Christopher Meloni
{{short description|American actor (born 1961)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Christopher Meloni
| image = ChristopherMeloni-byPhilipRomano.jpg
| caption = Meloni in 2024
| birth_name = Christopher Peter Meloni
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1961|4|2}}
| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.
| other_names = Chris Meloni
| education = University of Colorado Boulder
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1989–present
| spouse = {{Marriage|Doris Sherman Williams|July 1, 1995}}
| children = 2
}}
Christopher Peter Meloni ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|'|l|oʊ|n|i}}; born April 2, 1961){{cite news |title=NewsBank for DDN | www.daytondailynews.com |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=101C9725D296FFBA&p_docnum=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207110459/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=101C9725D296FFBA&p_docnum=1 |archive-date=December 7, 2020 |access-date=29 November 2020 |work=nl.newsbank.com}}{{cite news |date=27 March 2005 |title=Birthdays of the week |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/813076561.html?dids=813076561:813076561&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+27%2C+2005&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Birthdays+of+the+week&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222102603/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/409789402.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar%2027,%202005&author=&pub=The%20Washington%20Post&edition=&startpage=&desc=Birthdays%20of%20the%20week |archive-date=22 February 2015 |access-date=August 16, 2013 |newspaper=The Washington Post |publisher=pqasb.pqarchiver.com}} 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. He also played Chris Keller on the HBO prison drama Oz (1998–2003), and starred in and executive produced the Syfy series Happy! (2017–2019).
Meloni's film credits include 12 Monkeys (1995), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Runaway Bride (1999), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004), Green Lantern: First Flight (2009), 42 (2013) and Man of Steel (2013).
Early life and education
Meloni was born in Washington, D.C., the youngest of three children of Cecile (née Chagnon; 1926–2016),{{cite web |date=August 8, 2016 |title=Cecile Meloni passed 3:02 today. |url=https://www.facebook.com/christopher.meloni.5209/photos/a.191670271011081.1073741825.191668891011219/603770453134392/ |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/191668891011219/603770453134392 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |website=Facebook}}{{cbignore}} a homemaker, and Charles Robert Meloni (1927–2012), an endocrinologist.{{cite news |date=August 12, 2012 |title=Charles R. Meloni |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=159083623 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234019/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=159083623 |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |access-date=June 15, 2013 |newspaper=Legacy.com}}{{cite magazine |last=Jewel |first=Dan |date=6 September 1999 |title=Runaway Guy |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20129128,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816204925/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20129128,00.html |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |access-date=August 16, 2013 |magazine=People.com}}{{cite web |title=Eric S. Atwater: Vaughan board of directors need to do the right thing |url=http://www.conwaydailysun.com/node/7880/18668 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119232150/http://www.conwaydailysun.com/node/7880/18668 |archive-date=January 19, 2013 |access-date=August 16, 2013 |website=Conway Daily Sun |df=mdy-all}} He has an older brother and sister. His maternal ancestry is French Canadian, and he is a descendant of Matthias Farnsworth and Edmund Rice.{{cite web |author=Henry Louis Gates |title=Season 7, Episode 4-The Shirts on Their Backs |url=https://staging.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/watch/episodes/the-shirts-on-their-backs |accessdate=12 Feb 2024 |publisher=Finding Your Roots-PBS Television}} His paternal ancestry is Italian; one great-grandfather was born in Sardinia and another was born in Velva.Stated on Finding Your Roots, February 9, 2021
Meloni attended St. Stephen's School,{{cite web |title=1978 St. Stephen's Yearbook |url=http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/St-Stephen039s-amp-St-Agnes-School-Upper-School/76769?page=90 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808185359/http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/St-Stephen039s-amp-St-Agnes-School-Upper-School/76769?page=90 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |access-date=26 July 2014 |website=classmates.com}} now St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School, in Alexandria, Virginia, where he was a quarterback on the football team. After graduating he attended the University of Colorado-Boulder where he took acting classes for electives. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1983. After college, he went to New York continuing to study acting. He took classes with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre as well as at the Center for the Media Arts.
Career
Meloni acted in commercials,{{cite web |title=McDonald's Commercial |url=http://www.illegal-art.org/video/mcdonalds/blinddate.mp4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911025053/http://www.illegal-art.org/video/mcdonalds/blinddate.mp4 |archive-date=September 11, 2008 |website=www.illegal-art.org |format=MP4}} short-lived TV series, and bit parts in a number of films. His first noticeable role was the hotheaded son of a Mafia don in the 1996 thriller Bound. He appeared as Robbie Sinclair's friend Spike in Dinosaurs in the early 1990s. He played criminal Jimmy Liery in eight episodes of NYPD Blue during 1996-1997, and the fiancé of Julia Roberts's character in the 1999 romantic comedy Runaway Bride.
