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Chuck Shamata
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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

Filmography

7.5

Cinderella Man
2005-06-02

4.6

Escape Clause
1996-07-14

6.722

Scanners
1981-01-14

Princes In Exile

5.3

Princes In Exile
1991-11-27

Nowhere to Hide

6.3

Nowhere to Hide
1987-07-17

Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story

5.5

Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
1995-09-04

Death Wish V: The Face of Death

5.516

Death Wish V: The Face of Death
1994-01-14

The House by the Lake

5.9

The House by the Lake
1976-09-17

The Devil and Max Devlin

5.8

The Devil and Max Devlin
1981-03-06

Crimes of Fashion

4.4

Crimes of Fashion
2004-07-25

Stone Cold Dead

6.4

Stone Cold Dead
1979-09-14

The Italian Machine

6

The Italian Machine
1976-12-02

The Two Mr. Kissels

5.3

The Two Mr. Kissels
2008-11-15

5

Saving Emily
2004-10-11

Behind the Red Door

5.7

Behind the Red Door
2003-01-12

Welcome to Blood City

4.7

Welcome to Blood City
1977-08-23

The Engagement Ring

4.8

The Engagement Ring
2005-11-20

The Thin Blue Lie

6

The Thin Blue Lie
2000-08-13

On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story

0

On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
1990-11-05

Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star

4.5

Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
1986-12-01

6.8

Still Mine
2012-09-10

When Justice Fails

4.2

When Justice Fails
1999-09-07

2.7

Virus
1996-12-10

A Father for Brittany

6.7

A Father for Brittany
1998-03-15

6.4

Tipping Point
2007-01-28

5.9

Sugartime
1995-11-25

Flash of Genius

6.505

Flash of Genius
2008-09-07

6

The Sentinel
2006-04-19

I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses

4.6

I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses
1978-09-08

Unfinished Business

7

Unfinished Business
1984-07-11

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

3.8

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
1999-07-25

6.793

One Week
2008-09-08

5.778

Clown
2014-11-13

6.7

Power Play
1978-11-01

5.1

Starcrossed
1985-01-31

0

In Like Flynn
1985-08-14

WarGames: The Dead Code

5.142

WarGames: The Dead Code
2008-07-29

4.3

Guilty Hearts
2002-02-10

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

0

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2002-04-21

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

0

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000-11-04

Between Friends

0

Between Friends
1973-06-01

8.5

A Time to Live
1985-10-27

10

Mafia Princess
1986-01-19

7.441

Miss Sloane
2016-11-25

Between Friends

6

Between Friends
1983-09-11

6.8

Running
1979-10-30

Act of Vengeance

5.9

Act of Vengeance
1986-09-04

6.1

Snap Decision
2001-06-04

6.4

Gone Tomorrow
2015-09-11

The Perfect Neighbor

5.9

The Perfect Neighbor
2005-09-13

Spreading Ground

3.5

Spreading Ground
2000-02-25

2

Break a Leg
2009-01-01

2

Night Friend
1988-06-10

0

Uncut Gem
1990-04-19

7.6

Breakthrough
2019-04-10

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

7.1

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
2003-09-07

The Suicide Murders

0

The Suicide Murders
1985-01-01

Joshua Then and Now

5.25

Joshua Then and Now
1985-09-17

A Simple Fucking Gesture

6.6

A Simple Fucking Gesture
2020-08-14

Alegría: An Enchanting Fable

6.8

Alegría: An Enchanting Fable
1999-01-10

The Running Man

0

The Running Man
1981-02-22

Family of Strangers

5.8

Family of Strangers
1993-02-21

The Terry Fox Story

6.1

The Terry Fox Story
1983-05-22

6.2

FX: The Series
1996-09-09

Highlander: The Raven

5.1

Highlander: The Raven
1998-09-26

La Femme Nikita

7.4

La Femme Nikita
1997-01-13

7

Teleplay
1976-10-28

Twice in a Lifetime

5.5

Twice in a Lifetime
1999-08-25

5

Sidestreet
1975-09-14

0

For The Record
1977-01-01

War of the Worlds

6.2

War of the Worlds
1988-10-07

Blood & Treasure

6.6

Blood & Treasure
2019-05-21

5.2

Kojak
2005-03-25

Republic of Doyle

7

Republic of Doyle
2010-01-06

Echoes in the Darkness

0

Echoes in the Darkness
1987-11-01

6.9

The Listener
2009-06-04

7.4

ReGenesis
2004-10-24

This Is Wonderland

9

This Is Wonderland
2004-01-12

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.3

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985-09-29