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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 2, 1943 (83)
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Actor and director, also producer
- 54 on MovieCove · 101 credits in all
Known for
What are Charles Haid's films like?
Across their 28 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 24
A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 5 · Dark 14
Grounded 21 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2
Gentle 3 · Charged 15 · Intense 8
A split, not a type: Steady 14 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 18 · Relentless 1
Casual 9 · Engaged 15 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 10
Resolved 20 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 2 of 7 analyzed roles.
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- Allyas Mason Parrish in Altered States (1980)
- Mentoras Fats (The Fatman) in The House of God (1981)
- Tricksteras Sam Shockley in Six Against the Rock (1987)
- Allyas Delbert 'Whitey' Haines in Cop (1988)
- Shadowas Buddy Bunnucci in Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders (1989)
- Shadowas Hank in For Their Own Good (1993)
- Threshold guardianas Bishop Cahill in The Third Miracle (1999)
Moods and endings
- Happy8
- Bittersweet13
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Charles Haid's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 54 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).
- Third Watch (1999) · actor, director · free
- Altered States (1980) · actor · free
- Who'll Stop the Rain (1978) · actor · free
- Nightbreed (1990) · actor · free
- The Third Miracle (1999) · actor · free
- For Their Own Good (1993) · actor · free
- In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing (1990) · actor, producer · free
- In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion (1992) · director · free
- Pray TV (1980) · actor · free
- The Fire Next Time (1993) · actor · free
Subscription and free streaming for Charles Haid's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
101 credits, 54 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Sensitivity Training (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Grimm(2011)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Defying Gravity(2009)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Sons of Anarchy(2008)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
In Plain Sight(2008)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Breaking Bad(2008)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Criminal Minds(2005)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
The Closer(2005)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Life Is Ruff(2005)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Boston Legal(2004)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Home on the Range(2004)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Karen Sisco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Threat Matrix (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Nip/Tuck(2003)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Presidio Med (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
The Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Citizen Baines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Philly(2001)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
The Guardian(2001)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
The Division (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
The Third Miracle(1999)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Third Watch(1999)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Buddy Faro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Buffalo Soldiers(1997)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
High Incident (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Murder One(1995)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Broken Trust(1995)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
ER(1994)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
The Byrds of Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Iron Will(1994)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
NYPD Blue(1993)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
The Fire Next Time(1993)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
For Their Own Good(1993)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Cooperstown(1993)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Storyville (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Freeze Frame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Nightman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
The Antagonists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
The Dreamer of Oz(1990)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Fire and Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Cop Rock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Nightbreed(1990)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Doogie Howser, M.D.(1989)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
A Deadly Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Capone Behind Bars(1989)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
The Rescue(1988)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Cop(1988)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Weekend War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Six Against the Rock(1987)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Square Dance(1987)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
L.A. Law(1986)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
The Twilight Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Code of Vengeance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Children in the Crossfire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all showsThe Adventures of the Get Along Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
The House of God(1981)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Hitchhiker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Working (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Twirl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Hill Street Blues(1981)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Altered States(1980)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Pray TV(1980)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
B. J. and the Bear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
$weepstake$ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Oliver's Story(1978)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all filmsGrandpa Goes to Washington (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Who'll Stop the Rain(1978)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Deathmoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
The Bastard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
The Amazing Spider-Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
A Death in Canaan(1978)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The Choirboys(1977)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Battle of the Network Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Alex & the Gypsy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Delvecchio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Foster & Laurie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Wonder Woman(1975)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Kate McShane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Switch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Kate McShane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Things in Their Season(1974)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Police Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Harry O (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Remember When(1974)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Kung Fu(1972)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
The Waltons(1972)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Cannon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Career shape
Star power in the 91st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 101 titles from 1955 to 2016; peak year 1989.
Film career
Peak 1989 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1977Screen debut· The Choirboys
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Charles Haid's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 30; across their 26 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up18
- 50th to 74th18
- 25th to 49th11
- Below 25th7
Shape of the crowd
25 of their 54 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved9
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser25
- Mixed18
Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 22 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Charles Haid's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Charles Haid work with?
People who share at least 2 of Charles Haid's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; William Wages shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Michael PressmanShared titles: Capone Behind Bars (1989), Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Pressman
- Donald WryeShared titles: Divorce Wars: A Love Story (1982), The House of God (1981)See all 2 shared titles with Donald Wrye
Writers
- John GayShared titles: Six Against the Rock (1987), Things in Their Season (1974)See all 2 shared titles with John Gay
Actors
- Ed HarrisShared titles: The Third Miracle (1999), Riders of the Purple Sage (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Ed Harris
- Norbert WeisserShared titles: Riders of the Purple Sage (1996), In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Norbert Weisser
- Tom SelleckShared titles: Broken Trust (1995), Divorce Wars: A Love Story (1982)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Selleck
- Rex LinnShared titles: Iron Will (1994), In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Rex Linn
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- William WagesShared titles: Buffalo Soldiers (1997), Riders of the Purple Sage (1996), Iron Will (1994), Cooperstown (1993), For Their Own Good (1993), In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion (1992)See all 6 shared titles with William Wages
- Andrew DoerferShared titles: Buffalo Soldiers (1997), Iron Will (1994), Cooperstown (1993), In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion (1992)See all 4 shared titles with Andrew Doerfer
- Joel McNeelyShared titles: Buffalo Soldiers (1997), Iron Will (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Joel McNeely
- David HoldenShared titles: Riders of the Purple Sage (1996), The Rescue (1988)See all 2 shared titles with David Holden
Producers
- Kenneth KaufmanShared titles: In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion (1992), In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing (1990)See all 2 shared titles with Kenneth Kaufman
- Tom PatchettShared titles: In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion (1992), In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing (1990)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Patchett
Mixed roles
- Betty ThomasShared titles: Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989), Hill Street Blues (1981)See all 2 shared titles with Betty Thomas
