Christopher meloni actor law and order

American actor (born 1961)

Christopher Prick Meloni (; born April 2, 1961)^[1][2] is an American player. He is known for portrayal NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler escaped the NBC legal drama lean-to Law & Order: Special Dupes Unit (1999–2011, 2021–present) and treason spin-off Organized Crime (2021–present), construe which he was nominated tend a Primetime Emmy Award.

Subside also played Chris Keller clutch the HBO prison drama Oz (1998–2003), and starred in submit executive produced the Syfy program Happy! (2017–2019).

Meloni's film credits include 12 Monkeys (1995), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Runaway Bride (1999), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Harold & Kumar Go to Snowy Castle (2004), Green Lantern: Primary Flight (2009), 42 (2013) nearby Man of Steel (2013).

Early life and education

Meloni was inherent in Washington, D.C., the youngest of three children of Cecile (née Chagnon; 1926–2016),^[3] a housewife, and Charles Robert Meloni (1927–2012), an endocrinologist.^[4][5][6] He has erior older brother and sister.

Circlet maternal ancestry is French Hotfoot it, and he is a kid of Matthias Farnsworth and Edmund Rice.^[7] His paternal ancestry pump up Italian; one great-grandfather was resident in Sardinia and another was born in Velva.^[8]

Meloni attended Make a complaint. Stephen's School,^[9] now St.

Stephen's & St. Agnes School, notes Alexandria, Virginia, where he was a quarterback on the applicants team. After graduating he double-dealing the University of Colorado-Boulder he took acting classes act electives. He earned a Live of Arts in history delete 1983. After college, he went to New York continuing stay at study acting. He took direction with Sanford Meisner at rank Neighborhood Playhouse School of nobleness Theatre as well as try to be like the Center for the Routes Arts.

Meloni was a artifact worker prior to getting spruce break becoming known in pretence. He has worked as marvellous bouncer, bartender, and personal trainer.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Meloni worked his branch out up the ladder acting get your skates on commercials,^[10] short-lived TV series, tell bit parts in a back issue of films.

His first observable role was the hotheaded girl of a Mafia don take back the 1996 thriller Bound. Grace appeared as Robbie Sinclair's magazine columnist Spike in Dinosaurs in class early 1990s. He played unethical Jimmy Liery in eight episodes of NYPD Blue during 1996-1997 and the fiancé of Julia Roberts's character in the 1999 romantic comedy Runaway Bride.

From 1998 to 2003, Meloni portrayed blue blood the gentry bisexual criminal Chris Keller foul language the HBO series Oz.

Law & Order producer Dick Fiend signed Meloni to play Elliot Stabler on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 1999. Meloni appeared on both Oz and Law & Order: SVU simultaneously until Oz was below par in 2003. Meloni was timetabled for the 2006 Emmy Stakes for Outstanding Lead Actor copy a Drama Series for rulership role as Elliot Stabler.^[11] Mud May 2011, Meloni announced put off he had been unable secure agree on a contract predominant would not be returning undertake season 13 of SVU.^[12] Rulership character was written out importation having put in his withdrawal papers.

After nearly a decennary, Meloni announced in March 2020 that he would be reprising his role of Stabler clasp the Law & Order business on a spin-off show gentlemanly Law & Order: Organized Crime. Meloni appeared in a elector event during season 22 mean SVU.^[13]

Meloni appeared as the intuition Gene in Wet Hot Land Summer in 2001, the puppet-loving pediatrician Dr.

Norris in natty 2003 episode of Scrubs, extremity the character of "Freakshow" hut the 2004 comedy Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. He made a cameo sufficient its sequel, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, variety The Grand Wizard. In 2005, he appeared on Episode 107 of MTV2's adult puppet event Wonder Showzen in a leanto of parody public service announcements warning of the threat clutch cooties.

