Chuck Shamata
Acting
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
Filmography
81 credits
Cinderella Man
Movie • 2005
Father Rorick
Escape Clause
Movie • 1996
Captain Vincent Nalli
Scanners
Movie • 1981
Tony (uncredited)
Princes In Exile
Movie • 1991
Dr. Merritt
Nowhere to Hide
Movie • 1987
Mike Watson
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Movie • 1995
Al Binder
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
Movie • 1994
Sal Paconi
The House by the Lake
Movie • 1976
Harry
The Devil and Max Devlin
Movie • 1981
Jerry Nadler
Crimes of Fashion
Movie • 2004
Sal Hugo
Stone Cold Dead
Movie • 1979
Sgt. Tony Colabre
The Two Mr. Kissels
Movie • 2008
Bill Kissel
Saving Emily
Movie • 2004
Russo
Behind the Red Door
Movie • 2003
Father
Welcome to Blood City
Movie • 1977
Ricardo
The Engagement Ring
Movie • 2005
Johnny Anselmi
The Thin Blue Lie
Movie • 2000
Vinnie
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
Movie • 1990
Connie Babilonia Sr.
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
Movie • 1986
Still Mine
Movie • 2012
Judge
When Justice Fails
Movie • 1999
Captain Tanner
Virus
Movie • 1996
Leo Burns
A Father for Brittany
Movie • 1998
Bob Minkowitz
Tipping Point
Movie • 2007
John Patterson
Sugartime
Movie • 1995
Michael Delfano
Flash of Genius
Movie • 2008
Professor Irwin
The Sentinel
Movie • 2006
Director Overbrook
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses
Movie • 1978
Gershen Isen
Unfinished Business
Movie • 1984
Carl
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
Movie • 1999
Santo Trafficante
One Week
Movie • 2008
Gerald Tyler
Clown
Movie • 2014
Walt
Power Play
Movie • 1978
Hillsman
Starcrossed
Movie • 1985
Chairman
In Like Flynn
Movie • 1985
Danton
WarGames: The Dead Code
Movie • 2008
Bill Carter
Guilty Hearts
Movie • 2002
Det. Mike Virgilio
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
Movie • 2002
Don Brown
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Movie • 2000
Pierre Salinger
Between Friends
Movie • 1973
Chino
A Time to Live
Movie • 1985
Dr. Strathmore
Mafia Princess
Movie • 1986
Louie
Miss Sloane
Movie • 2016
Bill Sanford
Between Friends
Movie • 1983
Dr. Seth Simpson
Running
Movie • 1979
Howard
Act of Vengeance
Movie • 1986
Millard Atler
Snap Decision
Movie • 2001
Jack Bradley
Gone Tomorrow
Movie • 2015
Frank Thompson
The Perfect Neighbor
Movie • 2005
Detective Lupo
Spreading Ground
Movie • 2000
Capt. Neiman
Break a Leg
Movie • 2009
Hit-man
Night Friend
Movie • 1988
Jack
Uncut Gem
Movie • 1990
Max
Breakthrough
Movie • 2019
Chief Marlo
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
Movie • 2003
Shelton
The Suicide Murders
Movie • 1985
Pete Staziak
Joshua Then and Now
Movie • 1985
Seymour Kaplan
A Simple Fucking Gesture
Movie • 2020
Man
Alegría
Movie • 1999
Narrator (Voice)
The Running Man
Movie • 1981
Ben Carfield
Family of Strangers
Movie • 1993
Tim
The Terry Fox Story
Movie • 1983
Wilson
Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
Movie • 1985
Martha, Ruth & Edie
Movie • 1988
Mario Cellini
FX: The Series
TV • 1996
Mini the Pickpocket
Highlander: The Raven
TV • 1998
Martin Foster
La Femme Nikita
TV • 1997
Stephan Vacek
Teleplay
TV • 1976
Reinhardt
Twice in a Lifetime
TV • 1999
Coach Rybeck
Sidestreet
TV • 1975
For the Record
TV • 1976
Ben Carfield
War of the Worlds
TV • 1988
Bradley
Blood & Treasure
TV • 2019
Sharif Gazal
Kojak
TV • 2005
Henry Mussina
Republic of Doyle
TV • 2010
Anton Strata
Echoes in the Darkness
TV • 1987
Costopoulos
The Listener
TV • 2009
Charles Harrow
ReGenesis
TV • 2004
Eric Dixon
This Is Wonderland
TV • 2004
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Philip Bellamy
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
TV • 2000
Pierre Salinger