birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
los angeles , california , u.s. december 19 , 1959 frank zagarino
 frank zagarino actor , producer , director
frank zagarino

frank zagarino -lrb- born december 19 , 1959 in los angeles , california -rrb- is an american actor , star of low budget action movies .
one of his early roles was in the movie `` barbarian queen '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- in which he played opposite lana clarkson .
like several other american b movie stars he made many of his movies in europe , especially in italy .
he starred in ' -lrb- 1988 -rrb- an italian production filmed in north korea , one of few foreign films filmed in that country -lrb- according to director ferdinando baldi , zagarino was jailed for two days in north korea because the koreans suspected he was an american spy because he liked taking photos . -rrb- .
he later appeared in american movies such as `` project shadowchaser '' -lrb- 1992 -rrb- and its three sequels , and `` operation delta force '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- .
he also appeared in the computer game ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- .
he has also produced a number of films and directed three .
