Garry Chalk
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.[1]
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
- G1 Megatron (recorded message)
- Onyx Primal (script reading)
- Optimus Primal
- Leader Neanderthal
- Protohumans
Beast Wars Transmetals (N64/Playstation)
- Optimus Primal
Beast Machines
- Optimus Primal
- Optimus Prime (hologram)
Armada
- Optimus Prime/Jet Optimus
Energon
- Optimus Prime/Optimus Supreme
- Optimus Prime
Cybertron
- Optimus Prime (narrator)
Convention appearances
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.[2] 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.[3]
- 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.
References
- ↑ The 1989 film The Fly II
- ↑ Candice Santora's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/iCandiS/featured
- ↑ [1]
