Charles Haid
Charles Maurice Haid III (born June 2, 1943) is an American actor and director, with notable work in both movies and television. He is known for his portrayal of Officer Andy Renko in Hill Street Blues. Haid was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Grace Marian (née Folger) and Charles Maurice Haid, Jr. He attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), where he met Steven Bochco. He was associate producer of the original stage production of Godspell in 1971, which was developed at CMU. Haid's acting credits include the 1976/1977 police drama series Delvecchio as Sgt. Paul Schonski and the 1980s police drama series Hill Street Blues, as Officer Andy Renko, and as Dr. Mason Parrish in the 1980 movie Altered States. His directing credits include an episode of ER which earned him a Directors Guild Award, and DGA nominations for the TV-movie Buffalo Soldiers and an episode of NYPD Blue. He is a regular director on the FX series Nip/Tuck. He has also directed for the FX series Sons of Anarchy. He is a regular director for the CBS series Criminal Minds. He also portrayed serial killer Randall Garner (aka "The Fisher King") on Criminal Minds. During a visit to New Zealand in the 1980s, Haid was interviewed for a television news program, and surprised many viewers when he discussed his Shakespearean background, and love of live stage work. In 2004-2005 Haid played C. T. Finney, a corrupt New York police captain on the sixth season of the NBC show Third Watch. Haid provided the voice of the one-legged rabbit "Lucky Jack" in the 2004 Disney animated film Home On The Range. Twenty years earlier, Haid voiced main character "Montgomery Moose" in the pilot episode of The Get Along Gang, produced by Nelvana. He was replaced by Sparky Marcus for the subsequent series. Haid is a cousin of television talk show host Merv Griffin.
68 acting credits · 37 directing credits
Acting · 68
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Third Watch
1999
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Waltons
1972
Nip/Tuck
2003
The Twilight Zone
1985
The Division
2001
Police Woman
1974
Cannon
1971
Gunsmoke
1955
Switch
1975
The Hitchhiker
1983
Harry O
1974
Wonder Woman
1975
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
B. J. and the Bear
1979
Home on the Range
2004
$weepstake$
1979
The Amazing Spider-Man
1978
Delvecchio
1976
Defying Gravity
2009
Kate McShane
1975
Altered States
1980
Nightbreed
1990
The Bastard
1978
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
The Fire Next Time
1993
Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978
Cop
1988
Who'll Stop the Rain
1978
Kung Fu
1972
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
The Rescue
1988
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982
The House of God
1984
The Choirboys
1977
A Deadly Silence
1989
Six Against the Rock
1987
Oliver's Story
1978
The Execution of Private Slovik
1974
The Third Miracle
1999
Pray TV
1980
Weekend War
1988
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
1990
Twirl
1981
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
1989
The Dreamer of Oz
1990
Working
1982
For Their Own Good
1993
Divorce Wars: A Love Story
1982
Children in the Crossfire
1984
Fire and Rain
1990
The Adventures of the Get Along Gang
1984
Broken Trust
1995
Storyville
1992
Alex & the Gypsy
1976
A Death in Canaan
1978
Deathmoon
1978
The Revenge of Al Capone
1989
Kate McShane
1975
Sensitivity Training
2016
Foster & Laurie
1975
Things in Their Season
1974
Code of Vengeance
1985
Cooperstown
1993
A Program for Vietnam Veterans...and Everyone Else Who Should Care
1986
Remember When
1974
Freeze Frame
1992
Directing · 37
Criminal Minds
2005
Breaking Bad
2008
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Grimm
2011
ER
1994
Sons of Anarchy
2008
The Closer
2005
Third Watch
1999
Boston Legal
2004
NYPD Blue
1993
L.A. Law
1986
Nip/Tuck
2003
The Guardian
2001
The Division
2001
In Plain Sight
2008
Murder One
1995
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
Threat Matrix
2003
High Incident
1996
Presidio Med
2002
Philly
2001
Cop Rock
1990
The Court
2002
Karen Sisco
2003
Citizen Baines
2001
The Byrds of Paradise
1994
Buddy Faro
1998
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
Iron Will
1994
The Antagonists
1991
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
Riders of the Purple Sage
1996
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
Life Is Ruff
2005
In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion
1992
The Nightman
1992
Cooperstown
1993