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.
Movies (197)
Two for Tee
2026
Confessions of a Christmas Letter
2024
Curious Caterer: Fatal Vows
2023
Exile
2023
Colorblind
2023
Disquiet
2023
American Dreamer
2022
Love on Fire
2022
Making Spirits Bright
2021
Fishing for Love
2021
Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite
2020
My Birthday Romance
2020
Sonic the Hedgehog
2020
Love Under the Rainbow
2019
Memories of Christmas
2018
My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever
2018
The Predator
2018
Little Pink House
2018
Overboard
2018
The Miracle Season
2018
Sweet Virginia
2017
Love Struck Café
2017
Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried
2017
The Show
2017
Barbie: Dolphin Magic
2017
Secrets of My Stepdaughter
2017
Power Rangers
2017
Deadly Attraction
2016
Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe
2016
The Game of Love
2016
The Confirmation
2016
Home Invasion
2016
Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery
2016
Open Season: Scared Silly
2015
Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery
2015
'Tis the Season for Love
2015
The Hollow
2015
Accidental Obsession
2015
Tomorrowland
2015
Into the Grizzly Maze
2015
Feed the Gods
2014
Monster Beach
2014
Scammerhead
2014
Leprechaun: Origins
2014
Godzilla
2014
Suddenly
2013
After All These Years
2013
The Movie Out Here
2012
Max Steel: Monstrous Alliance
2012
A Christmas Story 2
2012
Notes from the Heart Healer
2012
Big Time Movie
2012
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2
2012
The Hunt for the I-5 Killer
2011
Marley & Me: The Puppy Years
2011
Three Weeks, Three Kids
2011
Behemoth
2011
One Angry Juror
2010
Max Steel vs The Toxic Legion
2010
Care Bears: The Giving Festival
2010
Growing the Big One
2010
Bratz: Pampered Petz
2010
Amazon Falls
2010
The Client List
2010
Care Bears To the Rescue
2010
Encounter with Danger
2010
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale
2010
A Trace of Danger
2010
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
2009
Courage
2009
Angel and the Badman
2009
Max Steel Vs The Mutant Menace
2009
Personal Effects
2009
Watchmen
2009
Barbie Presents: Thumbelina
2009
Tornado Valley
2009
Christmas Town
2008
Sonic Underground: Secrets of the Chaos Emerald
2008
At Jesus' Side
2008
Blonde and Blonder
2008
Little Tikes Land
2008
Sonic Underground: The Queen Aleena Chronicles
2007
Taming Tammy
2007
The Ten Commandments
2007
Bratz: Super Babyz
2007
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale
2007
Barbie as the Island Princess
2007
Battle in Seattle
2007
Unthinkable
2007
Mosaic
2007
Christmas on Chestnut Street
2006
Deck the Halls
2006
Fierce People
2006
Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
2006
The Karate Dog
2006
Eight Below
2006
A Little Thing Called Murder
2006
Truth
2006
His and Her Christmas
2005
Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy
2005
Caught in the Headlights
2005
Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico
2005
In Search of Santa
2004
Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper
2004
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
2004
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
2004
Try to Remember
2004
Holiday Reunion
2003
Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular
2003
Cowboys & Indians
2003
Barbie of Swan Lake
2003
Freddy vs. Jason
2003
Bang Bang You're Dead
2003
Imaginext: Fortress of the Dragon
2003
Sabrina: Friends Forever
2002
Trapped
2002
Lone Hero
2002
Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control
2002
Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story
2002
Deadly Little Secrets
2002
ReBoot - My Two Bobs
2001
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
2001
ReBoot - Daemon Rising
2001
The Shipment
2001
Camouflage
2001
Touched by a Killer
2001
Quarantine
2000
The Guilty
2000
My Mother the Spy
2000
Take Me Home: The John Denver Story
2000
Shutterspeed
2000
Y2K
1999
Madeline: Lost in Paris
1999
Mama, Do You Love Me?
