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{{Infobox person
| name = Christopher Meloni
| name = Christopher Meloni
| image = Chris Meloni by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| image = ChristopherMeloni-byPhilipRomano.jpg
| caption = Meloni in 2012
| caption = Meloni in 2024
| birth_name = Christopher Peter Meloni
| birth_name = Christopher Peter Meloni
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1961|4|2}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1961|4|2}}
| birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| nationality =
| other_names = Chris Meloni
| education = [[University of Colorado Boulder]]<br />[[Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre|Neighborhood Playhouse]]
| education = [[University of Colorado Boulder]]<br />[[Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre]]
| occupation = Actor
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1988–present
| years_active = 1989–present
| spouse = {{Marriage|Doris Sherman Williams|July 1, 1995}}
| known_for = [[Chris Keller]] on ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]''<br/>[[Elliot Stabler]] on ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' and ''[[Law & Order: Organized Crime]]''
| spouse = {{marriage|Doris Sherman Meloni|July 1, 1995}}
| children = 2
| children = 2
| other_names = Chris Meloni
| website =
}}
}}
'''Christopher Peter Meloni''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|'|l|oʊ|n|i}}; born April 2, 1961)<ref>{{cite news |title=NewsBank for DDN &#124; www.daytondailynews.com |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=101C9725D296FFBA&p_docnum=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207110459/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=101C9725D296FFBA&p_docnum=1 |archive-date=December 7, 2020 |access-date=29 November 2020 |work=nl.newsbank.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=27 March 2005 |title=Birthdays of the week |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/813076561.html?dids=813076561:813076561&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+27%2C+2005&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Birthdays+of+the+week&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222102603/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/409789402.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar%2027,%202005&author=&pub=The%20Washington%20Post&edition=&startpage=&desc=Birthdays%20of%20the%20week |archive-date=22 February 2015 |access-date=August 16, 2013 |newspaper=The Washington Post |publisher=pqasb.pqarchiver.com}}</ref> is an American actor. He is known for portraying [[NYPD]] Detective [[Elliot Stabler]] on the [[NBC]] legal drama series ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' (1999–2011, 2021–present) and its spin-off ''[[Law & Order: Organized Crime|Organized Crime]]'' (2021–present), for which he was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]]. He also played [[Chris Keller]] on the [[HBO]] prison drama ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'' (1998–2003), and starred in and executive produced the [[Syfy]] series ''[[Happy! (TV series)|Happy!]]'' (2017–2019).


Meloni's film credits include ''[[12 Monkeys]]'' (1995), ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' (1998), ''[[Runaway Bride (film)|Runaway Bride]]'' (1999), ''[[Wet Hot American Summer]]'' (2001), ''[[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]'' (2004), ''[[Green Lantern: First Flight]]'' (2009), ''[[42 (film)|42]]'' (2013) and [[Man of Steel (film)|''Man of Steel'']] (2013).
'''Christopher Peter Meloni''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|'|l|oʊ|n|i}}; born April 2, 1961)<ref>{{cite news|title=NewsBank for DDN &#124; www.daytondailynews.com|work=nl.newsbank.com|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=101C9725D296FFBA&p_docnum=1|access-date=29 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=27 March 2005|title=Birthdays of the week|newspaper=The Washington Post|publisher=pqasb.pqarchiver.com|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/813076561.html?dids=813076561:813076561&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+27%2C+2005&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Birthdays+of+the+week&pqatl=google|url-status=live|access-date=August 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222102603/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/409789402.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar%2027,%202005&author=&pub=The%20Washington%20Post&edition=&startpage=&desc=Birthdays%20of%20the%20week|archive-date=22 February 2015}}</ref> is an American actor. He is best known for playing [[NYPD]] Detective [[Elliot Stabler]] on the [[NBC]] legal drama ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' (1999–2011, 2021–present) and its spin-off ''[[Law & Order: Organized Crime]]'' (2021–present), for which he was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]] in [[2006 Primetime Emmy Awards|2006]]. He also played inmate [[Chris Keller]] on the [[HBO]] prison drama ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'' (1998–2003) and starred in and executive produced the [[Syfy]] series ''[[Happy! (TV series)|Happy!]]'' (2017–2019).


==Early life and education==
Meloni's film credits include ''[[12 Monkeys]]'' (1995), ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' (1998), ''[[Runaway Bride (film)|Runaway Bride]]'' (1999), ''[[Wet Hot American Summer]]'' (2001), ''[[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]'' (2004), ''[[Green Lantern: First Flight]]'' (2011), ''[[42 (film)|42]]'' (2013) and [[Man of Steel (film)|''Man of Steel'']] (2013).
Meloni was born in [[Washington, D.C.]], the youngest of three children of Cecile (née Chagnon; 1926–2016),<ref>{{cite web |date=August 8, 2016 |title=Cecile Meloni passed 3:02 today. |url=https://www.facebook.com/christopher.meloni.5209/photos/a.191670271011081.1073741825.191668891011219/603770453134392/ |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/191668891011219/603770453134392 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |website=Facebook}}{{cbignore}}</ref> a homemaker, and Charles Robert Meloni (1927–2012), an [[endocrinologist]].<ref>{{cite news |date=August 12, 2012 |title=Charles R. Meloni |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=159083623 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234019/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=159083623 |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |access-date=June 15, 2013 |newspaper=Legacy.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Jewel |first=Dan |date=6 September 1999 |title=Runaway Guy |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20129128,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816204925/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20129128,00.html |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |access-date=August 16, 2013 |magazine=People.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eric S. Atwater: Vaughan board of directors need to do the right thing |url=http://www.conwaydailysun.com/node/7880/18668 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119232150/http://www.conwaydailysun.com/node/7880/18668 |archive-date=January 19, 2013 |access-date=August 16, 2013 |website=Conway Daily Sun |df=mdy-all}}</ref> He has an older brother and sister. His maternal ancestry is [[French Canadian]], and he is a descendant of [[Claude-Mathias Phaneuf|Matthias Farnsworth]] and [[Edmund Rice (colonist)|Edmund Rice]].<ref>{{cite web |author=[[Henry Louis Gates]] |title=Season 7, Episode 4-The Shirts on Their Backs |url=https://staging.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/watch/episodes/the-shirts-on-their-backs |accessdate=12 Feb 2024 |publisher=Finding Your Roots-PBS Television}}</ref> His paternal ancestry is [[Italy|Italian]]; one great-grandfather was born in [[Sardinia]] and another was born in [[Castiglione Chiavarese|Velva]].<ref name="fdr1">Stated on ''[[Finding Your Roots]], February 9, 2021''</ref>


Meloni attended St. Stephen's School,<ref>{{cite web |title=1978 St. Stephen's Yearbook |url=http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/St-Stephen039s-amp-St-Agnes-School-Upper-School/76769?page=90 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808185359/http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/St-Stephen039s-amp-St-Agnes-School-Upper-School/76769?page=90 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |access-date=26 July 2014 |website=classmates.com}}</ref> now [[St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School]], in [[Alexandria, Virginia]], where he was a quarterback on the football team. After graduating he attended the [[University of Colorado Boulder|University of Colorado-Boulder]] where he took acting classes for electives. He earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in history in 1983. After college, he went to New York continuing to study acting. He took classes with [[Sanford Meisner]] at the [[Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre]] as well as at the Center for the Media Arts.
==Early life==
Meloni was born in [[Washington, D.C.]], the youngest of three children of Cecile (née Chagnon; 1926–2016),<ref>{{cite web|date=August 8, 2016|title=Cecile Meloni passed 3:02 today.|url=https://www.facebook.com/christopher.meloni.5209/photos/a.191670271011081.1073741825.191668891011219/603770453134392/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/191668891011219/603770453134392 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|website=Facebook}}{{cbignore}}</ref> a homemaker, and Charles Robert Meloni (1927–2012), an [[endocrinologist]].<ref>{{cite news|date=August 12, 2012|title=Charles R. Meloni|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=159083623|newspaper=Legacy.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Jewel|first=Dan|date=6 September 1999|title=Runaway Guy|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20129128,00.html|magazine=People.com|access-date=August 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Eric S. Atwater: Vaughan board of directors need to do the right thing|url=http://www.conwaydailysun.com/node/7880/18668|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119232150/http://www.conwaydailysun.com/node/7880/18668|archive-date=January 19, 2013|access-date=August 16, 2013|website=Conway Daily Sun|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He has an older brother and sister. His maternal ancestry is [[French Canadian]], and he is a descendant of [[Phaneuf|Matthias Farnsworth]]. His paternal ancestry is [[Italy|Italian]]; one great-grandfather was born in [[Sardinia]] and another was born in [[Castiglione Chiavarese|Velva]].<ref name=fdr1>Stated on ''[[Finding Your Roots]], February 9, 2021</ref>


Meloni was a construction worker prior to getting a break becoming known in acting. He has worked as a bouncer, bartender, and personal trainer.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
Meloni attended St. Stephen's School<ref>{{cite web|title=1978 St. Stephen's Yearbook|url=http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/St-Stephen039s-amp-St-Agnes-School-Upper-School/76769?page=90|website=classmates.com|access-date=26 July 2014}}</ref> (now [[St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School]]) in [[Alexandria, Virginia]], and played quarterback on the football team. He studied acting at the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]] and graduated with a degree in history in 1983. After graduation, Meloni went to New York, where he continued his studies with [[Sanford Meisner]] at the [[Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre]] as well as the Center for the Media Arts.

