Garry Chalk
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
Supernatural
Sheriff Deitrich
Arrow
Lieutenant General J.G. Walker
Stargate SG-1
Colonel Chekov
The X-Files
Mad Dog
Psych
Houston Ray
It
Coach
Riverdale
Al Fieldstone
Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
Judge Toughbutt (voice)
MacGyver
Sgt. Harold Gray
MacGyver
Tony Ellis
MacGyver
Det. Sweeney
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Prince Rutherford (voice)
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Fido the Diamond Dog (voice)
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Prince Rutherford / Conductor (voice)
LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising
Zant-Tanz (voice)
Eureka
Colonel Briggs
The Predator
Postal Worker
Highlander: The Series
Lemoyne
Airwolf
Burke
Airwolf
Jerry Conklin
Sliders
Lt. Graves
21 Jump Street
Rent-A-Cop
21 Jump Street
Dave
21 Jump Street
Coach Brandon
Travelers
Detective Gower
The Dead Zone
Papa Stillson
The Outer Limits
Detective Frank Dayton
The Outer Limits
Detective Barnett
The Outer Limits
General Seawell
Dark Angel
Lt. Walter Eastep
Sonic the Hedgehog
Navy Chief of Staff
First Wave
Sheldon Lamott
The Irrational
Bob Clovis
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Luca
The 4400
Sheriff
Millennium
Richard Powell
Wiseguy
The Sentinel
Art Sturges
The Sentinel
Harry Lovejoy
Viper
Quince Toland
Home Invasion
Sheriff Kane
American Dreamer
Nicolai
Tomorrowland
Jail Desk Jockey
Godzilla
Stan Walsh
Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper
Herve (voice)
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Pathfinder (voice)
Lone Hero
Sheriff Cal
Trapped
Agent Chalmers
Freddy vs. Jason
Sheriff Williams
Tornado Valley
Vince Johnson
Watchmen
NORAD General
A Christmas Story 2
Higbee's Santa
Cold Squad
The Commish
Small Sacrifices
Boyd Paul Downs
Christmas Town
Jack Travers
The Confirmation
Pete
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Blitzen - Rudolph's Father (voice)
Disquiet
Virgil
Deck the Halls
Sheriff Dave
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
Grounder (voice)
Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
Desmond (voice)
The Nutcracker
(voice) (as Gary Chalk)
Behemoth
Sheriff Matt Allington
Fierce People
McCallum
The Accused
Courthouse Reporter
¡Mucha Lucha!
El Heystack Grande (voice)
The Show
Bernie
Power Rangers
Captain Bowen
The Hitchhiker
Hubert
The Hitchhiker
Chef
Transformers: Armada
Optimus Prime (voice)
The Hollow
Donald
Suddenly
Sheriff Grant
Open Season: Scared Silly
Ed (voice)
Intersection
Paramedic
Disturbing Behavior
Coach (uncredited)
The Guilty
Police Chief
Snow White
(voice)
Black Beauty
(voice)
Generation X
Detective Gaines
UnREAL
Beth Ann's Father
Bounty Hunters
Wasser
The Omen
Security Chief
Sonic the Hedgehog
Personal Effects
Coach
Sleeping Beauty
King / Valdar (voice)
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale
Break (voice)
'Tis the Season for Love
Santa
Cinderella
(voice)
Camouflage
Ernie
The Fly II
Scorby
Love on Fire
Don Hamilton
Sabrina: The Animated Series
(voice)
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Goss
The Spree
Det. Colin
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2
Break (voice)
Alcatraz
Mike Cullen
Leprechaun: Origins
Hamish
Try to Remember
Stuart Kling
Barbie as the Island Princess
Frazer / Calvin (voice)
Quarantine
Frequency
Ivan Damnjanov
Overboard
Dr. Fletcher
Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery
Mayor Bascomb
My Birthday Romance
John
Beast Wars: Transformers
Optimus Primal (voice)
Mosaic
Nathan Nelson (voice)
ReBoot
Slash (voice)
Danger Bay
Murdock
Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite
