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.
Detective Katriona "Kat" Tamin is introduced in the Season 21 premiere "I'm Going to Make You a Star". Having worked undercover with the NYPD Vice Unit, she is called on by Benson to assist SVU in building a case against an influential media mogul.
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.
Assistant District Attorney Peter Stone is appointed by District Attorney Jack McCoy as special counsel prosecuting Rafael Barba in the death of a terminally ill child in the episode " The Undiscovered Country ".
Detective Rollins finds herself in the middle of a he-said she-said rape case.
Benson and Cassidy throw a fancy dinner party to announce two exciting pieces of news: Benson will soon be Sergeant Benson, and Cassidy will soon be a detective. Noticeably absent from the table is Rollins, who's across town in an AA meeting to support her friend Lena Olson's one year of sobriety.
Warner (to svu team) So, it turns out, that she's a lesbian and he's transgender, and the murder weapon was lodged in his anal canal. (laughing).
Fin mentions Jose Silva 's attempt to rape someone in the season thirteen episode " Father's Shadow ".
Portrayed by Robert John Burke. Episodes: " Counterfeit " – " The Longest Night of Rain ". Ed Tucker is an officer in the Internal Affairs Bureau of the NYPD who has frequently been assigned to question the SVU squad whenever there is an allegation of misconduct.
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.
Since its debut in September 1999, the series has followed the career of Olivia Benson, as she progresses from the rank of Detective, working with a partner (initially Elliot Stabler, and later Nick Amaro ), to Lieutenant, replacing Donald Cragen as commanding officer of SVU, and then to Captain.
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.
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.