Chuck Shamata
Acting
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Known for
Cinderella Man
2005
Miss Sloane
2016
Clown
2014
Scanners
1981
Breakthrough
2019
The Sentinel
2006
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
1994
La Femme Nikita
1997
Flash of Genius
2008
WarGames: The Dead Code
2008
One Week
2008
Blood & Treasure
2019
Photos (1)
Movies (61)
The Day After Tomorrow
General Pierce
Cinderella Man
Father Rorick
Miss Sloane
Bill Sanford
The Sentinel
Director Overbrook
Scanners
Tony (uncredited)
Clown
Walt
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
Sal Paconi
Breakthrough
Chief Marlo
Flash of Genius
Professor Irwin
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
Santo Trafficante
WarGames: The Dead Code
Bill Carter
Alegría
Narrator (Voice)
The Terry Fox Story
Wilson
The Devil and Max Devlin
Jerry Nadler
Act of Vengeance
Millard Atler
Stone Cold Dead
Sgt. Tony Colabre
The House by the Lake
Harry
Still Mine
Judge
Joshua Then and Now
Seymour Kaplan
Crimes of Fashion
Sal Hugo
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
1986
A Time to Live
Dr. Strathmore
One Week
Gerald Tyler
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
Shelton
Behind the Red Door
Father
Welcome to Blood City
Ricardo
The Two Mr. Kissels
Bill Kissel
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses
Gershen Isen
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Pierre Salinger
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
Don Brown
Escape Clause
Captain Vincent Nalli
Running
Howard
A Father for Brittany
Bob Minkowitz
Snap Decision
Jack Bradley
Nowhere to Hide
Mike Watson
Power Play
Hillsman
Between Friends
Chino
Sugartime
Michael Delfano
Virus
Leo Burns
The Engagement Ring
Johnny Anselmi
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Al Binder
Saving Emily
Russo
Mafia Princess
Louie
Starcrossed
Chairman
A Simple Fucking Gesture
Man
Guilty Hearts
Det. Mike Virgilio
The Perfect Neighbor
Detective Lupo
Spreading Ground
Capt. Neiman
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
Connie Babilonia Sr.
Princes In Exile
Dr. Merritt
Unfinished Business
Carl
The Thin Blue Lie
Vinnie
When Justice Fails
Captain Tanner
Uncut Gem
Max
Break a Leg
Hit-man
Family of Strangers
Tim
Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
1985
Between Friends
Dr. Seth Simpson
Night Friend
Jack
Gone Tomorrow
Frank Thompson
In Like Flynn
Danton
TV Shows (17)
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Philip Bellamy · 1 eps
La Femme Nikita
Stephan Vacek · 1 eps
The Listener
Charles Harrow · 1 eps
Republic of Doyle
Anton Strata · 1 eps
FX: The Series
Mini the Pickpocket · 1 eps
War of the Worlds
Bradley · 1 eps
This Is Wonderland
1 eps
Twice in a Lifetime
Coach Rybeck · 1 eps
ReGenesis
Eric Dixon · 1 eps
Blood & Treasure
Sharif Gazal · 1 eps
Highlander: The Raven
Martin Foster · 1 eps
For the Record
Ben Carfield · 1 eps
Fugget About It
Cheech (voice) · 1 eps
Kojak
Henry Mussina · 9 eps
Sidestreet
1 eps
Echoes in the Darkness
Costopoulos · 2 eps
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Pierre Salinger · 2 eps