Carl Ciarfalio is a 40-year veteran of stage, television and movies. He enjoys a prolific career as an actor, stuntman, and stunt-coordinator. Carl has worked with film and television legends including Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Steven Soderbergh, Tom Cruise, Clint Eastwood, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry and Chuck Norris. Carl was an award-winning college wrestler who found a way to parlay his talents into performing in the live western themed stage shows at Knott's Berry Farm and then Universal Studios. He received his SAG card in 1977 and has been working in the film and television industry ever since. Carl has appeared many times as guest-star and co-star in several television programs and feature films over his career, and was the recipient of the "Best Fight Sequence" award in the 1st Annual Stuntman Awards for his performance in the television series, "Knight Rider". Carl became a member of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures in 1985 and served as president from 1992 until 1996. He served on the Board of Governors at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for two terms and was the Governor of the Stunt Peer Group, which he helped to form in the year 2000. In 2001 Carl was a key player in establishing the first Emmy Award for Outstanding Stunt Co-ordination; this Emmy is now awarded each year at the Television Academy's Creative Arts Awards Ceremony. Carl also served as the stunt community liaison during the creation of the annual Taurus World Stunt Awards and the Taurus Foundation, and continues to serves on its Blue Ribbon Committee.