Personal Info

Birth date

1952-02-17 (73 Years)

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Southampton, England, UK

Also known as

Gary Chalk

Gary Chaulk

Гари Чок

Garry Chalk

Biography

Garry Chalk (born February 17, 1952) is a British-born Canadian actor, dual US-Canadian citizen and voice artist. Also known as Garry Chalk, he is best known for being among the voices of Optimus Primal in the Transformers universe and has appeared in The Fly II, Freddy vs. Jason, Deck the Halls, Watchmen and Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins. Chalk was born in Southampton, Hampshire in 1952. At the age of 5, his family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Chalk has been involved with theatre since 1978 and has performed at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company (VPTC), the Arts Club Theatre Company (ACTC), The Vancouver Theatresports League and various low budget theatres in Canada. 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, usually portraying corrupt members of law enforcement. 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. Known for his perfect enunciation and his mellifluous deep voice, Chalk 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 in the Sci-Fi Channel shows Eureka, as Col. Briggs and Painkiller Jane, as Ruben Hennessey.

Filmography

Supernatural

8.295

Overview:

When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

8.151

Overview:

Journey to the enchanted land of Equestria, where unicorn Twilight Sparkle and her pals have adventures and learn valuable lessons about friendship.

Stargate SG-1

8.3

Overview:

The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an elite Air Force special operations team, one of more than two dozen teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, Replicators, and the Ori.

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

7.92

Overview:

When the fate of their world, Ninjago, is challenged by great threats, it's up to the ninja: Kai, Jay, Cole, Zane, Lloyd and Nya to save the world.

The X-Files

8.377

Overview:

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

Riverdale

8.4

Overview:

Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.

Psych

7.871

Overview:

Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

7.7

Overview:

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a half-hour American animated television series based on the successful toyline from Hasbro and the comic book series from Marvel Comics. The cartoon had its beginnings with two five-part mini-series in 1983 and 1984, then became a regular series that ran in syndication from 1985 to 1986. Ron Friedman created the G.I. Joe animated series for television, and wrote all four miniseries. The fourth mini-series was intended to be a feature film, but due to production difficulties was released as a television mini-series.

Arrow

6.8

Overview:

Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.

Danger Bay

7.2

Overview:

Danger Bay is a Canadian television series, produced in Vancouver, with first-run episodes broadcast on CBC Television and the Disney Channel starting October 7, 1985. One hundred and twenty three installments were filmed, ending in 1989, but the series, perceived as wholesome and exciting fare for older children and adolescents, continued to be seen through the 1990s in numerous countries around the world. The plots of the episodes followed the exploits of the Roberts family, led by marine veterinarian Grant "Doc" Roberts, and his two children, Nicole and Jonah. The 30-minute episodes featured the Vancouver Aquarium in nearly every installment. Most episodes focused on environmental issues such as pollution, wildlife endangerment and forest preservation. The series was also broadcast in Gibraltar Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Iceland, Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago, Finland

MacGyver

7.7

Overview:

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.

Highlander: The Series

7.407

Overview:

Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against other immortals and tries to save people from harm.

Sliders

7.6

Overview:

In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Welles and his teacher Professor Maximillian Arturo to see his new invention. But an increase in power and an early departure leave all three, plus a washed-up soul singer named Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown, lost in a parallel world. Now they must "slide" from world to world, not only adapting to their changing surroundings, but also trying to get back to their world. Will they ever make it home?

21 Jump Street

7.14

Overview:

21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.

The Dead Zone

7.2

Overview:

Johnny Smith discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma.

LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising

8.165

Overview:

After Crystallized, the 16 realms have abruptly fused into a cosmic unstable dystopia. A Spinjitzu Ninja Master trains a new generation of heroes to find Elemental Dragons before the forces of evil exploit that energy to destroy the world.

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

8.133

Overview:

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour is a Canadian/American original anthology horror-fantasy series, with episodes each half an hour long. The series is based on The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It Movie, and the books The Haunting Hour and Nightmare Hour anthology by R. L. Stine.

Airwolf

7.6

Overview:

As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter.

Eureka

7.757

Overview:

The sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has been relocating the world's geniuses and their families to this rustic town for years where innovation and chaos have lived hand in hand. U.S. Marshal Jack Carter stumbles upon this odd town after wrecking his car and becoming stranded there. When the denizens of the town unleash an unknown scientific creation, Carter jumps in to try to restore order and consequently learns of one of the country's best kept secrets.

Dark Angel

7.519

Overview:

Super soldier Max Guevera tries to live a normal life in post-apocalyptic Seattle while eluding capture by government agents from the covert biotech facility she escaped from as a child and searching for her genetically-enhanced brothers and sisters who have dispersed after escape.

The Commish

7.12

Overview:

Tony Scali is a former Brooklyn cop now the Police Commissioner of a small upstate city. But for Scali, this is no desk job. He's a tough yet compassionate boss, a loving husband and father, and a hands-on law enforcer with an unorthodox style of bending the rules. From parenthood to politics, from sex crimes to murder cases, one man takes it day-to-day with offbeat humor and street- smart skill.

Millennium

7.659

Overview:

A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.

The Outer Limits

7.722

Overview:

Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

7.4

Overview:

Years ago, two leaders battled for the fantastical land of Eternia, one became the good King Randor, the other grew into the evil monster Skeletor who plans to rise once again and take Eternia. To protect the kingdom, the mystical powers of Castle Greyskull chose a hero - Randor's lazy, impulsive teenage son Adam.

Sabrina: The Animated Series

6.7

Overview:

An animated prequel to the live-action show "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," the series features 12-year-old Sabrina Spellman, who's half mortal and half witch. Though few people know of her powers, and her mortal uncle frequently warns her not to use her magic to solve problems, Sabrina still borrows spells from the Spookie Jar and gets into trouble with her friend Harvey.

