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.<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
- Anthropoids
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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
- Optimus Primal
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 has been delivering annual Christmas greetings since 2017, partially in character as Optimus Primal. The videos are written and produced by Candice N. Santora, and can be found on her YouTube channel, as well as the Primal Parodies Facebook page.
- Chalk was not asked to reprise Optimus Primal in Power of the Primes or Rise of the Beasts, but did give his approval to Ron Perlman's casting.<ref>[1]</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/Seibertron/posts/10159345310975070?comment_id=10159345983715070</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.
- Garry Chalk's favourite episodes of Beast Wars are Call of the Wild and Code of Hero.
References
External links
- Garry Chalk at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Garry Chalk page on Facebook
- Official Garry Chalk fan group on Facebook