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Garry Chalk

Born 1952-02-17

📍 Southampton, England, UK

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 299

Confessions of a Christmas Letter

The Chicken Sisters

Curious Caterer: Fatal Vows

as Chief Sanders

LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising

as Zant-Tanz (voice)

American Dreamer

Monster Loving Maniacs

as Don Hamilton

Making Spirits Bright

Fishing for Love

Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite

as Old Ed (voice)

My Birthday Romance

as Constance 'Connie' Edwin Harris

Sonic the Hedgehog

as Navy Chief of Staff

Love Under the Rainbow

Memories of Christmas

My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever

as Prince Rutherford / Oak Nut (voice)

as Postal Worker

Little Pink House

as Mayor Lloyd Beachy

as Dr. Fletcher

The Miracle Season

as Principal Shaw

Love Struck Café

Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried

Barbie: Dolphin Magic

as Pete (voice)

Secrets of My Stepdaughter

as Lt Brian Smith

as Captain Bowen

as Al Fieldstone

Deadly Attraction

as Detective Gower

as Ivan Damnjanov

Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe

as Mayor Bascomb

The Game of Love

as Coach Zimmer

The Confirmation

as Sheriff Kane

Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery

as Mayor Bascomb

Open Season: Scared Silly

Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery

as Mayor Bascomb

'Tis the Season for Love

Accidental Obsession

as Beth Ann's Father

as Jail Desk Jockey

Into the Grizzly Maze

as Uncle Woody (voice)

as Beldon Fenisher

Leprechaun: Origins

as Sheriff Grant

After All These Years

The Movie Out Here

as Lieutenant General J.G. Walker

Max Steel: Monstrous Alliance

as Ferrus (voice)

A Christmas Story 2

as Higbee's Santa

Notes from the Heart Healer

Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2

as Break (voice)

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

as Judge Toughbutt (voice)

The Hunt for the I-5 Killer

as Sky Marshall Wade (voice)

Marley & Me: The Puppy Years

Three Weeks, Three Kids

as Charlie Marshall

as Lt. Michael Oakes

as Sheriff Matt Allington

One Angry Juror

as Vincent Walsh

Max Steel vs The Toxic Legion

as Ferrus (voice)

Care Bears: The Giving Festival

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

Growing the Big One

as Edward Miles

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

as Prince Rutherford (voice)

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

as Fido the Diamond Dog (voice)

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

as Prince Rutherford / Conductor (voice)

Bratz: Pampered Petz

as Officer Blythe / Worker / News Reporter (voice)

The Client List

Care Bears To the Rescue

Encounter with Danger

as Sheriff Walters

Barbie in A Mermaid Tale

as Break (voice)

A Trace of Danger

Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins

as Vice Principal Grimes

Angel and the Badman

as Steve Carson

Max Steel Vs The Mutant Menace

as Ferrus Forge (voice)

Personal Effects

as NORAD General

Barbie Presents: Thumbelina

as Louie (voice)

as Vince Johnson

as Jack Travers

Sonic Underground: Secrets of the Chaos Emerald

as Dr. Robotnik (voice)

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)

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

as Police Captain

as Captain Laughlan

as Nathan Nelson (voice)

Christmas on Chestnut Street

as Sheriff Dave

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses

as Desmond (voice)

as Colonel Briggs

as Boat Captain

A Little Thing Called Murder

Class of the Titans

His and Her Christmas

as Anthony Shephard

Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy

as Harry the Werewolf / Bug-A-Boo (voice)

as Sheriff Deitrich

Caught in the Headlights

Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico

as Tibor the Terrible / El Haystack Grande (voice)

In Search of Santa

as Derridommis / Capn' Cragg (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

Try to Remember

as Stuart Kling

Holiday Reunion

Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular

as Harry the Werewolf / Bug-a-Boo (voice)