Old Ed (voice)
Three Weeks, Three Kids
Charlie Marshall
Bratz: Super Babyz
Newsperson / Custodian (voice)
The New Adventures of He-Man
He-Man
The Adventures of Corduroy: Home
Silencing Mary
Gardner
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale
King of the Cats (voice)
Encounter with Danger
Sheriff Walters
Extreme Dinosaurs
Bad Rap (voice)
Growing the Big One
Edward Miles
Barbie of Swan Lake
Baker (voice)
Mr. Patman
Policeman
My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever
Prince Rutherford / Oak Nut (voice)
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Timothy Dugan
The Journey of Natty Gann
Chicago Worker
Love Struck Café
Matt Quinn
Gadget & the Gadgetinis
Additional Voices (voice)
The Ten Commandments
The General (voice)
Feed the Gods
Sheriff
Little Pink House
Mayor Lloyd Beachy
Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control
Hector (voice)
Monster Beach
Uncle Woody (voice)
Unthinkable
Captain Laughlan
Ice
Exosquad
Marsala / Shiva / Charles McKenna (voice)
Barbie Presents: Thumbelina
Louie (voice)
Holiday Reunion
Fred Hodges
Blackmail
Kiminski
Bordertown
Frank Foley
Bordertown
Hank Talon
After All These Years
Mulligan
Shutterspeed
Walter Bradford
The Returned
Coroner
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
Police Captain
Eight Below
Boat Captain
Booker
Beast Machines: Transformers
Optimus Primal (voice)
Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery
Mayor Bascomb
Making Spirits Bright
Bill Ryan
Marley & Me: The Puppy Years
Announcer
The Hunt for the I-5 Killer
Reynolds
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Man-at-Arms (voice)
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
Vice Principal Grimes
Exile
Chief Sanders
Bang Bang You're Dead
Chief Bud McGee
Truth
Jack Lycar
A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Madison
Scammerhead
Beldon Fenisher
The Miracle Season
Principal Shaw
Flash Gordon
Police Captain
Sonic Underground
Dr. Robotnik (voice)
Spider-Man Unlimited
Mr. Meugniot (voice)
The Sea Wolf
Chandler / First Mate
Poltergeist: The Legacy
Sheriff Hank Parker
Breakdown
The Mayor
Class of the Titans
Tarzan
Sitting Ducks
Into Thin Air
Gas station attendant
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
Bluto (voice)
Woman on the Ledge
Batallion Commander
Battle in Seattle
Chief Faherty
Dragon Tales
Touched by a Killer
Sheriff Sam
Circumstances Unknown
Mike Kinsey
Amazon Falls
Gary Bob
Big Time Movie
MI6 #1
Memories of Christmas
Mike
Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball
Wasser (as Gary Chalk)
Pocahontas
(voice)
At Jesus' Side
Seymour / 2nd Pharisee / 1st Soldier (voice)
The Client List
Carl
The Comrades of Summer
Ump
Jungle Book
Father Wolf (voice)
Deadly Little Secrets
Jack Burtrell
Max Steel: Monstrous Alliance
Ferrus (voice)
Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico
Tibor the Terrible / El Haystack Grande (voice)
A Trace of Danger
Frank
Notes from the Heart Healer
Sheriff
The Karate Dog
Brunelli
The Adventures of T-Rex
(voice)
Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World
Additional voices (voice)
Stand Against Fear
Coach Peters
Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story
Rasmussen
Fishing for Love
Lee
Heidi
(voice)
Courage
Louis Vale
ReBoot - Daemon Rising
Slash / Turbo / Additional Voices (voice)
Madeline: Lost in Paris
(voice)
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
Silver
Dragon Booster
(voice)
Blonde and Blonder
Agent Gardenia
Max Steel Vs The Mutant Menace
Ferrus Forge (voice)
Max Steel vs The Toxic Legion
Ferrus (voice)
Magic Gift of the Snowman
(voice)
Confessions of a Christmas Letter
Charles
Secrets of My Stepdaughter