Meloni worked as a construction worker prior to getting his acting break. He has also worked as a bouncer, bartender, and personal trainer.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}


==Career==
==Career==
Meloni worked his way up the acting ladder with commercials,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.illegal-art.org/video/mcdonalds/blinddate.mp4 |title=McDonald's Commercial<!-- Bot generated title --> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911025053/http://www.illegal-art.org/video/mcdonalds/blinddate.mp4 |archive-date=September 11, 2008 |website=www.illegal-art.org |format=[[MP4]]}}</ref> short-lived TV series, and [[bit part]]s in a number of films. His first noticeable role was the hotheaded son of a Mafia don in the 1996 thriller ''[[Bound (1996 film)|Bound]]''. He appeared as [[Robbie Sinclair]]'s friend Spike in ''[[Dinosaurs (TV series)|Dinosaurs]]'' in the early 1990s. He played criminal 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 (film)|Runaway Bride]]''.
Meloni worked his way up the ladder acting in commercials,<ref>{{cite web |title=McDonald's Commercial<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=http://www.illegal-art.org/video/mcdonalds/blinddate.mp4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911025053/http://www.illegal-art.org/video/mcdonalds/blinddate.mp4 |archive-date=September 11, 2008 |website=www.illegal-art.org |format=[[MP4]]}}</ref> short-lived TV series, and [[bit part]]s in a number of films. His first noticeable role was the hotheaded son of a Mafia don in the 1996 thriller ''[[Bound (1996 film)|Bound]]''. He appeared as [[Robbie Sinclair]]'s friend Spike in ''[[Dinosaurs (TV series)|Dinosaurs]]'' in the early 1990s. He played criminal 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 (film)|Runaway Bride]]''.[[File:Christopher Meloni (larger crop).jpg|thumb|upright|Meloni in New York City, June 2006]]From 1998 to 2003, Meloni portrayed the bisexual criminal [[Chris Keller]] on the [[HBO]] series ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]''. ''[[Law & Order]]'' producer [[Dick Wolf]] 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 cancelled in 2003. Meloni was nominated for the 2006 [[Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]] for his role as Elliot Stabler.<ref>{{cite web |title=Christopher Meloni Emmy Nominated |url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/christopher-meloni |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720103905/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/christopher-meloni |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |access-date=May 18, 2014 |publisher=Emmys.com}}</ref> In May 2011, Meloni announced that he had been unable to agree on a contract and would not be returning for season 13 of ''SVU''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Abrams |first=Natalie |date=May 24, 2011 |title=Christopher Meloni Exits Law & Order: SVU |url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Christopher-Meloni-Exits-SVU-1033486.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527015445/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Christopher-Meloni-Exits-SVU-1033486.aspx |archive-date=May 27, 2011 |access-date=May 24, 2011 |magazine=[[TV Guide]] |publisher=NTVB Media |location=Portland, Oregon}}</ref> His character was written out as having put in his retirement papers. After nearly a decade, Meloni announced in March 2020 that he would be reprising his role of Stabler in the ''Law & Order'' franchise on a spin-off show titled ''[[Law & Order: Organized Crime]]''. Meloni appeared in a crossover event during season 22 of ''SVU''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=March 31, 2020 |title=Christopher Meloni As 'SVU' Character Elliot Stabler To Headline New Dick Wolf Drama Series For NBC |url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/christopher-meloni-returns-new-dick-wolf-series-elliot-stabler-nbc-law-order-svu-1202896323/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617212117/https://deadline.com/2020/03/christopher-meloni-returns-new-dick-wolf-series-elliot-stabler-nbc-law-order-svu-1202896323/ |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |access-date=March 31, 2020 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |language=en}}</ref>

From 1998 to 2003, Meloni portrayed the bisexual criminal [[Chris Keller]] on the [[HBO]] series ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]''. ''[[Law & Order]]'' producer [[Dick Wolf]] 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 cancelled in 2003. Meloni was nominated for the 2006 [[Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]] for his role as Elliot Stabler.<ref>{{cite web|title=Christopher Meloni Emmy Nominated|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/christopher-meloni|access-date=May 18, 2014|publisher=Emmys.com}}</ref> In May 2011, Meloni announced that he had been unable to agree on a contract and would not be returning for season 13 of ''SVU''.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Natalie|last=Abrams|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Christopher-Meloni-Exits-SVU-1033486.aspx |title=Christopher Meloni Exits Law & Order: SVU|magazine=[[TV Guide]] |publisher=NTVB Media|location=Portland, Oregon|date=May 24, 2011 |access-date=May 24, 2011}}</ref> His character was written out as having put in his retirement papers. After nearly a decade, Meloni announced in March 2020 that he would be reprising his role of Stabler in the ''Law & Order'' franchise on a spin-off show titled ''[[Law & Order: Organized Crime]]''. Meloni appeared in a crossover event during season 22 of ''SVU''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=March 31, 2020|title=Christopher Meloni As 'SVU' Character Elliot Stabler To Headline New Dick Wolf Drama Series For NBC|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/christopher-meloni-returns-new-dick-wolf-series-elliot-stabler-nbc-law-order-svu-1202896323/|access-date=March 31, 2020|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Christopher Meloni (larger crop).jpg|thumb|upright|Meloni in New York City, 2006]]
Meloni appeared as the character Gene in ''[[Wet Hot American Summer]]'' in 2001, the puppet-loving pediatrician Dr. Norris in a 2003 episode of ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'', and the character of "Freakshow" in the 2004 comedy ''[[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]''. He made a cameo in its sequel, ''[[Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay]]'', as The Grand Wizard. In 2005, he appeared on Episode 107 of [[MTV2]]'s adult puppet show ''[[Wonder Showzen]]'' in a series of parody [[public service announcement]]s warning of the threat of [[cooties]]. He had an uncredited role as a gay hotel desk clerk in ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]''.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
Meloni appeared as the character Gene in ''[[Wet Hot American Summer]]'' in 2001, the puppet-loving pediatrician Dr. Norris in a 2003 episode of ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'', and the character of "Freakshow" in the 2004 comedy ''[[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]''. He made a cameo in its sequel, ''[[Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay]]'', as The Grand Wizard. In 2005, he appeared on Episode 107 of [[MTV2]]'s adult puppet show ''[[Wonder Showzen]]'' in a series of parody [[public service announcement]]s warning of the threat of [[cooties]]. He had an uncredited role as a gay hotel desk clerk in ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]''.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}


In July 2009, Meloni portrayed [[DC Comics]] character [[Hal Jordan]]/[[Green Lantern]] in the [[DC Universe Animated Original Movies|DC Universe Animated Original Movie]] ''[[Green Lantern: First Flight]]''. He briefly appeared in the first episode of the [[Comedy Central]] series ''[[Michael & Michael Have Issues]]'', portraying himself for a fake film starring [[Michael Ian Black]] and [[Michael Showalter]].{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
In July 2009, Meloni portrayed [[DC Comics]] character [[Hal Jordan]]/[[Green Lantern]] in the [[DC Universe Animated Original Movies|DC Universe Animated Original Movie]] ''[[Green Lantern: First Flight]]''. He briefly appeared in the first episode of the [[Comedy Central]] series ''[[Michael & Michael Have Issues]]'', portraying himself for a fake film starring [[Michael Ian Black]] and [[Michael Showalter]].{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
[[File:Chris Meloni by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|212x212px|Meloni at the [[San Diego Comic-Con|San Diego Comic Con]], 2012]]
In 2012, Meloni joined the cast of ''[[True Blood]]'' during the series' [[True Blood (season 5)|fifth season]] as Roman, a "powerful, 500-year-old vampire who sits at the head of the table of the Vampire Authority."<ref>{{cite web |last=Ford |first=Rebecca |date=June 15, 2012 |title='True Blood': Christopher Meloni on Playing a 500-Year-Old, 'Big Old Baby' Vampire |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/true-blood-christopher-meloni-vampire-roman-337906 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125225331/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/true-blood-christopher-meloni-vampire-roman-337906 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |access-date=January 6, 2020 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>