File:Christopher Meloni (larger crop).jpg
From 1998 to 2003, Meloni portrayed the bisexual criminal Chris Keller on the HBO series Oz. Law & Order producer Dick Wolf signed Meloni to portray Elliot Stabler on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 1999. Meloni appeared on both Oz and Law & Order: SVU simultaneously until Oz was cancelled in 2003. Meloni was nominated for the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Elliot Stabler.{{cite web |title=Christopher Meloni Emmy Nominated |url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/christopher-meloni |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720103905/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/christopher-meloni |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |access-date=May 18, 2014 |publisher=Emmys.com}} In May 2011, Meloni announced that he had been unable to agree on a contract and would not be returning for season 13 of SVU.{{cite magazine |last=Abrams |first=Natalie |date=May 24, 2011 |title=Christopher Meloni Exits Law & Order: SVU |url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Christopher-Meloni-Exits-SVU-1033486.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527015445/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Christopher-Meloni-Exits-SVU-1033486.aspx |archive-date=May 27, 2011 |access-date=May 24, 2011 |magazine=TV Guide |publisher=NTVB Media |location=Portland, Oregon}} His character was written out as having put in his retirement papers. After nearly a decade, Meloni announced in March 2020 that he would be reprising his role of Stabler in the Law & Order franchise on a spin-off show titled Law & Order: Organized Crime. Meloni appeared in a crossover event during season 22 of SVU.{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=March 31, 2020 |title=Christopher Meloni As 'SVU' Character Elliot Stabler To Headline New Dick Wolf Drama Series For NBC |url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/christopher-meloni-returns-new-dick-wolf-series-elliot-stabler-nbc-law-order-svu-1202896323/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617212117/https://deadline.com/2020/03/christopher-meloni-returns-new-dick-wolf-series-elliot-stabler-nbc-law-order-svu-1202896323/ |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |access-date=March 31, 2020 |work=Deadline Hollywood |language=en}}
File:Chris Meloni by Gage Skidmore.jpg, 2012]]
In 2012, Meloni joined the cast of True Blood during the series' fifth season as Roman, a "powerful, 500-year-old vampire who sits at the head of the table of the Vampire Authority."{{cite web |last=Ford |first=Rebecca |date=June 15, 2012 |title='True Blood': Christopher Meloni on Playing a 500-Year-Old, 'Big Old Baby' Vampire |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/true-blood-christopher-meloni-vampire-roman-337906 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125225331/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/true-blood-christopher-meloni-vampire-roman-337906 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |access-date=January 6, 2020 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}
Meloni played Colonel Hardy, a supporting role, in the Superman reboot film Man of Steel, which was released in 2013.{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=June 24, 2011 |title=Christopher Meloni To Co-Star In 'Man Of Steel' |url=https://www.deadline.com/2011/06/christopher-meloni-to-co-star-in-man-of-steel/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626025047/http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/christopher-meloni-to-co-star-in-man-of-steel/ |archive-date=June 26, 2011 |access-date=June 25, 2011 |work=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Mail.com}} That year, he played Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher in the historical baseball feature 42. Meloni starred in the 2014 comedy They Came Together.{{cite web |last=Trumbore |first=Dave |date=June 23, 2012 |title=Christopher Meloni Joins They Came Together |url=https://collider.com/christopher-meloni-they-came-together/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105203210/https://collider.com/christopher-meloni-they-came-together/ |archive-date=January 5, 2020 |access-date=29 November 2020 |website=Collider}} He stars as John Taylor in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops III. In 2016, Meloni shot the heist film Marauders.{{cite web |last=Roeper |first=Richard |date=June 30, 2016 |title='Marauders': A-list actors give their all in a B-movie mystery |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2016/6/30/18336785/marauders-a-list-actors-give-their-all-in-a-b-movie-mystery/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406124512/https://chicago.suntimes.com/2016/6/30/18336785/marauders-a-list-actors-give-their-all-in-a-b-movie-mystery |archive-date=April 6, 2020 |access-date=June 30, 2016 |website=Chicago Sun-Times}}
