Garry Chalk

Not to be confused with the British illustrator Gary Chalk.

Garry Chalk
Born	(1952-02-17) 17 February 1952 Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Other names	Gary Chalk
Occupation	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1980–present

Garry Chalk (born 17 February 1952) is a Canadian actor and voice actor. He has provided the voices for Optimus Primal of Beast Wars: Transformers and Beast Machines, as well the Optimus Prime in the anime English dubs of Transformers: Armada, Transformers Energon, and Transformers: Cybertron, and also was the third American voice of Dr. Robotnik for Sonic Underground. He has lent his voice to over 30 animated television series and has been in films such as The Fly II and Freddy vs. Jason.

Life and career

Chalk was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England, and moved with his family to Vancouver, Canada on 17 June 1957.

Chalk has been involved with professional theatre since 1978, and has performed at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company (VPTC), the Arts Club Theatre Company (ACTC), The Vancouver Theatresports League 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 VPTC, as well as Dracula and Passion at the ACTC.

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

Filmography

Animation

• 3-2-1 Penguins! – Sol, Bert/Cavitus
• ¡Mucha Lucha! – El Haystack Grande, Tibor the Terrible, Additional Voices
• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog – Grounder, Captain Rescue, Dragon Breath, Computer ("Grounder the Genius")
• Alien Racers –
• Beast Machines: Transformers – Optimus Primal
• Beast Wars: Transformers – Optimus Primal, Megatron G1 (episode 38)
• Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars – Commander Dogstar, Al Negator
• Captain N: The Game Master – King Hippo, Narrator, Donkey Kong, The Count, Bayou Billy, Malkil, Mayor Squaresly, Additional Voices
• Class of the Titans – Hercules and Ares
• Conan the Adventurer – Snagg
• Dinosaur Train – Marco Megaraptor
• Double Dragon – Chopper, Kona, Wild Willy
• Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies – King Gurumes (1996 BLT/Funimation dub)
• Dragon Tales – Mungus the Giant
• Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses – Desmond
• Barbie in A Mermaid Tale – Brake
• Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2 – Brake
• Barbie of Swan Lake – Baker
• Barbie as the Island Princess – Frazer
• Barbie Thumbelina – Louie
• Darkstalkers – Donovan Baine
• Dragon Booster – Conner Penn/Mortis
• Eon Kid – Duke Von Rhymer
• Exosquad – Marsala, General Shiva
• Extreme Dinosaurs – Badrap
• Funky Fables – Various Characters
• G.I. Joe – Pathfinder, Shockwave, Gristle, Metal-Head, Road Pig, Various Cobra Troopers
• G.I. Joe Extreme – Lieutenant Stone
• Gadget and the Gadgetinis – Additional Voices
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002) – Man-At-Arms (Duncan), Whiplash
• King Arthur & the Knights of Justice – Lord Viper, Warlord Bash, Sir Brick, Sir Phil
• LeapFrog - Additional Voices
• Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle – Leo the Lion
• Mega Man – Guts Man, Bright Man, Dark Man, Needle Man, Heat Man, Stone Man
• Mosaic – Nathan Nelson
• Mummies Alive! – Additional Voices
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic – Fido, Prince Rutherford
• Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy – Bluto
• ReBoot – Turbo, Slash, Al's Waiter, Herr Doktor
• Robocop: Alpha Commando – Additional Voices
• RollBots – Captain Pounder
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys – Santa Claus, Bumbles the Abominable Snowman
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie – Blitzen
• Salty's Lighthouse – Bluenose
• Scary Godmother Halloween Spectacular – Harry the Werewolf, Bug-A-Boo
• Scary Godmother 2: The Revenge of Jimmy – Harry the Werewolf, Bug-A-Boo
• Shadow Raiders – Emperor Femur
• Sitting Ducks – Additional Voices
• Sonic Underground – Doctor Ivo Robotnik
• Spider-Man Unlimited – Mr. Meugniot, Additional Voices
• Street Fighter – Dhalsim, Burke (Col. Keith Wolfman)
• The New Adventures of He-Man – He-Man, Artilla, President Pell, Alcon, Sgt. Krone, Andros, Gross
• Transformers Armada – Optimus Prime
• Transformers Energon – Optimus Prime
• Transformers Cybertron – Optimus Prime
• Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale – the evil King of Cats
• Voltron Force – Sky Marshall Wade, Manset

Television

• Cedar Cove – Sheriff Troy Davis
• Cold Squad – Inspector Andrew Pawlachuk
• Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story (2003) – Inspector Ken Dowson
• Dark Angel – Lt. Walter Eastep
• The Dead Zone – James Stillson
• Eureka – Colonel Briggs
• Highlander: The Series – Lemonyne)
• The Killing – Lt. Michael Oakes
• MacGyver – Tony Ellis/Detective Sweeney/Sergeant Harold Gray
• National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family Reunion – Fred Hodges
• Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Timothy Aloysius "Dum-Dum" Dugan
• Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation – Silver (voice)
• The Outer Limits – Detective Barnett (episode: "Caught in the Act"), General (episode: "Nightmare"), Detective Frank Dayton (episode: "Something About Harry")
• Painkiller Jane – Ruben Hennessey
• Seven Days – Maj. Vladimir Markovsky (S2E17)
• Stargate SG-1 – Colonel Chekov (9 episodes)
• Supernatural – Sheriff Deitrich, "Monster Movie" (season 4, episode 5)

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	The Journey of Natty Gann	Chicago Worker
1989	The Fly II	Scorby
1990	Stephen King's It	Coach
1997	Warriors of virtue	Mosely (Voice)
2003	Freddy vs. Jason	Sheriff Williams
2004	The Karate Dog	Officer Brunelli
2004	Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2	Police Captain
2005	Fierce People	Mcllum
2005	His and Her Christmas(TV)	Anthony Shephard
2005	Supervolcano	Governor Billy Marshall, of Wyoming
2006	Deck the Halls	Officer Dave
2006	Eight Below	Boat Captain
2007	Battle in Seattle	Chief Faherty
2008	Christmas Town	Grandpa Jack
2009	Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins	Vice Prinipal Grimes
2009	Watchmen	Military General
2012	Big Time Movie	MI6 Agent #1
2013	Suddenly	Sheriff Grant
2014	Godzilla	Stan Welsh
2015	Tomorrowland	Jail Desk Jockey

Video games

• Devil Kings – Devil King
• Ripley's Believe It or Not!: The Riddle of Master Lu – Robert Ripley (voice)
• Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals – Optimus Primal
• Transformers – Optimus Prime
• The Godfather: The Game – Bruno Tattaglia, Al Neri
• Tomorrowland – Jail Desk Jockey

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

External links

• Garry Chalk at the Internet Movie Database
• Garry Chalk at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Garry Chalk convention appearances on AnimeCons.com

Preceded by Neil Kaplan 2001–2002 Robots in Disguise	Voice of Optimus Prime 2001–2007 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