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Charles Cyphers is an American actor who has starred in many films and on television. He is known in the horror movie community for his work in the films of John Carpenter, especially his role as Sheriff Leigh Brackett in Carpenter's 1978 hit horror movie Halloween. He reprised this role in the 1981 sequel Halloween II, and will return to the character in the upcoming Halloween Kills.
Born
Friday, 28 July 1939
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Halloween Kills | Leigh Brackett | 2021 |
| Grizzly II: Revenge | Steve | 2021 |
| The Night She Came Home!! | Self | 2013 |
| Halloween: The Inside Story | Self / Sheriff Leigh Brackett | 2010 |
| Methodic | Chief Sperranza | 2007 |
| Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | Self | 2006 |
| Halloween: 25 Years of Terror | Self | 2006 |
| 'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest | Self / Leigh Brackett | 2003 |
| Critical Mass | Henderson | 2001 |
| Mach 2 | Harry Olson | 2000 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Halloween Kills | Leigh Brackett | 2021 |
| Grizzly II: Revenge | Steve | 2021 |
| The Night She Came Home!! | Self | 2013 |
| Halloween: The Inside Story | Self / Sheriff Leigh Brackett | 2010 |
| Methodic | Chief Sperranza | 2007 |
| Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | Self | 2006 |
| Halloween: 25 Years of Terror | Self | 2006 |
| 'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest | Self / Leigh Brackett | 2003 |
| Critical Mass | Henderson | 2001 |
| Mach 2 | Harry Olson | 2000 |
| Pensacola: Wings of Gold | General Stabler | 1997 |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Coach Carl Marin | 1997 |
| Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher | Al yaroker / Mr. Yaroker / Al Yaroker | 1996 |
| JAG | Jesse | 1995 |
| Murder One | Patrick McQueen | 1995 |
| Deadly Games | General Barnicke | 1995 |
| Sliders | Coach Almquist | 1995 |
| The George Wendt Show | Mr. Blake | 1995 |
| Murder in the First | Bailif | 1995 |
| ER | Injured Civil-War Reenactor | 1994 |
| Hardball | Chuck | 1994 |
| The George Carlin Show | Officer Bill Koski | 1994 |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Thaddeus Roarke | 1993 |
| SeaQuest 2032 | Calvin Shelley | 1993 |
| Loaded Weapon 1 | Interrogator | 1993 |
| Renegade | Zachary Quinn | 1992 |
| California Dreams | Coach Cotler | 1992 |
| FBI: The Untold Stories | Sillous Huddleston | 1991 |
| Roc | Mr. Samuels | 1991 |
| Dragnet | Coach Simons | 1989 |
| Seinfeld | Gardner | 1989 |
| Gleaming the Cube | Harvey McGill | 1989 |
| Major League | Charlie Donovan | 1989 |
| Freddy's Nightmares | Ben Ostroff | 1988 |
| China Beach | The General | 1988 |
| Big Bad Mama II | Stark | 1987 |
| Jake and the Fatman | Benny Kraus | 1987 |
| 21 Jump Street | Team Doctor | 1987 |
| Our House | Fred Houston | 1986 |
| Matlock | Tom Coyle | 1986 |
| Hunter's Blood | Woody | 1986 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Lt. Timothy Chance | 1984 |
| Airwolf | Joe Ganns | 1984 |
| Night Court | Leo | 1984 |
| Little House: Look Back to Yesterday | Zack Taylor | 1983 |
| Memorial Day | Jack Ruskin | 1983 |
| Honkytonk Man | Stubbs | 1982 |
| The Quest | Peters | 1982 |
| The Executioner's Song | Noall Wootton | 1982 |
| Death Wish II | Donald Kay | 1982 |
| Simon & Simon | Sergeant Lester | 1981 |
| Escape from New York | Secretary of State | 1981 |
| Halloween II | Leigh Brackett | 1981 |
| Hill Street Blues | Capt. Leder / Captain Leder / Commander #1 | 1981 |
| Borderline | Ski | 1980 |
| The Fog | Dan O'Bannon | 1980 |
| Benson | Scotty | 1979 |
| The Onion Field | Chaplain | 1979 |
| Hart to Hart | Lester | 1979 |
| Force of One, A | Dr. Eppis | 1979 |
| A Force of One | Dr. Eppis | 1979 |
| Friendly Fire | Tom Loomis | 1979 |
| Elvis | Sam Phillips | 1979 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Phil / Bumper | 1979 |
| Someone's Watching Me! | Gary Hunt | 1978 |
| Halloween | Brackett | 1978 |
| Dallas | Bertram Pogue | 1978 |
| Gray Lady Down | 1978 | |
| Coming Home | Pee Wee | 1978 |
| The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald | Michael Brandon | 1977 |
| Lou Grant | Jerry Baldwin | 1977 |
| The Betty White Show | Hugo Muncy | 1977 |
| Our Town | Sam Craig | 1977 |
| MacArthur | General Harding | 1977 |
| Roots | Fred Drake | 1977 |
| Gibbsville | Wingfield | 1976 |
| Assault on Precinct 13 | Starker | 1976 |
| The Tony Randall Show | Eddie Foxworth | 1976 |
| Vigilante Force | Perry Beal | 1976 |
| Alice | Allen Wolf | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | John Haller | 1976 |
| The Bionic Woman | Faler | 1976 |
| Wonder Woman | Kurt | 1975 |
| Phyllis | Coach Joe Cook | 1975 |
| The Secrets of Isis | Sam Niles | 1975 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Medical Examiner Delaney / Detective Webster / Arthur Cole | 1975 |
| The Missiles of October | Press Photographer | 1974 |
| The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One | Arthur 'Doc' Barker | 1974 |
| Truck Turner | Drunk | 1974 |
| The Manhunter | Emmett Crowley | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Faler | 1974 |
| The Slams | Nicol | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Bill Garwood / Brad Kirtz / Jimmy Dorset / Mike Hartney | 1973 |
| Cool Breeze | Backstage Police Officer | 1972 |
| Cannon | Corky Hill / Janniver's Accomplice | 1971 |
| The F.B.I. | Charlie Wicker | 1965 |
