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Lennie Briscoe was voted the 30th-greatest television show character of all time by Bravo TV. [ 46 ] Lennie Briscoe was Law & Order ' s third-greatest detective on the Hallmark Channel poll in 2010, beaten only by Special Victims Unit ' s Detective Olivia Benson ( Mariska Hargitay ), who came in second, and Criminal Intent ' s Detective Robert ...
Younger son Chris Orbach is an actor and a singer; he played Lennie Briscoe's nephew Ken Briscoe during the first season of Special Victims Unit. In 1979, Jerry Orbach married Broadway dancer Elaine Cancilla, whom he met while starring in Chicago. [20] [21]
Jerry Orbach in the Broadway production of Chicago in 1975. Jerry Orbach was an American actor of the stage and screen. Orbach is most known for his long-running leading role as Det. Lenny Briscoe in Law & Order from 1992 to 2004.
Unfortunately, one cast member was noticeably absent — Lennie Briscoe, who was played by Jerry Orbach. Orbach died of cancer in 2004, six years before the original series finale.
The longest serving main cast members of the original series include Jerry Orbach as Det. Lennie Briscoe (1992–2004), S. Epatha Merkerson as Lt. Anita Van Buren (1993–2010) and Sam Waterston as EADA/DA Jack McCoy (1994–2010 & 2022–2024).
Among the longest-running main cast members are Steven Hill as District Attorney Adam Schiff (seasons 1–10), Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe (seasons 3–14), S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren (seasons 4–20), Sam Waterston as District Attorney Jack McCoy (season 5–23; formerly Executive Assistant District Attorney ...
In May 2004, it was announced that Dennis Farina would be replacing Jerry Orbach (Detective Lennie Briscoe) as Detective Joe Fontana. Having moved over to the third Law & Order spin-off, Law & Order: Trial by Jury , Orbach only filmed two episodes of the series before his death in December 2004 Season 14 was released on DVD, September 14, 2004 ...
A 2004 retrospective on the Lennie Briscoe character, aired after Orbach's death earlier that year, noted that some fans "were never able to move beyond Chris Noth's Mike Logan as Briscoe's partner", and that in adjusting to having Briscoe as his new partner, "Logan was even more gruff than Briscoe". [29]