| Chuck Shamata | |
| Birth Name: | Charles Shamata |
| Birth Date: | November 30, 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Education: | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| Occupation: | Actor |
Charles "Chuck" Shamata (born 1942) is a Canadian actor.[1]
Born and raised in Toronto, he worked at Honest Ed's,[2] and studied acting at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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.[3]
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.[4] He won the award for Best Actor in a Non-Feature at the Bijou Awards for his performance.[5]
Through the 1980s, he continued to appear in films such as The Devil and Max Devlin (1981), The Terry Fox Story (1983), (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), (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.
His son Jesse Shamata is a film and television director most noted as the creator of Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage).[6]
| 1969 | Change of Mind | Second Reporter | ||
| 1973 | Between Friends | Chino | ||
| 1976 | Death Weekend | Harry | ||
| 1977 | Welcome to Blood City | Ricardo | ||
| 1978 | Power Play | Hillsman | ||
| 1978 | I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses | Gershen Isen | ||
| 1979 | Running | Howard | ||
| 1979 | Stone Cold Dead | Sergeant Tony Colabre | ||
| 1981 | Scanners | Tony | Uncredited | |
| 1981 | data-sort-value="Devil and Max Devlin, The" | The Devil and Max Devlin | Jerry Nadler | |
| 1984 | Unfinished Business | Carl | ||
| 1985 | Joshua Then and Now | Seymour Kaplan | ||
| 1986 | Patterson | |||
| 1987 | Nowhere to Hide | Mike Watson | ||
| 1987 | Night Friend | Jack | ||
| 1988 | Martha, Ruth and Edie | Mario Cellini | ||
| 1990 | Princes in Exile | Dr. Merritt | ||
| 1990 | data-sort-value="Touch of Murder, A" | A Touch of Murder | Detective | |
| 1994 | 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 | 19 Months | Rob's Dad | ||
| 2003 | Behind the Red Door | Father | ||
| 2004 | data-sort-value="Day After Tomorrow, The" | The Day After Tomorrow | General Pierce | |
| 2005 | Cinderella Man | Father Rorick | ||
| 2006 | data-sort-value="Sentinel, The" | The Sentinel | Director Overbrook | |
| 2008 | Bill Carter | |||
| 2008 | Flash of Genius | Professor Irwin | ||
| 2008 | One Week | Gerald Tyler | ||
| 2008 | data-sort-value="Two Mr. Kissels, The" | The Two Mr. Kissels | Bill Kissel | |
| 2012 | Still Mine | Judge | ||
| 2014 | Clown | Walt | ||
| 2015 | Gone Tomorrow | Frank Thompson | ||
| 2016 | Miss Sloane | Bill Sanford | ||
| 2019 | Breakthrough | Chief Marlo |
| Year | Title | Role | 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 | Play for Today | Bongo | Episode: "Reddick" | |
| 1972 | Dr. Simon Locke | Carl Vincent | Episode: "Crossfire" | |
| 1976 | Teleplay | Reinhardt | Episode: "The Italian Machine" | |
| 1976 | Baretta | Lynch | Episode: "Can't Win for Losin'" | |
| 1977-1981 | For the Record | Ben Carfield | 2 episodes | |
| 1979–1980 | data-sort-value="Littlest Hobo, The" | The Littlest Hobo | Jake / Grimaldi | 3 episodes |
| 1980 | King of Kensington | Ray | Episode: "Good News, Bad News" | |
| 1983 | data-sort-value="Terry Fox Story, The" | The Terry Fox Story | Wilson | Television film |
| 1983 | Between Friends | Dr. Seth Simpson | ||
| 1984 | Seeing Things | Gary | Episode: "Someone Is Watching" | |
| 1985 | Starcrossed | The Chairman | 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 | Television film |
| 1985 | data-sort-value="Suicide Murders, The" | The Suicide Murders | Pete Staziak | |
