Garry Chalk
Born: 1952-02-17 in Southampton, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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
2024
- Confessions of a Christmas Letter as Charles
- The Chicken Sisters as James
2023
- LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising as Zant-Tanz (voice)
- The Irrational as Bob Clovis
- Disquiet as Virgil
- Exile as Chief Sanders
- Curious Caterer: Fatal Vows as Lawrence
- Colorblind
2022
- American Dreamer as Nicolai
- Love on Fire as Don Hamilton
- Monster Loving Maniacs as Arthur
2021
- Making Spirits Bright as Bill Ryan
- Fishing for Love as Lee
2020
- Sonic the Hedgehog as Navy Chief of Staff
- Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite as Old Ed (voice)
- My Birthday Romance as John
- Tribal as Constance ‘Connie’ Edwin Harris
2019
- Love Under the Rainbow as Paul
2018
- The Predator as Postal Worker
- Overboard as Dr. Fletcher
- My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever as Prince Rutherford / Oak Nut (voice)
- The Miracle Season as Principal Shaw
- Little Pink House as Mayor Lloyd Beachy
- Memories of Christmas as Mike
2017
- Riverdale as Al Fieldstone
- Power Rangers as Captain Bowen
- Love Struck Café as Matt Quinn
- The Show as Bernie
- Secrets of My Stepdaughter as Lt Brian Smith
- Sweet Virginia as Lou Hopkis
- Barbie: Dolphin Magic as Pete (voice)
2016
- Travelers as Detective Gower
- Home Invasion as Sheriff Kane
- Frequency as Ivan Damnjanov
- The Confirmation as Pete
- Ice
- Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery as Mayor Bascomb
- The Game of Love as Coach Zimmer
- Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe as Mayor Bascomb
- Deadly Attraction as Ted
2015
- Tomorrowland as Jail Desk Jockey
- UnREAL as Beth Ann's Father
- Open Season: Scared Silly as Ed (voice)
- The Hollow as Donald
- The Returned as Coroner
- 'Tis the Season for Love as Santa
- Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery as Mayor Bascomb
- Into the Grizzly Maze as Greg
- Patterson's Wager as Otter's Grandpa
2014
- Godzilla as Stan Walsh
- Monster Beach as Uncle Woody (voice)
- Leprechaun: Origins as Hamish
- Scammerhead as Beldon Fenisher
- Feed the Gods as Sheriff
2013
- Suddenly as Sheriff Grant
- After All These Years as Mulligan
2012
- Arrow as Lieutenant General J.G. Walker
- Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu as Judge Toughbutt (voice)
- Alcatraz as Mike Cullen
- Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2 as Break (voice)
- A Christmas Story 2 as Higbee's Santa
- The Vehicle as William
- The Movie Out Here as Vic
- Notes from the Heart Healer as Sheriff
- Max Steel: Monstrous Alliance as Ferrus (voice)
- Big Time Movie as MI6 #1
2011
- Behemoth as Sheriff Matt Allington
- Marley & Me: The Puppy Years as Announcer
- Three Weeks, Three Kids as Charlie Marshall
- The Hunt for the I-5 Killer as Reynolds
- Voltron Force as Sky Marshall Wade (voice)
2010
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic as Prince Rutherford (voice)
- R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour as Luca
- Barbie in A Mermaid Tale as Break (voice)
- Amazon Falls as Gary Bob
- The Client List as Carl
- Growing the Big One as Edward Miles
- Bratz: Pampered Petz as Officer Blythe / Worker / News Reporter (voice)
- Encounter with Danger as Sheriff Walters
- Care Bears: The Giving Festival
- Max Steel vs The Toxic Legion as Ferrus (voice)
- A Trace of Danger as Frank
- Care Bears To the Rescue as (voice)
- One Angry Juror as Vincent Walsh
2009
- Watchmen as NORAD General
- Tornado Valley as Vince Johnson
- Personal Effects as Coach
- Barbie Presents: Thumbelina as Louie (voice)
- Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins as Vice Principal Grimes
- Courage as Louis Vale
- Max Steel Vs The Mutant Menace as Ferrus Forge (voice)
- Angel and the Badman as Steve Carson
2008
- Christmas Town as Jack Travers
- At Jesus' Side as Seymour / 2nd Pharisee / 1st Soldier (voice)
- Blonde and Blonder as Agent Gardenia
