Garry Chalk

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Trukk munky.

Garry Chalk (born February 17, 1952; also known as Gary Chalk or Gary Chaulk) is a British-born Canadian voice actor and screen actor. In addition to his Transformers work, some of Chalk's numerous voice-over roles include Donkey Kong, King Hippo, and Dracula in Captain N: The Game Master, Guts Man in the '90s Mega Man cartoon, Grounder in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Fido the Diamond Dog & Prince Ruthford in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Pathfinder and Metalhead in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, General Blitz in G.I. Joe: Sgt. Savage and His Screaming Eagles, Lt. Stone in G.I. Joe Extreme, He-Man in The New Adventures of He-Man and Man-at-Arms in the 2002 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Some of his on-screen roles include Dum Dum Dugan in Nick Fury: Agent of Shield, Sheriff Williams in Freddy vs. Jason, Vice Principal Grimes in Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins, Stan Walsh in the 2014 reboot of Godzilla, Colonel Chekov in Stargate SG-1, Captain Bowen in the 2017 Power Rangers reboot and the creepy old Irishman/harbinger of doom in Leprechaun: Origins.

Not many people know this, but Chalk once secretly video taped Eric Stoltz having sex and as a result was broken in two by a giant fly monster.<ref>The 1989 film [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}The Fly II|{{#if:||The Fly II}}]]</ref>

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

At Auto Assembly 2010 attendees could buy a toy of Garry wearing a "Trukk AND Munky" shirt in a boxed set alongside similar likenesses of Scott McNeil and Derrick J. Wyatt at Swindle's charity auction and tombola. The Transformers #9 cover

Voice roles

Generation 2

• Silverbolt/Superion (same voice) in a toy commercial
• Leadfoot, also in a toy commercial
• Narrator for Season Two cartoon commercials

Beast Wars

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• G1 Megatron (recorded message)
• Onyx Primal (script reading)
• Optimus Primal
• Leader Neanderthal
• Protohumans

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Beast Wars Transmetals (N64/Playstation)

• Optimus Primal

Beast Machines

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• Optimus Primal
• Optimus Prime (hologram)

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Armada

• Optimus Prime/Jet Optimus

Energon

• Optimus Prime/Optimus Supreme

Transformers

• Optimus Prime

Cybertron

• Optimus Prime
• Soundwave ("Giant" only)

Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle

• Optimus Prime (narrator)

Convention appearances

• BotCon 1998
• BotCon 2001
• OTFCC 2003
• TFcon (2011)
• BotCon 2012

Notes

• He has voiced Optimus Prime/Primal in more episodes than any other actor.
• Chalk is the first (but not the only) actor to voice both an Optimus Prime and a Megatron (but in different series).
• Chalk was interviewed as a special feature for Madman Entertainment's Beast Wars season 3 DVD box set and also provided audio commentary.
• Inspired by David Kaye, Garry Chalk gives Christmas greetings, partially in character as Optimus Primal. These can be found on his good friend, Candice Santora's YouTube channel.<ref>Candice Santora's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/iCandiS/featured</ref> Candice is also known to help in the writing of the greetings and carols from time to time.
• Chalk did not return to voice Optimus Primal in Power of the Primes, but did give his approval to Ron Perlman's casting.<ref>[1]</ref>
• At TFCon Toronto 2018, Garry revealed he had also auditioned for the role of Rattrap however he agreed that Scott McNeil was simply better in the role.
• According to his Facebook posts, Garry Chalk was somewhat unimpressed by the voice acting in the War for Cybertron Trilogy: Siege cartoon.<ref>https://boundingintocomics.com/2020/08/04/optimus-primal-voice-actor-garry-chalk-criticizes-voice-acting-performances-in-netflixs-transformers-war-for-cybertron-trilogy/ Bounding Into Comics</ref>

References

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External links

• Garry Chalk at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Garry Chalk page on Facebook
• TFW2005 Interviews Transformers Voice Actor Garry Chalk