Charlie Picerni
Crew
Born: December 19, 1935 (age 90) · Queens, New York, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Se7en
1995
Venom
2018
Prisoners
2013
Die Hard
1988
Nightcrawler
2014
The Fast and the Furious
2001
The Fate of the Furious
2017
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
Bad Boys for Life
2020
Armageddon
1998
22 Jump Street
2014
Heat
1995
Photos (1)
Movies (28)
Die Hard
Dwayne Robinson's Driver (uncredited)
True Lies
Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Tron
Tank Commander
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Burning Sailor (uncredited)
Westworld
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Batman
Guinea Pig #5 (uncredited)
Earthquake
Pool Player (uncredited)
The Boston Strangler
Driver (uncredited)
Rapid Fire
Driver of Gunman Car (uncredited)
Demonic
Police officer #1
Two of a Kind
SWAT Officer
Fuzz
Chauffeur
Shamus
Thug 2
The Don Is Dead
Furman (uncredited)
Evil Roy Slade
Gang Member (uncredited)
The Baltimore Bullet
The Dealer
Hot Summer Week
Pool Player #1
The Mad Bomber
Rapist
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
1981
Murder Me, Murder You
Man with Knife (uncredited)
Star Spangled Girl
Policeman (uncredited)
Cannon
Brawler
Margin for Murder
Glover
Man on a String
Jake's Prison Bodyguard
Stunts Unlimited
Air Stuntman
The Letters
Man #1
Matt Helm
Champion
Sizzle
Hitman
TV Shows (62)
Knight Rider
Donner · 1 eps
Mannix
Danny Constantine · 1 eps
Mannix
Cease (uncredited) · 1 eps
Mannix
Ed Plummer (uncredited) · 1 eps
Mannix
Kenneth (uncredited) · 1 eps
Mannix
Larry Gates · 1 eps
Mannix
Charlie Frome · 1 eps
Mannix
Stan · 1 eps
Mannix
Hit Man (uncredited) · 1 eps
Mannix
Boxer in ring (uncredited) · 1 eps
Mannix
Henchman #1 (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Robber (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Varlet (uncredited) · 1 eps
T. J. Hooker
Ennis · 1 eps
Batman
Fake Mister Freeze (uncredited) · 1 eps
Batman
Swoop (uncredited) · 1 eps
Batman
Second Hand Five (uncredited) · 1 eps
Charlie's Angels
Frank Slater · 1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
Vito Rovello · 1 eps
The Incredible Hulk
Harris · 1 eps
The Incredible Hulk
Charlie · 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
Border Guard · 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
Keller · 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
Juan Delgado · 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
Danny Ryan (uncredited) · 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
Jackson (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Colescou Henchman (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Racetrack Patron (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Passerby (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Club Patron (uncredited) · 2 eps
The Untouchables
Reporter (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Hood (uncredited) · 4 eps
The Untouchables
Prisoner (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Nitti Associate (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Hospital Door Guard (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Machine-Gunner (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Police Officer (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Newspaper Vendor (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Nitti Henchman (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Stevedore (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Riverboat Patron (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Gambling House Patron (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Waiter (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Bartender (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Carnival Patron (uncredited) · 1 eps
Emergency!
Worker (uncredited) · 1 eps
Emergency!
Junkyard Worker #1 (uncredited) · 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
Nicky Cairo · 2 eps
Starsky & Hutch
Thug #1 (uncredited) · 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
Alex · 2 eps
The Name of the Game
Parker · 1 eps
Police Woman
Robber · 1 eps
Kojak
Cabbie · 1 eps
Kojak
Dennis · 1 eps
Kojak
Lewis Kowalski (uncredited) · 1 eps
It Takes a Thief
Guard (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Magician
Melton (as Charles Picerni) · 1 eps
The Magician
Johnny Kroll (as Charles Picerni) · 2 eps
Barbary Coast
Seaman · 1 eps
Chopper One
Henchman (uncredited) · 1 eps
Beauty and the Beast
Thug · 1 eps
Beauty and the Beast
Savage · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (3)
Directing (34)
T. J. Hooker
Director
Hunter
Director
Tales from the Crypt
Director
Starsky & Hutch
Director
Matt Houston
Director
Vega$
Director
Ghost
Second Unit Director
Die Hard 2
Second Unit Director
Seven Days
Director
Demolition Man
Second Unit Director
Lethal Weapon 2
Second Unit Director
Street Fighter
Second Unit Director
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Second Unit Director
Blue Thunder
Director
Hudson Hawk
Second Unit Director
Fair Game
Second Unit Director
Double Team
Second Unit Director
Maximum Risk
Second Unit Director
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Second Unit Director
Road House
Second Unit Director
Ricochet
Second Unit Director
Father Hood
Second Unit Director
Hollywood Beat
Director
Arthur
Second Unit Director
Gavilan
Director
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Second Unit Director
2 Days in the Valley
Second Unit Director
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Second Unit Director
Meet Wally Sparks
Second Unit Director
Dying to Belong
Second Unit Director
The Walking Dead
Second Unit Director
The Bleeding
Director
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
Second Unit Director
Three Days to Vegas
Director
Other Crew (201)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Stunts
Magnum, P.I.
Stunt Coordinator
V.I.P.
