Garry Chalk
Garry Chalk (born November 13, 1953; also known as Gary Chalk or Gary Chaulk) is a British-born Canadian voice actor and screen actor. In addition to his Transformers work, Chalk has also played Donkey Kong and King Hippo in Captain N: the Game Master, Guts Man in Mega Man, Dum Dum Dugan in Nick Fury: Agent of Shield, Grounder in The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, and General Blitz in the G.I. Joe offshoot Sgt. Savage and His Screaming Eagles, among numerous other roles.
He sounds like every awesome grandfather and uncle you ever had and shakes the hands of fans at BotCon, too. ==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
- Protohuman
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Beast Machines
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- Optimus Primal
- Optimus Prime (hologram)
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Armada
Energon
- Optimus Prime
Cybertron
- Optimus Prime
Convention guest
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Trivia
- During the audio commentary for "Beast Wars (Part 2)" on Madman Entertainment's Beast Wars Season 3 DVD, Garry's cell phone suddenly rings, forcing him to step outside.
- 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).
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