Chuck Shamata
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| birth_name = Charles Shamata
| birth_date = November 30, 1942
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| education = Toronto Metropolitan University
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Charles "Chuck" Shamata (born 1942) is a Canadian actor.{{cite news|title=Beautiful Future for an Ugly Type |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8211016//|newspaper=Ottawa Journal|date=January 10, 1970|page=66|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = January 6, 2017 }} {{free access}}
Early life and education
Born and raised in Toronto, he worked at Honest Ed's,"Shamata's riding out acting's ups and downs". The Globe and Mail, October 12, 1974. and studied acting at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Career
Shamata had stage roles and bit parts in film and television, before his breakthrough role in the 1969 television film Dulcima, as the love interest of Jackie Burroughs' title character. His later roles included the films Between Friends (1973), Death Weekend (1976), Welcome to Blood City (1977), Power Play (1978), I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses (1978), Stone Cold Dead (1979) and Running (1979), and guest appearances in the television series The Mod Squad, Police Surgeon, Baretta and The Littlest Hobo. In 1980 he appeared alongside Earl Pennington and Marcel Sabourin in The Mounties, Stuart Gillard's pilot for a proposed comedy series about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but the show was not picked up to series."Mounties get their laughs". The Globe and Mail, May 2, 1980.
In 1981 he played the lead role in The Running Man, an episode of the CBC Television anthology series For the Record which was the first LGBT-themed television film ever to air in Canada."Running Man tires quickly after early sprint". The Globe and Mail, February 21, 1981. He won the award for Best Actor in a Non-Feature at the Bijou Awards for his performance."CBC, NFB sweep new Bijou Awards". Calgary Herald, October 29, 1981.
Through the 1980s, he continued to appear in films such as The Devil and Max Devlin (1981), The Terry Fox Story (1983), Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986), Nowhere to Hide (1987), Night Friend (1987) and Martha, Ruth and Edie (1988), and in television series such as Seeing Things, Joshua Then and Now, Sylvanian Families, Katts and Dog, Street Legal and Night Heat. In the 1990s, he appeared in films such as Princes in Exile (1990), Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994) and Virus (1996), and on television in Bordertown, E.N.G., Scales of Justice, Due South, Traders and Wind at My Back.
In 2005, Shamata appeared as Det. Henry Messina in the short-lived Ving Rhames revival of Kojak. His most recent roles have included a regular voice role as Uncle Cheech in Fugget About It, the films The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Cinderella Man (2005), The Sentinel (2006), Flash of Genius (2008), One Week (2008), Still Mine (2012), Clown (2014) and Miss Sloane (2016), and guest appearances in the television series Cracked, Beauty and the Beast and The Art of More.
Family
His son Jesse Shamata is a film and television director most noted as the creator of Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage).Julianna Cummins, [https://playbackonline.ca/2015/01/29/disney-xd-canada-picks-up-second-season-of-gaming-show/ "Disney XD Canada picks up second season of Gaming Show"]. Playback, January 29, 2015.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1969
| Second Reporter | |
| 1973
| Chino | |
| 1976
