Christopher Meloni
With rugged looks and an imposing presence, Christopher Meloni frequently found himself cast in tough guy roles, but when given the chance the actor displayed surprising range, particularly in comedy. Meloni broke in via television and eventually began landing bit parts in feature films like "Clean Slate" (1994), "Junior" (1994) and "12 Monkeys" (1995). Meloni all but cemented his stature as a Mafia-type thug with his vicious performance in the sexually-charged thriller "Bound" (1996), which was followed by similarly brutish parts in series such as "NYPD Blue" (ABC, 1993-2005) and the miniseries "The Last Don" (CBS, 1997). By the end of the decade, however, Meloni took on two equally intense roles as characters who could not have been more diametrically opposed to each other. On "Oz" (HBO, 1997-2003), Meloni gave a chilling performance as serial killer Chris Keller, and shortly thereafter he joined the cast of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC, 1999- ) as Detective Elliot Stabler, a cop who tirelessly pursued perpetrators of the most heinous sexual crimes. As much as he would be known for his dramatically intense performances in films like Frank Miller's "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" (2014), Meloni would prove himself capable of delivering huge belly laughs with gut-busting cameos in films such as "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" (2004) and David Wain's romantic comedy parody "They Came Together" (2014). Though he left "SVU" after 12 seasons in 2011, Meloni always found himself in the enviable position of being able to work in both drama and comedy with equal facility.
Photos
Christopher Meloni
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
50% |
|
IF | Unknown (Character) | $111.1M | 2024 |
36% |
|
Snatched | Roger (Character) | $45.8M | 2017 |
33% |
|
Almost Friends | Howard (Character) | - | 2016 |
10% |
|
I Am Wrath | Dennis (Character) | - | 2016 |
22% |
|
Raiders | Agent Jonathan Montgomery (Character) | - | 2016 |
95% |
|
The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Pascal (Character) | $1.5M | 2015 |
58% |
|
White Bird in a Blizzard | Brock (Character) | $33.5K | 2014 |
43% |
|
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Mort (Character) | $13.8M | 2014 |
70% |
|
They Came Together | Roland (Character) | - | 2014 |
56% |
|
Small Time | Al Klein (Character) | - | 2014 |
22% |
|
Awful Nice | Jon Charbineau (Character) | - | 2013 |
57% |
|
Man of Steel | Col. Nathan Hardy (Character) | $291.0M | 2013 |
80% |
|
42 | Leo Durocher (Character) | $95.1M | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
|
National Lampoon's Dirty Movie |
Charlie LaRue (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2011 |
40% |
|
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men |
R / |
$27.9K | 2009 |
62% |
|
Carriers | Frank (Character) | $71.7K | 2009 |
63% |
|
Green Lantern: First Flight |
Hal Jordan/ |
- | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
|
Gym Teacher: The Movie | Dave Stewie (Character) | - | 2008 |
30% |
|
Nights in Rodanthe | Jack (Character) | $41.8M | 2008 |
74% |
|
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | Freakshow (Character) | $18.2M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
|
Murder in Greenwich | Mark Fuhrman (Character) | - | 2002 |
38% |
|
Wet Hot American Summer | Gene (Character) | $292.1K | 2001 |
46% |
|
Runaway Bride | Coach Bob Kelly (Character) | $152.1M | 1999 |
50% |
|
Brown's Requiem | Sgt. Cavanaugh (uncredited) (Character) | $3.1K | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
|
Target Earth | Det. Samuel "Sam" Adams (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Every 9 Seconds | Richard Sutherland (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Souler Opposite | Barry Singer (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Small Hours | FL (Character) | - | 1997 |
87% |
|
Bound | Johnnie Marzzone (Character) | $3.8M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Dangerous Affair | Tommy Moretti (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
|
Without a Kiss Goodbye | Ray Samuels (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
|
Something to Live For: The Alison Gertz Story | David (Character) | - | 1992 |
TV
Credit | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
No Score Yet | 82% | Law & Order: Organized Crime |
Elliot Stabler (Character), Executive Producer |
2021-2024 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
Detective Elliot Stabler (Character), Det. Elliot Stabler (Guest Star) |
1999-2011 2021-2024 |
No Score Yet | 30% | Celebrity Jeopardy! | Guest | 2023 |
97% | 86% | Harley Quinn | Commissioner Gordon (Voice) | 2019-2020 2022-2023 |
80% | 79% | Captain Fall | Agent Steel (Voice) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2017 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Det. Elliot Stabler (Guest Star) | 2000 2022 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2016 2022 |
82% | 60% | Bless the Harts | Detective Voccola (Guest Voice) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cinema Toast | Unknown (Voice) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2015 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2014 2016-2017 2020 |
67% | 44% | The Twilight Zone | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2020 |
82% | 99% | Maxxx | Don Wild (Character) | 2020 |
84% | 89% | Happy! |
Nick Sax (Character), Executive Producer |
2017-2019 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2017 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2014 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chew | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Wet Hot American Summer - Ten Years Later | Gene (Character) | 2017 |
96% | 88% | Underground | August (Character) | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2015 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Drunk History | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
85% | 71% | Wet Hot American Summer | Gene (Character) | 2015 |
93% | 90% | Veep | Ray Whelans (Guest Star) | 2014 |
68% | 89% | Surviving Jack | Jack Dunlevy (Character) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2007 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2010 2013 |
68% | 72% | True Blood | Roman Zimojic (Character) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sesame Street |
Unknown (Guest Star), Guest |
2004 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | MADtv | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
83% | 86% | Scrubs | Dr. Norris (Guest Star) | 2003 |
93% | 95% | Oz | Chris Keller (Guest Star) | 1998-2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brooklyn South | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Don | Unknown (Character) | 1997 |
83% | 95% | NYPD Blue | Jimmy Liery (Guest Star) | 1996-1997 |
13% | No Score Yet | Misery Loves Company | Mitch (Character) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hope & Gloria | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
91% | 80% | Dinosaurs | Spike (Guest Voice) | 1991-1993 |
50% | No Score Yet | The Fanelli Boys | Frankie Fanelli (Character) | 1990-1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 1st & Ten |
Vito Del Greco/ |
1989-1990 |
No Score Yet | 41% | The Boys | Doug Kirkfield (Character) | |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The At-Home Variety Show Featuring Seth MacFarlane | Guest |