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Chuck Shamata
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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

7.571

Cinderella Man
2005-06-02

4.833

Escape Clause
1996-07-14

6.7

Scanners
1981-01-14

Princes In Exile

5

Princes In Exile
1991-11-27

Nowhere to Hide

6.5

Nowhere to Hide
1987-07-17

Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story

6.333

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

Death Wish V: The Face of Death

5.589

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

The House by the Lake

5.772

The House by the Lake
1976-09-17

The Devil and Max Devlin

5.882

The Devil and Max Devlin
1981-03-06

Crimes of Fashion

4.605

Crimes of Fashion
2004-07-25

Stone Cold Dead

5.917

Stone Cold Dead
1979-09-14

The Two Mr. Kissels

5

The Two Mr. Kissels
2008-11-15

6

Saving Emily
2004-10-11

Behind the Red Door

5.444

Behind the Red Door
2003-01-12

Welcome to Blood City

5.429

Welcome to Blood City
1977-08-23

The Engagement Ring

5.571

The Engagement Ring
2005-11-20

The Thin Blue Lie

7

The Thin Blue Lie
2000-08-13

On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story

10

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

Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star

4.6

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

6.9

Still Mine
2012-09-10

When Justice Fails

5.111

When Justice Fails
1999-09-07

3.107

Virus
1996-12-10

A Father for Brittany

7.6

A Father for Brittany
1998-03-15

6.2

Tipping Point
2007-01-28

5.929

Sugartime
1995-11-25

Flash of Genius

6.6

Flash of Genius
2008-09-07

6.1

The Sentinel
2006-04-19

I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses

4.818

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

Unfinished Business

7.5

Unfinished Business
1984-07-11

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

5.222

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

6.827

One Week
2008-09-08

5.801

Clown
2014-11-13

7.2

Power Play
1978-11-01

5.143

Starcrossed
1985-01-31

6.5

In Like Flynn
1985-08-14

WarGames: The Dead Code

5.1

WarGames: The Dead Code
2008-07-29

4.6

Guilty Hearts
2002-02-10

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

8

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2002-04-21

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

0

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000-11-04

Between Friends

7

Between Friends
1973-06-01

8

A Time to Live
1985-10-27

10

Mafia Princess
1986-01-19

7.411

Miss Sloane
2016-11-25

Between Friends

7

Between Friends
1983-09-11

6.725

Running
1979-10-30

Act of Vengeance

5.643

Act of Vengeance
1986-09-04

5.727

Snap Decision
2001-06-04

4.5

Gone Tomorrow
2015-09-11

The Perfect Neighbor

5.6

The Perfect Neighbor
2005-09-13

Spreading Ground

3.875

Spreading Ground
2000-02-25

2

Break a Leg
2009-01-01

3.667

Night Friend
1988-06-10

7

Uncut Gem
1990-04-19

7.646

Breakthrough
2019-04-10

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

6.586

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

The Suicide Murders

0

The Suicide Murders
1985-01-01

Joshua Then and Now

5.364

Joshua Then and Now
1985-09-17

A Simple Fucking Gesture

6.7

A Simple Fucking Gesture
2020-08-14

6.625

Alegría
1999-01-10

The Running Man

5

The Running Man
1981-02-22

Family of Strangers

6.3

Family of Strangers
1993-02-21

The Terry Fox Story

6.235

The Terry Fox Story
1983-05-22

Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks

7

Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
1985-09-08

Martha, Ruth & Edie

9

Martha, Ruth & Edie
1988-08-25

6.35

FX: The Series
1996-09-09

Highlander: The Raven

5.4

Highlander: The Raven
1998-09-26

La Femme Nikita

7.453

La Femme Nikita
1997-01-13

Twice in a Lifetime

6.2

Twice in a Lifetime
1999-08-25

6.667

Sidestreet
1975-09-14

9

For the Record
1976-02-08

War of the Worlds

6.419

War of the Worlds
1988-10-07

Blood & Treasure

6.7

Blood & Treasure
2019-05-21

4.429

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

7.333

ReGenesis
2004-10-24

This Is Wonderland

8

This Is Wonderland
2004-01-12

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.242

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985-09-29

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

7

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000-11-05

Fugget About It

7.605

Fugget About It
2012-09-07

8

Teleplay
1976-10-28