Cowboys & Indians

as Inspector Ken Dowson

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)

as Agent Chalmers

Gadget & the Gadgetinis

as Additional Voices (voice)

as El Heystack Grande (voice)

as Papa Stillson

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

as Man-at-Arms (voice)

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)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys

as Santa Claus / Bumble (voice)

ReBoot - Daemon Rising

as Slash / Turbo / Additional Voices (voice)

Touched by a Killer

3-2-1 Penguins!

as Cavitus / Sol (voice)

as Lt. Walter Eastep

as Gangrene / Dr. Wolfgang Greenholtz (voice)

as Police Chief

My Mother the Spy

as Herb Kulcheck

Take Me Home: The John Denver Story

as Walter Bradford

as Edward Mason

Spider-Man Unlimited

as Mr. Meugniot (voice)

Beast Machines: Transformers

as Optimus Primal (voice)

Sabrina: The Animated Series

Sonic Underground

as Dr. Robotnik (voice)

Madeline: Lost in Paris

Mama, Do You Love Me?

as Papa (voice)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

as Blitzen - Rudolph's Father (voice)

as Emperor Femur (voice)

as Sheldon Lamott

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

Beast Wars — A Feature Length Beasties Adventure

as Optimus Primal

I Know What You Did

as Homicide Captain

A Champion's Fight

Five Desperate Hours

Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation

Extreme Dinosaurs

as Bad Rap (voice)

as Colonel Chekov

Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball

as Wasser (as Gary Chalk)

The Adventures of Corduroy: Home

Stand Against Fear

as Coach Peters

Sonic Christmas Blast

as Grounder (voice)

as Richard Powell

Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story

Abduction of Innocence

as Sheriff Evans

Kidz in the Wood

Beast Wars: Transformers

as Optimus Primal (voice)

Poltergeist: The Legacy

as Sheriff Hank Parker

as Harry Lovejoy

as Detective Gaines

Justice for Annie

as Detective Larson

The Beginner's Bible: Joseph and His Brothers

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Sleeping Beauty

as King / Valdar (voice)

Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth Movie

as Coach Gilbert

as Father Wolf (voice)

as Donovan Baine (voice)

G.I. Joe Extreme

as Secretary Norris (voice)

as Security Chief

Alice in Wonderland

Circumstances Unknown

The Outer Limits

as Detective Frank Dayton

The Outer Limits

as Detective Barnett

The Outer Limits

as General Seawell

as Mike Dombrowski

Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

as Lt. Col. Douglas Hart

Magic Gift of the Snowman

Curly - The Littlest Puppy

as (voice) (as Gary Chalk)

as John Smith (voice)

as Guts Man (voice)

as Slash (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)

as Quince Toland

A Christmas Carol

as Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

Happy the Littlest Bunny

as (voice) (as Gary Chalk)

as Marsala / Shiva / Charles McKenna (voice)

Sonic the Hedgehog

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

as Grounder (voice)

as Chandler / First Mate

Woman on the Ledge

as Batallion Commander

Judgment Day: The John List Story

The New Adventures of Little Toot

as Captain Dogwood (voice)

Highlander: The Series

The Adventures of T-Rex

King Arthur & the Knights of Justice

Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars!

as Al Negator / Commander Dogstar (voice)

The Comrades of Summer

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

I Still Dream of Jeannie

as Det. Carlyle

Secrets of the Unknown

The New Adventures of He-Man

as He-Man (voice)

Small Sacrifices

as Boyd Paul Downs

Small Sacrifices

as Boyd Paul Downs

Captain N: The Game Master

as King Hippo (voice)

as Courthouse Reporter

Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World

as Additional voices (voice)

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

as Secret Service Man #1

as Coach Brandon

Spot Marks the X

as Cop on Bridge

as Gas station attendant

as Sgt. Harold Gray

as Det. Sweeney

The Journey of Natty Gann

as Chicago Worker

as Jerry Conklin

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

as Pathfinder (voice)

LEGO Ninjago: Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu

as Killow (voice)