1999
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998
Disturbing Behavior
1998
Camelot: The Legend
1998
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
1998
The Spree
1998
Beast Wars — A Feature Length Beasties Adventure
1998
Silencing Mary
1998
I Know What You Did
1998
A Champion's Fight
1998
Five Desperate Hours
1997
Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball
1997
The Adventures of Corduroy: Home
1997
Stand Against Fear
1996
Sonic Christmas Blast
1996
Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story
1996
Abduction of Innocence
1996
Bounty Hunters
1996
Kidz in the Wood
1996
Generation X
1996
Justice for Annie
1996
The Beginner's Bible: Joseph and His Brothers
1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996
Sleeping Beauty
1995
Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth Movie
1995
Jungle Book
1995
The Omen
1995
Alice in Wonderland
1995
Pocahontas
1995
Black Beauty
1995
Snow White
1995
Circumstances Unknown
1995
Not Our Son
1995
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
1995
Magic Gift of the Snowman
1995
Curly - The Littlest Puppy
1995
Heidi
1995
The Nutcracker
1994
Pocahontas
1994
Cinderella
1994
Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle
1994
G.I. Joe: Sgt. Savage and His Screaming Eagles: Old Soldiers Never Die
1994
Intersection
1994
A Christmas Carol
1994
Happy the Littlest Bunny
1994
The Sea Wolf
1993
Woman on the Ledge
1993
Judgment Day: The John List Story
1993
The New Adventures of Little Toot
1992
The Comrades of Summer
1992
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991
Blackmail
1991
I Still Dream of Jeannie
1991
Secrets of the Unknown
1991
Small Sacrifices
1989
The Fly II
1989
The Accused
1988
The Red Spider
1988
Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World
1987
Spot Marks the X
1986
Into Thin Air
1985
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985
Mr. Patman
1981
LEGO Ninjago: Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu
TV Shows (102)
The Chicken Sisters
2024
The Irrational
2023
LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising
2023
Monster Loving Maniacs
2022
Tribal
2020
Riverdale
2017
Ice
2016
Travelers
2016
Frequency
2016
UnREAL
2015
The Returned
2015
Arrow
2012
Alcatraz
2012
Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
2012
Voltron Force
2011
The Killing
2011
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
2010
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
2010
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
2010
Flash Gordon
2007
Team Galaxy
2006
Eureka
2006
Psych
2006
Class of the Titans
2006
Supernatural
2005
Dragon Booster
2004
The 4400
2004
Something Else
2003
Tarzan
2003
Transformers: Armada
2003
Gadget & the Gadgetinis
2002
¡Mucha Lucha!
2002
Breaking News
2002
The Dead Zone
2002
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
2002
Sitting Ducks
2001
3-2-1 Penguins!
2000
Dark Angel
2000
Action Man
2000
Spider-Man Unlimited
1999
Beast Machines: Transformers
1999
Weird-Ohs
1999
Sabrina: The Animated Series
1999
Dragon Tales
1999
Sonic Underground
1999
Shadow Raiders
1998
First Wave
1998
Cold Squad
1998
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
1997
Extreme Dinosaurs
1997
Stargate SG-1
1997
Millennium
1996
Beast Wars: Transformers
1996
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996
The Sentinel
1996
The Sentinel
1996
Street Fighter
1995
DarkStalkers
1995
G.I. Joe Extreme
1995
Action Man
1995
Strange Luck
1995
The Outer Limits
1995
The Outer Limits
1995
The Outer Limits
1995
Sliders
1995
Mega Man
1994
ReBoot
1994
Viper
1994
Madison
1993
Exosquad
1993
Sonic the Hedgehog
1993
Double Dragon
1993
The X-Files
1993
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
1993
Highlander: The Series
1992
The Adventures of T-Rex
1992
King Arthur & the Knights of Justice
1992
Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars!
1992
Palace Guard
1991
The Commish
1991
It
1990
The New Adventures of He-Man
1990
Small Sacrifices
1989
Booker
1989
Captain N: The Game Master
1989
Bordertown
1989
Bordertown
1989
Wiseguy
1987
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
1987
21 Jump Street
1987
21 Jump Street
1987
21 Jump Street
1987
Danger Bay
1985
MacGyver
1985
MacGyver
1985
MacGyver
1985
Airwolf
1984
Airwolf
1984
The Hitchhiker
1983
The Hitchhiker
1983
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
1983