Chuck Zito

Chuck Zito is an American actor and stuntman who began as an amateur boxer in New York Golden Gloves while working manual jobs. In 1979, after he helped the security team for actor Robert Conrad at a motorcycle convention, he started a bodyguard agency and later protected clients such as Liza Minnelli, Sylvester Stallone and Mickey Rourke. That connection led to film stunt work, beginning as Rourke's double on Year of the Dragon and spanning more than fifty movies, including True Lies and Die Hard with a Vengeance. Small acting roles followed in Heaven's Prisoners and Gia. His breakthrough came as mobster Chucky Pancamo on the HBO series Oz, which he played until the show ended. He went on to appear as Frankie Diamonds on Sons of Anarchy in 2012. Zito has also worked as a ringside boxing reporter, a professional wrestling manager, and a radio host.