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".
Margin for Murder
(Glover)
Sizzle
(Hitman)
Hot Summer Week
(Pool Player #1)
Two of a Kind
(SWAT Officer)
Shamus
(Thug 2)
Star Spangled Girl
(Policeman (uncredited))
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(Burning Sailor (uncredited))
Matt Helm
(Champion)
The Don Is Dead
(Furman (uncredited))
Cannon
(Brawler)
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
True Lies
(Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited))
Earthquake
(Pool Player (uncredited))
Die Hard
(Dwayne Robinson's Driver (uncredited))
Westworld
(Saloon Brawler (uncredited))
Evil Roy Slade
(Gang Member (uncredited))
Murder Me, Murder You
(Man with Knife (uncredited))
Rapid Fire
(Driver of Gunman Car (uncredited))
Batman
(Guinea Pig #5 (uncredited))
The Letters
(First Man)
The Mad Bomber
(Rapist)
The Baltimore Bullet
(The Dealer)
Stunts Unlimited
(Air Stuntman)
Fuzz
(Chauffeur)
Demonic
(Police officer #1)
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
(Self (archive footage))
The Untouchables
(Colescou Henchman (uncredited))
The Untouchables
(Racetrack Patron (uncredited))
The Untouchables
(Passerby (uncredited))
The Magician
(Melton (as Charles Picerni))
The Magician
(Johnny Kroll (as Charles Picerni))
The Untouchables
(Club Patron (uncredited))
The Untouchables
(Reporter (uncredited))
The Untouchables
(Hood (uncredited))
Mission: Impossible
(Border Guard)
The Untouchables
(Prisoner (uncredited))
Knight Rider
(Donner)
The Untouchables
(Nitti Associate (uncredited))
Mission: Impossible
(Keller)
Charlie's Angels
(Frank Slater)
Kojak
(Cabbie)
Mission: Impossible
(Juan Delgado)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
The Name of the Game
(Parker)
The Untouchables
(Hospital Door Guard (uncredited))
Chopper One
(Henchman (uncredited))
The Untouchables
(Machine-Gunner (uncredited))
Kojak
(Dennis)
The Untouchables
(Police Officer (uncredited))
Mannix
(Danny Constantine)
Starsky & Hutch
(Nicky Cairo)
T. J. Hooker
(Ennis)
The Incredible Hulk
(Harris)
Emergency!
(Worker (uncredited))
The Incredible Hulk
(Charlie)
Mannix
(Cease (uncredited))
Mannix
(Ed Plummer (uncredited))
Mannix
(Kenneth (uncredited))
It Takes a Thief
(Guard (uncredited))
Mannix
(Larry Gates)
The Wild Wild West
(Robber (uncredited))
The Untouchables
(Newspaper Vendor (uncredited))
Barbary Coast
(Drunken Sailor)
Barbary Coast
(Seaman)
The Untouchables
(Nitti Henchman (uncredited))
Emergency!