Meloni played Colonel Hardy, a supporting role, in the [[Superman]] [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] film ''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]'', which was released in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=June 24, 2011 |title=Christopher Meloni To Co-Star In 'Man Of Steel' |url=https://www.deadline.com/2011/06/christopher-meloni-to-co-star-in-man-of-steel/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626025047/http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/christopher-meloni-to-co-star-in-man-of-steel/ |archive-date=June 26, 2011 |access-date=June 25, 2011 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |publisher=[[Mail.com]]}}</ref> That year, he played [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] manager [[Leo Durocher]] in the historical baseball feature ''[[42 (film)|42]]''. Meloni starred in the 2014 comedy ''[[They Came Together]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Trumbore |first=Dave |date=June 23, 2012 |title=Christopher Meloni Joins They Came Together |url=https://collider.com/christopher-meloni-they-came-together/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105203210/https://collider.com/christopher-meloni-they-came-together/ |archive-date=January 5, 2020 |access-date=29 November 2020 |website=Collider}}</ref> He stars as John Taylor in the video game ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops III]]''. In 2016, Meloni shot the heist film ''[[Marauders (2016 film)|Marauders]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Roeper |first=Richard |date=June 30, 2016 |title='Marauders': A-list actors give their all in a B-movie mystery |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2016/6/30/18336785/marauders-a-list-actors-give-their-all-in-a-b-movie-mystery/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406124512/https://chicago.suntimes.com/2016/6/30/18336785/marauders-a-list-actors-give-their-all-in-a-b-movie-mystery |archive-date=April 6, 2020 |access-date=June 30, 2016 |website=Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref>
In 2012, Meloni joined the cast of ''[[True Blood]]'' during the series' [[True Blood (season 5)|fifth season]] as Roman, a "powerful, 500-year-old vampire who sits at the head of the table of the Vampire Authority."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/true-blood-christopher-meloni-vampire-roman-337906|date=June 15, 2012|website=The Hollywood Reporter|title='True Blood': Christopher Meloni on Playing a 500-Year-Old, 'Big Old Baby' Vampire|last=Ford|first=Rebecca}}</ref>

Meloni played Colonel Hardy, a supporting role, in the [[Superman]] [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] film ''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]'', which was released in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.deadline.com/2011/06/christopher-meloni-to-co-star-in-man-of-steel/ |title=Christopher Meloni To Co-Star In 'Man Of Steel' |last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |publisher=[[Mail.com]] |date=June 24, 2011 |access-date=June 25, 2011}}</ref> That year, he played [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] manager [[Leo Durocher]] in the historical baseball feature ''[[42 (film)|42]]''. Meloni starred in the 2014 comedy ''[[They Came Together]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Trumbore|first=Dave|date=June 23, 2012|title=Christopher Meloni Joins They Came Together|url=https://collider.com/christopher-meloni-they-came-together/|access-date=29 November 2020|website=Collider}}</ref> He stars as John Taylor in the video game ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops III]]''. In 2016, Meloni shot the heist film ''[[Marauders (2016 film)|Marauders]]''.<ref>{{cite web |first=Richard |last=Roeper |title='Marauders': A-list actors give their all in a B-movie mystery |url= https://chicago.suntimes.com/2016/6/30/18336785/marauders-a-list-actors-give-their-all-in-a-b-movie-mystery/ |website=Chicago Sun-Times |date=June 30, 2016 |access-date=June 30, 2016 }}</ref>


Meloni starred in and executive produced the [[Syfy]] series ''[[Happy! (TV series)|Happy!]]'', based on the comic book series created by writer [[Grant Morrison]] and artist [[Darick Robertson]], which premiered in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pedersen|first=Erik|date=September 19, 2017|title=Syfy Moves 'Happy!' Premiere Date Back A Week|url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/happy-premiere-date-moved-syfy-christopher-meloni-patton-oswalt-1202173248/|access-date=September 19, 2017|website=Deadline}}</ref> The series was canceled on June 4, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/happy-deadly-class-canceled-syfy-1202627244/|title='Happy!' & 'Deadly Class' Canceled By Syfy|work=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=June 4, 2019|access-date=June 5, 2019}}</ref>
Meloni starred in and executive produced the [[Syfy]] series ''[[Happy! (TV series)|Happy!]]'', based on the comic book series created by writer [[Grant Morrison]] and artist [[Darick Robertson]], which premiered in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |date=September 19, 2017 |title=Syfy Moves 'Happy!' Premiere Date Back A Week |url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/happy-premiere-date-moved-syfy-christopher-meloni-patton-oswalt-1202173248/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920004825/http://deadline.com/2017/09/happy-premiere-date-moved-syfy-christopher-meloni-patton-oswalt-1202173248/ |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=September 19, 2017 |website=Deadline}}</ref> The series was canceled on June 4, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=June 4, 2019 |title='Happy!' & 'Deadly Class' Canceled By Syfy |url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/happy-deadly-class-canceled-syfy-1202627244/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605014705/https://deadline.com/2019/06/happy-deadly-class-canceled-syfy-1202627244/ |archive-date=June 5, 2019 |access-date=June 5, 2019 |work=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>


In 2018, Meloni guest starred in two episodes of the [[FX Networks|FX]] drama series ''[[Pose (TV series)|Pose]]'', opposite [[Dominique Jackson (model)|Dominique Jackson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.out.com/entertainment/2018/6/20/christopher-meloni-joins-weeks-pose|title=Christopher Meloni Joins This Week's 'Pose'|website=[[Out (magazine)|Out]]|last=Hinzmann|first=Dennis|date=June 20, 2018|access-date=June 27, 2018}}</ref> He appeared on the third season of ''[[The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)|The Handmaid's Tale]]'' as Commander Winslow in 2019.<ref name="tale">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/07/handmaids-tale-christopher-meloni-commander-interview|title=The Handmaid's Tale: How Christopher Meloni Became Gilead's Big, Bad Dad|last=Bradley|first=Laura|date=July 3, 2019|magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref>
In 2018, Meloni guest starred in two episodes of the [[FX Networks|FX]] drama series ''[[Pose (TV series)|Pose]]'', opposite [[Dominique Jackson (model)|Dominique Jackson]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Hinzmann |first=Dennis |date=June 20, 2018 |title=Christopher Meloni Joins This Week's 'Pose' |url=https://www.out.com/entertainment/2018/6/20/christopher-meloni-joins-weeks-pose |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627202508/https://www.out.com/entertainment/2018/6/20/christopher-meloni-joins-weeks-pose |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |access-date=June 27, 2018 |website=[[Out (magazine)|Out]]}}</ref> He appeared on the third season of ''[[The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)|The Handmaid's Tale]]'' as Commander Winslow in 2019.<ref name="tale">{{cite magazine |last=Bradley |first=Laura |date=July 3, 2019 |title=The Handmaid's Tale: How Christopher Meloni Became Gilead's Big, Bad Dad |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/07/handmaids-tale-christopher-meloni-commander-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921041137/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/07/handmaids-tale-christopher-meloni-commander-interview |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |access-date=January 6, 2020 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref>


==Philanthropy==
==Philanthropy==
In 2004 and 2006, respectively, Meloni competed in the fourth and the eighth series of [[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo's]] ''[[Celebrity Poker Showdown]]''; in the eighth series he finished in second place, behind [[Robin Tunney]], and ahead of [[Macy Gray]], [[Joy Behar]], and [[Andy Dick]]. He played for [[Feed the Children]].
In 2004 and 2006, respectively, Meloni competed in the fourth and the eighth series of [[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo's]] ''[[Celebrity Poker Showdown]]''; in the eighth series, he finished in second place, behind [[Robin Tunney]], and ahead of [[Macy Gray]], [[Joy Behar]], and [[Andy Dick]]. He played for [[Feed the Children]].


He appeared on ''[[List of Jeopardy! tournaments and events#Celebrity Jeopardy!|Celebrity Jeopardy!]]'' on November 10, 2006, defeating fellow ''Law & Order'' stars [[Sam Waterston]] and [[Kathryn Erbe]]. Meloni split his $50,000 charity prize between the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Program and the Montefiore Advocacy Center. He also appeared on the program's Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational that aired on December 17, 2009. Although defeated by [[Joshua Malina]] and [[Harry Shearer]], he won a $25,000 charity prize in the name of [[Smile Train]].{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
He appeared on ''[[List of Jeopardy! tournaments and events#Celebrity Jeopardy!|Celebrity Jeopardy!]]'' on November 10, 2006, defeating fellow ''Law & Order'' stars [[Sam Waterston]] and [[Kathryn Erbe]]. Meloni split his $50,000 charity prize between the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Program and the Montefiore Advocacy Center. He also appeared on the program's Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational that aired on December 17, 2009. Although defeated by [[Joshua Malina]] and [[Harry Shearer]], he won a $25,000 charity prize in the name of [[Smile Train]].{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}


