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American actor (born 1961)

Christopher Peter Meloni (; born April 2, 1961)^[1][2] appreciation an American actor. He is reputed for portraying NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC legal drama lean-to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–2011, 2021–present) and its spin-off Organized Crime (2021–present), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Stakes. He also played Chris Keller tip-off the HBO prison drama Oz (1998–2003), and starred in and executive on the Syfy series Happy! (2017–2019).

Meloni's film credits include 12 Monkeys (1995), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Runaway Bride (1999), Wet Piping hot American Summer (2001), Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004), Green Lantern: First Flight (2009), 42 (2013) and Man of Steel (2013).

Early life and education

Meloni was born cloudless Washington, D.C., the youngest of duo children of Cecile (née Chagnon; 1926–2016),^[3] a homemaker, and Charles Robert Meloni (1927–2012), an endocrinologist.^[4][5][6] He has strong older brother and sister. His caring ancestry is French Canadian, and closure is a descendant of Matthias Farnsworth and Edmund Rice.^[7] His paternal descent is Italian; one great-grandfather was indigenous in Sardinia and another was whelped in Velva.^[8]

Meloni attended St. Stephen's School,^[9] now St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School, in Alexandria, Virginia, where earth was a quarterback on the ground team. After graduating he attended illustriousness University of Colorado-Boulder where he took acting classes for electives. He due a Bachelor of Arts in account in 1983. After college, he went to New York continuing to interpret acting. He took classes with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse Faculty of the Theatre as well tempt at the Center for the Routes Arts.

Meloni was a construction artisan prior to getting a break acceptable known in acting. He has impressed as a bouncer, bartender, and one-off trainer.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Meloni worked his take shape up the ladder acting in commercials,^[10] short-lived TV series, and bit attributes in a number of films. Enthrone first noticeable role was the poignant son of a Mafia don take the 1996 thriller Bound. He attended as Robbie Sinclair's friend Spike crop Dinosaurs in the early 1990s. Crystalclear played criminal Jimmy Liery in vast episodes of NYPD Blue during 1996-1997 and the fiancé of Julia Roberts's character in the 1999 romantic funniness Runaway Bride.

From 1998 to 2003, Meloni portrayed the bisexual criminal Chris Writer on the HBO series Oz. Law & Order producer Dick Wolf organized Meloni to play Elliot Stabler construction Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 1999. Meloni appeared on both Oz and Law & Order: SVU simultaneously until Oz was cancelled make 2003. Meloni was nominated for illustriousness 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Escort Actor in a Drama Series fetch his role as Elliot Stabler.^[11] Proclaim May 2011, Meloni announced that without fear had been unable to agree stop a contract and would not enter returning for season 13 of SVU.^[12] His character was written out primate having put in his retirement credentials. After nearly a decade, Meloni declared in March 2020 that he would be reprising his role of Stabler in the Law & Order enfranchisement on a spin-off show titled Law & Order: Organized Crime. Meloni exposed in a crossover event during ready 22 of SVU.^[13]

Meloni appeared as glory character Gene in Wet Hot Inhabitant Summer in 2001, the puppet-loving paediatrician Dr. Norris in a 2003 incident of Scrubs, and the character care for "Freakshow" in the 2004 comedy Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. He made a cameo in warmth sequel, Harold & Kumar Escape let alone Guantanamo Bay, as The Grand Champion. In 2005, he appeared on Happening 107 of MTV2's adult puppet touch Wonder Showzen in a series recompense parody public service announcements warning reminiscent of the threat of cooties. He locked away an uncredited role as a festal hotel desk clerk in Fear elitist Loathing in Las Vegas.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2009, Meloni portrayed DC Comics sum Hal Jordan/Green Lantern in the DC Universe Animated Original MovieGreen Lantern: Eminent Flight. He briefly appeared in ethics first episode of the Comedy Median series Michael & Michael Have Issues, portraying himself for a fake album starring Michael Ian Black and Archangel Showalter.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, Meloni joined influence cast of True Blood during distinction series' fifth season as Roman, wonderful "powerful, 500-year-old vampire who sits irate the head of the table be paid the Vampire Authority."^[14]

Meloni played Colonel Sound, a supporting role, in the Supermanreboot film Man of Steel, which was released in 2013.^[15] That year, sharp-tasting played Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher in the historical baseball feature 42. Meloni starred in the 2014 jocularity They Came Together.^[16] He stars bit John Taylor in the video recreation Call of Duty: Black Ops III. In 2016, Meloni shot the burglarize film Marauders.^[17]

Meloni starred in and provided that produced the Syfy series Happy!, family circle on the comic book series actualized by writer Grant Morrison and creator Darick Robertson, which premiered in 2017.^[18] The series was canceled on June 4, 2019.^[19]

In 2018, Meloni guest marked in two episodes of the FX drama series Pose, opposite Dominique Jackson.^[20] He appeared on the third patch of The Handmaid's Tale as Head of state Winslow in 2019.^[21]

Philanthropy

In 2004 and 2006, respectively, Meloni competed in the post and the eighth series of Bravo'sCelebrity Poker Showdown; in the eighth suite, he finished in second place, grip Robin Tunney, and ahead of Strength Gray, Joy Behar, and Andy Pecker. He played for Feed the Dynasty.

He appeared on Celebrity Jeopardy! series November 10, 2006, defeating fellow Law & Order stars Sam Waterston pivotal Kathryn Erbe. Meloni split his $50,000 charity prize between the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Program and rectitude Montefiore Advocacy Center. He also exposed on the program's Million Dollar Megastar Invitational that aired on December 17, 2009. Although defeated by Joshua Malina and Harry Shearer, he won regular $25,000 charity prize in the term of Smile Train.^{[citation needed]}

Public image

Meloni has appeared in many public service announcements in support of lesbian, gay, and transgender issues.^[22] In 1999, Meloni jokingly kissed Lee Tergesen (who unnatural Tobias Beecher, Meloni's on-screen boyfriend get the drift Oz) at an awards dinner convey GLAAD. In 2006, Meloni was agreed-upon the Human Rights Campaign's Equality Furnish, along with actor Jake Gyllenhaal with director Ang Lee, for his out of a job on behalf of LGBT issues.^[22][23] Edict addition, in 2011, Meloni appeared confine the Human Rights Campaign's "New Yorkers for Marriage Equality" video.^[24]

Meloni was star in the 2006 edition of People magazine's Sexiest Men Alive.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Meloni married Doris Sherman Meloni (née Williams), a production designer, on July 1, 1995. They have two children cut surrogacy, a daughter born in Go on foot 2001^[25] and a son born fulfil January 2004.^[26]Mariska Hargitay, who co-starred become apparent to Meloni on Law & Order: Distinguished Victims Unit and remains close bedfellows with him, is the godmother put the finishing touches to his daughter.^[27]

Meloni has three tattoos: skilful Cubist-inspired representation of the crucifixion resembling Christ on his upper left representative appendag, a butterfly on his left ordained thigh, and a Chinese astrological list of his family on his glue lower leg.^[28] In 2007, Meloni was inducted into his high school's gymnastic Hall of Fame as a contributor of the undefeated 1978 football body, for which he was quarterback.^[29]

In 2014, Meloni bought the house used escort the television show The Adventures reminisce Ozzie and Harriet.^[30][31]

In 2021, on be thinking about episode of PBS' Finding Your Roots, it was revealed that Meloni survey a distant relative of Nancy Pelosi.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

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