Chuck Shamata faoliyati to'rt o'n yillikni qamrab oladi va film, televizion va teatr sohalarida ishlaydi. Uning eng so'nggi ishlariga "One Week", "The Sentinal", "Cinderella Man" va "War Games 2" kabi badiiy filmlar kiradi; shuningdek, "Tipping Point", "The Engagement Ring" va "Kojak" (va uning davomiy seriyalari) kabi kabel filmlari ham mavjud. Don Shebibning klassik asari "Between Friends" - ko'plab tanqidchilar tomonidan Kanadaning eng yaxshi filmlaridan biri sifatida tan olingan - Shamata uchun birinchi Genie Award nominatsiyasini olib kelgan film bo'lib, u Sorrento Film Festivalida afsonaviy Vittorio De Sica tomonidan Migliore Attore mukofotiga sazovor bo'lgan. Uning boshqa badiiy filmlari orasida Dennis Hopper bilan "The Spreading Ground", James Woods bilan "Joshua Then and Now", Peter O'Toole bilan "Power Play", Bill Cosby bilan "The Devil and Max Devlin" va Art Carney bilan "Night Friend" mavjud. Kichik ekranda Shamata "The Running Man" tarmoq filmida o'zining gomosessualizmi bilan yuzlashayotgan oilaviy odam rolida Gemini Award nominatsiyasiga sazovor bo'lgan. Boshqa tarmoq filmlari orasida "A Father for Brittany", "On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story", Cable Ace Award mukofotiga sazovor bo'lgan "Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story", "Echoes in the Darkness" va Elizabeth Taylor va Carol Burnett bilan "Between Friends" mavjud. U mini-seriyada Pierre Salinger rolini o'ynagan va Showtime Networks uchun Tony Bill tomonidan rejissyorlik qilingan kabel badiiy film "Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story"da, mafiozo boshlig'i Sam Giancana sifatida "The Family"da, Rob Morrow bilan "The Thin Blue Lie"da va Paul Sorvino bilan "Escape Clause"da ham ishtirok etgan. Sahnada Shamata Toronto va Chikagodagi "Uncle Vanya"da Peter O'Toolega qarshi Dr. Astrov rolini o'ynagan, "A Doll's House"da Torvald, shuningdek "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" va "The Indian Wants The Bronx" kabi asarlarda bosh rollarni ijro etgan.