| Harry | |
| 1977
| Ricardo | |
| 1978
| Hillsman | |
| 1978
| Gershen Isen | |
| 1979
| Running | Howard | |
| 1979
| Sergeant Tony Colabre | |
| 1981
| Scanners | Tony | Uncredited |
| 1981
| data-sort-value="Devil and Max Devlin, The" | The Devil and Max Devlin | Jerry Nadler | |
| 1984
| Carl | |
| 1985
| Seymour Kaplan | |
| 1986
| Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star | Patterson | |
| 1987
| Mike Watson | |
| 1987
| Jack | |
| 1988
| Mario Cellini | |
| 1990
| Dr. Merritt | |
| 1990
| data-sort-value="Touch of Murder, A" | A Touch of Murder | Detective | |
| 1994
| Death Wish V: The Face of Death | Sal Paconi | |
| 1996
| Virus | Leo Burns | |
| 1999
| When Justice Fails | Captain Tanner | |
| 1999
| Alegría | The Narrator | |
| 2000
| data-sort-value="Spreading Ground, The" | The Spreading Ground | Captain Nieman | |
| 2001
| Getting In | Mr. Thomas | Writer and director |
| 2002
| Rob's Dad | |
| 2003
| Father | |
| 2004
| data-sort-value="Day After Tomorrow, The" | The Day After Tomorrow | General Pierce | |
| 2005
| Father Rorick | |
| 2006
| data-sort-value="Sentinel, The" | The Sentinel | Director Overbrook | |
| 2008
| Bill Carter | |
| 2008
| Professor Irwin | |
| 2008
| One Week | Gerald Tyler | |
| 2008
| data-sort-value="Two Mr. Kissels, The" | The Two Mr. Kissels | Bill Kissel | |
| 2012
| Judge | |
| 2014
| Clown | Walt | |
| 2015
| Gone Tomorrow | Frank Thompson | |
| 2016
| Bill Sanford | |
| 2019
| Chief Marlo | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1969
| Dulcima | The Surveyor | Television film |
| 1969
| data-sort-value="Mod Squad, The" | The Mod Squad | The Dispatcher | Episode: "Ride the Man Down" |
| 1969
| Adventures in Rainbow Country | Sky Pilot | Episode: "Wall of Silence" |
| 1971
| Bongo | Episode: "Reddick" |
| 1972
| Carl Vincent | Episode: "Crossfire" |
| 1976
| Teleplay | Reinhardt | Episode: "The Italian Machine" |
| 1976
| Baretta | Lynch | Episode: "Can't Win for Losin'" |
| 1977-1981
| Ben Carfield | 2 episodes |
| 1979–1980
| data-sort-value="Littlest Hobo, The" | The Littlest Hobo | Jake / Grimaldi | 3 episodes |
| 1980
| Ray | Episode: "Good News, Bad News" |
| 1983
| data-sort-value="Terry Fox Story, The" | The Terry Fox Story | Wilson | rowspan="2" | Television film |
| 1983
| Dr. Seth Simpson |
| 1984
| Gary | Episode: "Someone Is Watching" |
| 1985
| Starcrossed | The Chairman | rowspan="2" | Television film |
| 1985
| In Like Flynn | Danton |
| 1985
| data-sort-value="Edison Twins, The" | The Edison Twins | Coach Hinks | Episode: "The Fix" |
| 1985
| data-sort-value="Time to Live, A" | A Time to Live | Dr. Strathmore | rowspan="2" | Television film |
| 1985
| data-sort-value="Suicide Murders, The" | The Suicide Murders | Pete Staziak |
| 1985-1986
| rowspan="2" | Various Roles | 2 episodes |
| 1985–1988
| 5 episodes |
| 1986
| data-sort-value="Right of the People, The" | The Right of the People | Phil Petroni | rowspan="4" |Television film |
| 1986
| Mafia Princess | Louie |
| 1986
| Millard Atler |
| 1987
| data-sort-value="Kidnapping of Baby John Doe, The" | The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe | Frank Syncroni |
| 1987
| Costopoulos | 2 episodes |
| 1987
| Papa Forrest Evergreen | 13 episodes |
| 1987-1989
| Various Roles | 2 episodes |
| 1988–1991
| Al Logan | 5 episodes |
| 1989
| Bill Stratton | Episode: "The Contender" |
| 1989
| Philip Bellamy | Episode: "The Man Who Knew Too Little" |
| 1990
| Uncut Gem | Max | Television film |
| 1990
| Colonel James Bradley | Episode: "Max" |
| 1990
| Eric Morley | Episode: "The Dealbreaker" |
| 1990
| On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story | Connie Babilonia Sr. | Television film |