Stunts
Die Hard
Stunt Coordinator
T. J. Hooker
Stunts
Se7en
Stunts
Tales from the Crypt
Stunts
Heat
Stunts
Venom
Stunt Driver
Prisoners
Stunt Driver
Torchwood
Stunts
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Stunt Driver
Nightcrawler
Stunts
Greenland
Stunts
xXx
Stunts
The Fate of the Furious
Stunt Driver
The Naked Gun
Stunts
Basic Instinct
Stunt Coordinator
Caught Stealing
Stunts
Training Day
Stunts
Independence Day: Resurgence
Stunt Driver
Ghost
Stunt Coordinator
Armageddon
Stunts
Bad Boys II
Stunts
Die Hard 2
Stunt Coordinator
Die Hard 2
Stunts
True Lies
Stunts
The Time Tunnel
Stunts
The Time Tunnel
Stunt Double
Bad Boys for Life
Stunt Driver
True Romance
Stunt Coordinator
Daredevil
Stunts
Enter the Dragon
Stunts
22 Jump Street
Stunt Driver
Demolition Man
Stunt Coordinator
Colombiana
Stunts
Fantastic Four
Stunts
Rush Hour 3
Stunts
Déjà Vu
Stunts
Lethal Weapon 2
Stunt Coordinator
Lethal Weapon 2
Stunts
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Stunts
F9
Stunt Driver
Mars Attacks!
Stunts
Evan Almighty
Utility Stunts
Fastlane
Stunt Double
Need for Speed
Stunt Driver
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Stunts
21 Bridges
Utility Stunts
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Stunts
Lethal Weapon 3
Stunt Coordinator
Enemy of the State
Stunts
Tron
Stunts
The Negotiator
Stunts
Megalopolis
Stunt Driver
Honest Thief
Stunt Driver
Street Fighter
Stunt Coordinator
Beverly Hills Cop III
Stunts
Beverly Hills Cop II
Stunts
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Stunt Coordinator
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Stunts
The Last Boy Scout
Stunt Coordinator
The Fan
Stunts
Samaritan
Stunt Driver
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Stunts
The Siege
Stunts
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Stunts
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Stunts
A Night at the Roxbury
Stunts
The Money Pit
Stunts
Takers
Stunts
National Security
Stunts
A Man Apart
Stunts
Hudson Hawk
Stunt Coordinator
Jason X
Stunts
MouseHunt
Stunts
Hollywood Homicide
Stunts
Meet Dave
Stunts
Torque
Stunts
Fair Game
Stunt Coordinator
Westworld
Stunts
Batman
Stunts
15 Minutes
Stunt Coordinator
Cocoon
Stunts
Double Team
Stunt Coordinator
Midway
Stunts
Maximum Risk
Stunt Coordinator
Stigmata
Stunts
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Stunts
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Stunt Coordinator
Into the Night
Stunts
American Graffiti
Stunt Driver
Road House
Stunts
Showtime
Stunts
Fire Down Below
Stunts
Rage
Stunt Driver
Ricochet
Stunt Coordinator
Forever Young
Stunts
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
Stunt Coordinator
Father Hood
Stunt Coordinator
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Stunts
Earthquake
Stunts
Impostor
Stunts
Against All Odds
Stunt Driver
Big Bad Mama
Stunt Double
The Boston Strangler
Stunts
F/X
Stunts
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Stunt Coordinator
The Outfit
Stunts
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Stunts
The Babysitter
Stunt Coordinator
Rapid Fire
Stunts
Vampire in Brooklyn
Stunts
Best of the Best 2
Stunts
Transit
Stunt Coordinator
California Suite
Stunts
Captain America
Stunts
Paparazzi
Stunts
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Stunts
Slackers
Stunts
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
Stunt Driver
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Stunt Coordinator
The Mod Squad
Stunts
V.I. Warshawski
Stunts
Johnny Cool
Stunt Double
Capone
Stunt Coordinator
2 Days in the Valley
Stunt Coordinator
Getaway
Stunt Coordinator
WUSA
Stunts
Trojan War
Stunts
Opening Night
Stunt Coordinator
Town & Country
Stunts
The Gumball Rally
Stunts
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Stunt Coordinator
Tobruk
Stunts
The Prize
Stunts
Modern Girls
Stunt Driver
The Mephisto Waltz
Stunts
Twin Sitters
Stunts
Fuzz
Stunts
Blacula
Stunts
The Formula
Stunts
4 for Texas
Stunts
NetForce
Stunts
In Like Flint
Stunts
The Fast and the Furious
Stunts
Seven
Stunt Coordinator
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Stunts
Shamus
Stunt Double
Hero at Large
Stunts
The Don Is Dead
Stunts
Swashbuckler
Stunts
Busting
Stunts
Conquest of the Earth
Stunts
The Private Eyes
Stunt Coordinator
With Six You Get Eggroll
Stunts
Sixpack Annie
Stunts
Elsa & Fred
Utility Stunts
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
Stunts
S.O.B.
Stunts
Glass Jaw
Stunt Coordinator
Cover Girls
Stunt Coordinator
C.H.O.M.P.S.
Stunts
Key West
Stunts
Newman's Law
Stunts
Under Siege
Stunts
Sand
Stunts
A Killing Affair
Stunts
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Stunt Coordinator
Steal the Sky
Stunts
Willie & Phil
Stunts
The Walking Dead
Stunt Coordinator
Three the Hard Way
Stunts
The San Pedro Bums
Stunts
The Wild Pair
Stunts
The Last Ninja
Stunts
The Protector
Stunts
The Steagle
Stunts
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
Stunts
Star Spangled Girl
Stunts
Original Sin
Stunts
Black Samson
Stunts
Dutch Treat
Stunts
The Night That Panicked America
Stunts
Skidoo
Stunts
Assault on the Wayne
Stunts
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Stunts
Racquet
Stunts
Terror on the 40th Floor
Stunts
Code Name: Zebra
Stunts
The Prize Fighter
Stunt Coordinator
Gridlock
Stunts
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Stunts
Casino
Stunt Double
Casino
Stunt Coordinator
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Stunt Coordinator
The One Man Jury
Stunts
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Stunt Coordinator
The Darkness of the Road
Stunt Coordinator
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
Stunts
One Woman's Courage
Stunts