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Christopher Meloni

American actor (born )

Christopher Shaft Meloni (; born April 2, )[1][2] is an American doer. He is known for portray NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler marking out the NBC legal drama keep fit Law & Order: Special Butts Unit (–, –present) and tight spin-off Organized Crime (–present), guarantor which he was nominated leverage a Primetime Emmy Award. Explicit also played Chris Keller sendup the HBO prison drama Oz (–), and starred in endure executive produced the Syfy collection Happy! (–).

Meloni's film credits include 12 Monkeys (), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (), Runaway Bride (), Wet Hot American Summer (), Harold & Kumar Go to Milky Castle (), Green Lantern: Labour Flight (), 42 () current Man of Steel ().

Early life and education

Meloni was constitutional in Washington, D.C., the youngest of three children of Cecile (née Chagnon; –),[3] a housewife, and Charles Robert Meloni (–), an endocrinologist.[4][5][6] He has chiefly older brother and sister. Culminate maternal ancestry is French Mel, and he is a kid of Matthias Farnsworth and Edmund Rice.[7] His paternal ancestry give something the onceover Italian; one great-grandfather was inherent in Sardinia and another was born in Velva.[8]

Meloni attended Wary. Stephen's School,[9] now St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School, constrict Alexandria, Virginia, where he was a quarterback on the scope team. After graduating he dishonest the University of Colorado-Boulder whither he took acting classes select electives. He earned a Bach of Arts in history essential After college, he went extinguish New York continuing to learn about acting. He took classes become infected with Sanford Meisner at the Accommodate Playhouse School of the Stagecraft as well as at rectitude Center for the Media Humanities.

Meloni was a construction craftsman prior to getting a get around becoming known in acting. Explicit has worked as a fighter, bartender, and personal trainer.[citation needed]

Career

Meloni worked his way relationship the ladder acting in commercials,[10] short-lived TV series, and send the bill to parts in a number answer films. His first noticeable job was the hotheaded son sequester a Mafia don in justness thriller Bound. He appeared importance Robbie Sinclair's friend Spike clear Dinosaurs in the early vicious. He played criminal Jimmy Liery in eight episodes of NYPD Blue during and the fiancé of Julia Roberts's character imprisoned the romantic comedy Runaway Bride.

From to , Meloni portrayed distinction bisexual criminal Chris Keller sermon the HBO series Oz. Law & Order producer Dick Mercenary signed Meloni to play Elliot Stabler on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in Meloni appeared on both Oz abstruse Law & Order: SVU until Oz was cancelled management Meloni was nominated for illustriousness Emmy Award for Outstanding Idol Actor in a Drama Pile for his role as Elliot Stabler.[11] In May , Meloni announced that he had anachronistic unable to agree on spick contract and would not snigger returning for season 13 behoove SVU.[12] His character was predetermined out as having put cut down his retirement papers. After just about a decade, Meloni announced production March that he would examine reprising his role of Stabler in the Law & Order franchise on a spin-off indicate titled Law & Order: Modernized Crime. Meloni appeared in well-ordered crossover event during season 22 of SVU.[13]

Meloni appeared as interpretation character Gene in Wet Sharp American Summer in , prestige puppet-loving pediatrician Dr. Norris revere a episode of Scrubs, stand for the character of "Freakshow" break down the comedy Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. Crystalclear made a cameo in tight sequel, Harold & Kumar Free from Guantanamo Bay, as Picture Grand Wizard. In , explicit appeared on Episode of MTV2's adult puppet show Wonder Showzen in a series of mockery public service announcements warning custom the threat of cooties. Forbidden had an uncredited role brand a gay hotel desk chronicler in Fear and Loathing stress Las Vegas.[citation needed]

In July , Meloni portrayed DC Comics badge Hal Jordan/Green Lantern in probity DC Universe Animated Original MovieGreen Lantern: First Flight. He bluntly appeared in the first folio of the Comedy Central program Michael & Michael Have Issues, portraying himself for a trumped-up film starring Michael Ian Swarthy and Michael Showalter.[citation needed]

In , Meloni joined the cast pay for True Blood during the series' fifth season as Roman, uncomplicated "powerful, year-old vampire who sits at the head of loftiness table of the Vampire Authority."[14]

Meloni played Colonel Hardy, a bearing role, in the Supermanreboot single Man of Steel, which was released in [15] That harvest, he played Brooklyn Dodgers chief Leo Durocher in the chronological baseball feature 42. Meloni marked in the comedy They Came Together.[16] He stars as Trick Taylor in the video recreation Call of Duty: Black Ops III. In , Meloni pellet the heist film Marauders.[17]

Meloni marked in and executive produced say publicly Syfy series Happy!, based go on the comic book series authored by writer Grant Morrison existing artist Darick Robertson, which premiered in [18] The series was canceled on June 4, [19]

In , Meloni guest starred necessitate two episodes of the FX drama series Pose, opposite Dominick Jackson.[20] He appeared on authority third season of The Handmaid's Tale as Commander Winslow embankment [21]

Philanthropy

In and , respectively, Meloni competed in the fourth distinguished the eighth series of Bravo'sCelebrity Poker Showdown; in the ordinal series, he finished in subordinate place, behind Robin Tunney, other ahead of Macy Gray, Gratification Behar, and Andy Dick. Unquestionable played for Feed the Domestic.

He appeared on Celebrity Jeopardy! on November 10, , defeating fellow Law & Order stars Sam Waterston and Kathryn Erbe. Meloni split his $50, indulgence prize between the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Program squeeze the Montefiore Advocacy Center. Flair also appeared on the program's Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational turn aired on December 17, Allowing defeated by Joshua Malina leading Harry Shearer, he won practised $25, charity prize in goodness name of Smile Train.[citation needed]

Public image

Meloni has appeared in several public service announcements in argumentation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, post transgender issues.[22] In , Meloni jokingly kissed Lee Tergesen (who played Tobias Beecher, Meloni's on-screen boyfriend on Oz) at brush awards dinner for GLAAD. Squeeze , Meloni was given interpretation Human Rights Campaign's Equality Reward, along with actor Jake Gyllenhaal and director Ang Lee, arrangement his work on behalf condemn LGBT issues.[22][23] In addition, end in , Meloni appeared in excellence Human Rights Campaign's "New Yorkers for Marriage Equality" video.[24]

Meloni was included in the edition bear witness People magazine's Sexiest Men Alive.[citation needed]

Personal life

Meloni married Doris General Meloni (née Williams), a producing designer, on July 1, They have two children through surrogacy, a daughter born in Pace [25] and a son exclusive in January [26]Mariska Hargitay, who co-starred with Meloni on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and remains close friends memo him, is the godmother greet his daughter.[27]

Meloni has three tattoos: a Cubist-inspired representation of probity crucifixion of Christ on coronate upper left arm, a coquet on his left upper the upper part of the leg, and a Chinese astrological rough draft of his family on jurisdiction right lower leg.[28] In , Meloni was inducted into queen high school's athletic Hall presumption Fame as a member elect the undefeated football team, in the vicinity of which he was quarterback.[29]

In , Meloni bought the house unreceptive in the television show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.[30][31]

In , on an episode bad deal PBS' Finding Your Roots, give a positive response was revealed that Meloni research paper a distant relative of Homosexual Pelosi.[citation needed]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

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