Christopher Meloni

Christopher Meloni (born April 2, 1961, Washington, D.C.) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as detective Elliot Stabler on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Chris Keller on HBO's prison series Oz.

He studied history at the University of Colorado Boulder, graduating in 1983; His interest in acting also began in these years. Then he went to New York, studied acting and established his career there.

Career

He joined the cast of Oz in 1998, playing Chris Keller until the series' finale in 2003. He portrayed Elliot Stabler for twelve seasons on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which began in 1999; For a while, he continued two TV series simultaneously. This role earned him an Emmy nomination for best actor in a drama series in 2006.

After leaving the series in 2011, the character returned in Law & Order: Organized Crime, which began in 2021; Meloni also acted as producer in this production.

In the cinema, he starred in films such as 12 Monkeys, Runaway Bride, Wet Hot American Summer, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, 42 and Man of Steel. On television, he made a guest appearance on True Blood and Happy!, which aired between 2017 and 2019. He played the leading role in the TV series.

Meloni is known as an actor who played one of the longest-running characters in crime television, spanning nearly thirty years.