User blog:ARTaylor/Garry Chalk Turns 67

Today marks the sixty-seventh birthday of Garry Chalk. The actor was born in Southampton, Hampshire on this day in 1952. He initially went to school to become a teacher but moved into acting following a college play. He went on to become a prominent voice actor. He is perhaps best remembered as the voice of Optimal Prime on the computer animated series Beast Wars: Transformers and its sequel Beast Machines: Transformers. On the first series, Chalk also voiced the original Megatron. He would go on to voice the Optimal's predecessor Optimus Prime, being one of only two actors to play both the Autobot and Decepticon leaders. Marvel fans would recognize him as Dum Dum Dugan in the television film Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. as well as Meugniot on Spider-Man Unlimited.