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Charlie Picerni Age: 89

Actor | Producer

    Charlie Picerni was born in Corona Queens, New York. The fourth of five children to Italian parents. After high school, he worked different jobs, one being construction work on high-rise buildi

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    Demonic

    Police officer #1 ( Actor )

    ... 2015

    True Lies

    Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) ( Actor )

    Stunts

    ... 1994

    Rapid Fire

    Driver of Gunman Car (uncredited) ( Actor )

    Stunts

    ... 1992

Fullname:

Charlie Picerni

Date of Birth:

Dec 19, 1935

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Charlie Picerni

    Charlie Picerni was born in Corona Queens, New York. The fourth of five children to Italian parents. After high school, he worked different jobs, one being construction work on high-rise buildings in Manhattan. He married, at a young age, his childhood girlfriend, Marie. He had a son after one year of marriage and decided he didn't want to work in construction, anymore. So, he headed west to try his luck in the movie business!

    His brother, Paul Picerni, was an actor on a hit TV show at that time called "The Untouchables (1959)". Charlie worked as a stand-in, an extra and started doing stunt double work. Charlie immediately fell in love with this work and moved his family to California. Charlie excelled as a stuntman and then moved up to stunt-coordinating TV shows. He got his big break on "Starsky and Hutch (1975)", he was the stunt coordinator and Paul Michael Glaser's stunt double. Aaron Spelling and Duke Vincent saw what direction Charlie was heading in - Directing"!

    He started second unit-directing "Starsky and Hutch (1975)" and then moved up to directing episodes of "Starsky". He continued stunt-coordinating and second unit-directing such shows as "Kojak (1973)" and "Magnum, P.I. (1980)". He then started directing television for producers Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg and Stephen J. Cannell, for such shows as "T.J. Hooker (1982)", "Matt Houston (1982)", "Vega$ (1978)", "Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)", "Hunter (1984)", "Stingray (1985)", "Finder of Lost Loves (1984)", "The A-Team (1983)", "J.J. Starbuck (1987)", "Spenser: For Hire (1985)", "Blue Thunder (1984)", "Gavilan (1982)" and HBO's "Tales from the Crypt (1989)".

    At that time, Charlie caught Warner Brothers producer Joel Silver's eye. Joel hired Charlie to stunt-coordinate "Die Hard (1988)". This led to second unit-directing and stunt-coordinating on the films, "Die Hard 2 (1990)", "Road House (1989)", "Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)" & "Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)", "Hudson Hawk (1991)", "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)", "The Last Boy Scout (1991)", "Demolition Man (1993)", "Ghost (1990)", "Ricochet (1991)", "Basic Instinct (1992)", "A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)", "True Romance (1993)", "2 Days in the Valley (1996)", "15 Minutes (2001)" and many more. Charlie also, during this time, directed multiple episodes on a TV series, called "Seven Days (1998)", for Paramount studios.

    Charlie also worked as an actor in many TV and film projects throughout his career. Realizing he wanted to further his career as a director, he studied at the "Beverly Hills Playhouse" in the Master class for two years. In 2007, he directed, produced and co-wrote a feature film entitled "Three Days to Vegas (2007)", starring Peter Falk, Rip Torn and George Segal. In 2010, Charlie directed Ayn Rand's play, "Night of January 16th", at the Odyssey Theatre to rave reviews! While continuing to work in all avenues of the motion picture business, he is developing and writing his own project called "Spaghetti Park", which he will produce and direct.

    Charlie is a proud member of "The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences".

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Filmography of

Charlie Picerni

Found 25 Movies in total

Demonic

Police officer #1 ( Actor )

... 2015

True Lies

Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) ( Actor )

Stunts

... 1994

Rapid Fire

Driver of Gunman Car (uncredited) ( Actor )

Stunts

... 1992

Die Hard

Dwayne Robinson's Driver (uncredited) ( Actor )

Stunt Coordinator

... 1988

Two of a Kind

SWAT Officer ( Actor )

... 1983

Murder Me, Murder You

Man with Knife (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1983

Sizzle

Hitman ( Actor )

... 1981

Margin for Murder

Glover ( Actor )

... 1981

... 1981

The Baltimore Bullet

The Dealer ( Actor )

... 1980

Stunts Unlimited

Air Stuntman ( Actor )

... 1980

Matt Helm

Champion ( Actor )

... 1975

Earthquake

Pool Player (uncredited) ( Actor )

Stunts

... 1974

The Don Is Dead

Furman (uncredited) ( Actor )

Stunts

... 1973

Westworld

Saloon Brawler (uncredited) ( Actor )

Stunts

... 1973

The Mad Bomber

Rapist ( Actor )

... 1973

The Letters

First Man ( Actor )

... 1973

Shamus

Thug 2 ( Actor )

Stunt Double

... 1973

Fuzz

Chauffeur ( Actor )

Stunts

... 1972

Hot Summer Week

Pool Player #1 ( Actor )

... 1972

Evil Roy Slade

Gang Member (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1972

Star Spangled Girl

Policeman (uncredited) ( Actor )

Stunts

... 1971

Cannon

Brawler ( Actor )

... 1971

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Burning Sailor (uncredited) ( Actor )

Stunts

... 1970

Batman

Guinea Pig #5 (uncredited) ( Actor )

Stunts

... 1966