Christopher Meloni
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-04-02 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., USA
Christopher Meloni
Biography
Christopher Peter Meloni (born April 2, 1961) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit until 2013, and later reprising the role (as a series regular) on the 2021 spinoff series, Law & Order: Organized Crime. Meloni was nominated for the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Elliot Stabler.
He played criminal Jimmy Liery in eight episodes of NYPD Blue during 1996-1997. He also played inmate Chris Keller on the HBO prison drama Oz. In June 2012, he returned to HBO as the vampire Roman on the main cast of True Blood for the series' fifth season. Meloni also starred in and executive-produced the Syfy series Happy! from 2017 to 2019. He then appeared on the third season of The Handmaid's Tale as Commander Winslow in 2019.
He has appeared in a number of films to include Wet Hot American Summer, 12 Monkeys, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Runaway Bride, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Man of Steel, and 42.
Acting
(2024)
IF
as Cosmo (voice)
(2020)
(2017)
Snatched
as Roger Simmons
(2017)
Almost Friends
as Howard
(2016)
I Am Wrath
as Dennis
(2016)
Marauders
as Montgomery
(2015)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
as Pascal MacCorkill
(2015)
(2014)
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
as Mort
(2014)
White Bird in a Blizzard
as Brock Connor
(2014)
They Came Together
as Roland
(2014)
Beef
as Lou
(2014)
Small Time
as Al Klein
(2014)
Showing Up
as Self
(2013)
Man of Steel
as Colonel Nathan Hardy
(2013)
42
as Leo Durocher
(2013)
Awful Nice
as Jon Charbineau
(2011)
Dirty Movie
as The Producer
(2010)
F--k
as Christopher
(2009)
Carriers
as Frank Holloway
(2009)
Green Lantern: First Flight
as Hal Jordan (voice)
(2009)
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
as R / Subject #3
(2009)
(2008)
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
as Grand Wizard
(2008)
Nights in Rodanthe
as Jack
(2008)
Gym Teacher: The Movie
as Dave Stewie
(2004)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
as Freakshow
(2002)
Murder in Greenwich
as Mark Fuhrman
(2001)
Wet Hot American Summer
as Gene
(2001)
(1999)
Runaway Bride
as Coach Bob Kelly
(1999)
Carlo's Wake
as Bennetto Torello
(1999)
Shift
as Louis
(1998)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
as Clerk at Flamingo Hotel
(1998)
Target Earth
as Det. Samuel 'Sam' Adams
(1998)
Brown's Requiem
as Sgt. Cavanaugh (uncredited)
(1998)
The Souler Opposite
as Barry Singer
(1997)
Every 9 Seconds
as Richard Sutherland
(1996)
Bound
as Johnnie Marzzone
(1995)
Twelve Monkeys
as Lt. Halperin
(1995)
A Dangerous Affair
as Tommy Moretti
(1994)
Junior
as Mr. Lanzarotta
(1994)
Clean Slate
as Bodyguard #2
(1993)
Without a Kiss Goodbye
as Ray Samuels
(1992)
(1990)
When Will I Be Loved?
as Ron Weston