| 1990-1991
| Top Cops | Various Roles | 2 episodes |
| 1991
| Frank Wilson | Episode: "Tall in the Saddle" |
| 1991-1992
| Tarzán | Roger Taft Sr. | 2 episodes |
| 1992
| Ray Hampton | Episode: "Deceit" |
| 1992
| Teals / Rick | 2 episodes |
| 1992
| E.N.G. | Vince Fonseca | Episode: "Harvest" |
| 1993
| Tim | Television film |
| 1993
| | Episode "Rex v De Marigny" |
| 1994
| Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | McIllroy | Episode: "An Ancient Lottery" |
| 1994
| Captain Walsh | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1994
| RoboCop | Richard Gless | Episode: "Midnight Minus One" |
| 1995
| data-sort-value="Great Defender, The" | The Great Defender | Dr. Arledge | Episode: "I Wuz Robbed" |
| 1995
| Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story | Al Binder | Television film |
| 1995
| Ultraforce | Additional Voices | Episode: "Prime Time" |
| 1995
| Michael Delfano | rowspan="2" | Television film |
| 1996
| Captain Vincent Nalli |
| 1996
| "Mini", The Pickpocket | Episode: "Zero Hour" |
| 1996
| Traders | The Therapist | Episode: "Dancing with Mr. D." |
| 1996-1997
| Principal Pagnutti | 2 episodes |
| 1997
| data-sort-value="Father for Brittany, A" | A Father for Brittany | Bob Minkowitz | Television film |
| 1998
| Martin Foster | Episode: "So Shall Ye Reap" |
| 1999
| Coach Rybeck | Episode: "Blood Brothers" |
| 2000
| Stephan Vacek | Episode: "Kiss the Past Goodbye" |
| 2000
| data-sort-value="Thin Blue Lie, The" | The Thin Blue Lie | Vinnie | rowspan="2" | Television film |
| 2000
| Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis |
| 2001
| data-sort-value="Associates, The" | The Associates | Gregory Kassan | 3 episodes |
| 2001
| Snap Decision | Jack Bradley | Television film |
| 2001–2004
| Doc | Paul Nichol | 5 episodes |
| 2002
| Guilty Hearts | Detective Mike Virgilio | rowspan="4" | Television film |
| 2002
| Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story | Dan Brown |
| 2003 |
| 2004
| Sal Hugo |
| 2004
| Angelo Antonello | Episode: "Bada Bing, Bada Busiek" |
| 2004
| Russo | rowspan="2" | Television film |
| 2005
| data-sort-value="Perfect Neighbor, The" | The Perfect Neighbor | Detective Lupo |
| 2005
| Kojak | Detective Henry Mussina | 9 episodes |
| 2005
| data-sort-value="Engagement Ring, The" | The Engagement Ring | Johnny Anselmi | rowspan="2" | Television film |
| 2007
| Tipping Point | John Patterson |
| 2007
| data-sort-value="Dresden Files, The" | The Dresden Files | Joe Murphy | Episode: "Second City" |
| 2007
| data-sort-value="Company, The" | The Company | Episode #1.3 |
| 2008
| Eric Dixon | Episode: "Hearts and Minds" |
| 2011
| Robert Logasto | Episode: "Terror" |
| 2011
| Anton Strata | Episode: "Will the Real Des Courtney Please Stand Up?" |
| 2012
| data-sort-value="Listener, The" | The Listener | Charles Harrow | Episode: "Now You See Him" |
| 2012–2016
| Uncle Cheech | 27 episodes |
| 2013
| Cracked | Officer Vince Wisnefski | 2 episodes |
| 2014
| Freddy DeMarco | Episode: "Held Hostage" |
| 2016
| data-sort-value="Art of More, The" | The Art of More | Howard Brannan | 5 episodes |
| 2017
| Senator Charlie Krauss | Episode: "The Ninth Seat" |
| 2019
| data-sort-value="Hot Zone, The" | The Hot Zone | Nancy's Father | 3 episodes |
| 2019
| Jonathan Radford | 2 episodes |
| 2019
| Sharif Gazal | Episode: "The Brotherhood of Serapis" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0787825}}
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Category:Canadian male voice actors
Category:Canadian male stage actors
Category:Male actors from Toronto
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