Gangland Undercover

Gangland Undercover is a Canadian-American fact-based drama television series written and created by Executive Producer Stephen Kemp and co-writer Noel Baker. It was inspired by the story of Charles Falco^[1] a former ATF confidential informant (CI) who infiltrated an outlaw motorcycle club. The series is based on the memoir Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws: My Infiltration of America's Deadliest Biker Gangs written by Charles Falco with Kerrie Droban.^[2] It premiered on Tuesday, February 24, 2015, on the History Channel at 10/9c.^[3] In Canada, Season 2 premiered on September 26, 2016. In the U.S., only the first episode of season 2 aired on December 8, 2016, on A&E. According to the trailer, "the new season" (Season 2) premiered on March 2, 2017. History US has cancelled Gangland Undercover just three episodes into Season 2.^[4]

Gangland Undercover
Genre	Drama
Created by	Stephen Kemp
Based on	Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws: My Infiltration of America's Deadliest Biker Gangs by Charles Falco with Kerrie Droban
Written by	Noel Baker Stephen Kemp
Directed by	Stephen Kemp (series dir.)
Starring	Damon Runyan Ari Cohen Paulino Nunes James Cade Melanie Scrofano Don Francks Ian Matthews
Opening theme	Russ Mackay "We Will Not Go Quietly" by Sixx: A.M. (Season 2)
Composers	Russ Mackay Allan Pynn Paul Pitre
Country of origin	Canada United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	14
Production
Executive producers	Stephen Kemp Sherri Rufh Santo Cornacchia Tanga Spencer Medof Elaine Frontain Bryant Julian Hobbs Stephen Mintz Charles Tremayne Brendan Deneen and Rob Kirkpatrick for Macmillan Entertainment
Producer	Santo Cornacchia Tanga
Production location	Ontario, Canada
Cinematography	Gary Clarke
Editors	Rob Chandler Jason Gatt Mark Holtze Tom Fulford Nathan Mandin Susan Maggi Buff Smith
Running time	45 minutes
Production companies	Shaw Media McMillan Entertainment A&E Television Networks (Season 2) Cineflix (Biker 2) Inc. (S2) Corus Entertainment (S2) Canal D (Season 2)
Original release
Network	History (CA) History (U.S.)
Release	February 24, 2015 – May 20, 2017

A description at the beginning of the first episode stated: "This program is based on Charles Falco's account of events that took place between 2003 and 2006, when he infiltrated one of America's most notorious biker gangs. Names, locations and key details have been changed to protect the identities of those involved."

Opening Introduction (narrated by Charles Falco – voice disguised):

When I first took a deal to become an undercover informant of a biker gang, I did it to save my own skin. But over the next three years, putting bad guys away became my personal mission. I saw it as a chance to make amends for my past mistakes. But I paid a heavy price. I'm Charles Falco, and this is my story.

• Damon Runyan as Charles Falco, meth dealer-turned-ATF confidential informant, undercover in the Vagos Motorcycle Club; he's nicknamed Quick, from a "hang-around", a prospect to a full-patched member. In Season 2, he is in the witness protection program and goes undercover as a prospect named Chef in the Mongols Motorcycle Club, and later a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.
• Ari Cohen as Mike Kozinski (aka Koz), ATF special agent and Falco's handler. In Season 2, as Ziggy, an undercover Mongols Sargeant-at-Arms, Pomona Chapter
• Paulino Nunes as Schizo, Vagos Chapter President
• James Cade as Stash, Vagos prospect-turned-full-patched member
• Ian Matthews as Darko, Vagos Sergeant-at-Arms. In Season 2, he is an ATF CI as a member of the probationary chapter of the Outlaws.
• Stephen Eric McIntyre as Kid, Vagos Vice President and Falco's prospect sponsor. In Season 2 as The Devil, Outlaws President
• Don Francks as Lizard, Vagos Road Captain
• Melanie Scrofano as Suzanna, Stella's friend and Falco's girlfriend

Season 2

• Thomas Mitchell as Bullet, ATF special agent working undercover as a member of the Mongols, their Sergeant-at-Arms. He starts up a new probationary chapter for the Outlaws.
• Hannah Anderson as Sarah Jane, a waitress at the Tulip Diner Charlie befriends
• Shaun Benson as Crowbar, Pagans President
• Joanne Boland as Meredith Jones/Wilson, ATF field operations management and Bullet's handler

Season 1

• Kiran Friesen as Stella, Schizo's "old lady" (wife)
• Ashley Tredenick as Red, Kid's old lady
• Patricia McKenzie as Samantha Kiles, detective in the San Bernardino Organized Crime Unit
• Jessica Huras as Natalie Falco, ex-wife of Charles Falco
• Markus Parillo as Felix, Vagos International President
• John Tench as Green, Vagos member of Australian chapter, ATF informant
• Romano Orzari as Bernard, Falco's former meth business partner

Season 2

• Chris Ratz as Dirtbag, Pagans Sergeant-at-Arms
• Sora Olah as Sherri, Charlie's witness protection handler
• Pedro Miguel Arce as Paco, a local gunrunner
• Christian Bako as Sputnik, Outlaws member who's Russian
• Dan Masters as Foghorn, Outlaws member who's a mute
• Brendan Eckstrom as Razor, Merciless Souls (Maggots) Sergeant-at-Arms
• Justin Mader as Sniper
• Ryan Blakely as Bug (Chester Peters), a former felon-turned-ATF CI who joins Bullet's Outlaws probationary chapter.
• Andrew Jackson as Tug, Mongols National Sergeant-at-Arms
• Michael Copeland as Miles, Mongols International President
• Ivan Wanis Ruiz as Hector, Surenos gang leader

• Ron Kennell as Reese, liquid methamphetamine drug dealer (Season 1)
• Daniel Williston as Hammer, former Vagos member and Schizo's buddy, believed to be a snitch (Season 1)
• Michael Reventar as Thor, Falco's cellmate at FCI Lompoc (Season 1)
• Alejandro Ampudia as El Toro Malo, head prison guard at FCI Lompoc (Season 1)
• Brayden Jones as Lucky, past Mongols prospect turned member in 1977 (Season 2)

Note: * The first episode first aired in the U.S. on December 8, 2016, on A&E. It re-aired on March 2, 2017, returning to History Channel; after the third episode the show was pulled from the schedule.

• List of outlaw motorcycle clubs
• List of Motorcycle Club terms

• Official website
• Gangland Undercover at IMDb
• Gangland Undercover at TV Guide