Background
Haid was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Grace Marian (née Folger) and Charles Maurice Haid, Junior. He attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), where he met Steven Bochco.
Haid was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Grace Marian (née Folger) and Charles Maurice Haid, Junior. He attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), where he met Steven Bochco.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute Tech, Pittsburgh.
He is best known for his portrayal of Officer Andy Renko in Hill Street Blues. He was associate producer of the original stage production of Godspell in 1971, which was developed at Carnegie Mellon University. Haid"s acting credits include the 1976/1977 police drama series Delvecchio as Sergeant Paul Schonski, the 1980s police drama series Hill Street Blues as Officer Andy Renko, and the 1980 movie Altered States as Doctor Mason Parrish.
In 1984, Haid was cast as "The Fatman" (or just "Fats") in the never released movie The House of God.
In 2004–2005, Haid played C. T. Finney, a corrupt New York police captain, on the sixth season of the National Broadcasting Company 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 had 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.
His directing credits include an episode of Emergency that earned him a Directors Guild Award, and DGA nominations for the television movie Buffalo Soldiers and an episode of New York City Police Department Blue.
He was a regular director on the Forex series Nip/Tuck. He has also directed for the Forex series Sons of Anarchy and Administrative Management College"s Breaking Bad. He is a regular director for the Columbia Broadcasting System series Criminal Minds, for which he also portrayed serial killer Randall Garner (aka "The Fisher King").
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.
Haid is a cousin of television talk show host and Jeopardy! creator Merv Griffin.
Member California Arts Council, 1982-1984. Member Screen Actor's Guild, Actor's Equity Association, Academy television Arts & Sciences.
Married Penelope Windust (divorced 1983). Children— Arcadia Elizabeth, Brittany Catherine. Married Debi Richter, February 17, 1985.