(Junkyard Worker #1 (uncredited))
Mission: Impossible
(Danny Ryan (uncredited))
The Wild Wild West
(Varlet (uncredited))
Starsky & Hutch
(Thug #1 (uncredited))
The Untouchables
(Stevedore (uncredited))
Casino
(Stunt Coordinator)
Casino
(Stunt Double)
In Like Flint
(Stunts)
The Prize Fighter
(Stunt Coordinator)
Fuzz
(Stunts)
The Bleeding
(Director)
Elsa & Fred
(Utility Stunts)
Fantastic Four
(Stunts)
The Last Boy Scout
(Stunt Coordinator)
Three Days to Vegas
(Director)
Arthur
(Second Unit Director)
Capone
(Stunt Coordinator)
Die Hard
(Stunt Coordinator)
Die Hard 2
(Stunt Coordinator)
Ghost
(Stunt Coordinator)
Skidoo
(Stunts)
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
(Stunts)
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
(Stunts)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
(Second Unit Director)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
(Stunt Coordinator)
15 Minutes
(Stunt Coordinator)
Modern Girls
(Stunt Driver)
2 Days in the Valley
(Stunt Coordinator)
A Night at the Roxbury
(Stunts)
Die Hard 2
(Stunts)
Fire Down Below
(Stunts)
Road House
(Stunts)
Road House
(Second Unit Director)
Trojan War
(Stunts)
Earthquake
(Stunts)
Enter the Dragon
(Stunts)
The Mod Squad
(Stunts)
Big Bad Mama
(Stunt Double)
Lethal Weapon 2
(Stunt Coordinator)
Westworld
(Stunts)
The Fast and the Furious
(Stunts)
Heat
(Stunts)
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
(Stunt Coordinator)
Lethal Weapon 2
(Stunts)
Lethal Weapon 2
(Second Unit Director)
Shamus
(Stunt Double)
A Low Down Dirty Shame
(Second Unit Director)
The Fan
(Stunts)
A Low Down Dirty Shame
(Stunt Coordinator)
F9
(Stunt Driver)
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
(Stunt Coordinator)
Meet Dave
(Stunts)
Daredevil
(Stunts)
Impostor
(Stunts)
Transit
(Stunt Coordinator)
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
(Stunt Coordinator)
Slackers
(Stunts)
Stigmata
(Stunts)
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
(Stunts)
Takers
(Stunts)
National Security
(Stunts)
Johnny Cool
(Stunt Double)
Town & Country
(Stunts)
The Siege
(Stunts)
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
(Stunts)
Samaritan
(Stunt Driver)
Glass Jaw
(Stunt Coordinator)
Independence Day: Resurgence
(Stunt Driver)
Need for Speed
(Stunt Driver)
Torque
(Stunts)
Sand
(Stunts)
Honest Thief
(Stunt Driver)
Colombiana
(Stunts)
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
(Stunt Driver)
A Man Apart
(Stunts)
xXx
(Stunts)
NetForce
(Stunts)
Evan Almighty
(Utility Stunts)
Showtime
(Stunts)
Jason X
(Stunts)
Getaway
(Stunt Coordinator)
Enemy of the State
(Stunts)
Venom
(Stunt Driver)
Rush Hour 3
(Stunts)
Gone in Sixty Seconds
(Stunts)
Rage
(Stunt Driver)
Prisoners
(Stunt Driver)
Déjà Vu
(Stunts)
The Fate of the Furious
(Stunt Driver)
Paparazzi
(Stunts)
Training Day
(Stunts)
Greenland
(Stunts)
Bad Boys II
(Stunts)
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
(Stunts)
The Boston Strangler
(Stunts)
Blacula
(Stunts)
Sixpack Annie
(Stunts)
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
(Stunts)
C.H.O.M.P.S.
(Stunts)
Hero at Large
(Stunts)
4 for Texas
(Stunts)
Flap
(Stunts)
Seven
(Stunt Coordinator)
The Don Is Dead
(Stunts)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(Stunts)
Star Spangled Girl
(Stunts)
The One Man Jury
(Stunts)
WUSA
(Stunts)
The San Pedro Bums
(Stunts)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
(Stunts)
With Six You Get Eggroll
(Stunts)
The Steagle
(Stunts)
Willie and Phil
(Stunts)
The Private Eyes
(Stunt Coordinator)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(Stunts)
Against All Odds
(Stunt Driver)
Opening Night
(Stunt Coordinator)
California Suite
(Stunts)
Three the Hard Way
(Stunts)
Racquet
(Stunts)
S.O.B.
