As Actor
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
9.7
Christopher Meloni
Acting
Birth Date
April 2, 1961
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., USA
Biography
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.
Complete Filmography
As Actor
Almost Friends
2017
6.3
As Actor
Snatched
2017
5.4
As Actor
Beef
2014
6.6
As Actor
White Bird in a Blizzard
2014
6.2
As Actor
Small Time
2014
5.4
As Actor
Man of Steel
2013
6.6
As Actor
42
2013
7.2
As Actor
Awful Nice
2013
5.2
As Actor, As Director
National Lampoon's Dirty Movie
2011
3.3
As Actor
F--k
2010
5.8
As Actor
Carriers
2009
6.1
As Actor
Green Lantern: First Flight
2009
7.0
As Actor
Nights in Rodanthe
2008
6.3
As Actor
Gym Teacher: The Movie
2008
7.1
As Actor
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2004
6.5
As Actor
Murder in Greenwich
2002
4.5
As Actor
Wet Hot American Summer
2001
6.3
As Actor
Runaway Bride
1999
6.1
As Actor
Target Earth
1998
4.2