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In asheville, north carolina a young boy watched as members of the Ku Klux Klan marched across his front yard. Now, more
than 20 years later, Chris Chalk says the only thing that has changed since that moment is that people care. Perhaps the biggest misconception of 2020 is that this is a year we hope to forget, to erase the months isolated at home during a global pandemic, along with the accompanying terrors that seem to mount as the weeks and months pass. Yet, we are also in the midst of the largest civil rights movement in history, with a col- lective awakening, at the start of a new decade—not all is lost.
Chalk, the Los Angeles-based actor, writer, and producer has quite the repertoire of meaningful narratives, spanning
from his portrayal of Clemens in the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave to Lucius Fox in Gotham. He carefully chooses his roles, valuing stories that care for Black people and read authen- tic—“take them home,” carry weight, and that his characters don’t “disappear” before the credits roll.
His latest project is the reimagined Officer Paul Drake in HBO’s Los Angeles-noir series Perry Mason. Based on the en- during 1950s courtroom television drama of the same name, the eight-episode period piece follows defense attorney Mason, played by Matthew Rhys, as he unearths the truth about a child kidnap- ping. Chalk portrays a 1930s police officer who navigates his way through an oppressive and racist police department, while dealing with colleagues who dismiss his investigative skills as he inches
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