==Public image==
==Public image==
Meloni has appeared in many public service announcements in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues.<ref name="HRC">{{cite web |url=http://www.hrc.org/1643.htm |title=Jake Gyllenhaal, Ang Lee and Christopher Meloni to Accept Award at Human Rights Campaign New York Gala Dinner |work=HRC |date=January 17, 2006 |access-date=August 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616100402/http://www.hrc.org/1643.htm |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 1999, Meloni jokingly kissed [[Lee Tergesen]] (who played [[Tobias Beecher]], Meloni's on-screen boyfriend on ''Oz'') at an awards dinner for [[Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation|GLAAD]]. In 2006, Meloni was given the [[Human Rights Campaign]]'s Equality Award, along with actor [[Jake Gyllenhaal]] and director [[Ang Lee]], for his work on behalf of LGBT issues.<ref name="HRC" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-02-10|title=Jake Gyllenhaal and Ang Lee to be honored by HRC, Feb. 11 in NYC|url=http://www.advocate.com/news/2006/02/10/jake-gyllenhaal-and-ang-lee-be-honored-hrc-feb-11-nyc|access-date=2020-11-29|website=www.advocate.com|language=en}}</ref> In addition, in 2011, Meloni appeared in the [[Human Rights Campaign]]'s "New Yorkers for Marriage Equality" video.<ref>{{cite web |title=Law & Order SVU Star Christopher Meloni is a New Yorker for Marriage Equality |url=http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/law-order-svu-star-christopher-meloni-is-a-new-yorker-for-marriage-equality |publisher=www.hrc.org |date=April 12, 2011 |access-date=March 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310182957/http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/law-order-svu-star-christopher-meloni-is-a-new-yorker-for-marriage-equality |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
Meloni has appeared in many public service announcements in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues.<ref name="HRC">{{cite web |date=January 17, 2006 |title=Jake Gyllenhaal, Ang Lee and Christopher Meloni to Accept Award at Human Rights Campaign New York Gala Dinner |url=http://www.hrc.org/1643.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616100402/http://www.hrc.org/1643.htm |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |access-date=August 3, 2011 |work=HRC |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 1999, Meloni jokingly kissed [[Lee Tergesen]] (who played [[Tobias Beecher]], Meloni's on-screen boyfriend on ''Oz'') at an awards dinner for [[Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation|GLAAD]]. In 2006, Meloni was given the [[Human Rights Campaign]]'s Equality Award, along with actor [[Jake Gyllenhaal]] and director [[Ang Lee]], for his work on behalf of LGBT issues.<ref name="HRC" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-02-10 |title=Jake Gyllenhaal and Ang Lee to be honored by HRC, Feb. 11 in NYC |url=http://www.advocate.com/news/2006/02/10/jake-gyllenhaal-and-ang-lee-be-honored-hrc-feb-11-nyc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506222150/https://www.advocate.com/news/2006/02/10/jake-gyllenhaal-and-ang-lee-be-honored-hrc-feb-11-nyc |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |access-date=2020-11-29 |website=www.advocate.com |language=en}}</ref> In addition, in 2011, Meloni appeared in the [[Human Rights Campaign]]'s "New Yorkers for Marriage Equality" video.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 12, 2011 |title=Law & Order SVU Star Christopher Meloni is a New Yorker for Marriage Equality |url=http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/law-order-svu-star-christopher-meloni-is-a-new-yorker-for-marriage-equality |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310182957/http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/law-order-svu-star-christopher-meloni-is-a-new-yorker-for-marriage-equality |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |access-date=March 10, 2014 |publisher=www.hrc.org |df=mdy-all}}</ref>


Meloni was included in the 2006 edition of ''[[People Magazine|People]]'' magazine's [[Sexiest Man Alive|Sexiest Men Alive]].{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
Meloni was included in the 2006 edition of ''[[People Magazine|People]]'' magazine's [[Sexiest Man Alive|Sexiest Men Alive]].{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Meloni married Doris Sherman Meloni (née Williams), a production designer, on July 1, 1995. They have two children through [[surrogacy]], a daughter born in March 2001<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Stewart |first=Andrew |url=https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/sophia-eva-pietra-meloni-1117796915/ |title=Sophia Eva Pietra Meloni |magazine=Variety |date=2001-04-11 |access-date=August 16, 2013 |archive-date=August 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805112854/https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/sophia-eva-pietra-meloni-1117796915/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a son born in January 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/people-news/dante-amadeo-meloni-1117900808/|title=Dante Amadeo Meloni|work=Variety|date=February 27, 2004|access-date=December 9, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814234336/https://variety.com/2004/scene/people-news/dante-amadeo-meloni-1117900808/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Mariska Hargitay]], who co-starred with Meloni on ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and remains close friends with him, is the godmother to his daughter.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
Meloni married Doris Sherman Meloni (née Williams), a production designer, on July 1, 1995. They have two children through [[surrogacy]], a daughter born in March 2001<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Stewart |first=Andrew |date=2001-04-11 |title=Sophia Eva Pietra Meloni |url=https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/sophia-eva-pietra-meloni-1117796915/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805112854/https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/sophia-eva-pietra-meloni-1117796915/ |archive-date=August 5, 2018 |access-date=August 16, 2013 |magazine=Variety}}</ref> and a son born in January 2004.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 27, 2004 |title=Dante Amadeo Meloni |url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/people-news/dante-amadeo-meloni-1117900808/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814234336/https://variety.com/2004/scene/people-news/dante-amadeo-meloni-1117900808/ |archive-date=August 14, 2018 |access-date=December 9, 2017 |work=Variety}}</ref> [[Mariska Hargitay]], who co-starred with Meloni on ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and remains close friends with him, is the godmother to his daughter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Showell |first=Brooke |date=April 20, 2022 |title=A Guide to All of Hollywood's Celebrity Godparents |url=https://people.com/parents/famous-celebrity-godparents/?slide=2122c218-5e29-4675-af7f-f88ab09b3250#2122c218-5e29-4675-af7f-f88ab09b3250 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504024841/https://people.com/parents/famous-celebrity-godparents/?slide=2122c218-5e29-4675-af7f-f88ab09b3250#2122c218-5e29-4675-af7f-f88ab09b3250 |archive-date=May 4, 2022 |access-date=May 4, 2022 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref>


Meloni has a [[cubism|Cubist]]-inspired representation of the [[crucifixion of Christ]] tattooed on his upper left arm, a butterfly tattoo on his left upper thigh, and a Chinese astrological chart of his family on his right lower leg.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/11/03/sir-ian-mckellan-emcees-the-%e2%80%9conly-make-believe%e2%80%9d-benefit |work=The Wall Street Journal |title="Don't Ask, Don't Tell?" Sir Ian McKellan Will Have None of That |author=Jeffrey Podolsky |date=November 3, 2009}}</ref> In 2007, Meloni was inducted into his high school's athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the undefeated 1978 football team, for which he was quarterback.<ref name="washpost-hof">{{cite news|author=Argetsinger|first1=Amy|last2=Roberts|first2=Roxanne|date=May 1, 2007|title='Law & Order's' Chris Meloni Goes Long, and Winds Up in 1978|work=Washingtonpost.com|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/30/AR2007043001973.html|access-date=May 18, 2014}}</ref>
Meloni has three tattoos: a [[cubism|Cubist]]-inspired representation of the [[crucifixion of Christ]] on his upper left arm, a butterfly on his left upper thigh, and a Chinese astrological chart of his family on his right lower leg.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jeffrey Podolsky |date=November 3, 2009 |title="Don't Ask, Don't Tell?" Sir Ian McKellan Will Have None of That |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/11/03/sir-ian-mckellan-emcees-the-%e2%80%9conly-make-believe%e2%80%9d-benefit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404045454/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/11/03/sir-ian-mckellan-emcees-the-%e2%80%9conly-make-believe%e2%80%9d-benefit/ |archive-date=April 4, 2017 |access-date=August 4, 2017 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> In 2007, Meloni was inducted into his high school's athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the undefeated 1978 football team, for which he was quarterback.<ref name="washpost-hof">{{cite news |author=Argetsinger |first1=Amy |last2=Roberts |first2=Roxanne |date=May 1, 2007 |title='Law & Order's' Chris Meloni Goes Long, and Winds Up in 1978 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/30/AR2007043001973.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106013625/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/30/AR2007043001973.html |archive-date=January 6, 2015 |access-date=May 18, 2014 |work=Washingtonpost.com}}</ref>


In 2014, Meloni bought the house used in the television show ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2014/dirt/real-estalker/chris-meloni-picks-up-piece-of-hollywood-history-1201378159/ | work=Variety | first=Mark | last=David | title=Chris Meloni Picks Up Piece of Hollywood History (EXCLUSIVE) | date=December 16, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Beale|first=Lauren|date=December 17, 2014|title=Chris Meloni buys Ozzie and Harriet Nelson's old haunt|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-chris-meloni-20141217-story.html}}</ref>
In 2014, Meloni bought the house used in the television show ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=David |first=Mark |date=December 16, 2014 |title=Chris Meloni Picks Up Piece of Hollywood History (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2014/dirt/real-estalker/chris-meloni-picks-up-piece-of-hollywood-history-1201378159/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705102214/http://variety.com/2014/dirt/real-estalker/chris-meloni-picks-up-piece-of-hollywood-history-1201378159/ |archive-date=July 5, 2017 |access-date=December 9, 2017 |work=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Beale |first=Lauren |date=December 17, 2014 |title=Chris Meloni buys Ozzie and Harriet Nelson's old haunt |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-chris-meloni-20141217-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512221007/https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-chris-meloni-20141217-story.html |archive-date=May 12, 2020 |access-date=April 17, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>


