Garry Chalk
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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
Credits
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
as Navy Chief of Staff
Godzilla (2014)
as Stan Walsh
Tomorrowland (2015)
as Jail Desk Jockey
Watchmen (2009)
as NORAD General
Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper (2004)
as Herve (voice)
The Predator (2018)
as Postal Worker
Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
as Sheriff Williams
Power Rangers (2017)
as Captain Bowen
Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses (2006)
as Desmond (voice)
Barbie as the Island Princess (2007)
as Frazer / Calvin (voice)
Barbie of Swan Lake (2003)
as Baker (voice)
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2 (2012)
as Break (voice)
Overboard (2018)
as Dr. Fletcher
Eight Below (2006)
as Boat Captain
Open Season: Scared Silly (2015)
as Ed (voice)
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale (2010)
as Break (voice)
The Accused (1988)
as Courthouse Reporter
The Fly II (1989)
as Scorby
Deck the Halls (2006)
as Sheriff Dave
Trapped (2002)
as Agent Chalmers
Barbie Presents: Thumbelina (2009)
as Louie (voice)
Home Invasion (2016)
as Sheriff Kane
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009)
as Vice Principal Grimes
Camouflage (2001)
as Ernie
The Client List (2010)
as Carl
Into the Grizzly Maze (2015)
as Greg
Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite (2020)
as Old Ed (voice)
Disturbing Behavior (1998)
as Coach (uncredited)
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (2007)
as King of the Cats (voice)
Intersection (1994)
as Paramedic
The Miracle Season (2018)
as Principal Shaw
The Show (2017)
as Bernie
Leprechaun: Origins (2014)
as Hamish
Fierce People (2006)
as McCallum
Two for Tee (2026)
Actor
Snow White (1995)
as (voice)
Sweet Virginia (2017)
as Lou Hopkis
Tornado Valley (2009)
as Vince Johnson
The Guilty (2000)
as Police Chief
Battle in Seattle (2007)
as Chief Faherty
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)
as Police Captain
Personal Effects (2009)
as Coach
The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
as Chicago Worker
Love Struck Café (2017)
as Matt Quinn
The Hollow (2015)
as Donald
The Confirmation (2016)
as Pete
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998)
as Blitzen - Rudolph's Father (voice)
Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe (2016)
as Mayor Bascomb
Mr. Patman (1981)
as Policeman
The Ten Commandments (2007)
as The General (voice)
Generation X (1996)
as Detective Gaines
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998)
as Timothy Dugan
Barbie: Dolphin Magic (2017)
as Pete (voice)
The Karate Dog (2006)
as Brunelli
Lone Hero (2002)
as Sheriff Cal
Into Thin Air (1985)
as Gas station attendant
Bang Bang You're Dead (2003)
as Chief Bud McGee
Not Our Son (1995)
as Mike Dombrowski
Blonde and Blonder (2008)
as Agent Gardenia
Big Time Movie (2012)
as MI6 #1
My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever (2018)
as Prince Rutherford / Oak Nut (voice)
At Jesus' Side (2008)
as Seymour / 2nd Pharisee / 1st Soldier (voice)
Small Sacrifices (1989)
as Boyd Paul Downs
Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (2011)
as Announcer
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (2004)
as Bluto (voice)
Suddenly (2013)
as Sheriff Grant
American Dreamer (2022)
as Nicolai
Black Beauty (1995)
as (voice)
The Omen (1995)
as Security Chief
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001)