Meloni starred in and executive produced the Syfy series Happy!, based on the comic book series created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Darick Robertson, which premiered in 2017.{{cite web |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |date=September 19, 2017 |title=Syfy Moves 'Happy!' Premiere Date Back A Week |url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/happy-premiere-date-moved-syfy-christopher-meloni-patton-oswalt-1202173248/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920004825/http://deadline.com/2017/09/happy-premiere-date-moved-syfy-christopher-meloni-patton-oswalt-1202173248/ |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=September 19, 2017 |website=Deadline}} The series was canceled on June 4, 2019.{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=June 4, 2019 |title='Happy!' & 'Deadly Class' Canceled By Syfy |url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/happy-deadly-class-canceled-syfy-1202627244/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605014705/https://deadline.com/2019/06/happy-deadly-class-canceled-syfy-1202627244/ |archive-date=June 5, 2019 |access-date=June 5, 2019 |work=Deadline Hollywood}}
In 2018, Meloni guest starred in two episodes of the FX drama series Pose, opposite Dominique Jackson.{{cite web |last=Hinzmann |first=Dennis |date=June 20, 2018 |title=Christopher Meloni Joins This Week's 'Pose' |url=https://www.out.com/entertainment/2018/6/20/christopher-meloni-joins-weeks-pose |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627202508/https://www.out.com/entertainment/2018/6/20/christopher-meloni-joins-weeks-pose |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |access-date=June 27, 2018 |website=Out}} He appeared on the third season of The Handmaid's Tale as Commander Winslow in 2019.{{cite magazine |last=Bradley |first=Laura |date=July 3, 2019 |title=The Handmaid's Tale: How Christopher Meloni Became Gilead's Big, Bad Dad |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/07/handmaids-tale-christopher-meloni-commander-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921041137/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/07/handmaids-tale-christopher-meloni-commander-interview |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |access-date=January 6, 2020 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}
Philanthropy
In 2004 and 2006, respectively, Meloni competed in the fourth and the eighth series of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown; in the eighth series, he finished in second place, behind Robin Tunney, and ahead of Macy Gray, Joy Behar, and Andy Dick. He played for Feed the Children.
He appeared on Celebrity Jeopardy! on November 10, 2006, defeating fellow Law & Order stars Sam Waterston and Kathryn Erbe. Meloni split his $50,000 charity prize between the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Program and the Montefiore Advocacy Center. He also appeared on the program's Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational that aired on December 17, 2009. Although defeated by Joshua Malina and Harry Shearer, he won a $25,000 charity prize in the name of Smile Train.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
Public image
Meloni has appeared in many public service announcements in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues.{{cite web |date=January 17, 2006 |title=Jake Gyllenhaal, Ang Lee and Christopher Meloni to Accept Award at Human Rights Campaign New York Gala Dinner |url=http://www.hrc.org/1643.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616100402/http://www.hrc.org/1643.htm |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |access-date=August 3, 2011 |work=HRC |df=mdy-all}} In 1999, Meloni jokingly kissed Lee Tergesen (who played Tobias Beecher, Meloni's on-screen boyfriend on Oz) at an awards dinner for GLAAD. In 2006, Meloni was given the Human Rights Campaign's Equality Award, along with actor Jake Gyllenhaal and director Ang Lee, for his work on behalf of LGBT issues.{{Cite web |date=2006-02-10 |title=Jake Gyllenhaal and Ang Lee to be honored by HRC, Feb. 11 in NYC |url=http://www.advocate.com/news/2006/02/10/jake-gyllenhaal-and-ang-lee-be-honored-hrc-feb-11-nyc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506222150/https://www.advocate.com/news/2006/02/10/jake-gyllenhaal-and-ang-lee-be-honored-hrc-feb-11-nyc |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |access-date=2020-11-29 |website=www.advocate.com |language=en}} In addition, in 2011, Meloni appeared in the Human Rights Campaign's "New Yorkers for Marriage Equality" video.{{cite web |date=April 12, 2011 |title=Law & Order SVU Star Christopher Meloni is a New Yorker for Marriage Equality |url=http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/law-order-svu-star-christopher-meloni-is-a-new-yorker-for-marriage-equality |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310182957/http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/law-order-svu-star-christopher-meloni-is-a-new-yorker-for-marriage-equality |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |access-date=March 10, 2014 |publisher=www.hrc.org |df=mdy-all}}
