Charles Randolph (born February 28, 1963) is an American screenwriter and producer for film and television.

In 2015, he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay along with Adam McKay for co-writing The Big Short.

In 2019, he wrote and produced the film Bombshell, which was directed by Jay Roach and starred Charlize Theron, Margot Robbie, and Nicole Kidman.

From a chance meeting with someone who worked for the Farrelly brothers, Randolph was inspired to attempt screenwriting.

[3] Randolph has written screenplays for several films and TV movies including The Life of David Gale (2003), The Interpreter (2005), Love & Other Drugs (2010) and The Big Short (2015).