In 2021, on an episode of PBS' ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', it was revealed that Meloni is a distant relative of [[Nancy Pelosi]].{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
In 2021, on an episode of PBS' ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', it was revealed that Meloni is a distant relative of [[Nancy Pelosi]].{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
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===Film===
===Film===
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{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
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|1990
! Year
|''[[When Will I Be Loved?]]''
! Title
|Ron Weston
! Role
|TV film
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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|1991
| rowspan=2|1994
| ''[[Clean Slate (1994 film)|Clean Slate]]''
|''[[In a Child's Name]]''
|Jerry Cimarelli
| Bodyguard
|TV film
|-
|1992
|''[[Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story]]''
|David
|TV film
|-
|1993
|''Without a Kiss Goodbye''
|Ray Samuels
|TV film; aka ''Falsely Accused''
|-
| rowspan="2" |1994
|''[[Clean Slate (1994 film)|Clean Slate]]''
|Bodyguard
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Junior (1994 film)|Junior]]''
|''[[Junior (1994 film)|Junior]]''
| Mr. Lanzarotta
|Mr. Lanzarotta
|
|
|-
|-
| 1995
|1995
| ''[[12 Monkeys]]''
|''[[12 Monkeys]]''
| Lt. Halperin
|Lt. Halperin
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|
|-
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Bound (1996 film)|Bound]]''
| Johnnie Marzzone
|
|
|''[[A Dangerous Affair (1995 film)|A Dangerous Affair]]''
|Tommy Moretti
|TV film
|-
|-
|1996
| rowspan=3|1998
| ''[[Brown's Requiem (film)|Brown's Requiem]]''
|''[[Bound (1996 film)|Bound]]''
|Johnnie Marzzone
| Sgt. Cavanah
|
| Uncredited
|-
|1997
|''[[Every 9 Seconds]]''
|Richard Sutherland
|TV film
|-
| rowspan="4" |1998
|''[[Brown's Requiem (film)|Brown's Requiem]]''
|Sgt. Cavanah
|Uncredited
|-
|-
| ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]''
|''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]''
| Sven, Clerk at Flamingo Hotel
|Sven, Clerk at Flamingo Hotel
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[The Souler Opposite]]''
|''[[The Souler Opposite]]''
| Barry Singer
|Barry Singer
|
|
|-
|-
|''Target Earth''
| rowspan=2|1999
|Detective Samuel "Sam" Adams
| ''Carlo's Wake''
|TV film
| Bennetto Torello
|-
| rowspan="3" |1999
|''Carlo's Wake''
|Bennetto Torello
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Runaway Bride (film)|Runaway Bride]]''
|''[[Runaway Bride (film)|Runaway Bride]]''
| Bob Kelly
|Bob Kelly
|
|
|-
|-
|''Shift''
| 2001
|Louis
| ''[[Wet Hot American Summer]]''
|TV film
| Gene Jenkinson
|-
|2001
|''[[Wet Hot American Summer]]''
|Gene Jenkinson
|
|
|-
|-
| 2002
| rowspan="2" |2002
|''[[Murder in Greenwich (film)|Murder in Greenwich]]''
| ''That Brief Moment''
|[[Mark Fuhrman]]
| Ken
| Short film
|TV film
|-
|''That Brief Moment''
|Ken
|Short film
|-
|-
| 2004
|2004
| ''[[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]''
|''[[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]''
| Freakshow
|Freakshow
|
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
| rowspan="3" |2008
| ''[[Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay]]''
|''[[Gym Teacher: The Movie]]''
|Dave Stewie
| Grand Wizard
|TV film
| Credited as "Reverend Clyde Stanky"
|-
|-
|''[[Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay]]''
| ''[[Nights in Rodanthe]]''
|Grand Wizard
| Jack Willis
|Credited as "Reverend Clyde Stanky"
|-
|''[[Nights in Rodanthe]]''
|Jack Willis
|
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|2009
| rowspan="2" |2009
| ''[[Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (film)|Brief Interviews with Hideous Men]]''
|''[[Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (film)|Brief Interviews with Hideous Men]]''
| R / Subject #3
|R / Subject #3
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|-
|-
| ''[[Carriers (film)|Carriers]]''
|''[[Carriers (film)|Carriers]]''
| Frank
|Frank
|
|
|-
|-
| 2010
|2010
| ''[[Green Lantern: First Flight]]''
|''[[Green Lantern: First Flight]]''
| [[Hal Jordan|Hal Jordan / Green Lantern]]
|[[Hal Jordan|Hal Jordan / Green Lantern]]
| Voice role
|Voice role
|-
|-
| 2011
|2011
| ''National Lampoon's Dirty Movie''
|''National Lampoon's Dirty Movie''
| Producer Charlie LaRue
|Producer Charlie LaRue
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|-
|-
| rowspan=3|2013
| rowspan="3" |2013
| ''[[Awful Nice]]''
|''[[Awful Nice]]''
| Jon Charbineau
|Jon Charbineau
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|
|-
|-
| ''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]''
|''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]''
| Colonel Nathan Hardy
|Colonel Nathan Hardy
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[42 (film)|42]]''
|''[[42 (film)|42]]''
| [[Leo Durocher]]
|[[Leo Durocher]]
|
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=5|2014
| rowspan="5" |2014
|''Beef''
|''Beef''
| Lou
|Lou
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[White Bird in a Blizzard]]''
|''[[White Bird in a Blizzard]]''
| Brock Connors
|Brock Connors
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Small Time (2014 film)|Small Time]]''
|''[[Small Time (2014 film)|Small Time]]''
| Al Klein
|Al Klein
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[They Came Together]]''
|''[[They Came Together]]''
| Roland
|Roland
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Sin City: A Dame to Kill For]]''
|''[[Sin City: A Dame to Kill For]]''
| Mort
|Mort
|
|
|-
|-
| 2015
|2015
|''[[The Diary of a Teenage Girl]]''
|''[[The Diary of a Teenage Girl]]''
| Pascal MacCorkill
|Pascal MacCorkill
|
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=3|2016
| rowspan="3" |2016
| ''[[I Am Wrath]]''
|''[[I Am Wrath]]''
| Dennis
|Dennis
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Marauders (2016 film)|Marauders]]''
|''[[Marauders (2016 film)|Marauders]]''
| Agent Jonathan Montgomery
|Agent Jonathan Montgomery
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Almost Friends (2016 film)|Almost Friends]]''
|''[[Almost Friends (2016 film)|Almost Friends]]''
| Howard
|Howard
|
|
|-
|-
| 2017
|2017
| ''[[Snatched (2017 film)|Snatched]]''
|''[[Snatched (2017 film)|Snatched]]''
| Roger Simmons
|Roger Simmons
|
|
|-
|-
| 2024
|2024
| ''[[IF (film)|IF]]''
|''[[IF (film)|IF]]''
| (voice)
|Cosmo (voice)
|
| Post-production
|}
|}


