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
Lt. Halperin
Twelve Monkeys
Mort
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Gene
Wet Hot American Summer
Clerk at Flamingo Hotel
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Coach Bob Kelly
Runaway Bride
Det. Samuel 'Sam' Adams
Target Earth
Mr. Lanzarotta
Junior
Frank Holloway
Carriers
Johnnie Marzzone
Bound
Grand Wizard
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
R / Subject #3
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Jack
Nights in Rodanthe
Dave Stewie
Gym Teacher: The Movie
Hal Jordan (voice)
Green Lantern: First Flight
Bodyguard #2
Clean Slate
Colonel Nathan Hardy
Man of Steel
Mark Fuhrman
Murder in Greenwich
The Producer
Dirty Movie
Bennetto Torello
Carlo's Wake
Leo Durocher
42
Self
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Brock Connor
White Bird in a Blizzard
Barry Singer
The Souler Opposite
Cosmo (voice)
IF
Jon Charbineau
Awful Nice
Al Klein
Small Time
Ray Samuels
Without a Kiss Goodbye
Self
Showing Up
Roland
They Came Together
Starwater
Tommy Moretti
A Dangerous Affair
Pascal MacCorkill
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Ron Weston
When Will I Be Loved?
Richard Sutherland
Every 9 Seconds
Montgomery
Marauders
Self
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
Dennis
I Am Wrath
Roger Simmons
Snatched
Lou
Beef
Howard
Almost Friends
Freakshow
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
David
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Christopher
F--K
Sgt. Cavanaugh (uncredited)
Brown's Requiem
Self
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Louis
Shift
Toad
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
47
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-04-02
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., USA
Also Known As
Chris Meloni