Charles Haid
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Charles Maurice Haid III (born June 2, 1943 in San Francisco, California) is an American actor and director, who has worked in both movies and television. He attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University). He was associate producer of the original Off-Off-Broadway production of Godspell in 1971, originally developed at Carnegie.
He is a cousin of television talk show host Merv Griffin.
His acting credits include 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. He is also a regular director on the FX series, Nip/Tuck.
In 2006, Haid appeared in the first season finale and the second season premiere of Criminal Minds, which he also directs.
