years_active birth_place other_names birth_date article_title name occupation
1980 -- present hampshire , england , united kingdom gary chalk 17 february 1952 garry chalk
 garry chalk actor , voice actor
garry chalk

garry chalk -lrb- born 17 february 1952 -rrb- is an english-born canadian actor and voice actor .
he has provided the voices for optimus primal of `` beast wars : transformers '' and `` beast machines '' , as well the optimus prime in the anime english dubs of `` transformers : armada '' , `` transformers energon '' , and `` transformers : cybertron '' , and also was the third american voice of dr. robotnik for `` sonic underground '' .
he has lent his voice to over 30 animated television series and has been in films such as `` the fly ii '' and `` freddy vs. jason '' .
