Charlie Scalies is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Thomas "Horseface" Pakusa, one of the stevedores and union members on the second season of HBO's The Wire. He has also appeared in TV shows Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, and The Sopranos. He lives with his wife in Pennsylvania. He is the father of five children and the grandfather of four.
Charley portrayed "El Presidente", a fictional dictator in a Van Melle commercial filmed in Pretoria, South Africa. For the shoot, a huge portrait of "El Presidente" was hung from the exterior of the famous Palace of Justice on Paul Krueger Square. Charley's visage is the only one known to have ever been displayed there.