Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 2, 1961
Place of Birth:
Washington, D.C., USA
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Christopher Meloni
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IF | Cosmo (voice) |
| 2020 | The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU | Self |
| 2017 | Snatched | Roger Simmons |
| 2017 | Almost Friends | Howard |
| 2016 | Marauders | Montgomery |
| 2016 | I Am Wrath | Dennis |
| 2015 | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Pascal MacCorkill |
| 2015 | Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot | Self |
| 2014 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Mort |
| 2014 | White Bird in a Blizzard | Brock Connor |
| 2014 | Small Time | Al Klein |
| 2014 | Showing Up | Self |
| 2014 | They Came Together | Roland |
| 2014 | Beef | Lou |
| 2013 | Man of Steel | Colonel Nathan Hardy |
| 2013 | 42 | Leo Durocher |
| 2013 | Awful Nice | Jon Charbineau |
| 2011 | Dirty Movie | The Producer |
| 2010 | F--k | Christopher |
| 2009 | Carriers | Frank Holloway |
| 2009 | Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | R / Subject #3 |
| 2009 | Green Lantern: First Flight | Hal Jordan (voice) |
| 2009 | My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story | Self |
| 2008 | Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay | Grand Wizard |
| 2008 | Nights in Rodanthe | Jack |
| 2008 | Gym Teacher: The Movie | Dave Stewie |
| 2004 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | Freakshow |
| 2002 | Murder in Greenwich | Mark Fuhrman |
| 2001 | Wet Hot American Summer | Gene |
| 2001 | Starwater | |
| 1999 | Runaway Bride | Coach Bob Kelly |
| 1999 | Carlo's Wake | Bennetto Torello |
| 1999 | Shift | Louis |
| 1998 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Clerk at Flamingo Hotel |
| 1998 | Target Earth | Det. Samuel 'Sam' Adams |
| 1998 | The Souler Opposite | Barry Singer |
| 1998 | Brown's Requiem | Sgt. Cavanaugh (uncredited) |
| 1997 | Every 9 Seconds | Richard Sutherland |
| 1996 | Bound | Johnnie Marzzone |
| 1995 | Twelve Monkeys | Lt. Halperin |
| 1995 | A Dangerous Affair | Tommy Moretti |
| 1994 | Junior | Mr. Lanzarotta |
| 1994 | Clean Slate | Bodyguard #2 |
| 1993 | Without a Kiss Goodbye | Ray Samuels |
| 1992 | Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story | David |
| 1990 | When Will I Be Loved? | Ron Weston |
| Toad |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Captain Fall | Agent Steel (voice) |
| 2022 | Celebrity Jeopardy! | Self |
| 2021 | Ziwe | Self |
| 2021 | Law & Order: Organized Crime | Det. Elliot Stabler |
| 2021 | Cinema Toast | |
| 2020 | How To with John Wilson | Self |
| 2020 | Maxxx | Don Wild |
| 2019 | Bless the Harts | Detective Voccola (voice) |
| 2019 | Harley Quinn | Jim Gordon / Jeffrey the Parrot (voice) |
| 2019 | Harley Quinn | Jim Gordon (voice) |
| 2019 | Harley Quinn | Jim Gordon / Mr. Veronica Cale / Jeffey the Parrot (voice) |
| 2019 | Harley Quinn | Commissioner Gordon (voice) |
| 2019 | Harley Quinn | Commissioner Gordon / Guard (voice) |
| 2019 | Harley Quinn | Commissioner Gordon / Two-Face Goon / Bouncer (voice) |
| 2019 | The Twilight Zone | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
| 2018 | POSE | Dick Ford |
| 2017 | Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later | Gene Jenkinson / Jonas Jurgenson |
| 2017 | The Handmaid's Tale | George Winslow |
| 2017 | HAPPY! | Nick Sax |
| 2017 | At Home with Amy Sedaris | Ranger Russell |
| 2016 | Underground | August Pullman |
| 2015 | Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp | Gene |
| 2014 | Surviving Jack | Dr. Jack Dunlevy |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2013 | Drunk History | Othniel Marsh |
| 2013 | Rick and Morty | Jesus Christ (voice) |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self |
| 2012 | Veep | Ray Whelans |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Michael & Michael Have Issues | |
| 2008 | True Blood | Roman Zimojic |
| 2005 | Wonder Showzen | Cooties Spokesman |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Additional Voices (voice) |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Elliot Stabler |
| 2005 | American Dad! | (voice) |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | |
| 2001 | Scrubs | Dr. Norris |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Elliot Stabler |
| 1999 | Family Guy | George Townshend (voice) |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1997 | Brooklyn South | Joe |
| 1997 | Leaving L.A. | Reed Sims |
| 1997 | Oz | Chris Keller |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest |
| 1997 | The Last Don | Boz Skannet |
| 1995 | MADtv | Various |
| 1995 | Misery Loves Company | Mitch |
| 1995 | Hope and Gloria | Billy |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1993 | The Boys | Doug Kirkfield |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue | Jimmy Liery |
| 1991 | In a Child's Name | Jerry Cimarelli |
| 1991 | Dinosaurs | Spike (voice) |
| 1990 | The Fanelli Boys | Frankie Fanelli |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Elliot Stabler |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Team Leader |
| 1984 | Jeopardy! | |
| 1984 | 1st & Ten | Vito Del Greco / Johnny Gunn |
| 1969 | Sesame Street |