- Sonic Underground: Secrets of the Chaos Emerald as Dr. Robotnik (voice)
2007
- Mosaic as Nathan Nelson (voice)
- Barbie as the Island Princess as Frazer / Calvin (voice)
- Unthinkable as Captain Laughlan
- Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale as King of the Cats (voice)
- Flash Gordon as Police Captain
- The Ten Commandments as The General (voice)
- Bratz: Super Babyz as Newsperson / Custodian (voice)
- Battle in Seattle as Chief Faherty
- Taming Tammy as Burt
- Sonic Underground: The Queen Aleena Chronicles as Dr. Robotnik (voice)
2006
- Psych as Houston Ray
- Eureka as Colonel Briggs
- Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses as Desmond (voice)
- Deck the Halls as Sheriff Dave
- Fierce People as McCallum
- Truth as Jack Lycar
- Breakdown as The Mayor
- Eight Below as Boat Captain
- Class of the Titans
- The Karate Dog as Brunelli
- Christmas on Chestnut Street as Crouch
- Team Galaxy
- A Little Thing Called Murder as Jake
2005
- Supernatural as Sheriff Deitrich
- Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico as Tibor the Terrible / El Haystack Grande (voice)
- Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy as Harry the Werewolf / Bug-A-Boo (voice)
- Caught in the Headlights as Sergeant
- His and Her Christmas as Anthony Shephard
- Alien Racers
2004
- The 4400 as Sheriff
- Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper as Herve (voice)
- Dragon Booster as (voice)
- Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 as Police Captain
- Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy as Bluto (voice)
- Try to Remember as Stuart Kling
- In Search of Santa as Derridommis / Capn' Cragg (voice)
2003
- Freddy vs. Jason as Sheriff Williams
- Holiday Reunion as Fred Hodges
- Transformers: Armada as Optimus Prime (voice)
- Barbie of Swan Lake as Baker (voice)
- Gadget & the Gadgetinis as Additional Voices (voice)
- Tarzan
- Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular as Harry the Werewolf / Bug-a-Boo (voice)
- Bang Bang You're Dead as Chief Bud McGee
- Something Else as (voice)
- Cowboys & Indians as Inspector Ken Dowson
- Imaginext: Fortress of the Dragon as King Bravemore (voice)
2002
- The Dead Zone as Papa Stillson
- ¡Mucha Lucha! as El Heystack Grande (voice)
- Trapped as Agent Chalmers
- Lone Hero as Sheriff Cal
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe as Man-at-Arms (voice)
- Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control as Hector (voice)
- Deadly Little Secrets as Jack Burtrell
- Breaking News
- Sabrina: Friends Forever as Warlock #1 / Cringe (voice)
- Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story as District Attorney
2001
- Camouflage as Ernie
- Sitting Ducks
- Touched by a Killer as Sheriff Sam
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys as Santa Claus / Bumble (voice)
- ReBoot - Daemon Rising as Slash / Turbo / Additional Voices (voice)
- ReBoot - My Two Bobs as Slash (voice)
- The Shipment as Dale Dixer
2000
- Dark Angel as Lt. Walter Eastep
- The Guilty as Police Chief
- Shutterspeed as Walter Bradford
- Quarantine
- My Mother the Spy as Herb Kulcheck
- 3-2-1 Penguins! as Cavitus / Sol (voice)
- Action Man as Gangrene / Dr. Wolfgang Greenholtz (voice)
- Take Me Home: The John Denver Story as Milt
1999
- Sabrina: The Animated Series as (voice)
- Spider-Man Unlimited as Mr. Meugniot (voice)
- Beast Machines: Transformers as Optimus Primal (voice)
- Sonic Underground as Dr. Robotnik (voice)
- Dragon Tales
- Madeline: Lost in Paris as (voice)
- Weird-Ohs as (voice)
- Y2K as Edward Mason
- Mama, Do You Love Me? as Papa (voice)
1998
- First Wave as Sheldon Lamott
- Cold Squad
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie as Blitzen - Rudolph's Father (voice)
- Disturbing Behavior as Coach (uncredited)
- Silencing Mary as Gardner
- Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Timothy Dugan
- The Spree as Det. Colin
- A Champion's Fight as Coach
- Shadow Raiders as Emperor Femur (voice)
- I Know What You Did as Homicide Captain
- Camelot: The Legend as King Arthur / Bandit #1 / Mason (voice)
