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Christopher Meloni

Christopher Meloni

Known for: Acting

Born 02/04/1961
Place of birth Washington, D.C., USA

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.

Filmography

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Series ★ 7,9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Elliot Stabler

1999

Law & Order Series ★ 7,3

Law & Order

Elliot Stabler

1990

Family Guy Series ★ 7,4

Family Guy

George Townshend (voice)

1999

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Series ★ 5,0

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

2009

Rick and Morty Series ★ 8,7

Rick and Morty

Jesus Christ (voice)

2013

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Series ★ 5,8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers Series ★ 5,2

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers Series ★ 5,2

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self - Guest

2014

American Dad! Series ★ 7,0

American Dad!

Additional Voices (voice)

2005

American Dad! Series ★ 7,0

American Dad!

(voice)

2005

The Kelly Clarkson Show Series ★ 6,4

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self

2019

The Handmaid's Tale Series ★ 8,1

The Handmaid's Tale

George Winslow

2017

Sesame Street Series ★ 7,1

Sesame Street

1969

The View Series ★ 4,4

The View

Self

1997

The View Series ★ 4,4

The View

Self - Guest

1997

Scrubs Series ★ 8,2

Scrubs

Dr. Norris

2001

Jeopardy! Series ★ 6,8

Jeopardy!

Self

1984

LIVE with Kelly and Mark Series ★ 5,6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Self - Guest

1988

True Blood Series ★ 7,6

True Blood

Roman Zimojic

2008

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Series ★ 5,4

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

2003

NYPD Blue Series ★ 7,1

NYPD Blue

Jimmy Liery

1993

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Series ★ 5,6

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self

2003

Late Night with Conan O'Brien Series ★ 7,3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

1993

Oz Series ★ 8,1

Oz

Chris Keller

1997

The Equalizer Series ★ 7,1

The Equalizer

Team Leader

1985

Veep Series ★ 7,5

Veep

Ray Whelans

2012

Law & Order: Organized Crime Series ★ 7,9

Law & Order: Organized Crime

Det. Elliot Stabler

2021

Homicide: Life on the Street Series ★ 8,1

Homicide: Life on the Street

Dennis Knoll

1993

Dinosaurs Series ★ 7,8

Dinosaurs

Spike (voice)

1991

Harley Quinn Series ★ 8,3

Harley Quinn

Jim Gordon / Jeffrey the Parrot (voice)

2019

Harley Quinn Series ★ 8,3

Harley Quinn

Jim Gordon (voice)

2019

Harley Quinn Series ★ 8,3

Harley Quinn

Jim Gordon / Mr. Veronica Cale / Jeffey the Parrot (voice)

2019

Harley Quinn Series ★ 8,3

Harley Quinn

Commissioner Gordon (voice)

2019

Harley Quinn Series ★ 8,3

Harley Quinn

Commissioner Gordon / Guard (voice)

2019

Harley Quinn Series ★ 8,3

Harley Quinn

Commissioner Gordon / Two-Face Goon / Bouncer (voice)

2019

Solar Opposites Series ★ 7,8

Solar Opposites

Lonesun (voice)

2020

Drunk History Series ★ 6,8

Drunk History

Othniel Marsh

2013

Finding Your Roots Series ★ 6,2

Finding Your Roots

Self

2012

Man of Steel Film ★ 6,7

Man of Steel

Colonel Nathan Hardy

2013

The Twilight Zone Series ★ 6,7

The Twilight Zone

2019

Brooklyn South Series ★ 9,6

Brooklyn South

Joe

1997

POSE Series ★ 8,2

POSE

Dick Ford

2018

Law & Order: Trial by Jury Series ★ 8,1

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Elliot Stabler

2005

Steve Series ★ 6,0

Steve

Self

2017

IF Film ★ 7,0

IF

Cosmo (voice)

2024

Bless the Harts Series ★ 6,5

Bless the Harts

Detective Voccola (voice)

2019

Celebrity Jeopardy! Series ★ 6,3

Celebrity Jeopardy!

Self - Contestant

2022

Underground Series ★ 6,7

Underground

August Pullman

2016

Twelve Monkeys Film ★ 7,6

Twelve Monkeys

Lt. Halperin

1995

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Film ★ 6,4

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Mort

2014

Bound Film ★ 7,2

Bound

Johnnie Marzzone

1996

HAPPY! Series ★ 7,4

HAPPY!

