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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

Breakthrough ( 2019) | IMDb: 6.3

Drama

Tragedy strikes when a woman named Joyce's son falls through the ice on a frozen lake and is trapped underwater for over 15 minutes. After being rushed to the hospital, the 14-year-old boy continues to fight for his life as Joyce, her husband and their pastor stay by his bedside and pray for a miracle.

Starring:

Chrissy Metz , Josh Lucas , Topher Grace , Mike Colter , Marcel Ruiz , Sam Trammell

Directed by:

Roxann Dawson , Benjamin Cairns , Puneet Chawla

Produced by:

Jackie Lind , Pia Athayde , Sheila Jaffe

Miss Sloane ( 2016) | IMDb: 7.5

Crime , Drama

An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

Starring:

Jessica Chastain , Mark Strong , Gugu Mbatha-Raw , Alison Pill , Michael Stuhlbarg , Jake Lacy

Directed by:

John Madden , Nick Lopez , Susan Marucci

Produced by:

Mary Fraser , Ariel Zeitoun , Conrad Woolfe

The Sentinel ( 2006) | IMDb: 6.1

Action , Crime , Thriller

Veteran Secret Service agent Pete Garrison investigates a colleague's murder and is subsequently framed as a mole in an assassination attempt on the President due to the machinations of a blackmailer who knows the secret he is hiding. Disgraced, dismissed, and now a fugitive with two relentless federal investigators hot on his heels, Garrison must both clear his name and save the president from assassination.

Starring:

Michael Douglas , Kiefer Sutherland , Eva Longoria , Martin Donovan , Kim Basinger , Ritchie Coster

Directed by:

Clark Johnson , Joanne T. Harwood

Produced by:

Avy Kaufman , Robin D. Cook , Michael Douglas

Cinderella Man ( 2005) | IMDb: 8

Drama , History , Romance

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.

Starring:

Russell Crowe , Renée Zellweger , Paul Giamatti , Craig Bierko , Paddy Considine , Bruce McGill

Directed by:

Ron Howard , Jonnie Katz , William M. Connor

Produced by:

Diane Kerbel , Brian Grazer , Michelle Lewitt

Death Wish V: The Face of Death ( 1994) | IMDb: 4.9

Action , Crime , Drama

Paul Kersey is back at working vigilante justice when his fiancée, Olivia, has her business threatened by mobsters.

Starring:

Charles Bronson , Lesley-Anne Down , Michael Parks , Chuck Shamata , Robert Joy , Saul Rubinek

Directed by:

Allan A. Goldstein

Produced by:

Menahem Golan , Damian Lee , Helder Goncalves

Scanners ( 1981) | IMDb: 6.7

Horror , Science fiction

After a man with extraordinary, and frighteningly destructive, telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers. Some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.

Starring:

Jennifer O'Neill , Stephen Lack , Patrick McGoohan , Lawrence Dane , Michael Ironside , Robert A. Silverman

Directed by:

David Cronenberg , Anne Murphy , Jim Kaufman

Produced by:

Marilyn Majerczyk , Nerses Kolanian , Claude Héroux

Chuck Shamata Movies: Top 6 Performances by a Successful Actor

Biography