Garry Chalk
Garry Chalk born February 17 1952 is a Britishborn Canadian actor dual USCanadian 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 ScoobyDoo 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 sciencefiction series Stargate SG1 Known for his perfect enunciation and his mellifluous deep voice Chalk is also a veteran of over 1500 animated productions including Class of the Titans and the 2002 remake of HeMan 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 SciFi Channel shows Eureka as Col Briggs and Painkiller Jane as Ruben Hennessey
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