===Television===
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left; font-size:100%;"
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
|-
!Title
! Year
!Role
! Title
!Notes
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1989–1990
| ''[[1st & Ten (HBO TV series)|1st & Ten]]''
| Vito Del Greco / Johnny Gunn
| 11 episodes
|-
| 1990
| ''[[When Will I Be Loved?]]''
| Ron Weston
| TV film
|-
| 1990–1991
| ''[[The Fanelli Boys]]''
| Frankie Fanelli
| 17 episodes
|-
|-
|1989–1990
| 1991
| ''[[In a Child's Name]]''
|''[[1st & Ten (HBO TV series)|1st & Ten]]''
|Vito Del Greco / Johnny Gunn
| Jerry Cimarelli
|11 episodes
| TV film
|-
|-
|1990–1991
| 1991–1994
| ''[[Dinosaurs (TV series)|Dinosaurs]]''
|''[[The Fanelli Boys]]''
|Frankie Fanelli
| Spike
|17 episodes
| Voice; recurring role
|-
|-
|1991–1994
| 1992
|''[[Dinosaurs (TV series)|Dinosaurs]]''
| ''[[Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story]]''
|Spike
| David
|Voice; recurring role
| TV film
|-
|-
|rowspan=3|1993
| rowspan="2" |1993
|''[[The Boys (1993 TV series)|The Boys]]''
| ''Without a Kiss Goodbye''
|Doug Kirkfield
| Ray Samuels
| TV film (aka ''Falsely Accused'')
|-
| ''[[The Boys (1993 TV series)|The Boys]]''
| Doug Kirkfield
|6 episodes
|6 episodes
|-
|-
| ''Golden Gate''
|''Golden Gate''
| Douglas "BW" Carlino
|Douglas "BW" Carlino
| Unsold pilot
|Unsold pilot
|-
|-
|rowspan=3|1995
| rowspan="2" |1995
|''[[Hope and Gloria]]''
| ''[[A Dangerous Affair (1995 film)|A Dangerous Affair]]''
|Billy
| Tommy Moretti
|Episode: "Love with an Improper Stranger"
| TV film
|-
|-
|''[[Misery Loves Company (TV series)|Misery Loves Company]]''
| ''[[Hope and Gloria]]''
|Mitch
| Billy
|8 episodes
| Episode: "Love with an Improper Stranger"
|-
|-
|1996–1997
| ''[[Misery Loves Company (TV series)|Misery Loves Company]]''
| Mitch
| 8 episodes
|-
| 1996–1997
|''[[NYPD Blue]]''
|''[[NYPD Blue]]''
| Jimmy Liery
|Jimmy Liery
| 5 episodes
|5 episodes
|-
|-
| rowspan=4|1997
| rowspan="3" |1997
| ''[[The Last Don (miniseries)|The Last Don]]''
|''[[The Last Don (miniseries)|The Last Don]]''
| Boz Skannet
|Boz Skannet
| Miniseries
|Miniseries
|-
|-
| ''[[Leaving L.A.]]''
|''[[Leaving L.A.]]''
| Reed Sims
|Reed Sims
| 6 episodes
|6 episodes
|-
|-
| ''[[Every 9 Seconds]]''
|''[[Brooklyn South]]''
|Joe
| Richard Sutherland
|3 episodes
| TV film
|-
|-
|1998
| ''[[Brooklyn South]]''
|''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''
| Joe
|Bounty Hunter Dennis Knoll
| 3 episodes
|2 episodes
|-
|-
|1998–2003
| rowspan=2|1998
| ''Target Earth''
|''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]''
|[[Chris Keller]]
| Detective Samuel "Sam" Adams
|38 episodes
| TV film
|-
|-
|1999–present
| ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''
|''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
| Bounty Hunter Dennis Knoll
| rowspan="2" |[[Elliot Stabler|Detective Elliot Stabler]]
| 2 episodes
|283 episodes
|-
|-
|2000–2022
| 1998–2003
| ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]''
|''[[Law & Order]]''
|3 episodes
| [[Chris Keller]]
| Main role
|-
|-
|2003
| 1999
|''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]''
| ''Shift''
|Dr. Dave Norris
| Louis
|Episode: "My White Whale"
| TV film
|-
|-
|2004
| 1999–2011, 2021–present
| ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
|''[[Sesame Street]]''
|Himself
| rowspan=2|[[Elliot Stabler|Detective Elliot Stabler]]
|Episode: 4065
| Main role (season 1–12); recurring role (season 22–)
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |2005
| 2000, 2022
| ''[[Law & Order]]''
|''[[Wonder Showzen]]''
|Cooties Spokesman
| Episodes: "Entitled", “Fools for Love" & “Gimme Shelter – Part 3”
|Episode: "Health"
|-
|-
|''[[Law & Order: Trial by Jury]]''
| 2002
|Detective Elliot Stabler
| ''[[Murder in Greenwich (film)|Murder in Greenwich]]''
|Episode: "[[List of Law & Order: Trial by Jury episodes#ep11|Day]]"
| [[Mark Fuhrman]]
| TV film
|-
|-
|2009
| 2003
| ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]''
|''[[Michael & Michael Have Issues]]''
|Himself
| Dr. Dave Norris
| Episode: "My White Whale"
|Episode: "Greg the Intern"
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |2011
| 2004
| ''[[Sesame Street]]''
|''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]''
|Tony Bologna
| Himself
| rowspan="2" |Cameo
| Episode: 4065
|-
|-
|''[[Ice Loves Coco]]''
| rowspan=2|2005
|Himself
| ''[[Wonder Showzen]]''
| Cooties Spokesman
| Episode: "Health"
|-
|-
|2012
| ''[[Law & Order: Trial by Jury]]''
|''[[True Blood]]''
| Detective Elliot Stabler
|Roman Zimojic
| Episode: "[[List of Law & Order: Trial by Jury episodes#ep11|Day]]"
|5 episodes
|-
|-
|2013
| 2008
| ''[[Gym Teacher: The Movie]]''
|''[[Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV series)|Comedy Bang! Bang!]]''
|Dr. Phillip Banhauser
| Dave Stewie
|Episode: "Aziz Ansari Wears a Charcoal Blazer"
| TV film
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014
| 2009
| ''[[Michael & Michael Have Issues]]''
|''[[Veep (TV series)|Veep]]''
|Ray Whelans
| Himself
|2 episodes
| Episode: "Greg the Intern"
|-
|-
|''[[Surviving Jack]]''
| rowspan=2|2011
|Jack Dunlevy
| ''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]''
|8 episodes (including one unaired episode in the US)
| Tony Bologna
| rowspan=2|Cameo
|-
|-
| rowspan="4" |2015
| ''[[Ice Loves Coco]]''
|''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops III]]''
| Himself
|Commander John Taylor (voice)
|Video game
|-
|-
|''[[Drunk History]]''
| 2012
| ''[[True Blood]]''
|[[Othniel Marsh]]
|Episode: "New Jersey"
| Roman Zimojic
| 5 episodes
|-
|-
|''[[The Jack and Triumph Show]]''
| 2013
|Agent Ryker
| ''[[Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV series)|Comedy Bang! Bang!]]''
|Episode: "Siri"
| Dr. Phillip Banhauser
| Episode: "Aziz Ansari Wears a Charcoal Blazer"
|-
|-
|''[[Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp]]''
| rowspan=2|2014
|Gene Jenkinson / Jonas Jurgenson
| ''[[Veep (TV series)|Veep]]''
|6 episodes
| Ray Whelans
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Surviving Jack]]''
| Jack Dunlevy
| 8 episodes (including one unaired episode in the US)
|-
| rowspan=3|2015
| ''[[The Jack and Triumph Show]]''
| Agent Ryker
| Episode: "Siri"
|-
| ''[[Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp]]''
| Gene Jenkinson / Jonas Jurgenson
| Main role; 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[Drunk History]]''
| [[Othniel Marsh]]
| Episode: "New Jersey"
|-
|-
| 2016–2017
|2016–2017
| ''[[Underground (TV series)|Underground]]''
|''[[Underground (TV series)|Underground]]''
| August Pullman
|August Pullman
| Main role; 15 episodes<br>Directed episode: "Auld Acquaintance"
|15 episodes; directed episode: "Auld Acquaintance"
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|2017
| rowspan="2" |2017
| ''[[Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later]]''
|''[[Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later]]''
| Gene Jenkinson
|Gene Jenkinson
| 4 episodes
|4 episodes
|-
|-
| ''[[At Home with Amy Sedaris]]''
|''[[At Home with Amy Sedaris]]''
| Ranger Russell
|Ranger Russell
| Episode: "Nature"
|Episode: "Nature"
|-
|-
| 2017–2019
|2017–2019
| ''[[Happy! (TV series)|Happy!]]''
|''[[Happy! (TV series)|Happy!]]''
| Nick Sax
|Nick Sax
| Main role; 18 episodes
|18 episodes
|-
|-
| 2018
|2018
| ''[[Pose (TV series)|Pose]]''
|''[[Pose (TV series)|Pose]]''
| Dick Ford
|Dick Ford
|2 episodes
| Episodes: "The Fever", "Pink Slip"
|-
|-
|2019–2022
|2019, 2022
| ''[[American Dad!]]''
|''[[American Dad!]]''
|Multiple voices
| Gangsters
|3 episodes
| Voice, episodes: "Twinanigans", "The Book of Fischer"
|-
|-
|2019
|2019
| ''[[The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)|The Handmaid's Tale]]''
|''[[The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)|The Handmaid's Tale]]''
| Commander Winslow
|Commander Winslow
| 4 episodes
|4 episodes
|-
|-
| 2019–present
|2019–present
| ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/alan-tudyk-joker-harley-quinn-animated-series/|title=Alan Tudyk to Voice The Joker in Harley Quinn Animated Series|last=Melrose|first=Kevin|website=Comic Book Resources|date=October 25, 2018|access-date=October 26, 2018}}</ref>
|''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]''<ref>{{cite web |last=Melrose |first=Kevin |date=October 25, 2018 |title=Alan Tudyk to Voice The Joker in Harley Quinn Animated Series |url=https://www.cbr.com/alan-tudyk-joker-harley-quinn-animated-series/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026222708/https://www.cbr.com/alan-tudyk-joker-harley-quinn-animated-series/ |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |access-date=October 26, 2018 |website=Comic Book Resources}}</ref>
| [[James Gordon (character)|Commissioner James Gordon]], [[Two-Face]] Goon 2, Bouncer
|[[Jim Gordon (character)|Jim Gordon]], [[Two-Face]], other voices
| Voice; 16 episodes
|16 episodes
|-
|-
|rowspan=5|2020
| rowspan="4" |2020
| ''[[Family Guy]]''
|''[[Family Guy]]''
| George Townshend
|George Townshend (voice)
| Voice; episode: "Short Cuts"
|Episode: "Short Cuts"
|-
|-
| ''Maxxx'' <!--- this show is not listed on Wikipedia -->
|''Maxxx''<!--- this show is not listed on Wikipedia -->
| Don Wild
|Don Wild
| Recurring role; 6 episodes
|6 episodes
|-
|-
|''[[The Twilight Zone (2019 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
| ''[[Rick and Morty]]''
|Robert
| Jesus Christ, Unnamed Rick disguise
|Episode: "A Human Face"
| Voice, episode: "[[Never Ricking Morty]]" and "Full Meta Jackrick"
|-
|-
|''[[Helpsters]]''
| ''[[The Twilight Zone (2019 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
|Detective Dudley
| Robert
| Episode: "A Human Face"
|Episode: "Camper Cortez/Artist Andrew & Detective Dudley"
|-
|-
|2022–2022
| ''[[Helpsters]]''
|''[[Rick and Morty]]''
| Detective Dudley
|Multiple voices
| Episode: "Camper Cortez/Artist Andrew & Detective Dudley"
|3 episodes
|-
|-
|2021–present
| 2021–present<ref name="organized">{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2020/08/27/nbc-premiere-dates-fall-2020-this-is-us/|title=NBC Sets Fall (Yes, Fall!) Premiere Dates for ''This Is Us'', #OneChicago and More — What Shows Return in 2021?|work=TVLine.com|date=August 27, 2020|access-date=August 27, 2020}}</ref>
| ''[[Law & Order: Organized Crime]]''
|''[[Law & Order: Organized Crime]]''
|Detective Elliot Stabler
|Detective Elliot Stabler
|Executive producer<ref name="organized">{{cite web |date=August 27, 2020 |title=NBC Sets Fall (Yes, Fall!) Premiere Dates for ''This Is Us'', #OneChicago and More — What Shows Return in 2021? |url=https://tvline.com/2020/08/27/nbc-premiere-dates-fall-2020-this-is-us/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126161631/https://tvline.com/2020/08/27/nbc-premiere-dates-fall-2020-this-is-us/ |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |work=TVLine.com}}</ref>
| Lead role; also executive producer
|-
|-
| 2021
|2021
| ''[[Bless the Harts]]''
|''[[Bless the Harts]]''
|Detective Voccola (voice)
| Detective Voccola<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/christopher-meloni-to-guest-star-on-bless-the-harts-exclusive-152892|title=Christopher Meloni to Guest Star on 'Bless the Harts' (Exclusive)|date=September 11, 2020|website=[[Entertainment Tonight]]|author=Philiana Ng|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915130244/https://www.etonline.com/christopher-meloni-to-guest-star-on-bless-the-harts-exclusive-152892|archive-date=September 29, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Episode: "Betty's Birthday"
| Voice; 1 episode
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |2023
|}
|''[[Captain Fall]]''