as Santa Claus / Bumble (voice)
Cinderella (1994)
as (voice)
The Hunt for the I-5 Killer (2011)
as Reynolds
Disquiet (2023)
as Virgil
Jungle Book (1995)
as Father Wolf (voice)
Sleeping Beauty (1995)
as King / Valdar (voice)
The Sea Wolf (1993)
as Chandler / First Mate
A Christmas Story 2 (2012)
as Higbee's Santa
Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery (2015)
as Mayor Bascomb
Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control (2002)
as Hector (voice)
Curious Caterer: Fatal Vows (2023)
as Lawrence
Love on Fire (2022)
as Don Hamilton
Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular (2003)
as Harry the Werewolf / Bug-a-Boo (voice)
Taming Tammy (2007)
as Burt
Buddy Games: Spring Awakening (2023)
as Marty
Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle (1994)
as Leo the Lion (voice) (as Gary Chalk)
My Birthday Romance (2020)
as John
A Christmas Carol (1994)
as Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Madeline: Lost in Paris (1999)
as (voice)
The Spree (1998)
as Det. Colin
Ladies Night (2005)
as Draper
Love Under the Rainbow (2019)
as Paul
Behemoth (2011)
as Sheriff Matt Allington
Deadly Attraction (2016)
as Ted
Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery (2016)
as Mayor Bascomb
Max Steel Vs The Mutant Menace (2009)
as Ferrus Forge (voice)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
as (voice)
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)
as Lt. Col. Douglas Hart
Secrets of My Stepdaughter (2017)
as Lt Brian Smith
Sonic Christmas Blast (1996)
as Grounder (voice)
Y2K (1999)
as Edward Mason
Feed the Gods (2014)
as Sheriff
Angel and the Badman (2009)
as Steve Carson
The Nutcracker (1994)
as (voice) (as Gary Chalk)
Magic Gift of the Snowman (1995)
as (voice)
My Mother the Spy (2000)
as Herb Kulcheck
Curly - The Littlest Puppy (1995)
as (voice)
The Game of Love (2016)
as Coach Zimmer
Imaginext: Fortress of the Dragon (2003)
as King Bravemore (voice)
Amazon Falls (2010)
as Gary Bob
Bounty Hunters (1996)
as Wasser
Mosaic (2007)
as Nathan Nelson (voice)
Little Pink House (2018)
as Mayor Lloyd Beachy
Sabrina: Friends Forever (2002)
as Warlock #1 / Cringe (voice)
Pocahontas (1994)
as John Smith (voice)
After All These Years (2013)
as Mulligan
A Trace of Danger (2010)
as Frank
In Search of Santa (2004)
as Derridommis / Capn' Cragg (voice)
Bratz: Super Babyz (2007)
as Newsperson / Custodian (voice)
Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico (2005)
as Tibor the Terrible / El Haystack Grande (voice)
Justice for Annie (1996)
as Detective Larson
Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried (2017)
as David
Making Spirits Bright (2021)
as Bill Ryan
Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World (1987)
as Additional voices (voice)
Caught in the Headlights (2005)
as Sergeant
Accidental Obsession (2015)
as Saul Rubens
Alice in Wonderland (1995)
as (voice)
Abduction of Innocence (1996)
as Sheriff Evans
I Still Dream of Jeannie (1991)
as Det. Carlyle
The Adventures of Corduroy: Home (1997)
Actor
Fishing for Love (2021)
as Lee
Take Me Home: The John Denver Story (2000)
as Milt
The Red Spider (1988)
as Hooter
Exile (2023)
as Chief Sanders
Judgment Day: The John List Story (1993)
as Tom Walton
Confessions of a Christmas Letter (2024)
as Charles
Try to Remember (2004)
as Stuart Kling
Blackmail (1991)
as Kiminski
Touched by a Killer (2001)
as Sheriff Sam
Max Steel vs The Toxic Legion (2010)
as Ferrus (voice)
ReBoot - My Two Bobs (2001)
as Slash (voice)
'Tis the Season for Love (2015)
