Chuck Shamata

Known for Acting

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 BiographyRead more

Movies & web series

On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story

Mafia Princess

Martha, Ruth & Edie

For the Record

This Is Wonderland

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

A Time to Live

Breakthrough

Teleplay

Cinderella Man

A Father for Brittany

Fugget About It

Miss Sloane

ReGenesis

La Femme Nikita

Unfinished Business

Republic of Doyle

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Still Mine

The Thin Blue Lie

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

The Listener

Power Play

One Week

Uncut Gem

A Simple Fucking Gesture

Blood & Treasure

Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks

Between Friends

Flash of Genius

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

Alegría

The Day After Tomorrow

Scanners

Running

Sidestreet

Between Friends

Nowhere to Hide

In Like Flynn

War of the Worlds

FX: The Series

Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story

Tipping Point

Twice in a Lifetime

The Sentinel

The Terry Fox Story

Saving Emily

Clown