---
name: "Charles Haid"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-haid"
fi1m_id: "charles-haid"
imdb_id: "nm0354024"
tmdb_id: 69791
wikidata_id: "Q1279422"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "2 June 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "director"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-07T12:20:20.049156+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charles Haid

## Identity

Charles Haid

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-haid
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-haid
- **IMDb ID:** nm0354024
- **TMDB ID:** 69791
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1279422
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Haid, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1279422, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354024/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69791

Director. Born 2 June 1943 in San Francisco, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 2 June 1943, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Active:** 1981–2011
- **Also known as:** Charlie Haid
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 1 acting, 9 directing
- **Frequently works with:** [Elodie Keene](https://film.one/person/elodie-keene.md), [Félix Enríquez Alcalá](https://film.one/person/felix-alcala.md), [Karen Gaviola](https://film.one/person/karen-gaviola.md), [Nelson McCormick](https://film.one/person/nelson-mccormick.md), [Tawnia McKiernan](https://film.one/person/tawnia-mckiernan.md), [Donna Deitch](https://film.one/person/donna-deitch.md), [Doug Palau](https://film.one/person/doug-palau.md), [Eric Laneuville](https://film.one/person/eric-laneuville.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as director, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 86 (1), 1990s 84 (3), 2000s 73 (5), 2010s 63 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 72 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Crime 3, Mystery 2, Comedy 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Haid, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1279422, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354024/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69791

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*ER*](https://film.one/tv/er.md) (88), [*Boston Legal*](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md) (76), [*Nip/Tuck*](https://film.one/tv/nip-tuck.md) (70), [*Sons of Anarchy*](https://film.one/tv/sons-of-anarchy.md) (67)
- **Netflix:** [*Breaking Bad*](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md) (91)
- **Peacock:** [*Grimm*](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md) (63)
- **Apple TV:** [*Criminal Minds*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Charles Haid is an American actor and television director. Born on 2 June 1943 in San Francisco, California, he trained at Carnegie Mellon University, where he met producer Steven Bochco.

He is known for playing Officer Andy Renko in the series *Hill Street Blues* (1981–1987) and for acting roles in *Altered States* (1980) as Mason Parrish and *Nightbreed* (1990) as Captain Eigerman. Haid has directed episodes of numerous series, including *ER*, *Nip/Tuck*, *Sons of Anarchy*, *Criminal Minds*, *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*, *Grimm* and *Breaking Bad* (2009). An episode of *ER* earned him a Directors Guild of America Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, dga.org.*

## On Fi1m (10)

### Performed in (1)

- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), Fi1m 86, as Andy Renko — [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)

### Directed (9) — the average rests on these

- *Grimm* (2011), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md)
- *Breaking Bad* (2008), Fi1m 91, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md)
- *Sons of Anarchy* (2008), Fi1m 67, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/sons-of-anarchy.md)
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), Fi1m 60, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Boston Legal* (2004), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)
- *Nip/Tuck* (2003), Fi1m 70, as Reefer — [page](https://film.one/tv/nip-tuck.md)
- *Murder One* (1995), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/murder-one.md)
- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

