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Name
Chuck Shamata

Known For
Acting

Birthday
(56 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Movies

Tv Shows

2005 Cinderella Man as Father Rorick
1996 Escape Clause as Captain Vincent Nalli
1981 Scanners as Tony (uncredited)
1991 Princes In Exile as Dr. Merritt
1987 Nowhere to Hide as Mike Watson
1995 Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story as Al Binder
1994 Death Wish V: The Face of Death as Sal Paconi
1976 The House by the Lake as Harry
1981 The Devil and Max Devlin as Jerry Nadler
2004 Crimes of Fashion as Sal Hugo
1979 Stone Cold Dead as Sgt. Tony Colabre
2008 The Two Mr. Kissels as Bill Kissel
2004 Saving Emily as Russo
2003 Behind the Red Door as Father
1977 Welcome to Blood City as Ricardo
2005 The Engagement Ring as Johnny Anselmi
2000 The Thin Blue Lie as Vinnie
1990 On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story as Connie Babilonia Sr.
1986 Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
2012 Still Mine as Judge
1999 When Justice Fails as Captain Tanner
1996 Virus as Leo Burns
1998 A Father for Brittany as Bob Minkowitz
2007 Tipping Point as John Patterson
1995 Sugartime as Michael Delfano
2008 Flash of Genius as Professor Irwin
2006 The Sentinel as Director Overbrook
1978 I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses as Gershen Isen
1984 Unfinished Business as Carl
1999 Bonanno: A Godfather's Story as Santo Trafficante
2008 One Week as Gerald Tyler
2014 Clown as Walt
1978 Power Play as Hillsman
1985 Starcrossed as Chairman
1985 In Like Flynn as Danton
2008 WarGames: The Dead Code as Bill Carter
2002 Guilty Hearts as Det. Mike Virgilio
2002 Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story as Don Brown
2000 Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as Pierre Salinger
1973 Between Friends as Chino
1985 A Time to Live as Dr. Strathmore
1986 Mafia Princess as Louie
2016 Miss Sloane as Bill Sanford
1983 Between Friends as Dr. Seth Simpson
1979 Running as Howard
1986 Act of Vengeance as Millard Atler
2001 Snap Decision as Jack Bradley
2015 Gone Tomorrow as Frank Thompson
2005 The Perfect Neighbor as Detective Lupo
2000 Spreading Ground as Capt. Neiman
2009 Break a Leg as Hit-man
1988 Night Friend as Jack
1990 Uncut Gem as Max
2019 Breakthrough as Chief Marlo
2003 DC 9/11: Time of Crisis as Shelton
1985 The Suicide Murders as Pete Staziak
1985 Joshua Then and Now as Seymour Kaplan
2020 A Simple Fucking Gesture as Man
1999 Alegría as Narrator (Voice)
1981 The Running Man as Ben Carfield
1993 Family of Strangers as Tim
1983 The Terry Fox Story as Wilson
1985 Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
1988 Martha, Ruth & Edie as Mario Cellini

1996 FX: The Series ( 1 episode ) as Mini the Pickpocket
1998 Highlander: The Raven ( 1 episode ) as Martin Foster
1997 La Femme Nikita ( 1 episode ) as Stephan Vacek
1999 Twice in a Lifetime ( 1 episode ) as Coach Rybeck
1975 Sidestreet ( 1 episode )
1976 For the Record ( 1 episode ) as Ben Carfield
1988 War of the Worlds ( 1 episode ) as Bradley
2019 Blood & Treasure ( 1 episode ) as Sharif Gazal
2005 Kojak ( 9 episodes ) as Henry Mussina
2010 Republic of Doyle ( 1 episode ) as Anton Strata
1987 Echoes in the Darkness ( 2 episodes ) as Costopoulos
2009 The Listener ( 1 episode ) as Charles Harrow
2004 ReGenesis ( 1 episode ) as Eric Dixon
2004 This Is Wonderland ( 1 episode )
1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Philip Bellamy
2000 Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis ( 2 episodes ) as Pierre Salinger
2012 Fugget About It ( 1 episode ) as Cheech (voice)
1976 Teleplay ( 1 episode ) as Reinhardt

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