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{{Short description|English actor}}
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'''Robin Chalk''' is an English [[actor]] in film and theatre. His work includes the [[West End theatre|West End]] production of ''[[Dirty Dancing]]'' and the science-fiction film ''[[Moon (2009 film)|Moon]]'' directed by [[Duncan Jones]]. He appeared in the film ''[[Alleycats (film)|Alleycats]]'' directed by [[Ian Bonhote]] and the computer games ''[[Until Dawn]]'' and ''[[Need for Speed: Payback]]''.

==Biography==
Chalk was born in [[Roehampton]] and brought up in [[Wimbledon, London]]. He was educated at [[King's College School]] and the [[University of Edinburgh]], where he read [[Social Anthropology]]. While at university, he appeared as Joe Vegas in ''[[Fame (musical)|Fame: The Musical]]'' directed by Ed Bartlem, co-founder of the [[Underbelly (venue)|Underbelly]], and produced and starred as [[Leopold and Loeb|Richard Loeb]] in ''[[Never the Sinner]]'' by [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]].

==Career==
After university, Chalk appeared in ''Prince Among Men'' by Eric Henry Sanders at London's [[Union Theatre (London)|Union Theatre]]. He starred in ''Young Woodley'' by [[John Van Druten]] at the [[Finborough Theatre]] and had a supporting role in ''[[Tea and Sympathy (play)|Tea and Sympathy]]'' by [[Robert Woodruff Anderson]]. He appears as the body double of actor [[Sam Rockwell]] in the British science-fiction film ''[[Moon (2009 film)|Moon]]'' directed by [[Duncan Jones]]. In 2008, he landed the principal role of Neil Kellerman in the record-breaking [[West End theatre|West End]] production of ''[[Dirty Dancing#Stage adaptation|Dirty Dancing]]''.

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=2933135}}
*[http://www.dirtydancinglondon.com/about/cast/robin_chalk.php Robin Chalk] at dirtydancinglondon.com
*[http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/woodley-rev.htm ''Young Woodley'' review] at The British Theatre Guide
*[http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/14775/out-of-bounds-young-woodley-tea-and ''Young Woodley''/''Tea and Sympathy'' review] from ''[[The Stage]]''

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