(Stunts)
Busting
(Stunts)
Black Samson
(Stunts)
Tobruk
(Stunts)
The Mephisto Waltz
(Stunts)
The Outfit
(Stunts)
The Formula
(Stunts)
Tron
(Stunts)
The Last Ninja
(Stunts)
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
(Stunt Coordinator)
Gridlock
(Stunts)
The Prize
(Stunts)
Batman
(Stunts)
American Graffiti
(Stunt Driver)
The Night That Panicked America
(Stunts)
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
(Stunt Coordinator)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
(Stunts)
Newman's Law
(Stunts)
Cover Girls
(Stunt Coordinator)
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
(Stunts)
Beverly Hills Cop II
(Stunts)
Dutch Treat
(Stunts)
Armageddon
(Stunts)
Fair Game
(Stunt Coordinator)
The Money Pit
(Stunts)
Steal the Sky
(Stunts)
True Lies
(Stunts)
Forever Young
(Stunts)
Demolition Man
(Stunt Coordinator)
Se7en
(Stunts)
22 Jump Street
(Stunt Driver)
Twin Sitters
(Stunts)
The Babysitter
(Stunt Coordinator)
The Negotiator
(Stunts)
MouseHunt
(Stunts)
Father Hood
(Stunt Coordinator)
Mars Attacks!
(Stunts)
F/X
(Stunts)
Under Siege
(Stunts)
Basic Instinct
(Stunt Coordinator)
Original Sin
(Stunts)
Captain America
(Stunts)
Vampire in Brooklyn
(Stunts)
A Killing Affair
(Stunts)
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
(Stunts)
Cocoon
(Stunts)
Double Team
(Stunt Coordinator)
Body Armor
(Stunts)
Best of the Best 2
(Stunts)
Bad Boys for Life
(Stunt Driver)
Code Name: Zebra
(Stunts)
V.I. Warshawski
(Stunts)
One Woman's Courage
(Stunts)
Hollywood Homicide
(Stunts)
Hudson Hawk
(Stunt Coordinator)
Beverly Hills Cop III
(Stunts)
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
(Stunts)
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
(Stunt Driver)
Into the Night
(Stunts)
The Wild Pair
(Stunts)
Ricochet
(Stunt Coordinator)
Rapid Fire
(Stunts)
21 Bridges
(Utility Stunts)
The Darkness of the Road
(Stunt Coordinator)
Lethal Weapon 3
(Stunt Coordinator)
The Gumball Rally
(Stunts)
The Walking Dead
(Second Unit Director)
Double Team
(Second Unit Director)
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
(Second Unit Director)
Hudson Hawk
(Second Unit Director)
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
(Stunts)
The Walking Dead
(Stunt Coordinator)
Dying to Belong
(Second Unit Director)
Street Fighter
(Second Unit Director)
Father Hood
(Second Unit Director)
Fair Game
(Second Unit Director)
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
(Second Unit Director)
Meet Wally Sparks
(Second Unit Director)
Ricochet
(Second Unit Director)
2 Days in the Valley
(Second Unit Director)
Maximum Risk
(Second Unit Director)
Die Hard 2
(Second Unit Director)
Street Fighter
(Stunt Coordinator)
Megalopolis
(Stunt Driver)
Demolition Man
(Second Unit Director)
Maximum Risk
(Stunt Coordinator)
Ghost
(Second Unit Director)
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
(Stunt Coordinator)
Assault on the Wayne
(Stunts)
Terror on the 40th Floor
(Stunts)
Conquest of the Earth
(Stunts)
Midway
(Stunts)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
(Stunts)
Nightcrawler
(Stunts)
Swashbuckler
(Stunts)
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
(Second Unit Director)
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
(Stunt Coordinator)
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
(Stunts)
True Romance
(Stunt Coordinator)
Key West
(Stunts)
Seven Days
(Director)
Torchwood
(Stunts)
T. J. Hooker
(Director)
The Time Tunnel
(Stunts)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(Stunts)
The Time Tunnel
(Stunt Double)
Fastlane
(Stunt Double)
V.I.P.
(Stunts)
Hunter
(Director)
Tales from the Crypt
(Director)
Matt Houston
(Director)
Tales from the Crypt
(Stunts)
Starsky & Hutch
(Director)