Chuck Shamata
Acting
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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
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Filmography
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The Listener
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Day After Tomorrow
La Femme Nikita
War of the Worlds
ReGenesis
Twice in a Lifetime
Republic of Doyle
FX: The Series
This Is Wonderland
Cinderella Man
Miss Sloane
Blood & Treasure
The Sentinel
Highlander: The Raven
Breakthrough
Clown
Scanners
For the Record
Fugget About It
Sidestreet
Kojak
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
Flash of Genius
WarGames: The Dead Code
Teleplay
Still Mine
One Week
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
Alegría
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Echoes in the Darkness
Act of Vengeance
Running
Nowhere to Hide
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
Martha, Ruth & Edie
Stone Cold Dead
Escape Clause
Crimes of Fashion
The House by the Lake
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Behind the Red Door
The Devil and Max Devlin
Power Play
The Two Mr. Kissels
Virus
Welcome to Blood City
The Terry Fox Story
A Time to Live
Family of Strangers
Guilty Hearts
A Father for Brittany
Mafia Princess
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
Sugartime
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
Between Friends
The Perfect Neighbor
The Engagement Ring
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