Garry Chalk
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1952-02-17 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Southampton, England, UK
Garry Chalk
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.
Known For
Acting
Madeline at the Ballet
as Additional Voices (voice)
(2023)
Disquiet
as Virgil
(2023)
Exile
as Chief Sanders
(2023)
Curious Caterer: Fatal Vows
as Lawrence
(2023)
(2022)
American Dreamer
as Nicolai
(2022)
Love on Fire
as Don Hamilton
(2021)
Making Spirits Bright
as Bill Ryan
(2021)
Fishing for Love
as Lee
(2020)
Sonic the Hedgehog
as Navy Chief of Staff
(2020)
Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite
as Old Ed (voice)
(2020)
My Birthday Romance
as John
(2019)
Love Under the Rainbow
as Paul
(2018)
The Predator
as Postal Worker
(2018)
Overboard
as Dr. Fletcher
(2018)
The Miracle Season
as Principal Shaw
(2018)
Little Pink House
as Mayor Lloyd Beachy
(2018)
Memories of Christmas
as Mike
(2017)
Power Rangers
as Captain Bowen
(2017)
The Show
as Bernie
(2017)
Sweet Virginia
as Lou Hopkis
(2017)
Barbie: Dolphin Magic
as Pete (voice)
(2017)
Love Struck Café
as Matt Quinn
(2017)
Secrets of My Stepdaughter
as Lt Brian Smith
(2016)
Home Invasion
as Sheriff Kane
(2016)
The Confirmation
as Pete
(2016)
Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe
as Mayor Bascomb
(2016)
Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery
as Mayor Bascomb
(2016)
Deadly Attraction
as Ted
(2016)
The Game of Love
as Coach Zimmer
(2015)
Tomorrowland
as Jail Desk Jockey
(2015)
Open Season: Scared Silly
as Ed (voice)
(2015)
Into the Grizzly Maze
as Greg
(2015)
The Hollow
as Donald
(2015)
Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery
as Mayor Bascomb
(2015)
'Tis the Season for Love
as Santa
(2015)
Patterson's Wager
as Otter's Grandpa
(2014)
Godzilla
as Stan Walsh
(2014)
Leprechaun: Origins
as Hamish
(2014)
Scammerhead
as Beldon Fenisher
(2014)
Feed the Gods
as Sheriff
(2013)
Suddenly
as Sheriff Grant
(2013)
After All These Years
as Mulligan
(2012)
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2
as Break (voice)
(2012)
Big Time Movie
as MI6 #1
(2012)
Max Steel: Monstrous Alliance
as Ferrus (voice)
(2012)
A Christmas Story 2
as Higbee's Santa
(2012)
The Movie Out Here
as Vic
(2012)
Notes from the Heart Healer
as Sheriff
(2012)
The Vehicle
as William
(2011)
Marley & Me: The Puppy Years
as Announcer
(2011)
Behemoth
as Sheriff Matt Allington
(2011)
Three Weeks, Three Kids
as Charlie Marshall
(2011)
The Hunt for the I-5 Killer
as Reynolds
(2010)
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale
as Break (voice)
(2010)
The Client List
as Carl
(2010)
Max Steel vs The Toxic Legion
as Ferrus (voice)
(2010)
A Trace of Danger
as Frank
(2010)
One Angry Juror
as Vincent Walsh
(2010)
Growing the Big One
as Edward Miles
(2010)
Amazon Falls
as Gary Bob
(2010)
Care Bears To the Rescue
as (voice)
(2010)
Encounter with Danger
as Sheriff Walters
(2009)
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
as Vice Principal Grimes
(2009)
Watchmen
as NORAD General
(2009)
Barbie Presents: Thumbelina
as Louie (voice)
(2009)
Tornado Valley
as Vince Johnson
(2009)
Personal Effects
as Coach
(2009)
Courage
as Louis Vale
(2009)
Max Steel Vs The Mutant Menace
as Ferrus Forge (voice)
(2009)
Angel and the Badman
as Steve Carson
(2008)
Blonde and Blonder
as Agent Gardenia
(2008)
Christmas Town
as Jack Travers
(2008)
Bratz: Pampered Petz
as Officer Blythe / Worker / News Reporter (voice)
(2008)
At Jesus' Side
as Seymour / 2nd Pharisee / 1st Soldier (voice)
(2008)
Sonic Underground: Secrets of the Chaos Emerald
as Dr. Robotnik (voice)
(2007)
Barbie as the Island Princess
as Frazer / Calvin (voice)
(2007)
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale
as King of the Cats (voice)
(2007)
Battle in Seattle
as Chief Faherty
(2007)
The Ten Commandments
as The General (voice)
(2007)
Mosaic
as Nathan Nelson (voice)
(2007)
Bratz: Super Babyz
as Newsperson / Custodian (voice)
(2007)
Taming Tammy
as Burt
(2007)
Sonic Underground: The Queen Aleena Chronicles
as Dr. Robotnik (voice)
(2006)
Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
as Desmond (voice)
(2006)
Eight Below
as Boat Captain
(2006)
Deck the Halls
as Sheriff Dave
(2006)
Fierce People
as McCallum
(2006)
Truth
as Jack Lycar
(2006)
Christmas on Chestnut Street
as Crouch
(2006)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as (voice)
(2006)
Breakdown
as The Mayor
(2006)
A Little Thing Called Murder
as Jake
(2005)
His and Her Christmas
as Anthony Shephard
(2005)
Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico
as Tibor the Terrible / El Haystack Grande (voice)
(2005)
Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy
as Harry the Werewolf / Bug-A-Boo (voice)
(2005)
Caught in the Headlights
as Sergeant
(2004)
Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper
as Herve (voice)
(2004)
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
as Police Captain
(2004)
In Search of Santa
as Derridommis / Capn' Cragg (voice)
(2004)
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
as Bluto (voice)
(2004)
Try to Remember
as Stuart Kling
(2003)
Freddy vs. Jason
as Sheriff Williams
(2003)
Barbie of Swan Lake
as Baker (voice)
(2003)
Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular
as Harry the Werewolf / Bug-a-Boo (voice)
(2003)
Holiday Reunion
as Fred Hodges
(2003)
Bang Bang You're Dead
as Chief Bud McGee
(2003)
Cowboys & Indians
as Inspector Ken Dowson
(2002)
Trapped
as Agent Chalmers
(2002)
Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control
as Hector (voice)
(2002)
Sabrina: Friends Forever
as Warlock #1 / Cringe (voice)
(2002)
Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story
as District Attorney
(2002)
Lone Hero
as Sheriff Cal
(2002)
Deadly Little Secrets
as Jack Burtrell
(2001)
Camouflage
as Ernie
(2001)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
as Santa Claus / Bumble (voice)
(2001)
ReBoot - Daemon Rising
as Slash / Turbo / Additional Voices (voice)
(2001)
Touched by a Killer
as Sheriff Sam
(2001)
ReBoot - My Two Bobs
as Slash (voice)
(2000)
The Guilty
as Police Chief
(2000)
(2000)
(2000)
My Mother the Spy
as Herb Kulcheck
(2000)
Shutterspeed
as Walter Bradford
(1999)
Y2K
as Edward Mason
(1999)
Madeline: Lost in Paris
as (voice)
(1999)
Mama, Do You Love Me?
as Papa (voice)
(1998)
Disturbing Behavior
as Coach (uncredited)
(1998)
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Timothy Dugan
(1998)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
as Blitzen - Rudolph's Father (voice)
(1998)
Silencing Mary
as Gardner
(1998)
The Spree
as Det. Colin
(1998)
A Champion's Fight
as Coach
(1998)
I Know What You Did
as Homicide Captain
(1997)
Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball
as Wasser (as Gary Chalk)
(1996)
Sonic Christmas Blast
as Grounder (voice)
(1996)
Generation X
as Detective Gaines
(1996)
Bounty Hunters
as Wasser
(1996)
Kidz in the Wood
as Coach
(1996)
Stand Against Fear
as Coach Peters
(1996)
Justice for Annie
as Detective Larson
(1996)
Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story
as Rasmussen
(1996)
Abduction of Innocence
as Sheriff Evans
(1996)
(1995)
Snow White
as (voice)
(1995)
Sleeping Beauty
as King / Valdar (voice)
(1995)
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
as Lt. Col. Douglas Hart
(1995)
The Omen
as Security Chief
(1995)
Heidi
as (voice)
(1995)
Black Beauty
as (voice)
(1995)
Pocahontas
as (voice)
(1995)
Jungle Book
as Father Wolf (voice)
(1995)
Magic Gift of the Snowman
as (voice)
(1995)
Alice in Wonderland
as (voice)
(1995)
Curly - The Littlest Puppy
as (voice)
(1995)
Not Our Son
as Mike Dombrowski
(1995)
Circumstances Unknown
as Mike Kinsey
(1995)
Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth Movie
as Coach Gilbert
(1994)
Intersection
as Paramedic
(1994)
The Sea Wolf
as Chandler / First Mate
(1994)
Cinderella
as (voice)
(1994)
The Nutcracker
as (voice) (as Gary Chalk)
(1994)
Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle
as Leo the Lion (voice) (as Gary Chalk)
(1994)
Happy the Littlest Bunny
as (voice) (as Gary Chalk)
(1994)
Pocahontas
as John Smith (voice)
(1994)
G.I. Joe: Sgt. Savage and His Screaming Eagles: Old Soldiers Never Die
as Headbanger / General Blitz (voice)
(1994)
A Christmas Carol
as Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
(1993)
Judgment Day: The John List Story
as Tom Walton
(1993)
Woman on the Ledge
as Batallion Commander
(1992)
The Comrades of Summer
as Ump
(1992)
The New Adventures of Little Toot
as Captain Dogwood (voice)
(1991)
(1991)
Blackmail
as Kiminski
(1991)
(1991)
I Still Dream of Jeannie
as Det. Carlyle
(1990)
He-Man and the Battle for Primus
as He-Man
(1989)
The Fly II
as Scorby
(1989)
Small Sacrifices
as Boyd Paul Downs
(1988)
The Accused
as Courthouse Reporter
(1988)
The Red Spider
as Hooter
(1987)
Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World
as Additional voices (voice)
(1986)
(1986)
Spot Marks the X
as Cop on Bridge
(1985)
The Journey of Natty Gann
as Chicago Worker
(1985)
Into Thin Air
as Gas station attendant
(1981)
Mr. Patman
as Policeman