| 1985-1986 | Check It Out! | Various Roles | 2 episodes | |
| 1985–1988 | Night Heat | 5 episodes | ||
| 1986 | data-sort-value="Right of the People, The" | The Right of the People | Phil Petroni | Television film |
| 1986 | Mafia Princess | Louie | ||
| 1986 | Act of Vengeance | Millard Atler | ||
| 1987 | data-sort-value="Kidnapping of Baby John Doe, The" | The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe | Frank Syncroni | |
| 1987 | Echoes in the Darkness | Costopoulos | 2 episodes | |
| 1987 | Sylvanian Families | Papa Forrest Evergreen | 13 episodes | |
| 1987-1989 | Street Legal | Various Roles | 2 episodes | |
| 1988–1991 | Katts and Dog | Al Logan | 5 episodes | |
| 1989 | T. and T. | Bill Stratton | Episode: "The Contender" | |
| 1989 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Philip Bellamy | Episode: "The Man Who Knew Too Little" | |
| 1990 | Uncut Gem | Max | Television film | |
| 1990 | War of the Worlds | Colonel James Bradley | Episode: "Max" | |
| 1990 | Counterstrike | 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 | Bordertown | Frank Wilson | Episode: "Tall in the Saddle" | |
| 1991-1992 | Tarzán | Roger Taft Sr. | 2 episodes | |
| 1992 | Tropical Heat | Ray Hampton | Episode: "Deceit" | |
| 1992 | Secret Service | Teals / Rick | 2 episodes | |
| 1992 | E.N.G. | Vince Fonseca | Episode: "Harvest" | |
| 1993 | Family of Strangers | Tim | Television film | |
| 1993 | Scales of Justice | Episode "Rex v De Marigny" | ||
| 1994 | McIllroy | Episode: "An Ancient Lottery" | ||
| 1994 | Due South | 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 | Al Binder | Television film | ||
| 1995 | Ultraforce | Additional Voices | Episode: "Prime Time" | |
| 1995 | Sugartime | Michael Delfano | Television film | |
| 1996 | Escape Clause | Captain Vincent Nalli | ||
| 1996 | "Mini", The Pickpocket | Episode: "Zero Hour" | ||
| 1996 | Traders | The Therapist | Episode: "Dancing with Mr. D." | |
| 1996-1997 | Wind at My Back | 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 | Twice in a Lifetime | Coach Rybeck | Episode: "Blood Brothers" | |
| 2000 | La Femme Nikita | Stephan Vacek | Episode: "Kiss the Past Goodbye" | |
| 2000 | data-sort-value="Thin Blue Lie, The" | The Thin Blue Lie | Vinnie | Television film |
| 2000 | Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | Pierre Salinger | ||
| 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 | Television film | |
| 2002 | Dan Brown | |||
| 2003 | Hugh Shelton | |||
| 2004 | Crimes of Fashion | Sal Hugo | ||
| 2004 | Wild Card | Angelo Antonello | Episode: "Bada Bing, Bada Busiek" | |
| 2004 | Saving Emily | Russo | 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 | 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 | John Roselli | Episode #1.3 |
| 2008 | ReGenesis | Eric Dixon | Episode: "Hearts and Minds" | |
| 2011 | Flashpoint | Robert Logasto | Episode: "Terror" | |
| 2011 | Republic of Doyle | 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 | Fugget About It | Uncle Cheech | 27 episodes | |
| 2013 | Cracked | Officer Vince Wisnefski | 2 episodes | |
| 2014 | Beauty & the Beast | Freddy DeMarco | Episode: "Held Hostage" | |
| 2016 | data-sort-value="Art of More, The" | The Art of More | Howard Brannan | 5 episodes |
| 2017 | Designated Survivor | Senator Charlie Krauss | Episode: "The Ninth Seat" | |
| 2019 | data-sort-value="Hot Zone, The" | The Hot Zone | Nancy's Father | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Good Witch | Jonathan Radford | 2 episodes | |
| 2019 | Blood & Treasure | Sharif Gazal | Episode: "The Brotherhood of Serapis" |