Chuck Shamata
Known For
Acting
Born
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
Most Known For
The Listener
as Charles Harrow
La Femme Nikita
as Stephan Vacek
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Philip Bellamy
Blood & Treasure
as Sharif Gazal
War of the Worlds
as Bradley
Republic of Doyle
as Anton Strata
FX: The Series
as Mini the Pickpocket
Twice in a Lifetime
as Coach Rybeck
ReGenesis
as Eric Dixon
Miss Sloane
as Bill Sanford
Clown
as Walt
This Is Wonderland
Running
as Howard
Breakthrough
as Chief Marlo
Mafia Princess
as Louie
Night Friend
as Jack
Highlander: The Raven
as Martin Foster
Scanners
as Tony (uncredited)
The Sentinel
as Director Overbrook
Cinderella Man
as Father Rorick