Chip studied performance, directing, and design, under the guidance of long time Peter Brook collaborator, Henry Woolf, at the University of Saskatchewan. Soon after, Mr Chuipka co-founded three theatre companies: Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan and The Saskatoon Soaps. He also co-founded and produced The Ottawa Shakespeare Festival for three seasons. Chip has been teaching the craft of acting for nearly three decades. He was nominated three times for the Canadian Screen Actors’ Award and is a recipient of the Mask Award, two MECCA Awards for best actor, and a META award for best supporting actor Chip has appeared in numerous stage productions, coast to coast, including:
- National Capital/Capitale Nationale directed by Robert Lepage at The National Arts Centre;
- Romeo et Juliet directed by Robert Lepage at The Harbourfront World Theatre Festival;
- The Tempest directed by D.D. Kugler at The Ottawa Shakespeare Festival;
- Clutching the Heat directed by Peter Hinton at The Great Canadian Theatre Co;
- Cruel Tears directed by Kim McCaw at Prairie Theatre Exchange;
- The Winter’s Tale directed by Sacha Marin at The Centaur Theatre;
- Richard III directed by Brian Way at The Globe Theatre;
- Waiting For Godot & The Caretaker, directed by Del Surjik at Persephone Theatre;
- The Melville Boys directed by Edmund MacLean at Theatre Newfoundland Labrador;
- American Buffalo & Glen Gary Glen Ross directed by Jim Guedo at Actors’ Lab Theatre;
- Warriors & Lion in the Streets directed by Stephen Bush at The Great Canadian Theatre Co.
- Isadora, & Down From Heaven for Imago Theatre;
- The Dishwashers & Gordon for Sidemart Theatrical Groceries.
Chip’s film and television credits include roles in:
- Richard Attenborough’s Grey Owl;
- Brian De Palma’s Snake Eyes;
- Euzhan Palcy’s Atikkka;
- Featured roles in John Smith’s Revenge of the Land;
- Manon Briand’s Marilyn Bell Story;
- Bruce MacDonald’s Platinum: The Last Chapter Directed by Richard Roy;
- Recurring roles on Emily of New Moon, and Lassie;
- Guest appearances on the teleseries: Being Human, Made in Canada, The Lexx, Misguided Angel, Big Wolf on Campus, Live Through This, Chiefs, Space Cases, Sirens, Urban Angel & Are You Afraid of the Dark.