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Christopher Meloni
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Christopher Peter Meloni (born April 2, 1961) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit until 2013, and later reprising the role (as a series regular) on the 2021 spinoff series, Law & Order: Organized Crime. Meloni was nominated for the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Elliot Stabler. He played criminal Jimmy Liery in eight episodes of NYPD Blue during 1996-1997. He also played inmate Chris Keller on the HBO prison drama Oz. In June 2012, he returned to HBO as the vampire Roman on the main cast of True Blood for the series' fifth season. Meloni also starred in and executive-produced the Syfy series Happy! from 2017 to 2019. He then appeared on the third season of The Handmaid's Tale as Commander Winslow in 2019. He has appeared in a number of films to include Wet Hot American Summer, 12 Monkeys, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Runaway Bride, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Man of Steel, and 42.
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Christopher Peter Meloni (born April 2, 1961) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit until 2013, and later reprising the role (as a series regular) on the 2021 spinoff series, Law & Order: Organized Crime. Meloni was nominated for the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Elliot Stabler. He played criminal Jimmy Liery in eight episodes of NYPD Blue during 1996-1997. He also played inmate Chris Keller on the HBO prison drama Oz. In June 2012, he returned to HBO as the vampire Roman on the main cast of True Blood for the series' fifth season. Meloni also starred in and executive-produced the Syfy series Happy! from 2017 to 2019. He then appeared on the third season of The Handmaid's Tale as Commander Winslow in 2019. He has appeared in a number of films to include Wet Hot American Summer, 12 Monkeys, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Runaway Bride, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Man of Steel, and 42.
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Equalizer
Law & Order
Family Guy
Veep
True Blood
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
American Dad!
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Harley Quinn
Finding Your Roots
Homicide: Life on the Street
Rick and Morty
MADtv
The Twilight Zone
Brooklyn South
POSE
The Handmaid's Tale
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Celebrity Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Ziwe
Drunk History
Sesame Street
How To with John Wilson
Scrubs
Hope and Gloria
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
IF
1st & Ten
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
The Last Don
Junior
They Came Together
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Man of Steel
In a Child's Name
Twelve Monkeys
Runaway Bride
Bound
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Carriers
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Maxxx
Snatched
The Boys
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Oz
42
White Bird in a Blizzard
Marauders
Captain Fall
Without a Kiss Goodbye
I Am Wrath
Green Lantern: First Flight
The Fanelli Boys
HAPPY!
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Production Credits
HAPPY!
Law & Order: Organized Crime
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