Charlie Picerni

Crew
BirthdayDec 19, 1935 (89 years old)
Place of birthQueens, New York, USA
GenderMale

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".

Known for

Dwayne Robinson's Driver (uncredited)

Jul 15, 1988

Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Jul 15, 1994

Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

Aug 15, 1973

Donner

Sep 26, 1982

Guinea Pig #5 (uncredited)

Jul 30, 1966

Burning Sailor (uncredited)

Jan 26, 1970

Police officer #1

Feb 12, 2015

Harris, Charlie

Nov 4, 1977

Pool Player (uncredited)

Nov 15, 1974

Border Guard, Keller, Juan Delgado, Danny Ryan (uncredited)

Sep 17, 1966

Driver of Gunman Car (uncredited)

Aug 21, 1992

Frank Slater

Sep 22, 1976

Nicky Cairo, Thug #1 (uncredited)

Sep 10, 1975

SWAT Officer

Dec 13, 1983

Colescou Henchman (uncredited), Racetrack Patron (uncredited), Passerby (uncredited), Club Patron (uncredited), Reporter (uncredited), Hood (uncredited), Prisoner (uncredited), Nitti Associate (uncredited), Hospital Door Guard (uncredited), Machine-Gunner (uncredited), Police Officer (uncredited), Newspaper Vendor (uncredited), Nitti Henchman (uncredited), Stevedore (uncredited)

Oct 15, 1959

Cabbie, Dennis

Oct 24, 1973

Ennis

Mar 13, 1982

Robber (uncredited), Varlet (uncredited)

Sep 17, 1965

Danny Constantine, Cease (uncredited), Ed Plummer (uncredited), Kenneth (uncredited), Larry Gates, Charlie Frome, Stan, Hit Man (uncredited), Boxer in ring (uncredited)

Sep 16, 1967

Worker (uncredited), Junkyard Worker #1 (uncredited)

Jan 22, 1972

Dwayne Robinson's Driver (uncredited)

Jul 15, 1988

Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Jul 15, 1994

Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

Aug 15, 1973

Donner

Sep 26, 1982

Guinea Pig #5 (uncredited)

Jul 30, 1966

Burning Sailor (uncredited)

Jan 26, 1970

Acting


Participated in 205 movies, 26 TV series

2024

Stunt Driver


2023


2022

Stunt Driver


2021

Stunt Coordinator


2021

F9

7.1

Stunt Driver


2020

Stunt Driver


2020

Stunts


2020

Stunt Driver


2019

Utility Stunts


2018

Stunt Coordinator


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