Charles Cioffi is is an American stage, movie, and television actor, best known for Missing, Shaft, and Klute. Other film credits include Amy's Orgasm, Newsies, Used People, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, The Accuser, Crazy Joe, The Don Is Dead, The Thief Who Came to Dinner, and Lucky Luciano.

Television credits include Judge Walter Kimball on ABC’s The Practice, Lieutenant Kramer on CBS’ The Equalizer, Section Chief Scott Blevins on FOX’s X-Files, Claudius Church on ABC’s Ryan’s Hope, and Kirk Laverty on NBC’s Another World.

Broadway theatre credits include his debut as Duke of Albany/Others in King Lear, Claudius in Hamlet, Choragos in Antigone, and Major Nicholas Radzi in In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer(Vivian Beaumont Theatre), Jacob Manheim in Chinese Coffee (Circle in the Square Theatre), Father Ed Larkin in Stand Up Tragedy (Criterion Center Stage), and John Hancock in 1776 (46th Street/St. James/Majestic Theatres).