Garry Chalk

Not to be confused with the illustrator Gary Chalk.

Garry Chalk
Chalk at the Florida Supercon in 2013
Born	1952 (age 72–73) [1] Southampton, Hampshire, England
Citizenship	United Kingdom Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1978–present
Spouse	Colleen Hardwick ​ (m. 2013)​

Garry Chalk (born 1952) ^[1] is a Canadian actor. He has provided the voices for Optimus Primal of Beast Wars: Transformers and Beast Machines: Transformers , as well as Optimus Prime in the anime English dubs of Transformers: Armada , Transformers Energon , and Transformers: Cybertron . ^[2] Chalk's live-action performances include The Fly II , Godzilla , Freddy vs. Jason , Stargate SG-1 , and Cold Squad .

Early life

Chalk was born in Southampton, Hampshire in 1952. At the age of 5, his family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ^[3]

Career

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. Chalk's last live stage production 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. ^[4]

Personal life

Chalk has been married to his wife Colleen Hardwick (née Nystedt), since September 2013. ^[1]

In 2024, Chalk was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma. ^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	The Journey of Natty Gann	Chicago Worker
1986	Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies	King Gourmeth	Voice, English version
1989	The Fly II	Scorby
1992	The New Adventures of Little Toot	Captain Dogwood	Voice
1997	Warriors of Virtue	Mosely	Voice
1998	The Fearless Four	Platini, The Baron, The Miller, Guard #2	Voice, English version
2003	Freddy vs. Jason	Sheriff Williams
2004	The Karate Dog	Officer Brunelli
	Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2	Police Captain
2005	Fierce People	McCallum
	His and Her Christmas	Anthony Shephard	Television film
	Supervolcano	Governor Billy Marshall, of Wyoming
2006	Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild	Additional voices
	Deck the Halls	Sheriff Dave
	Eight Below	Boat Captain
2007	Battle in Seattle	Chief Faherty
2008	Christmas Town	Grandpa Jack
2009	Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins	Vice-Principal Grimes
	Watchmen	Military General
2010	The Legend of Silk Boy	Grandfather
2011	Marley & Me: The Puppy Years	Announcer
2012	Big Time Movie	MI6 Agent #1
	A Christmas Story 2	Higbee's Santa Claus	Direct-to-video; uncredited
2013	Suddenly	Sheriff Grant
2014	Godzilla	Stan Welsh
	Leprechaun: Origins	Hamish McConville
2015	Tomorrowland	Jail Desk Jockey
	Open Season: Scared Silly	Ed (voice)	Direct-to-video
2016	Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story	Doc Forrester
2017	Power Rangers	Captain Bowen [6]
	Max 2: White House Hero	Colonel Jones	Direct-to-video
2018	The Predator	Postal Worker
	Overboard	Dr. Fletcher
	The Miracle Season	Principal Shaw
2020	Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite!	Old Ed (voice)
	Sonic the Hedgehog	Navy Chief of Staff
2022	Exile	Chief Sanders

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988–1989	MacGyver	Tony Ellis / Detective Sweeney / Sergeant Harold Gray	3 episodes
1990	It	Coach	Television miniseries with 2 episodes
1992	Highlander: The Series	Bob Lemoyne	1 episode
1995, 1998, 2000	The Outer Limits	Detective Barnett / General / Detective Frank Dayton	3 episodes
1997–1998	Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation	Silver (voice)	5 episodes
1998	Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Timothy Aloysius "Dum-Dum" Dugan	Television film
1999–2005	Cold Squad	Inspector Andrew Pawlachuk	68 episodes
2000	Seven Days	Maj. Vladimir Markovsky	1 episode
2000–2001	Dark Angel	Lt. Walter Eastep	3 episodes
2001–2006	Stargate SG-1	Colonel Chekov	10 episodes
2002	Bang Bang You're Dead	Chief Bud McGee	Television film
2002–2005	The Dead Zone	James Stillson	5 episodes
2003	Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story	Inspector Ken Dowson	Television film
	National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family Reunion	Fred Hodges	Television film
2006	Christmas on Chestnut Street	L.T. Crouch	Television film
	Eureka	Colonel Briggs	pilot episode
2007	Painkiller Jane	Ruben Hennessey	1 episode
2008	Supernatural	Sheriff Deitrich	1 episode
2011–2012	The Killing	Lt. Michael Oakes	13 episodes
2013–2014	Cedar Cove	Sheriff Troy Davis	11 episodes
2015	Fargo	Bartender	1 episode
2016	Travelers	Detective Gower	1 episode
2016–2017	Arrow	Lieutenant General J.G. Walker	3 episodes
2019	Fast Layne	Colonel Hardy	1 episode
	Love Under the Rainbow	Paul	Television film
2022	Love on Fire	Mayor Don Hamilton	Television film
2023	Riverdale	Al Fieldstone	5 episodes
	Reba McEntire's The Hammer	Judge Carpenter	Television film
2024	Confessions of a Christmas Letter	Charles	Television film

Animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989–1991	Camp Candy	Additional voices
1990–1992	G.I. Joe	Metal-Head, Pathfinder, Shockwave, Gristle, BIOK, [7] Road Pig, Various Cobra Troopers	39 episodes
1991–1993	Captain Zed and the Zee Zone	Captain Flannel
1991	Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars!	Commander Dogstar, Al Negator, Quentin, MC, Major Bottlenose, Dan, Blackbeak, Kamikaze Kamo, General Baboon, Total Terror Toad, Digger McSquint, Wolf, Tri-Bot #1
1992–1993	Conan the Adventurer	Snagg, Gora, Conan's Father, Torrinon
1993–1994	Exosquad	Marsala, General Shiva, Nick Tyree, Charles McKenna, Pirate XO, Kruger, Albrecht Ketzer (1st voice)
1993–1996	Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog	Grounder, Dragon Breath, Captain Rescue, Computer ("Grounder the Genius"), Professor Caninestein
1994–2001	ReBoot	Slash, Herr Doktor, Turbo, Cyrus, Al's Waiter	37 episodes
1994	The Baby Huey Show	Additional voices
	Sgt. Savage and His Screaming Eagles	Head Banger
1994–1996	Mega Man	Guts Man, Bright Man, Dark Man, Needle Man, Heat Man, Stone Man, Mayor of New York City
1995–1996	Action Man	Secretary Norris
1995	Littlest Pet Shop	Additional voices
1997	Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World	Additional voices
1999	Madeline: Lost in Paris	Additional voices	Direct-to-video film
	Sabrina: The Animated Series
1999–2001	Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
2000–2005	Dragon Tales	Mungus the Giant, The Gilded Dragon, Various	8 episodes
2000	Help! I'm a Fish	Flounder
2000–2004	Yvon of the Yukon	Major Sweetley
2000–2001	Action Man	Gangrene, Dr. Wolfgang Greenholtz
2001	ReBoot: My Two Bobs	Slash, Herr Doktor, Turbo	Television film
2002–2003	Transformers: Armada	Optimus Prime	English version
2002	Sabrina: Friends Forever	Warlock #1, Cringe	Television film
2003	Barbie of Swan Lake	The Baker	Direct-to-video film
2004–2005	Transformers: Energon	Optimus Prime	English version
2004	In Search of Santa	Derridommis/Capn' Cragg	Direct-to-video film
	Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper	Herve
2004–2006	Dragon Booster	Conner Penn/Mortis
2005–2006	Transformers: Cybertron	Optimus Prime	English version
	Firehouse Tales	Additional Voices
2005	The Legend of Frosty the Snowman	Santa	Television film
2006	Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island!	Vic	Episode: "Turn on Your Nut Light"
	Iron Kid	Duke von Rhymer
	Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses	Desmond
2007	Mosaic	Chief Faherty, Nathan Nelson
	Tom and Jerry Tales	Head Lifeguard
	The Ten Commandments	The General
	Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale	The Evil King of the Cats
2007–08	Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot	Bumpity
2009–2010	RollBots	Captain Pounder, Oddball
2009	Barbie Presents: Thumbelina	Louie
2009–2020	Dinosaur Train	Marco Megaraptor
2010	Barbie in a Mermaid Tale	Break
2011–2021	Superbook	Additional voices
2012	Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2	Break
2014, 2020	Monster Beach	Uncle Woody	Television film; TV series (48 episodes)
2015–2017	LEGO Nexo Knights	General Magmar, Additional Voices	20 episodes
2017	Barbie Dolphin Magic	Pete	Television film
2018–2022	Ninjago	Killow	13 episodes
2018–2019	Mega Man: Fully Charged	Dr. Light	25 episodes

