Christopher Meloni
Acting • Born 1961-04-02
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
116 credits
Twelve Monkeys
Movie • 1995
Lt. Halperin
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Movie • 2014
Mort
Wet Hot American Summer
Movie • 2001
Gene
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Movie • 1998
Clerk at Flamingo Hotel
Runaway Bride
Movie • 1999
Coach Bob Kelly
Target Earth
Movie • 1998
Det. Samuel 'Sam' Adams
Junior
Movie • 1994
Mr. Lanzarotta
Carriers
Movie • 2009
Frank Holloway
Bound
Movie • 1996
Johnnie Marzzone
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Movie • 2008
Grand Wizard
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Movie • 2009
R / Subject #3
Nights in Rodanthe
Movie • 2008
Jack
Gym Teacher: The Movie
Movie • 2008
Dave Stewie
Green Lantern: First Flight
Movie • 2009
Hal Jordan (voice)
Clean Slate
Movie • 1994
Bodyguard #2
Man of Steel
Movie • 2013
Colonel Nathan Hardy
Murder in Greenwich
Movie • 2002
Mark Fuhrman
National Lampoon's Dirty Movie
Movie • 2011
The Producer
Carlo's Wake
Movie • 1999
Bennetto Torello
42
Movie • 2013
Leo Durocher
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Movie • 2009
Self
White Bird in a Blizzard
Movie • 2014
Brock Connor
The Souler Opposite
Movie • 1998
Barry Singer
IF
Movie • 2024
Cosmo (voice)
Awful Nice
Movie • 2013
Jon Charbineau
Small Time
Movie • 2014
Al Klein
Without a Kiss Goodbye
Movie • 1993
Ray Samuels
Showing Up
Movie • 2014
Self
They Came Together
Movie • 2014
Roland
Starwater
Movie • 2001
A Dangerous Affair
Movie • 1995
Tommy Moretti
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Movie • 2015
Pascal MacCorkill
When Will I Be Loved?
Movie • 1990
Ron Weston
Every 9 Seconds
Movie • 1997
Richard Sutherland
Marauders
Movie • 2016
Montgomery
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
Movie • 2015
Self
I Am Wrath
Movie • 2016
Dennis
Snatched
Movie • 2017
Roger Simmons
Beef
Movie • 2014
Lou
Almost Friends
Movie • 2017
Howard
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Movie • 2004
Freakshow
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Movie • 1992
David
F--k
Movie • 2010
Christopher
Brown's Requiem
Movie • 1998
Sgt. Cavanaugh (uncredited)
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Movie • 2020
Self
Shift
Movie • 1999
Louis
Toad
Movie
Little Brother
Movie
Lost Cannibals of Europe
Movie • 2011
Self - Narrator
Sesame Street
TV • 1969
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Wonder Showzen
TV • 2005
Cooties Spokesman
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
TV • 2017
Gene Jenkinson / Jonas Jurgenson
Jeopardy!
TV • 1984
Self
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Self
MADtv
TV • 1995
Various
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Dennis Knoll
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
The Handmaid's Tale
TV • 2017
George Winslow
The Fanelli Boys
TV • 1990
Frankie Fanelli
Brooklyn South
TV • 1997
Joe
Bless the Harts
TV • 2019
Detective Voccola (voice)
Leaving L.A.
TV • 1997
Reed Sims
The Boys
TV • 1993
Doug Kirkfield
Misery Loves Company
TV • 1995
Mitch
Oz
TV • 1997
Chris Keller
Surviving Jack
TV • 2014
Dr. Jack Dunlevy
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
TV • 2015
Gene
Underground
TV • 2016
August Pullman
Drunk History
TV • 2013
Othniel Marsh
Captain Fall
TV • 2023
Agent Steel (voice)
Ziwe
TV • 2021
Self
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Elliot Stabler
Hope and Gloria
TV • 1995
Billy
POSE
TV • 2018
Dick Ford
True Blood
TV • 2008
Roman Zimojic
Harley Quinn
TV • 2019
Jim Gordon / Jeffrey the Parrot (voice)
Harley Quinn
TV • 2019
Jim Gordon (voice)
Harley Quinn
TV • 2019
Jim Gordon / Mr. Veronica Cale / Jeffey the Parrot (voice)
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
Celebrity Jeopardy!
TV • 2022
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Elliot Stabler
HAPPY!
TV • 2017
Nick Sax
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Additional Voices (voice)
In a Child's Name
TV • 1991
Jerry Cimarelli
How To with John Wilson
TV • 2020
Self
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV • 2005
Elliot Stabler
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Dinosaurs
TV • 1991
Spike (voice)
NYPD Blue
TV • 1993
Jimmy Liery
Harley Quinn
TV • 2019
Commissioner Gordon (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
1st & Ten
TV • 1984
Vito Del Greco / Johnny Gunn
Harley Quinn
TV • 2019
Commissioner Gordon / Guard (voice)
Veep
TV • 2012
Ray Whelans
The Last Don
TV • 1997
Boz Skannet
American Dad!
TV • 2005
(voice)
At Home with Amy Sedaris
TV • 2017
Ranger Russell
Harley Quinn
TV • 2019
Commissioner Gordon / Two-Face Goon / Bouncer (voice)
Maxxx
TV • 2020
Don Wild
The Twilight Zone
TV • 2019
Family Guy
TV • 1999
George Townshend (voice)
Rick and Morty
TV • 2013
Jesus Christ (voice)
Law & Order: Organized Crime
TV • 2021
Det. Elliot Stabler
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Team Leader
Michael & Michael Have Issues
TV • 2009
Cinema Toast
TV • 2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Solar Opposites
TV • 2020
Lonesun (voice)
The Land
TV
Danny Roarke
Scrubs
TV • 2001
Dr. Norris
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest