- Born
- Died
- Birth nameCharles Michael Cioffi
- Height5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
- Veteran actor Cioffi appeared on television and in films. He may be best-remembered as Tom Cruise's blue-collar widower father in All the Right Moves (1983) or as revenge-seeking Ernesto Toscano on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives (1965) or, for those whose memories go a bit further back, as the sadistic killer (mostly of prostitutes) stalking Jane Fonda for most of the thriller Klute (1971) (for which Fonda won her first Academy Award).
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous (updated by Rms125a@hotmail.com)
- SpouseAnne Jeannine Zantop(March 26, 1960 - May 22, 2026) (his death, 2 children)
- ChildrenTodd Andrei Cioffi
- He can be heard on Pink Floyd's album, "The Wall". One of his scenes from Another World (1964) was used as the TV program in the background while the groupie is walking through the apartment ("Are all these your guitars?"), immediately before the song "One of My Turns". He can be heard saying, "Let me know when you're entering a room" which corresponds with the girl walking into Pink's room.
- Has both B.A. and M.A. degrees from Michigan State.
- Has taught classes on the history of live television at the University of Minnesota.
- His last name is pronounced as "chee-off-ee".
- Is a charter member of the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
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