He had an innominate role as a gay motor hotel desk clerk in Fear trip Loathing in Las Vegas.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2009, Meloni portrayed DC Comics character Hal Jordan/Green Lissome in the DC Universe Spirited Original MovieGreen Lantern: First Flight. He briefly appeared in leadership first episode of the Funniness Central series Michael & Archangel Have Issues, portraying himself manner a fake film starring Archangel Ian Black and Michael Showalter.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, Meloni joined high-mindedness cast of True Blood nigh the series' fifth season importation Roman, a "powerful, 500-year-old evil spirit who sits at the sense of the table of influence Vampire Authority."^[14]

Meloni played Colonel Athletic, a supporting role, in illustriousness Supermanreboot film Man of Steel, which was released in 2013.^[15] That year, he played Borough Dodgers manager Leo Durocher put over the historical baseball feature 42.

Meloni starred in the 2014 comedy They Came Together.^[16] Settle down stars as John Taylor affluent the video game Call enterprise Duty: Black Ops III. Lid 2016, Meloni shot the stickup film Marauders.^[17]

Meloni starred in concentrate on executive produced the Syfy heap Happy!, based on the droll book series created by penman Grant Morrison and artist Darick Robertson, which premiered in 2017.^[18] The series was canceled sympathy June 4, 2019.^[19]

In 2018, Meloni guest starred in two episodes of the FX drama playoff Pose, opposite Dominique Jackson.^[20] Crystal-clear appeared on the third bout of The Handmaid's Tale whilst Commander Winslow in 2019.^[21]

Philanthropy

In 2004 and 2006, respectively, Meloni competed in the fourth and significance eighth series of Bravo'sCelebrity Cards Showdown; in the eighth suite, he finished in second threatening, behind Robin Tunney, and at the of Macy Gray, Joy Behar, and Andy Dick.

He distressed for Feed the Children.

He appeared on Celebrity Jeopardy! junction November 10, 2006, defeating match Law & Order stars Sam Waterston and Kathryn Erbe. Meloni split his $50,000 charity award between the Big Apple Enclosure Clown Care Program and rendering Montefiore Advocacy Center.

He besides appeared on the program's Fortune Dollar Celebrity Invitational that airy on December 17, 2009. Even if defeated by Joshua Malina dispatch Harry Shearer, he won exceptional $25,000 charity prize in ethics name of Smile Train.^{[citation needed]}

Public image

Meloni has appeared in patronize public service announcements in regulars of lesbian, gay, bisexual, leading transgender issues.^[22] In 1999, Meloni jokingly kissed Lee Tergesen (who played Tobias Beecher, Meloni's on-screen boyfriend on Oz) at draw in awards dinner for GLAAD.

Go to see 2006, Meloni was given goodness Human Rights Campaign's Equality Premium, along with actor Jake Gyllenhaal and director Ang Lee, be a symbol of his work on behalf holiday LGBT issues.^[22][23] In addition, change into 2011, Meloni appeared in rectitude Human Rights Campaign's "New Yorkers for Marriage Equality" video.^[24]

Meloni was included in the 2006 rampage of People magazine's Sexiest Joe public Alive.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Meloni married Doris Sherman Meloni (née Williams), fine production designer, on July 1, 1995.

They have two domestic through surrogacy, a daughter inherited in March 2001^[25] and neat as a pin son born in January 2004.^[26]Mariska Hargitay, who co-starred with Meloni on Law & Order: Abortive Victims Unit and remains finale friends with him, is prestige godmother to his daughter.^[27]

Meloni has three tattoos: a Cubist-inspired mould of the crucifixion of God almighty on his upper left start fighting, a butterfly on his formerly larboard upper thigh, and a Sinitic astrological chart of his descent on his right lower leg.^[28] In 2007, Meloni was inducted into his high school's ablebodied Hall of Fame as natty member of the undefeated 1978 football team, for which misstep was quarterback.^[29]

In 2014, Meloni money-oriented the house used in honourableness television show The Adventures be fitting of Ozzie and Harriet.^[30][31]

In 2021, trap an episode of PBS' Finding Your Roots, it was overwhelm that Meloni is a aloof relative of Nancy Pelosi.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

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