Three of the regular characters have appeared as regulars in other NBC series: Captain Donald Cragen (Florek), who was on the first three seasons of Law & Order; ADA Alexandra Cabot (March), who led the cast of Conviction; and Sergeant John Munch (Belzer), as Baltimore detective in Homicide: Life on the Street.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 8. Episode 6. October 31, 2006. NBC. ^ " Screwed ". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 8. Episode 22. May 22, 2007. NBC. ^ Bryant, Adam (July 22, 2012). "Exclusive: Law & Order: SVU Casts Adam Baldwin as Cragen's Replacement!". TV Guide. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
ADA Jo Marlowe is drafted by DA Jack McCoy in season 11 after ADA Alexandra Cabot takes a leave of absence to help rape victims in the Congo. She is a former police lieutenant and Detective Stabler's partner approximately four years before he paired with Detective Benson.
Portrayed by Andy Karl Sergeant Mike Dodds is introduced in the season 17 episode, "Maternal Instincts", as the son of Deputy Chief William Dodds ( Peter Gallagher ), who transfers to the 16th Precinct to serve as Lieutenant Benson's second-in-command. He is a war veteran, having enlisted after 9/11 and served in Special Forces.
Rafael Barba is a fictional character portrayed by Raúl Esparza, who joined the cast of the long-running NBC crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on a recurring basis during the 14th season episode "Twenty-Five Acts"....Rafael BarbaSeasonsSVU: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23 OC: 26 more rows
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Amelia Chase is the secondary antagonist of the Law & Order SVU episode "Ridicule". She is portrayed by Diane Neal, who would later join the main cast of SVU as Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak.
Law and Order: SVU fans know Diane Neal as Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak. Her character worked with Detectives Benson, Stabler. Munch, and Tutuola for several years to prosecute the offenders they arrested.
So who is Chief McGrath? The character, played by the convincingly vile Terry Serpico (we know it's not your fault, Terry), a Law & Order veteran, has SVU fans everywhere grinding their teeth.
Terry SerpicoTerry Serpico: Chief Tommy McGrath.
Terry SerpicoTerry Serpico (born June 27, 1964 in Fort Sill, Lawton, Oklahoma) is an actor who played nine different characters on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Jake T. Weber (born 12 March 1963) is an English actor, known in film for his role as Michael in Dawn of the Dead and for his role as Drew in Meet Joe Black.
Catherine Lisa Bell is an actress who played Naomi Cheales in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 8 episode "Choreographed". Bell is known for her role of Lieutenant Colonel Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie of the television show JAG from 1997 to 2005 and also appears in NCIS: LA.
Bernadette Peters is an actress who played Stella Danquiss in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 8 episode "Choreographed".
He then apologizes to Amelia for the role he played in her rape. Afterwards, Benson, Barba, and Admiral Albers questioned what their next move is. Soon Taverts goes up to Admiral Albers, and claims that Gravers was lying while Albers is enraged by his audacity to approach him in the midst of him being accused.
The Judge then asks the jury what their verdict is. The jury find Taverts and his cohorts guilty of their crimes, to the satisfaction of the detectives and the Albers family. Outside the courthouse, the Albers family thanks the squad and Barba for getting them justice.
Benson tries to have Albers walk away but Albers gives in to his anger after Taverts asserts that his daughter was not suited to be in the military and only advanced because of her family ties, this causes Albers to punch him in the face, which knocks him to the floor.
Junior officer Amelia Albers is arrested for DUI while on leave in New York City, but her ripped clothes and injuries lead the police to call Detective Benson for help. When a group of soldiers from her unit are named as suspects in her rape, Amelia refuses to cooperate with the SVU for fear of damage to her reputation in the military.
Season 15 Episode 8 of Law & Order: SVU was watched by 6,160,000 viewers, resulting in a 1.60 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
The drama follows Det. Elliot Stabler, a seasoned veteran of the unit who has seen it all, and his partner, Olivia Benson, whose difficult past is the reason she joined the unit. Overseeing the team is Capt. Donald Cragen. Cragen's tough but supportive approach to the team's complex cases guides the squad through the challenges they face every day.
Peter Gallagher portrays Deputy Chief William Dodds, the tough-as-nails head of all the Special Victims Units in New York City.
The characters of Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler were named for creator Dick Wolf 's children. Wolf's third child, daughter Sarina, had a character named for her, Benson's mother was named Serena, as well as former ADA Serena Southerlyn on the original Law & Order and Det. Serena Stevens on Law & Order: Criminal Intent .
Cragen was written out of Law & Order in 1993, as he is transferred to Anti-Corruption Task Force, occasionally making guest appearances on the show. The character was brought back full-time in 1999 to be the Captain of the Special Victims Unit.
Portrayed by Dann Florek. Episodes: " Payback " – " Amaro's One-Eighty ", " Perverted Justice ". Donald Cragen is the Captain of the Special Victims Unit. Florek originally portrayed the character from 1990 to 1993 in the original Law & Order series.
John Munch was portrayed by Richard Belzer from 1993 to 2014 ( Homicide: Life on the Streets ). Portrayed by Richard Belzer. Episodes: " Payback " – " Wonderland Story ", " Spring Awakening ", " Fashionable Crimes ". John Munch was a detective, and later a sergeant in the Manhattan Special Victims Unit.
She was the medical examiner on SVU throughout the first season and has since been replaced by Dr. Melinda Warner. She also had a recurring role on Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent and appeared in one episode of Law & Order: Trial by Jury and Exiled: A Law & Order Movie .
Elliot Stabler was portrayed by Christopher Meloni from 1999 to 2011. Portrayed by Christopher Meloni. Episodes: " Payback " – " Smoked ", " Return of the Prodigal Son ". Elliot Stabler was a senior detective in Manhattan's 16th Precinct, also known as the Special Victims Unit, which investigates sex crimes.