Travelers

7.555

Overview:

Hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These "travelers" assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future.

Captain N: The Game Master

6.9

Overview:

A teenager from Earth, is brought to another universe known as Videoland to defeat the evil villainess, Mother Brain, as foretold in an Ancient Prophecy.

Viper

6

Overview:

Viper is an action-adventure TV series about a special task force set up by the federal government to fight crime in the fictional city of Metro City, California that is perpetually under siege from one crime wave after another. The weapon used by this task force is an assault vehicle that masquerades as a Dodge Viper RT/10 roadster and coupe. The series takes place in "the near future". The primary brand of vehicles driven in the show were Chrysler or subsidiary companies. The Viper Defender "star car" was designed by Chrysler Corporation engineers. The exterior design of the car was produced by Chrysler stylist Steve Ferrerio.

Wiseguy

6.5

Overview:

Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the underlying dramatic base throughout the series, bringing him into conflict with his conservative mother and other family members while acting undercover as syndicate enforcer.

The 4400

7.179

Overview:

4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing, reappear on Earth. Though they have not aged physically, some of them seem to have deeper alterations ranging from superhuman strength to an unexplained healing touch. A government agency is formed to track the 4400 people after one of them commits a murder.

Acting

TBAMadeline at the Ballet as Additional Voices (voice)

2024The Chicken Sisters (1 Episode) as James

2023Curious Caterer: Fatal Vows as Lawrence

2023The Irrational (3 Episodes) as Bob Clovis

2023Exile as Chief Sanders

2023LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising (3 Episodes) as Zant-Tanz (voice)

2023Colorblind as Unknown

2023Disquiet as Virgil

2022American Dreamer as Nicolai

2022Monster Loving Maniacs (52 Episodes) as Arthur

2022Love on Fire as Don Hamilton

2021Making Spirits Bright as Bill Ryan

2021Fishing for Love as Lee

2020Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite as Old Ed (voice)

2020My Birthday Romance as John

2020Tribal (18 Episodes) as Constance ‘Connie’ Edwin Harris

2020Sonic the Hedgehog as Navy Chief of Staff

2019Love Under the Rainbow as Paul

2018Memories of Christmas as Mike

2018The Predator as Postal Worker

2018Little Pink House as Mayor Lloyd Beachy

2018Overboard as Dr. Fletcher

2018The Miracle Season as Principal Shaw

2017Sweet Virginia as Lou Hopkis

2017Love Struck Café as Matt Quinn

2017The Show as Bernie

2017Barbie: Dolphin Magic as Pete (voice)

2017Secrets of My Stepdaughter as Lt Brian Smith

2017Power Rangers as Captain Bowen

2017Riverdale (10 Episodes) as Al Fieldstone

2016Deadly Attraction as Ted

2016Ice (2 Episodes) as Unknown

2016Travelers (1 Episode) as Detective Gower

2016Frequency (1 Episode) as Ivan Damnjanov

2016Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe as Mayor Bascomb

2016The Game of Love as Coach Zimmer

2016The Confirmation as Pete

2016Home Invasion as Sheriff Kane

2016Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery as Mayor Bascomb

2015Open Season: Scared Silly as Ed (voice)

2015Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery as Mayor Bascomb

2015'Tis the Season for Love as Santa

2015The Hollow as Donald

2015UnREAL (1 Episode) as Beth Ann's Father

2015Tomorrowland as Jail Desk Jockey

2015The Returned (1 Episode) as Coroner

2015Into the Grizzly Maze as Greg

2015Patterson's Wager as Otter's Grandpa

2014Feed the Gods as Sheriff

2014Scammerhead as Beldon Fenisher

2014Leprechaun: Origins as Hamish

2014Godzilla as Stan Walsh

2013Suddenly as Sheriff Grant

2013After All These Years as Mulligan

2012The Movie Out Here as Vic

2012The Vehicle as William

2012Arrow (3 Episodes) as Lieutenant General J.G. Walker

2012Max Steel: Monstrous Alliance as Ferrus (voice)

2012A Christmas Story 2 as Higbee's Santa

2012Notes from the Heart Healer as Sheriff

2012Big Time Movie as MI6 #1

2012Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2 as Break (voice)

2012Alcatraz (1 Episode) as Mike Cullen

2012Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (1 Episode) as Judge Toughbutt (voice)

2011The Hunt for the I-5 Killer as Reynolds

2011Voltron Force (1 Episode) as Sky Marshall Wade (voice)

2011Three Weeks, Three Kids as Charlie Marshall

2011Marley & Me: The Puppy Years as Announcer

2011Behemoth as Sheriff Matt Allington

2010One Angry Juror as Vincent Walsh

2010Max Steel vs The Toxic Legion as Ferrus (voice)

2010R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2 Episodes) as Luca

2010Growing the Big One as Edward Miles

2010My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (4, 1, 1 Episode) as Prince Rutherford (voice), Prince Rutherford / Conductor (voice), Fido the Diamond Dog (voice)

2010Amazon Falls as Gary Bob

2010The Client List as Carl

2010Care Bears To the Rescue as (voice)

2010Encounter with Danger as Sheriff Walters

2010Barbie in A Mermaid Tale as Break (voice)

2010A Trace of Danger as Frank

2009Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins as Vice Principal Grimes

2009Courage as Louis Vale

2009Angel and the Badman as Steve Carson

2009Max Steel Vs The Mutant Menace as Ferrus Forge (voice)

2009Personal Effects as Coach

2009Watchmen as NORAD General