|Agent Steel (voice)
===Video games===
|10 episodes
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Voice role
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops III]]''
| Commander John Taylor
|-
|-
|''[[Celebrity Jeopardy! (2022 TV series)|Celebrity Jeopardy!]]''
|Himself
|Contestant
|}
|}


==Awards and nominations==
==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
|-
!Award
! Year
!Category
! Award
!Work
! Category
!Result
! Work
! Result
|-
|-
| 1999
|1999
| OFTA Television Awards
|OFTA Television Awards
| Best Guest Actor in a Cable Series
|Best Guest Actor in a Cable Series
| ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]''
|''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]''
| {{won}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|-
| 2004
|2004
| [[Entertainment Industries Council#Prism Awards|Prism Awards]]
|[[Entertainment Industries Council#Prism Awards|Prism Awards]]
| Best Performance in a TV Drama Series Episode
|Best Performance in a TV Drama Series Episode
| rowspan=5|''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
| rowspan="5" |''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
| rowspan=9 {{nom}}
| rowspan="9" {{Nominated}}
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|2006
| rowspan="2" |2006
| OFTA Television Awards
|OFTA Television Awards
| Best Actor in a Drama Series
|Best Actor in a Drama Series
|-
|-
| [[58th Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|[[58th Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]]
|-
|-
| 2008
|2008
|rowspan=2|Prism Awards
| rowspan="2" |Prism Awards
| rowspan=2|Best Performance in a TV Drama Series Episode
| rowspan="2" |Best Performance in a TV Drama Series Episode
|-
|-
| 2009
|2009
|-
|-
| 2014
|2014
| rowspan=2|Gold Derby Awards
| rowspan="2" |Gold Derby Awards
| Best Comedy Guest Actor
|Best Comedy Guest Actor
| ''[[Veep]]''
|''[[Veep]]''
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| rowspan="2" |2019
| Best Drama Guest Actor
|Best Drama Guest Actor
| rowspan="2" | [[Pose (TV series)|''Pose'']]
| rowspan="2" |[[Pose (TV series)|''Pose'']]
|-
|-
|International Online Cinema Awards<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (2019) |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0003084/2019/1/ |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=IMDb |language=en}}</ref>
|International Online Cinema Awards<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (2019) |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0003084/2019/1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111150124/https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0003084/2019/1/ |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=IMDb |language=en}}</ref>
|Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series
|Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series
|-
|-
|2021
|2021
|[[Hollywood Critics Association|Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=2022-07-07 |title='Severance,' 'Ted Lasso' Lead Streaming Nominees for 2nd Annual HCA TV Awards |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/awards/severance-ted-lasso-hca-tv-awards-2022-1235310661/ |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
|[[Hollywood Critics Association|Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=2022-07-07 |title='Severance,' 'Ted Lasso' Lead Streaming Nominees for 2nd Annual HCA TV Awards |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/awards/severance-ted-lasso-hca-tv-awards-2022-1235310661/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708005717/https://variety.com/2022/tv/awards/severance-ted-lasso-hca-tv-awards-2022-1235310661/ |archive-date=July 8, 2022 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
|Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama
|Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama
| rowspan="2" |''[[Law & Order: Organized Crime]]''
| rowspan="2" |''[[Law & Order: Organized Crime]]''
|-
|-
|2022
|2022
|ACCEC Awards<ref>{{Cite web |title=ACCEC Awards (2022) |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0001511/2022/1/ |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=IMDb |language=en}}</ref>
|ACCEC Awards<ref>{{Cite web |title=ACCEC Awards (2022) |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0001511/2022/1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111150126/https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0001511/2022/1/ |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=IMDb |language=en}}</ref>
|Favorite Television Actor
|Favorite Television Actor
|{{won}}
|{{Won}}
|}
|}


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Christopher Meloni
Meloni in 2024
Born
Christopher Peter Meloni

(1961-04-02) April 2, 1961 (age 63)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Other namesChris Meloni
EducationUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
OccupationActor
Years active1989–present
Spouse
Doris Sherman Williams
​
​
(m. 1995)​
Children2

Christopher Peter Meloni (/məˈloʊni/; born April 2, 1961)[1][2] is an American actor. He is known for portraying NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC legal drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–2011, 2021–present) and its spin-off Organized Crime (2021–present), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. He also played Chris Keller on the HBO prison drama Oz (1998–2003), and starred in and executive produced the Syfy series 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 White Castle (2004), Green Lantern: First Flight (2009), 42 (2013) and Man of Steel (2013).

Early life and education

[edit]

Meloni was born in Washington, D.C., the youngest of three children of Cecile (née Chagnon; 1926–2016),[3] a homemaker, and Charles Robert Meloni (1927–2012), an endocrinologist.[4][5][6] He has an older brother and sister. His maternal ancestry is French Canadian, and he is a descendant of Matthias Farnsworth and Edmund Rice.[7] His paternal ancestry is Italian; one great-grandfather was born in Sardinia and another was born in Velva.[8]

Meloni attended St. Stephen's School,[9] now St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School, in Alexandria, Virginia, where he was a quarterback on the football team. After graduating he attended the University of Colorado-Boulder where he took acting classes for electives. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1983. After college, he went to New York continuing to study acting. He took classes with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre as well as at the Center for the Media Arts.

Meloni was a construction worker prior to getting a break becoming known in acting. He has worked as a bouncer, bartender, and personal trainer.[citation needed]

Career

[edit]

Meloni worked his way up the ladder acting in commercials,[10] short-lived TV series, and bit parts in a number of films. His first noticeable role was the hotheaded son of a Mafia don in the 1996 thriller Bound. He appeared as Robbie Sinclair's friend Spike in Dinosaurs in the early 1990s. He played criminal 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.

