Gary Chalk (actor)

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Gary Chalk
Born February 17, 1953 (1953-02-17) (age 59)
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Occupation Actor/Voice Artist
Years active 1980-present
Spouse Lynda Chalk (present)
Relatives Sandy Reynolds (sister)

Gary Chalk (born February 17, 1953) is an English-born Canadian actor and voice actor, tri-national US-Canadian-UK citizen and voice artist. He has lend his voice in over 30 animated television series and has been in films such as The Fly II and Freddy vs. Jason.[1]

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[edit] Life and career

Chalk was born in Southampton, England and moved to Vancouver, Canada in 1957. He has been involved with professional theatre since 1978, and has performed at The Playhouse, The Arts Club 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 Playhouse, as well as Dracula and Passion at The Arts Club.

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 has appeared occasionally in the Sci-Fi Channel shows Eureka, as Col. Briggs and Painkiller Jane, as Ruben Hennessey.

Chalk lives with his wife Lynda.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Animation

[edit] Television

[edit] Movie

[edit] Video games

[edit] 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

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0149942/

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Neil Kaplan
2001-2002
Robots in Disguise		 Voice of Optimus Prime
2002-2006
Unicron Trilogy		 Succeeded by
Peter Cullen
2007
Video game and live-action movie
Preceded by
Frank Welker
1984-1987
Original series		 Voice of Megatron/Galvatron
1998
Beast Wars		 Succeeded by
Daniel Riordan
2001-2002
Robots in Disguise
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