## Complete filmography (101)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sensitivity Training* (2016), as Glenn
- *Grimm* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md)
- *Defying Gravity* (2009), series, as Maddux's Father
- *Sons of Anarchy* (2008), series, Director — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/sons-of-anarchy.md)
- *In Plain Sight* (2008), series, Director
- *Breaking Bad* (2008), series, Director — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md)
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *The Closer* (2005), series, Director
- *Life Is Ruff* (2005), Director
- *Boston Legal* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)
- *Home on the Range* (2004), as Lucky Jack (voice)
- *Karen Sisco* (2003), series, Director
- *Threat Matrix* (2003), series, Director
- *Nip/Tuck* (2003), series, as Reefer · Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/nip-tuck.md)
- *Presidio Med* (2002), series, Director
- *The Court* (2002), series, Director, Producer
- *Citizen Baines* (2001), series, Director
- *The Guardian* (2001), series, Director
- *Philly* (2001), series, Director
- *The Division* (2001), series, as Maynard Shaw · Director
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, Director
- *Sally Hemings: An American Scandal* (2000), Director
- *Sally Hemings: An American Scandal* (2000), series, Director
- *The Third Miracle* (1999), as Bishop Cahill
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Captain Cathel Finney · Director
- *Buddy Faro* (1998), series, Director
- *Buffalo Soldiers* (1997), Director
- *High Incident* (1996), series, Producer, Director
- *Riders of the Purple Sage* (1996), Director
- *Murder One* (1995), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/murder-one.md)
- *Broken Trust* (1995), as Judge Harold Ashley
- *ER* (1994), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *The Byrds of Paradise* (1994), series, Director
- *Iron Will* (1994), Director
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *The Fire Next Time* (1993), series, as Buddy Eckhard
- *For Their Own Good* (1993), as Hank
- *Cooperstown* (1993), as Little Eddie Mcvee · Director
- *Storyville* (1992), as Abe Choate
- *Freeze Frame* (1992), as Dr Michael Scott
- *In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion* (1992), Director
- *The Nightman* (1992), Producer, Director
- *The Antagonists* (1991), series, Director
- *The Dreamer of Oz* (1990), as Al Badham / Cowardly Lion
- *In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing* (1990), as Tommy Quinn · Co-Producer
- *Fire and Rain* (1990), as Bob
- *Cop Rock* (1990), series, Director
- *Nightbreed* (1990), as Captain Eigerman
- *Doogie Howser, M.D.* (1989), series, Director
- *A Deadly Silence* (1989), as James 'Jim' Pierson
- *The Revenge of Al Capone* (1989), as Alex Conners
- *Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders* (1989), as Buddy Bunnucci
- *The Great Escape II: The Untold Story* (1988), series, as MacKenzie
- *The Great Escape II: The Untold Story* (1988), as Sgt. MacKenzie
- *The Rescue* (1988), as Cmdr. Howard
- *Cop* (1988), as Delbert W. 'Whitey' Haines
- *Weekend War* (1988), as Sgt. Kupjack
- *Six Against the Rock* (1987), as Sam Shockley
- *Square Dance* (1987), Executive Producer
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, Director
- *The Twilight Zone* (1985), series, Actor
- *Code of Vengeance* (1985), as Jim Blanton
- *Children in the Crossfire* (1984), as Fred Chandler · Producer
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Joe Briscoe, Augie Specter
- *The Adventures of the Get Along Gang* (1984), as Montgomery Moose (voice)
- *The House of God* (1984), as Fats
- *The Hitchhiker* (1983), series, as Coach
- *Working* (1982), as Gas Man
- *Divorce Wars: A Love Story* (1982), as Fred Bemous
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Gas Man
- *Twirl* (1981), as Matt Jordan
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, as Andy Renko — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)
- *Altered States* (1980), as Mason Parrish
- *Pray TV* (1980), as Buck Sunday
- *B. J. and the Bear* (1979), series, Actor
- *$weepstake$* (1979), series, Actor
- *Oliver's Story* (1978), as Stephen Simpson
- *Grandpa Goes to Washington* (1978), series, Actor
- *Who'll Stop the Rain* (1978), as Eddie Peace
- *Deathmoon* (1978), as Earl Wheelie
- *The Bastard* (1978), series, as George Lumden
- *The Amazing Spider-Man* (1978), series, Actor
- *A Death in Canaan* (1978), as Sgt. Case
- *The Choirboys* (1977), as Nick Yanov
- *Battle of the Network Stars* (1976), series, Actor
- *Alex & the Gypsy* (1976), as Second Goon
- *Delvecchio* (1976), series, as Paul Shonski
- *Foster & Laurie* (1975), as Sgt. Bray
- *Wonder Woman* (1975), series, as Bob Baker
- *Kate McShane* (1975), series, as Ed McShane
- *Switch* (1975), series, as Pepper
- *Kate McShane* (1975), as Ed McShane
- *Things in Their Season* (1974), as Willie McCreevy
- *Police Woman* (1974), series, as Charley French
- *Harry O* (1974), series, Actor
- *Remember When* (1974), as Jimmy
- *The Execution of Private Slovik* (1974), as Brockmeyer
- *Kung Fu* (1972), series, as Sheriff
- *The Waltons* (1972), series, as Fred
- *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Lem Hargis

## Gallery

- ![Charles Haid](https://film.one/media/person/61091/gallery-02234260990e.jpg) Charles Haid — Damon D'Amato from I live in North Hollywood, Calfornia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Haid%2C_Charles_%282007%29_2.jpg/1280px-Haid%2C_Charles_%282007%29_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![American actor and filmmaker Charles Haid during the 2007 WGA strike.](https://film.one/media/person/61091/gallery-3f07445adcf8.jpg) American actor and filmmaker Charles Haid during the 2007 WGA strike. — Damon D'Amato from I live in North Hollywood, Calfornia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Haid%2C_Charles_%282007%29_3.jpg/1280px-Haid%2C_Charles_%282007%29_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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