles the Abominable Snowman
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie – Blitzen
- Scary Godmother Halloween Spectacular – Harry the Werewolf, Bug-A-Boo
- Scary Godmother 2: The Revenge of Jimmy – Harry the Werewolf, Bug-A-Boo
- Shadow Raiders – Emperor Femur
- Sitting Ducks – Jerry, Additional Voices
- Sonic Underground – Doctor Ivo Robotnik
- Spider-Man Unlimited – Mr. Meugniot, Additional Voices
- Stories from My Childhood – Various Characters
- Street Fighter – Dhalsim, Burke (Col. Keith Wolfman)
- The New Adventures of He-Man – He-Man, Artilla, President Pell, Alcon, Sgt. Krone, Andros, Gross
- Transformers: Armada – Optimus Prime
- Transformers: Energon – Optimus Prime
- Transformers: Cybertron – Optimus Prime
- Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale – The Evil King of Cats
- Voltron Force – Sky Marshall Wade, Manset
Television
- Arrow – Colonel Walker
- Cedar Cove – Sheriff Troy Davis
- Cold Squad – Inspector Andrew Pawlachuk
- Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story (2003) – Inspector Ken Dowson
- Dark Angel – Lt. Walter Eastep
- The Dead Zone – James Stillson
- Eureka – Colonel Briggs
- Highlander: The Series – Lemonyne
- The Killing – Lt. Michael Oakes
- MacGyver – Tony Ellis/Detective Sweeney/Sergeant Harold Gray
- National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family Reunion – Fred Hodges
- Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Timothy Aloysius "Dum-Dum" Dugan
- Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation – Silver (voice)
- The Outer Limits – Detective Barnett (episode: "Caught in the Act"), General (episode: "Nightmare"), Detective Frank Dayton (episode: "Something About Harry")
- Painkiller Jane – Ruben Hennessey
- Seven Days – Maj. Vladimir Markovsky (S2E17)
- Stargate SG-1 – Colonel Chekov (9 episodes)
- Supernatural – Sheriff Deitrich, "Monster Movie" (season 4, episode 5)
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | The Journey of Natty Gann | Chicago Worker | |
| 1989 | The Fly II | Scorby | |
| 1990 | Stephen King's It | Coach | |
| 1997 | Warriors of Virtue | Mosely | Voice |
| 2003 | Freddy vs. Jason | Sheriff Williams | |
| 2004 | The Karate Dog | Officer Brunelli | |
| 2004 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Police Captain | |
| 2005 | Fierce People | Mcllum | |
| 2005 | His and Her Christmas | Anthony Shephard | TV movie |
| 2005 | Supervolcano | Governor Billy Marshall, of Wyoming | |
| 2006 | Deck the Halls | Officer Dave | |
| 2006 | Eight Below | Boat Captain | |
| 2007 | Battle in Seattle | Chief Faherty | |
| 2008 | Christmas Town | Grandpa Jack | |
| 2009 | Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins | Vice Prinipal Grimes | |
| 2009 | Watchmen | Military General | |
| 2011 | Marley & Me: The Puppy Years | Announcer | |
| 2012 | Big Time Movie | MI6 Agent #1 | |
| 2013 | Suddenly | Sheriff Grant | |
| 2014 | Godzilla | Stan Welsh | |
| 2015 | Tomorrowland | Jail Desk Jockey | |
| 2017 | Power Rangers | A member of the Angel Grove police department |
Video games
- Devil Kings – Devil King
- Ripley's Believe It or Not!: The Riddle of Master Lu – Robert Ripley (voice)
- Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals – Optimus Primal
- Transformers – Optimus Prime
- The Godfather: The Game – Bruno Tattaglia, Al Neri
- Tomorrowland – Jail Desk Jockey
Awards
Gemini Awards
- 2000–2001 Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Cold Squad
- 2001–2002 Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Cold Squad