Lt Brian Smith
Spot Marks the X
Cop on Bridge
The Red Spider
Hooter
The Movie Out Here
Vic
A Champion's Fight
Coach
Action Man
Secretary Norris (voice)
Street Fighter
Care Bears: The Giving Festival
The Game of Love
Coach Zimmer
Judgment Day: The John List Story
Tom Walton
King Arthur & the Knights of Justice
(voice)
Secrets of the Unknown
The Beginner's Bible: Joseph and His Brothers
(voice)
Justice for Annie
Detective Larson
Mega Man
Guts Man (voice)
Into the Grizzly Maze
Greg
Team Galaxy
Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular
Harry the Werewolf / Bug-a-Boo (voice)
Love Under the Rainbow
Paul
Madeline at the Ballet
Additional Voices (voice)
G.I. Joe: Sgt. Savage and His Screaming Eagles: Old Soldiers Never Die
Headbanger / General Blitz (voice)
Patterson's Wager
Otter's Grandpa
Caught in the Headlights
Sergeant
DarkStalkers
Donovan Baine (voice)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(voice)
Christmas on Chestnut Street
Crouch
Breaking News
Captain N: The Game Master
King Hippo (voice)
Abduction of Innocence
Sheriff Evans
Bratz: Pampered Petz
Officer Blythe / Worker / News Reporter (voice)
Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth Movie
Coach Gilbert
Double Dragon
A Little Thing Called Murder
Jake
Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story
District Attorney
ReBoot - My Two Bobs
Slash (voice)
Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy
Harry the Werewolf / Bug-A-Boo (voice)
Kidz in the Wood
Coach
Care Bears To the Rescue
(voice)
Shadow Raiders
Emperor Femur (voice)
Sonic Christmas Blast
Grounder (voice)
The Chicken Sisters
James
Weird-Ohs
(voice)
My Mother the Spy
Herb Kulcheck
3-2-1 Penguins!
Cavitus / Sol (voice)
Curly - The Littlest Puppy
(voice)
Alice in Wonderland
(voice)
Strange Luck
Palace Guard
Happy the Littlest Bunny
(voice) (as Gary Chalk)
I Know What You Did
Homicide Captain
The Vehicle
William
G.I. Joe Extreme
Tribal
Constance ‘Connie’ Edwin Harris
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
Secret Service Man #1
Monster Loving Maniacs
Arthur
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
Santa Claus / Bumble (voice)
Sweet Virginia
Lou Hopkis
Pocahontas
John Smith (voice)
Barbie: Dolphin Magic
Pete (voice)
Action Man
Gangrene / Dr. Wolfgang Greenholtz (voice)
Sabrina: Friends Forever
Warlock #1 / Cringe (voice)
Voltron Force
Sky Marshall Wade (voice)
Taming Tammy
Burt
The New Adventures of Little Toot
Captain Dogwood (voice)
Something Else
(voice)
Sonic Underground: Secrets of the Chaos Emerald
Dr. Robotnik (voice)
He-Man and the Battle for Primus
He-Man
Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars!
Al Negator / Commander Dogstar (voice)
Sonic Underground: The Queen Aleena Chronicles
Dr. Robotnik (voice)
Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe
Mayor Bascomb
I Still Dream of Jeannie
Det. Carlyle
His and Her Christmas
Anthony Shephard
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
Lt. Col. Douglas Hart
Alien Racers
Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle
Leo the Lion (voice) (as Gary Chalk)
Take Me Home: The John Denver Story
Milt
One Angry Juror
Vincent Walsh
Deadly Attraction
Ted
In Search of Santa
Derridommis / Capn' Cragg (voice)
A Masterpiece of Murder
Small Sacrifices
Boyd Paul Downs
The Shipment
Dale Dixer
Angel and the Badman
Steve Carson
Y2K
Edward Mason
Curious Caterer: Fatal Vows
Lawrence
Five Desperate Hours
Capt. Durk
Mama, Do You Love Me?
Papa (voice)
Camelot: The Legend
King Arthur / Bandit #1 / Mason (voice)
Imaginext: Fortress of the Dragon
King Bravemore (voice)
Cowboys & Indians
Inspector Ken Dowson
Colorblind
Not Our Son
Mike Dombrowski