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