• 3-2-1 Penguins! – Sol, Bert/Cavitus
• ¡Mucha Lucha! – El Haystack Grande, Protozoa, El Kolor De Kurtz, Additional Voices
• Alien Racers – Dravox
• Animated Classic Showcase – Various Characters
• Barbie as the Island Princess – Frazer, Calvin
• Beast Machines: Transformers – Optimus Primal
• Beast Wars: Transformers – Optimus Primal, Megatron G1 (episode 38)
• Being Ian – Mr. Cartwright
• Billy the Cat – Additional Voices
• Captain N: The Game Master – King Hippo, Narrator, Donkey Kong, The Count, Bayou Billy, Malkil, Mayor Squaresly, Additional Voices
• Chip and Potato – Gordie Pug
• Class of the Titans – Hercules and Ares
• Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies – King Gurumes (1996 BLT/Funimation dub)
• Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control – Hector
• Eon Kid – Duke Von Rhymer
• Extreme Dinosaurs – Badrap
• Fat Dog Mendoza – Interpreter X, House Painter
• The Fearless Four – The Baron, The Miller, Platini, Guard #2
• Funky Fables – Various Characters
• G.I. Joe Extreme – Lieutenant Stone
• Gadget & the Gadgetinis – Additional Voices
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002) – Man-At-Arms (Duncan), Whiplash
• Hurricanes – Additional Voices
• Hello Carbot — Ace
• King Arthur and the Knights of Justice – Lord Viper, Warlord Bash, Sir Brick, Sir Phil
• Kissyfur – Additional Voices
• LeapFrog – Additional Voices
• Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle – Leo the Lion
• Madeline – Additional Voices
• Mama, Do You Love Me? – Papa
• Mummies Alive! – Referee, Old Man, Professor, Truck Driver, Movie Pharaoh, Yussef, Mr. Sullivan
• My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever – Prince Rutherford, Oak Nut, and Pony Vendor 3
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic – Fido, Prince Rutherford
• Pinky Dinky Doo – Librarian
• Pirate Express – Pontus, Ted
• Pocket Dragon Adventures – Sir Nigel
• Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy – Bluto
• RoboCop: Alpha Commando – Additional Voices
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys – Santa Claus, Bumble the Abominable Snowman
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie – Blitzen
• Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular – Harry the Werewolf, Bug-A-Boo
• Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy – Harry the Werewolf, Bug-A-Boo
• Shadow Raiders – Emperor Femur
• Sitting Ducks – Jerry, Additional Voices
• Sleeping Beauty – Misc
• Sonic Underground – Dr. Robotnik, Additional Voices
• Spider-Man Unlimited – Mr. Meugniot, Additional Voices
• Stories from My Childhood – Various Characters
• Street Fighter – Dhalsim, Burke (Col. Keith Wolfman)
• Street Sharks – Spike, El Swordo
• The Adventures of Corduroy
• The Adventures of T-Rex – Bruno, Madder, Mayor Maynot
• The Colours of World – Captain Dark Colour
• The New Adventures of He-Man – He-Man, Artilla, President Pell, Alcon, Sgt. Krone, Andros, Gross
• Voltron Force – Sky Marshall Wade, Manset
• Weird-Ohs – Uncle Huey
• What About Mimi? – Principal Earl

Video games

• Devil Kings – Devil King (English dub)
• 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, Luca Brasi
• 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

References

1. "Hallmark Movies & Mysteries' 'Memories of Christmas': Cast, Discussion, Time & Photos". December 9, 2018.
2. "Garry Chalk (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved April 15, 2021.
3. "Garry Chalk". BlogTalkRadio (Audio). BlogTalkRadio, Inc. April 1, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
4. Nguyen, Michael (January 24, 2014). "Madman Interview with Garry Chalk". Behind The Voice Actors. Inyxception Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
5. Mateo, Alex (December 24, 2024). "Optimus Prime Actor Garry Chalk Diagnosed with Cancer". Anime News Network . Retrieved December 24, 2024.
6. Paladin (May 21, 2016). "Garry Chalk Joins Power Rangers 2017 Movie Cast". Toku Nation. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
7. "The Voices of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1989, Animated Series) - Voice Cast Listing at Voice Chasers". Voicechasers.com. September 2, 1989. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2014.

External links

• Garry Chalk at Anime News Network 's encyclopedia
• Garry Chalk convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
• Garry Chalk at Behind The Voice Actors
• Garry Chalk at IMDb  

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