Chalker was born in
East Sussex. He began modelling at the age of twenty in 2000, leaving his earlier career as a construction worker after a friend took test shots of him. His big break happened when he was featured in the advertising campaign of Paco Rabanne's perfume Black XS in 2003. Since then, he has appeared in major ad campaigns including J.Crew,
YSL,
Perry Ellis, Wormland,
Valentino, Mark O'Polo,
Zara,
Bottega Veneta,
Louis Vuitton,
Shiatzy Chen,
Dsquared2,
Gap,
Ermenegildo Zegna and
Paul Smith. His runway tasks include opening and closing for
Gucci, John Galliano's finishing tableau,
Athena-poster look for
D&G, carrying a baby tiger onto
Dolce & Gabbana's spring/summer 2005 menswear catwalk, and walking along
Sonia Rykiel during her show. He has appeared in
GQ,
l'Uomo Vogue,
i-D, Japanese
Wallpaper, Spanish
Esquire and
Upstreet. He has also done commercials for
Levi's and his commercial for
Paco Rabanne Black XS with has been remixed with scenes starring
Bianca Balti to promote its "for her" version. He has been the first man nominated for Best Model at the British Fashion Awards. He is currently signed with New York Model Management in
New York City, L.A. Models in
Los Angeles,
Models 1 in
London, Mega Model Agency in
Hamburg, Unique Models in
Copenhagen and Fashion Models in
Milan. ==References==