Christopher Meloni
Born: 1961-04-02 in Washington, D.C., USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Little Brother as Josh
2024
- IF as Cosmo (voice)
2023
- Captain Fall as Agent Steel (voice)
2022
- Celebrity Jeopardy! as Self - Contestant
2021
- Law & Order: Organized Crime as Det. Elliot Stabler
- Ziwe as Self
- Cinema Toast
2020
- Solar Opposites as Lonesun (voice)
- How To with John Wilson as Self
- Maxxx as Don Wild
- The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU as Self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Harley Quinn as Jim Gordon / Jeffrey the Parrot (voice)
- The Twilight Zone
- Bless the Harts as Detective Voccola (voice)
2018
- POSE as Dick Ford
2017
- The Handmaid's Tale as George Winslow
- Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later as Gene Jenkinson / Jonas Jurgenson
- HAPPY! as Nick Sax
- Snatched as Roger Simmons
- At Home with Amy Sedaris as Ranger Russell
- Steve as Self
- Almost Friends as Howard
2016
- Underground as August Pullman
- Marauders as Montgomery
- I Am Wrath as Dennis
2015
- Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp as Gene
- The Diary of a Teenage Girl as Pascal MacCorkill
- Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot as Self
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Mort
- White Bird in a Blizzard as Brock Connor
- They Came Together as Roland
- Surviving Jack as Dr. Jack Dunlevy
- Showing Up as Self
- Small Time as Al Klein
- Beef as Lou
2013
- Rick and Morty as Jesus Christ (voice)
- Man of Steel as Colonel Nathan Hardy
- Drunk History as Othniel Marsh
- 42 as Leo Durocher
- Awful Nice as Jon Charbineau
2012
- Veep as Ray Whelans
- Finding Your Roots as Self
2011
- Dirty Movie as The Producer
- Lost Cannibals of Europe as Self - Narrator
2010
- F--k as Christopher
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Carriers as Frank Holloway
- Green Lantern: First Flight as Hal Jordan (voice)
- Michael & Michael Have Issues
- Brief Interviews with Hideous Men as R / Subject #3
- My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story as Self
2008
- True Blood as Roman Zimojic
- Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay as Grand Wizard
- Nights in Rodanthe as Jack
- Gym Teacher: The Movie as Dave Stewie
2005
- American Dad! as Additional Voices (voice)
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Elliot Stabler
- Wonder Showzen as Cooties Spokesman
2004
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle as Freakshow
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2002
- Murder in Greenwich as Mark Fuhrman
2001
- Scrubs as Dr. Norris
- Wet Hot American Summer as Gene
- Starwater
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Elliot Stabler
- Family Guy as George Townshend (voice)
- Runaway Bride as Coach Bob Kelly
- Carlo's Wake as Bennetto Torello
- Shift as Louis
1998
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Clerk at Flamingo Hotel
- Brown's Requiem as Sgt. Cavanaugh (uncredited)
- Target Earth as Det. Samuel 'Sam' Adams
- The Souler Opposite as Barry Singer
1997
- Oz as Chris Keller
- The View as Self
- Brooklyn South as Joe
- The Last Don as Boz Skannet
- Leaving L.A. as Reed Sims
- Every 9 Seconds as Richard Sutherland
1996
- Bound as Johnnie Marzzone
1995
- Twelve Monkeys as Lt. Halperin
- Hope and Gloria as Billy
- Misery Loves Company as Mitch
- MADtv as Various
- A Dangerous Affair as Tommy Moretti
1994
- Junior as Mr. Lanzarotta
- Clean Slate as Bodyguard #2
1993
- NYPD Blue as Jimmy Liery
- Homicide: Life on the Street as Dennis Knoll
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- The Boys as Doug Kirkfield
- Without a Kiss Goodbye as Ray Samuels
1992
1991
- Dinosaurs as Spike (voice)
- In a Child's Name as Jerry Cimarelli
1990
- Law & Order as Elliot Stabler
- The Fanelli Boys as Frankie Fanelli
- When Will I Be Loved? as Ron Weston
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1985
- The Equalizer as Team Leader