Carl Ciarfalio, a veteran stuntman, stunt coordinator, and character actor whose profession spanned 4 many years, has died on the age of 72. His spouse, Teri Ryan, confirmed the information in an emotional put up on her Fb web page, saying he “handed peacefully” surrounded by family members. “Our Carl has handed on,” she wrote. “And by ‘our’ I imply all of us. He was so particular to everybody. We’ll have fun his particular life and light-weight. No concept how but, however I do know the laughter will stream with the tears. He went peacefully, and we had been all there.”
Born November 12, 1953, in Alhambra, California, Ciarfalio went from school wrestler to theme-park stunt performer at Knott’s Berry Farm and Common Studios earlier than breaking into TV within the early ’80s.
From there, he turned one of many trade’s most dependable stunt execs, working with icons together with Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Quentin Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh.
His early credit included The Fall Man, MacGyver, Magnum, P.I., and Sledge Hammer!, earlier than transferring into movies such because the James Bond movie Licence to Kill, RoboCop 2 and three, Wayne’s World, Beverly Hills Cop III, and Batman & Robin. He continued to land roles and stunt gigs nicely into current years, showing in initiatives like Justified, Meet the Blacks, and the Sharknado franchise.
Throughout a whole lot of titles, his résumé stretched from Beetlejuice and Whole Recall to Glory, Get Shorty, Mallrats, Romy & Michele’s Excessive Faculty Reunion, Bruce Almighty, After the Sundown and Wedding ceremony Crashers.
Ciarfalio additionally coordinated stunts on dozens of productions, together with The Expendables, Meet the Blacks and Rock, Paper, Scissors.
In 1985, he gained the Finest Battle Sequence award on the inaugural Stuntman Awards for Knight Rider and later earned a SAG Award nomination as a part of the stunt ensemble for The Wonderful Spider-Man.
A key determine in trade advocacy, he joined the Stuntmen’s Affiliation in 1985, served as its president from 1992–96, and helped set up the TV Academy’s Stunt Peer Group in 2000. His efforts had been instrumental in creating the Emmy Award for Excellent Stunt Coordination the next yr.