as Santa
The Shipment (2001)
as Dale Dixer
Christmas Town (2008)
as Jack Travers
Ordeal in the Arctic (1993)
as Rescue Pilot Jim
Happy the Littlest Bunny (1994)
as (voice) (as Gary Chalk)
Notes from the Heart Healer (2012)
as Sheriff
Kidz in the Wood (1996)
as Coach
Pocahontas (1995)
as (voice)
Holiday Reunion (2003)
as Fred Hodges
Hydee and the Hytops (2011)
as (voice)
Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story (2002)
as District Attorney
One Angry Juror (2010)
as Vincent Walsh
Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball (1997)
as Wasser (as Gary Chalk)
A Little Thing Called Murder (2006)
as Jake
Quarantine (2000)
Actor
Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy (2005)
as Harry the Werewolf / Bug-A-Boo (voice)
ReBoot - Daemon Rising (2001)
as Slash / Turbo / Additional Voices (voice)
The Comrades of Summer (1992)
as Ump
Christmas on Chestnut Street (2006)
as Crouch
Madeline at the Ballet (—)
as Additional Voices (voice)
The Movie Out Here (2012)
as Vic
Growing the Big One (2010)
as Edward Miles
Unthinkable (2007)
as Captain Laughlan
Stand Against Fear (1996)
as Coach Peters
Heidi (1995)
as (voice)
Memories of Christmas (2018)
as Mike
Woman on the Ledge (1993)
as Batallion Commander
Breakdown (2006)
as The Mayor
His and Her Christmas (2005)
as Anthony Shephard
Max Steel: Monstrous Alliance (2012)
as Ferrus (voice)
Circumstances Unknown (1995)
as Mike Kinsey
LEGO Ninjago: Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu (2018)
as Killow (voice)
Courage (2009)
as Louis Vale
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991)
as Goss
Cowboys & Indians (2003)
as Inspector Ken Dowson
Spot Marks the X (1986)
as Cop on Bridge
I Know What You Did (1998)
as Homicide Captain
Encounter with Danger (2010)
as Sheriff Walters
A Masterpiece of Murder (1986)
Actor
Care Bears: The Giving Festival (2010)
Actor
Silencing Mary (1998)
as Gardner
Shutterspeed (2000)
as Walter Bradford
The New Adventures of Little Toot (1992)
as Captain Dogwood (voice)
The Beginner's Bible: Joseph and His Brothers (1996)
as (voice)
Camelot: The Legend (1998)
as King Arthur / Bandit #1 / Mason (voice)
Truth (2006)
as Jack Lycar
The Vehicle (2012)
as William
Care Bears To the Rescue (2010)
as (voice)
Deadly Little Secrets (2002)
as Jack Burtrell
Little Tikes Land (2008)
as Dusty Dozer / Puffer Fish / Giraffe
Bratz: Pampered Petz (2010)
as Officer Blythe / Worker / News Reporter (voice)
A Champion's Fight (1998)
as Coach
Three Weeks, Three Kids (2011)
as Charlie Marshall
Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story (1996)
as Rasmussen
Five Desperate Hours (1997)
as Capt. Durk
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: The Beginning (2002)
as Man-At-Arms / Whiplash / Merchant (voice)
Sonic Underground: Secrets of the Chaos Emerald (2008)
as Dr. Robotnik (voice)
Patterson's Wager (2015)
as Otter's Grandpa
G.I. Joe: Sgt. Savage and His Screaming Eagles: Old Soldiers Never Die (1994)
as Headbanger / General Blitz (voice)
Scammerhead (2014)
as Beldon Fenisher
Monster Beach (2014)
as Uncle Woody (voice)
Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth Movie (1995)
as Coach Gilbert
Colorblind (2023)
Actor
Late Night Sessions (1999)
as Puppetman
Mama, Do You Love Me? (1999)
as Papa (voice)
Secrets of the Unknown (1991)
Actor
Sonic Underground: The Queen Aleena Chronicles (2007)
as Dr. Robotnik (voice)
He-Man and the Battle for Primus (1990)
as He-Man
Beast Wars — A Feature Length Beasties Adventure (1998)
as Optimus Primal