Chuck Shamata
Actor
Chuck Shamata's career spans four decades in film, television and theatre. Among his most recent credits are the feature films One Week, The Sentinal, Cinderella Man and War Games 2; the cable movies Tipping Point,The Engagement Ring and Kojak (and the ensuing series). Don Shebib's classic Between Friends - often recognized by critics as one of Canada's all time best - was the film for which Shamata received his first Genie Award nomination, and was presented with a Migliore Attore award by the legendary Vittorio De Sica at the Sorrento Film Festival. His other feature credits include The Spreading Ground with Dennis Hopper, Joshua Then and Now with James Woods, Power Play with Peter O'Toole, The Devil and Max Devlin with Bill Cosby and Night Friend with Art Carney. On the small screen, Shamata was nominated for a Gemini Award for his starring role as a family man facing his homosexuality in the network film The Running Man. Other network movie credits include A Father for Brittany, On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story, the Cable Ace Award-winning Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story, Echoes in the Darkness and Between Friends alongside Elizabeth Taylor and Carol Burnett. He played Pierre Salinger in the mini-series Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis and for Showtime Networks he co-starred in the Tony Bill-directed cable feature Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story; as mafia boss Sam Giancana in The Family; The Thin Blue Lie with Rob Morrow; and Escape Clause with Paul Sorvino. On stage, Shamata played Dr. Astrov opposite Peter O'Toole in Uncle Vanya in Toronto and Chicago, Torvald in A Doll's House and leading roles in Doc, Good Woman of Setzuan, To Clothe The Naked, You're Gonna Be Alright Jamie Boy, Battering Ram, My Fat Friend, Chapter Two, The Country Girl and The Indian Wants The Bronx in theaters from Halifax to Los Angeles. - IMDb Mini Biography
Filmography
A Simple Fucking Gesture
Man
Blood & Treasure
Sharif Gazal
Breakthrough
Chief Marlo
Miss Sloane
Bill Sanford
Gone Tomorrow
Frank Thompson
Clown
Walt
Still Mine
Judge
Fugget About It
Cheech (voice)
Republic of Doyle
Anton Strata
The Listener
Charles Harrow
Break a Leg
Hit-man
The Two Mr. Kissels
Bill Kissel
One Week
Gerald Tyler
Flash of Genius
Professor Irwin
WarGames: The Dead Code
Bill Carter
The Sentinel
Director Overbrook
The Engagement Ring
Johnny Anselmi
The Perfect Neighbor
Detective Lupo
Cinderella Man
Father Rorick
Kojak
Henry Mussina
ReGenesis
Eric Dixon
Saving Emily
Russo
Crimes of Fashion
Sal Hugo
This Is Wonderland
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
Shelton
Behind the Red Door
Father
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
Don Brown
Guilty Hearts
Det. Mike Virgilio
Snap Decision
Jack Bradley
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Pierre Salinger
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Pierre Salinger
The Thin Blue Lie
Vinnie
Spreading Ground
Capt. Neiman
When Justice Fails
Captain Tanner
Twice in a Lifetime
Coach Rybeck
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
Santo Trafficante
Alegría
Narrator (Voice)
Highlander: The Raven
Martin Foster
A Father for Brittany
Bob Minkowitz
La Femme Nikita
Stephan Vacek
Virus
Leo Burns
FX: The Series
Mini the Pickpocket
Escape Clause
Captain Vincent Nalli
Sugartime
Michael Delfano
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Al Binder
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
Sal Paconi
Family of Strangers
Tim
Princes In Exile
Dr. Merritt
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
Connie Babilonia Sr.
Uncut Gem
Max
War of the Worlds
Bradley
Night Friend
Jack
Echoes in the Darkness
Costopoulos
Nowhere to Hide
Mike Watson
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
Act of Vengeance
Millard Atler
Mafia Princess
Louie
A Time to Live
Dr. Strathmore
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Philip Bellamy
Joshua Then and Now
Seymour Kaplan
Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
In Like Flynn
Danton
Starcrossed
Chairman
Unfinished Business
Carl
Between Friends
Dr. Seth Simpson
The Terry Fox Story
Wilson
The Devil and Max Devlin
Jerry Nadler
Scanners
Tony (uncredited)
Running
Howard
Stone Cold Dead
Sgt. Tony Colabre
Power Play
Hillsman
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses
Gershen Isen
Welcome to Blood City
Ricardo
The House by the Lake
Harry
For the Record
Ben Carfield
Sidestreet
Between Friends
Chino