Nick Sax

2017

1st & Ten Series ★ 6,3

1st & Ten

Vito Del Greco / Johnny Gunn

1984

Hope and Gloria Series ★ 6,3

Hope and Gloria

Billy

1995

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later Series ★ 6,4

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

Gene Jenkinson / Jonas Jurgenson

2017

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp Series ★ 6,4

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

Gene

2015

Captain Fall Series ★ 6,6

Captain Fall

Agent Steel (voice)

2023

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Film ★ 7,2

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Clerk at Flamingo Hotel

1998

How To with John Wilson Series ★ 8,1

How To with John Wilson

Self

2020

The Last Don Series ★ 7,0

The Last Don

Boz Skannet

1997

Ziwe Series ★ 6,2

Ziwe

Self

2021

Wonder Showzen Series ★ 7,2

Wonder Showzen

Cooties Spokesman

2005

Cinema Toast Series ★ 7,0

Cinema Toast

2021

Carriers Film ★ 6,1

Carriers

Frank Holloway

2009

At Home with Amy Sedaris Series ★ 7,0

At Home with Amy Sedaris

Ranger Russell

2017

Runaway Bride Film ★ 6,1

Runaway Bride

Coach Bob Kelly

1999

42 Film ★ 7,2

42

Leo Durocher

2013

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Film ★ 6,3

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Grand Wizard

2008

Snatched Film ★ 5,3

Snatched

Roger Simmons

2017

Leaving L.A. Series ★ 8,0

Leaving L.A.

Reed Sims

1997

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle Film ★ 6,6

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Freakshow

2004

Marauders Film ★ 5,8

Marauders

Montgomery

2016

Junior Film ★ 5,2

Junior

Mr. Lanzarotta

1994

I Am Wrath Film ★ 5,8

I Am Wrath

Dennis

2016

Michael & Michael Have Issues Series ★ 5,0

Michael & Michael Have Issues

2009

The Diary of a Teenage Girl Film ★ 6,6

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Pascal MacCorkill

2015

Little Brother Film

Little Brother

Josh

2026

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Film ★ 5,1

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

R / Subject #3

2009

Almost Friends Film ★ 6,3

Almost Friends

Howard

2017

Series ★ 7,3

The Fanelli Boys

Frankie Fanelli

1990

MADtv Series ★ 7,1

MADtv

Various

1995

They Came Together Film ★ 5,5

They Came Together

Roland

2014

Maxxx Series ★ 8,8

Maxxx

Don Wild

2020

Misery Loves Company Series ★ 5,5

Misery Loves Company

Mitch

1995

Wet Hot American Summer Film ★ 6,3

Wet Hot American Summer

Gene

2001

White Bird in a Blizzard Film ★ 6,2

White Bird in a Blizzard

Brock Connor

2014

Surviving Jack Series ★ 7,3

Surviving Jack

Dr. Jack Dunlevy

2014

Nights in Rodanthe Film ★ 6,2

Nights in Rodanthe

Jack

2008

Green Lantern: First Flight Film ★ 7,0

Green Lantern: First Flight

Hal Jordan (voice)

2009

Clean Slate Film ★ 5,8

Clean Slate

Bodyguard #2

1994

In a Child's Name Series ★ 7,8

In a Child's Name

Jerry Cimarelli

1991

Showing Up Film ★ 9,2

Showing Up

Self

2014

Dirty Movie Film ★ 3,2

Dirty Movie

The Producer

2011

Target Earth Film ★ 4,4

Target Earth

Det. Samuel 'Sam' Adams

1998

Small Time Film ★ 5,3

Small Time

Al Klein

2014

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU Film ★ 9,7

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

Self

2020

Series ★ 8,0

The Boys

Doug Kirkfield

1993

Series

The Land

Danny Roarke

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story Film ★ 5,8

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

David

1992

Beef Film ★ 6,1

Beef

Lou

2014

Brown's Requiem Film ★ 4,7

Brown's Requiem

Sgt. Cavanaugh (uncredited)

1998

Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot Film ★ 6,4

Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot

Self

2015

Every 9 Seconds Film ★ 5,0

Every 9 Seconds

Richard Sutherland

1997

When Will I Be Loved? Film ★ 9,0

When Will I Be Loved?

Ron Weston

1990

F--k Film ★ 5,8

F--k

Christopher

2010

Gym Teacher: The Movie Film ★ 7,0

Gym Teacher: The Movie

Dave Stewie

2008

Toad Film

Toad

Without a Kiss Goodbye Film ★ 6,0

Without a Kiss Goodbye

Ray Samuels

1993

Murder in Greenwich Film ★ 4,8

Murder in Greenwich

Mark Fuhrman

2002

My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story Film ★ 8,5

My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story

Self

2009

Film

Starwater

2001

The Souler Opposite Film ★ 4,5

The Souler Opposite

Barry Singer

1998

Carlo's Wake Film ★ 10,0

Carlo's Wake

Bennetto Torello

1999

Lost Cannibals of Europe Film

Lost Cannibals of Europe

Self - Narrator

2011

A Dangerous Affair Film ★ 5,7

A Dangerous Affair

Tommy Moretti

1995

Awful Nice Film ★ 5,2

Awful Nice

Jon Charbineau

2013

Shift Film ★ 8,0

Shift

Louis

1999

Film

Chop Cheese