Meloni in New York City, June 2006

From 1998 to 2003, Meloni portrayed the bisexual criminal Chris Keller on the HBO series Oz. Law & Order producer Dick Wolf 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 cancelled in 2003. Meloni was nominated for the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Elliot Stabler.[11] In May 2011, Meloni announced that he had been unable to agree on a contract and would not be returning for season 13 of SVU.[12] His character was written out as having put in his retirement papers. After nearly a decade, Meloni announced in March 2020 that he would be reprising his role of Stabler in the Law & Order franchise on a spin-off show titled Law & Order: Organized Crime. Meloni appeared in a crossover event during season 22 of SVU.[13]

Meloni appeared as the character Gene in Wet Hot American Summer in 2001, the puppet-loving pediatrician Dr. Norris in a 2003 episode of Scrubs, and the character of "Freakshow" in the 2004 comedy Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. He made a cameo in its sequel, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, as The Grand Wizard. In 2005, he appeared on Episode 107 of MTV2's adult puppet show Wonder Showzen in a series of parody public service announcements warning of the threat of cooties. He had an uncredited role as a gay hotel desk clerk in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.[citation needed]

In July 2009, Meloni portrayed DC Comics character Hal Jordan/Green Lantern in the DC Universe Animated Original Movie Green Lantern: First Flight. He briefly appeared in the first episode of the Comedy Central series Michael & Michael Have Issues, portraying himself for a fake film starring Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter.[citation needed]

Meloni at the San Diego Comic Con, 2012

In 2012, Meloni joined the cast of True Blood during the series' fifth season as Roman, a "powerful, 500-year-old vampire who sits at the head of the table of the Vampire Authority."[14]

Meloni played Colonel Hardy, a supporting role, in the Superman reboot film Man of Steel, which was released in 2013.[15] That year, he played Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher in the historical baseball feature 42. Meloni starred in the 2014 comedy They Came Together.[16] He stars as John Taylor in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops III. In 2016, Meloni shot the heist film Marauders.[17]

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

In 2018, Meloni guest starred in two episodes of the FX drama series Pose, opposite Dominique Jackson.[20] He appeared on the third season of The Handmaid's Tale as Commander Winslow in 2019.[21]

Philanthropy

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In 2004 and 2006, respectively, Meloni competed in the fourth and the eighth series of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown; in the eighth series, he finished in second place, behind Robin Tunney, and ahead of Macy Gray, Joy Behar, and Andy Dick. He played for Feed the Children.

He appeared on Celebrity Jeopardy! on November 10, 2006, defeating fellow Law & Order stars Sam Waterston and Kathryn Erbe. Meloni split his $50,000 charity prize between the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Program and the Montefiore Advocacy Center. He also appeared on the program's Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational that aired on December 17, 2009. Although defeated by Joshua Malina and Harry Shearer, he won a $25,000 charity prize in the name of Smile Train.[citation needed]

Public image

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Meloni has appeared in many public service announcements in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues.[22] In 1999, Meloni jokingly kissed Lee Tergesen (who played Tobias Beecher, Meloni's on-screen boyfriend on Oz) at an awards dinner for GLAAD. In 2006, Meloni was given the Human Rights Campaign's Equality Award, along with actor Jake Gyllenhaal and director Ang Lee, for his work on behalf of LGBT issues.[22][23] In addition, in 2011, Meloni appeared in the Human Rights Campaign's "New Yorkers for Marriage Equality" video.[24]

Meloni was included in the 2006 edition of People magazine's Sexiest Men Alive.[citation needed]

Personal life

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Meloni married Doris Sherman Meloni (née Williams), a production designer, on July 1, 1995. They have two children through surrogacy, a daughter born in March 2001[25] and a son born in January 2004.[26] Mariska Hargitay, who co-starred with Meloni on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and remains close friends with him, is the godmother to his daughter.[27]

Meloni has three tattoos: a Cubist-inspired representation of the crucifixion of Christ on his upper left arm, a butterfly on his left upper thigh, and a Chinese astrological chart of his family on his right lower leg.[28] In 2007, Meloni was inducted into his high school's athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the undefeated 1978 football team, for which he was quarterback.[29]

In 2014, Meloni bought the house used in the television show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.[30][31]

In 2021, on an episode of PBS' Finding Your Roots, it was revealed that Meloni is a distant relative of Nancy Pelosi.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1990 When Will I Be Loved? Ron Weston TV film
1991 In a Child's Name Jerry Cimarelli TV film
1992 Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story David TV film
1993 Without a Kiss Goodbye Ray Samuels TV film; aka Falsely Accused
1994 Clean Slate Bodyguard
Junior Mr. Lanzarotta
1995 12 Monkeys Lt. Halperin
A Dangerous Affair Tommy Moretti TV film
1996 Bound Johnnie Marzzone
1997 Every 9 Seconds Richard Sutherland TV film
1998 Brown's Requiem Sgt. Cavanah Uncredited
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Sven, Clerk at Flamingo Hotel
The Souler Opposite Barry Singer
Target Earth Detective Samuel "Sam" Adams TV film
1999 Carlo's Wake Bennetto Torello
Runaway Bride Bob Kelly
Shift Louis TV film
2001 Wet Hot American Summer Gene Jenkinson
2002 Murder in Greenwich Mark Fuhrman TV film
That Brief Moment Ken Short film
2004 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle Freakshow
2008 Gym Teacher: The Movie Dave Stewie TV film
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Grand Wizard Credited as "Reverend Clyde Stanky"
Nights in Rodanthe Jack Willis
2009 Brief Interviews with Hideous Men R / Subject #3
Carriers Frank
2010 Green Lantern: First Flight Hal Jordan / Green Lantern Voice role
2011 National Lampoon's Dirty Movie Producer Charlie LaRue
2013 Awful Nice Jon Charbineau
Man of Steel Colonel Nathan Hardy
42 Leo Durocher
2014 Beef Lou
White Bird in a Blizzard Brock Connors
Small Time Al Klein
They Came Together Roland
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Mort
2015 The Diary of a Teenage Girl Pascal MacCorkill
2016 I Am Wrath Dennis
Marauders Agent Jonathan Montgomery
Almost Friends Howard
2017 Snatched Roger Simmons
2024 IF Cosmo (voice)

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1989–1990 1st & Ten Vito Del Greco / Johnny Gunn 11 episodes
1990–1991 The Fanelli Boys Frankie Fanelli 17 episodes
1991–1994 Dinosaurs Spike Voice; recurring role
1993 The Boys Doug Kirkfield 6 episodes
Golden Gate Douglas "BW" Carlino Unsold pilot
1995 Hope and Gloria Billy Episode: "Love with an Improper Stranger"
Misery Loves Company Mitch 8 episodes
1996–1997 NYPD Blue Jimmy Liery 5 episodes
1997 The Last Don Boz Skannet Miniseries
Leaving L.A. Reed Sims 6 episodes
Brooklyn South Joe 3 episodes
1998 Homicide: Life on the Street Bounty Hunter Dennis Knoll 2 episodes
1998–2003 Oz Chris Keller 38 episodes
1999–present Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Detective Elliot Stabler 283 episodes
2000–2022 Law & Order 3 episodes
2003 Scrubs Dr. Dave Norris Episode: "My White Whale"
2004 Sesame Street Himself Episode: 4065
2005 Wonder Showzen Cooties Spokesman Episode: "Health"
Law & Order: Trial by Jury Detective Elliot Stabler Episode: "Day"
2009 Michael & Michael Have Issues Himself Episode: "Greg the Intern"
2011 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Tony Bologna Cameo
Ice Loves Coco Himself
2012 True Blood Roman Zimojic 5 episodes
2013 Comedy Bang! Bang! Dr. Phillip Banhauser Episode: "Aziz Ansari Wears a Charcoal Blazer"
2014 Veep Ray Whelans 2 episodes
Surviving Jack Jack Dunlevy 8 episodes (including one unaired episode in the US)
2015 Call of Duty: Black Ops III Commander John Taylor (voice) Video game
Drunk History Othniel Marsh Episode: "New Jersey"
The Jack and Triumph Show Agent Ryker Episode: "Siri"
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp Gene Jenkinson / Jonas Jurgenson 6 episodes
2016–2017 Underground August Pullman 15 episodes; directed episode: "Auld Acquaintance"
2017 Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later Gene Jenkinson 4 episodes
At Home with Amy Sedaris Ranger Russell Episode: "Nature"
2017–2019 Happy! Nick Sax 18 episodes
2018 Pose Dick Ford 2 episodes
2019–2022 American Dad! Multiple voices 3 episodes
2019 The Handmaid's Tale Commander Winslow 4 episodes
2019–present Harley Quinn[32] Jim Gordon, Two-Face, other voices 16 episodes
2020 Family Guy George Townshend (voice) Episode: "Short Cuts"
Maxxx Don Wild 6 episodes
The Twilight Zone Robert Episode: "A Human Face"
Helpsters Detective Dudley Episode: "Camper Cortez/Artist Andrew & Detective Dudley"
2022–2022 Rick and Morty Multiple voices 3 episodes
2021–present Law & Order: Organized Crime Detective Elliot Stabler Executive producer[33]
2021 Bless the Harts Detective Voccola (voice) Episode: "Betty's Birthday"
2023 Captain Fall Agent Steel (voice) 10 episodes
Celebrity Jeopardy! Himself Contestant

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result
1999 OFTA Television Awards Best Guest Actor in a Cable Series Oz Won
2004 Prism Awards Best Performance in a TV Drama Series Episode Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Nominated
2006 OFTA Television Awards Best Actor in a Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2008 Prism Awards Best Performance in a TV Drama Series Episode
2009
2014 Gold Derby Awards Best Comedy Guest Actor Veep
2019 Best Drama Guest Actor Pose
International Online Cinema Awards[34] Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series
2021 Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards[35] Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama Law & Order: Organized Crime
2022 ACCEC Awards[36] Favorite Television Actor Won

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