Background
Zito was born in New York, the second of three children of Charles Zito, Senior and Gloria Frangione. The son of a professional welterweight boxer, Zito was taught at an early age how to fight and defend himself.
Zito was born in New York, the second of three children of Charles Zito, Senior and Gloria Frangione. The son of a professional welterweight boxer, Zito was taught at an early age how to fight and defend himself.
His involvement with the motorcycle club eventually led to their divorce. A motorcycle lover, Zito established the New Rochelle Motorcycle Club which later merged with the Ching-a-Ling Nomads. Zito would later leave the Nomads and join the In 1984, Zito helped establish the New York Nomad Chapter and became the chapter"s president
In 2005, Zito left the, after 25 years, to focus on his acting career.
Following in his father"s footsteps, Zito became an amateur boxer and fought in New York Golden Gloves while working manual labor. In 1980, after assisting the bodyguards of actor Robert Conrad at a motorcycle convention, Zito began his own bodyguard agency.
The actress recommended Zito"s service to her plethora of celebrity acquaintances, allowing Zito to quickly develop contacts throughout Hollywood. Parlaying his connection, Zito began a career as a stuntman working on films such as Year of the Dragon, Hudson Hawk, and The Rock.
In 1996, after a meeting with producer Tom Fontana, Zito joined the Home Box Office prison drama Oz as mobster Chucky Pancamo.
Over the years Zito has alternated with stunt work and acting with credits for stunt work in films like Fifteen Minutes and acting roles in the film This Thing of Ours. In 2003, Zito released his autobiography, Street Justice, co-authored with Joe Layden. In 2006, Zito expanded into radio with the show Chuck Zito"s View on Howard Stern"s Sirius Satellite Radio station.
In 2010, Zito filed a $5 million lawsuit against the cable network Forex, alleging that he had a development meeting with them in 2006, in which he pitched the idea of an outlaw motorcycle group.
He alleges that Forex blew him off and then stole his idea, which became the Forex show Sons of Anarchy. On December 11, 2011, a court judgment was ruled against Zito.
Zito appeared in Sons of Anarchy season 5, as Frankie Diamonds. He also appeared in SOA creator Kurt Sutter"s Discovery Channel documentary series, Outlaw Empires.
In 2013, Zito competed on Food Network "s Chopped along with National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing"s Danica Patrick, former NFLer Tiki Barber, and Olympic Champion Natalie Coughlin.