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The cast of seasons 19–20 (2018–2019). From left to right: Peter Scanavino, Kelli Giddish, Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, and Philip Winchester. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a spin-off of the crime drama Law & Order, follows the detectives who work in the "Special Victims Unit" of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department, a unit that focuses on crimes involving rape, sexual ...
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often shortened to Law & Order: SVU or SVU) is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf for NBC.The first spin-off of Law & Order, expanding it into the Law & Order franchise, it stars Mariska Hargitay as Detective (ultimately promoted to Captain) Olivia Benson, now the commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit ...
The first season of the crime drama television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, premiered on September 20, 1999 on NBC and concluded on May 19, 2000. Created by Dick Wolf, it is the first spin-off of Law & Order and follows the detectives of a fictionalized version of the New York City Police Department's Special Victims Unit, which investigates sexually based offenses.
List of television roles and appearances Year Title Role Notes 1997 Oz: Rebadow's Client/Freakie (2 episodes) 1997, 1999 2000 Third Watch: Lofton ("This Band of Brothers") Law & Order: Frank Miller/Jay Brannigan/Tommy McGrath (3 episodes) 2000, 2002, 2022 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Various Characters Police Chief Tommy McGrath
Mariska Magdolna Hargitay [1] (/ m ə ˈ r ɪ ʃ k ə ˈ h ɑːr ɡ ɪ t eɪ /; [2] born January 23, 1964) [3] [4] is a Hungarian-American actress, producer, and philanthropist. Hargitay has played Olivia Benson on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since 1999, which is the longest-running character in the longest-running American primetime drama. [5]
When: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26B starts Jan. 16 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC. What to know: The longest-running live-action scripted American primetime series has been on since 1999.
Christopher Peter Meloni (/ m ə ˈ l oʊ n i /; born April 2, 1961) [1] [2] is an American actor. He is known for portraying NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC legal drama series 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 Award.
From the series debut on September 20, 1999, to May 23, 2018, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit had broadcast its first 434 episodes, to the end of the nineteenth season. The show holds several American television longevity records. It is the longest-running prime-time series in the United States.