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.
208 movies · 92 shows
Two for Tee
2026·7.4
Confessions of a Christmas Letter
2024·5.4
Curious Caterer: Fatal Vows
2023·7.1
Exile
2023·5.0
Buddy Games: Spring Awakening
2023·5.2
Colorblind
2023·6.3
Disquiet
2023·5.3
American Dreamer
2022·6.0
Love on Fire
2022·6.5
Making Spirits Bright
2021·6.3
Fishing for Love
2021·5.8
Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite
2020·6.3
My Birthday Romance
2020·6.2
Sonic the Hedgehog
2020·7.3
Love Under the Rainbow
2019·6.2
LEGO Ninjago: Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu
2018·0.0
Memories of Christmas
2018·5.4
My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever
2018·7.6
The Predator
2018·5.6
Little Pink House
2018·6.3
Overboard
2018·6.7
The Miracle Season
2018·7.2
Sweet Virginia
2017·5.9
Love Struck Café
2017·6.4
Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried
2017·7.1
The Show
2017·5.7
Barbie: Dolphin Magic
2017·6.6
Secrets of My Stepdaughter
2017·4.9
Power Rangers
2017·6.2
Deadly Attraction
2016·5.1
Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe
2016·6.9
The Game of Love
2016·3.4
The Confirmation
2016·6.4
Home Invasion
2016·5.6
Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery
2016·7.2
Open Season: Scared Silly
2015·6.0
Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery
2015·7.0
'Tis the Season for Love
2015·5.8
The Hollow
2015·4.7
Accidental Obsession
2015·3.8
Tomorrowland
2015·6.3
Into the Grizzly Maze
2015·5.4
Patterson's Wager
2015·6.0
Feed the Gods
2014·3.5
Monster Beach
2014·3.6
Scammerhead
2014·8.0
Leprechaun: Origins
2014·4.4
Godzilla
2014·6.4
Suddenly
2013·4.1
After All These Years
2013·5.8
The Movie Out Here
2012·4.3
The Vehicle
2012·0.0
Max Steel: Monstrous Alliance
2012·7.8
A Christmas Story 2
2012·5.1
Notes from the Heart Healer
2012·6.3
Big Time Movie
2012·7.5
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2
2012·7.1
The Hunt for the I-5 Killer
2011·6.3
Marley & Me: The Puppy Years
2011·5.7
Three Weeks, Three Kids
2011·6.2
Hydee and the Hytops
2011·10.0
Behemoth
2011·3.9
One Angry Juror
2010·4.2
Max Steel vs The Toxic Legion
2010·8.3
Care Bears: The Giving Festival
2010·6.0
Growing the Big One
2010·5.7
Bratz: Pampered Petz
2010·7.4
Amazon Falls
2010·1.0
The Client List
2010·5.9
Care Bears To the Rescue
2010·4.8
Encounter with Danger
2010·4.9
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale
2010·7.3
A Trace of Danger
2010·3.5
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
2009·6.4
Courage
2009·4.2
Angel and the Badman
2009·5.0
Max Steel Vs The Mutant Menace
2009·6.8
Personal Effects
2009·6.0
Watchmen
2009·7.4
Barbie Presents: Thumbelina
2009·6.6
Tornado Valley
2009·6.4
Christmas Town
2008·4.9
Sonic Underground: Secrets of the Chaos Emerald
2008·9.0
At Jesus' Side
2008·0.0
Blonde and Blonder
2008·3.8
Little Tikes Land
2008·0.0
Sonic Underground: The Queen Aleena Chronicles
2007·9.5
Taming Tammy
2007·0.0
The Ten Commandments
2007·5.6
Bratz: Super Babyz
2007·6.5
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale
2007·6.8
Barbie as the Island Princess
2007·7.3
Battle in Seattle
2007·6.3
Unthinkable
2007·0.0
Mosaic
2007·5.6
Christmas on Chestnut Street
2006·4.7
Deck the Halls
2006·5.6
Fierce People
2006·6.1
Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
2006·7.6
The Karate Dog
2006·5.3
Breakdown
2006·3.0
Eight Below
2006·7.0
A Little Thing Called Murder
2006·4.8
Truth
2006·6.6
His and Her Christmas
2005·5.0
Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy
2005·7.3
Ladies Night
2005·4.6
Caught in the Headlights
2005·3.9
Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico
2005·7.0
In Search of Santa
2004·4.9
Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper
2004·7.5
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
2004·6.8
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
2004·2.9
Try to Remember
2004·6.7
Holiday Reunion
2003·4.0
Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular
2003·7.2
Cowboys & Indians
2003·7.3
Barbie of Swan Lake
2003·7.0
Freddy vs. Jason
2003·6.1
Bang Bang You're Dead
2003·7.1
Imaginext: Fortress of the Dragon
2003·10.0
Sabrina: Friends Forever
2002·7.1
Trapped
2002·6.2
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: The Beginning
2002·9.0
Lone Hero
2002·4.2
Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control
2002·5.0
Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story
2002·5.6
Deadly Little Secrets
2002·3.0
ReBoot: My Two Bobs
2001·8.0
ReBoot: Daemon Rising
2001·8.6
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
2001·5.9
The Shipment
2001·5.1
Camouflage
2001·4.4
Touched by a Killer
2001·5.3
Quarantine
2000·6.0
The Guilty
2000·5.7
My Mother the Spy
2000·7.5
Take Me Home: The John Denver Story
2000·5.8
Shutterspeed
2000·5.3
Y2K
1999·4.8
Madeline: Lost in Paris
1999·6.8
Mama, Do You Love Me?
1999·7.0
Late Night Sessions
1999·8.0
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998·6.1
Disturbing Behavior
1998·5.8
Camelot: The Legend
1998·5.2
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
1998·4.6
The Spree
1998·5.4
Beast Wars — A Feature Length Beasties Adventure
1998·0.0
Silencing Mary
1998·5.2
I Know What You Did
1998·6.0
A Champion's Fight
1998·4.6
Five Desperate Hours
1997·6.0
Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball
1997·4.2
The Adventures of Corduroy: Home
1997·0.0
Stand Against Fear
1996·5.4
Sonic Christmas Blast
1996·5.4
Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story
1996·7.0
Abduction of Innocence
1996·6.5
Bounty Hunters
1996·4.8
Kidz in the Wood
1996·5.2
Generation X
1996·4.3
Justice for Annie
1996·5.2
The Beginner's Bible: Joseph and His Brothers
1996·0.0
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996·6.7
Sleeping Beauty
1995·6.5
Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth Movie
1995·7.8
Jungle Book
1995·5.7
The Omen
1995·5.0
Alice in Wonderland
1995·5.5
Pocahontas
1995·6.0
Black Beauty
1995·6.1
Snow White
1995·6.8
Circumstances Unknown
1995·6.0
Not Our Son
1995·7.0
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
1995·5.7
Curly - The Littlest Puppy
1995·6.1
Heidi
1995·6.2
Magic Gift of the Snowman
1995·6.8
The Nutcracker
1994·6.2
Pocahontas
1994·6.2
Cinderella
1994·6.4
Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle
1994·6.8
G.I. Joe: Sgt. Savage and His Screaming Eagles: Old Soldiers Never Die
1994·5.8
Intersection
1994·5.1
A Christmas Carol
1994·6.7
Happy the Littlest Bunny
1994·6.8
The Sea Wolf
1993·6.2
Woman on the Ledge
1993·3.3
Judgment Day: The John List Story
1993·5.7
Ordeal in the Arctic
1993·4.7
The New Adventures of Little Toot
1992·6.0
The Comrades of Summer
1992·5.8
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991·7.0
Blackmail
1991·3.9
I Still Dream of Jeannie
1991·6.3
Secrets of the Unknown
1991·0.0
He-Man and the Battle for Primus
1990·7.0
Small Sacrifices
1989·7.9
The Fly II
1989·5.7
The Accused
1988·7.1
The Red Spider
1988·4.3
Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World
1987·7.0
Spot Marks the X
1986·4.8
A Masterpiece of Murder
1986·10.0
Into Thin Air
1985·7.4
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985·6.8
Mr. Patman
1981·4.7