1997
- Stargate SG-1 as Colonel Chekov
- Extreme Dinosaurs as Bad Rap (voice)
- Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation as Silver
- The Adventures of Corduroy: Home
- Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball as Wasser (as Gary Chalk)
- Five Desperate Hours as Capt. Durk
1996
- Millennium as Richard Powell
- The Sentinel as Art Sturges
- Generation X as Detective Gaines
- Beast Wars: Transformers as Optimus Primal (voice)
- Bounty Hunters as Wasser
- Poltergeist: The Legacy as Sheriff Hank Parker
- Stand Against Fear as Coach Peters
- Kidz in the Wood as Coach
- Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story as Rasmussen
- Sonic Christmas Blast as Grounder (voice)
- The Beginner's Bible: Joseph and His Brothers as (voice)
- Justice for Annie as Detective Larson
- Abduction of Innocence as Sheriff Evans
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame as (voice)
1995
- The Outer Limits as Detective Frank Dayton
- Sliders as Lt. Graves
- Snow White as (voice)
- Black Beauty as (voice)
- Sleeping Beauty as King / Valdar (voice)
- The Omen as Security Chief
- Pocahontas as (voice)
- Jungle Book as Father Wolf (voice)
- Action Man as Secretary Norris (voice)
- Heidi as (voice)
- Street Fighter
- Circumstances Unknown as Mike Kinsey
- DarkStalkers as Donovan Baine (voice)
- Magic Gift of the Snowman as (voice)
- Strange Luck
- Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth Movie as Coach Gilbert
- Curly - The Littlest Puppy as (voice)
- G.I. Joe Extreme
- Alice in Wonderland as (voice)
- Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story as Lt. Col. Douglas Hart
- Not Our Son as Mike Dombrowski
1994
- Viper as Quince Toland
- The Nutcracker as (voice) (as Gary Chalk)
- Cinderella as (voice)
- ReBoot as Slash (voice)
- Intersection as Paramedic
- A Christmas Carol as Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
- Mega Man as Guts Man (voice)
- G.I. Joe: Sgt. Savage and His Screaming Eagles: Old Soldiers Never Die as Headbanger / General Blitz (voice)
- Happy the Littlest Bunny as (voice) (as Gary Chalk)
- Pocahontas as John Smith (voice)
- Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle as Leo the Lion (voice) (as Gary Chalk)
1993
- The X-Files as Mad Dog
- Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog as Grounder (voice)
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Madison
- Exosquad as Marsala / Shiva / Charles McKenna (voice)
- The Sea Wolf as Chandler / First Mate
- Woman on the Ledge as Batallion Commander
- Double Dragon
- Judgment Day: The John List Story as Tom Walton
1992
- Highlander: The Series as Lemoyne
- The Adventures of T-Rex as (voice)
- King Arthur & the Knights of Justice as (voice)
- The Comrades of Summer as Ump
- Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars! as Al Negator / Commander Dogstar (voice)
- The New Adventures of Little Toot as Captain Dogwood (voice)
1991
- The Commish
- Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Goss
- Blackmail as Kiminski
- Palace Guard
- Secrets of the Unknown
- I Still Dream of Jeannie as Det. Carlyle
1990
- It as Coach
- The New Adventures of He-Man as He-Man
- He-Man and the Battle for Primus as He-Man
1989
- Small Sacrifices as Boyd Paul Downs
- The Fly II as Scorby
- Bordertown as Frank Foley
- Booker
- Captain N: The Game Master as King Hippo (voice)
- Small Sacrifices as Boyd Paul Downs
1988
- The Accused as Courthouse Reporter
- The Red Spider as Hooter
1987
- 21 Jump Street as Rent-A-Cop
- Wiseguy
- Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World as Additional voices (voice)
- The New Adventures of Beans Baxter as Secret Service Man #1
1986
- Spot Marks the X as Cop on Bridge
- A Masterpiece of Murder
1985
- MacGyver as Sgt. Harold Gray
- Danger Bay as Murdock
- The Journey of Natty Gann as Chicago Worker
- Into Thin Air as Gas station attendant
1984
- Airwolf as Burke
1983
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero as Pathfinder (voice)
- The Hitchhiker as Hubert
1981
- Mr. Patman as Policeman