Meloni was included in the 2006 edition of People magazine's Sexiest Men Alive.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
Personal life
Meloni married Doris Sherman Meloni (née Williams), a production designer, on July 1, 1995. They have two children through surrogacy, a daughter born in March 2001{{cite magazine |last=Stewart |first=Andrew |date=2001-04-11 |title=Sophia Eva Pietra Meloni |url=https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/sophia-eva-pietra-meloni-1117796915/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805112854/https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/sophia-eva-pietra-meloni-1117796915/ |archive-date=August 5, 2018 |access-date=August 16, 2013 |magazine=Variety}} and a son born in January 2004.{{cite web |date=February 27, 2004 |title=Dante Amadeo Meloni |url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/people-news/dante-amadeo-meloni-1117900808/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814234336/https://variety.com/2004/scene/people-news/dante-amadeo-meloni-1117900808/ |archive-date=August 14, 2018 |access-date=December 9, 2017 |work=Variety}} Mariska Hargitay, who co-starred with Meloni on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and remains close friends with him, is the godmother to his daughter.{{Cite web |last=Showell |first=Brooke |date=April 20, 2022 |title=A Guide to All of Hollywood's Celebrity Godparents |url=https://people.com/parents/famous-celebrity-godparents/?slide=2122c218-5e29-4675-af7f-f88ab09b3250#2122c218-5e29-4675-af7f-f88ab09b3250 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504024841/https://people.com/parents/famous-celebrity-godparents/?slide=2122c218-5e29-4675-af7f-f88ab09b3250#2122c218-5e29-4675-af7f-f88ab09b3250 |archive-date=May 4, 2022 |access-date=May 4, 2022 |website=People}}
Meloni has three tattoos: a Cubist-inspired representation of the crucifixion of Christ on his upper left arm, a butterfly on his left upper thigh, and a Chinese astrological chart of his family on his right lower leg.{{cite news |author=Jeffrey Podolsky |date=November 3, 2009 |title="Don't Ask, Don't Tell?" Sir Ian McKellan Will Have None of That |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/11/03/sir-ian-mckellan-emcees-the-%e2%80%9conly-make-believe%e2%80%9d-benefit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404045454/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/11/03/sir-ian-mckellan-emcees-the-%e2%80%9conly-make-believe%e2%80%9d-benefit/ |archive-date=April 4, 2017 |access-date=August 4, 2017 |work=The Wall Street Journal}} In 2007, Meloni was inducted into his high school's athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the undefeated 1978 football team, for which he was quarterback.{{cite news |author=Argetsinger |first1=Amy |last2=Roberts |first2=Roxanne |date=May 1, 2007 |title='Law & Order's' Chris Meloni Goes Long, and Winds Up in 1978 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/30/AR2007043001973.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106013625/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/30/AR2007043001973.html |archive-date=January 6, 2015 |access-date=May 18, 2014 |work=Washingtonpost.com}}
In 2014, Meloni bought the house used in the television show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.{{cite news |last=David |first=Mark |date=December 16, 2014 |title=Chris Meloni Picks Up Piece of Hollywood History (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2014/dirt/real-estalker/chris-meloni-picks-up-piece-of-hollywood-history-1201378159/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705102214/http://variety.com/2014/dirt/real-estalker/chris-meloni-picks-up-piece-of-hollywood-history-1201378159/ |archive-date=July 5, 2017 |access-date=December 9, 2017 |work=Variety}}{{cite news |last=Beale |first=Lauren |date=December 17, 2014 |title=Chris Meloni buys Ozzie and Harriet Nelson's old haunt |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-chris-meloni-20141217-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512221007/https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-chris-meloni-20141217-story.html |archive-date=May 12, 2020 |access-date=April 17, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
In 2021, on an episode of PBS' Finding Your Roots, it was revealed that Meloni is a distant relative of Nancy Pelosi.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1990
|Ron Weston | rowspan="3" |TV film |
| 1991
|Jerry Cimarelli |
| 1992
|Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story |David |
| 1993
|Without a Kiss Goodbye |Ray Samuels |TV film; aka Falsely Accused |
| rowspan="2" |1994
|Bodyguard | |
| Junior
|Mr. Lanzarotta | |
| rowspan="2" |1995
|Lt. Halperin | |
| A Dangerous Affair
|Tommy Moretti |TV film |
| 1996
|Johnnie Marzzone | |
| 1997
|Richard Sutherland |TV film |
| rowspan="4" |1998
|Sgt. Cavanah |Uncredited |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
|Sven, Clerk at Flamingo Hotel | |
| The Souler Opposite
|Barry Singer | |
| Target Earth
|Detective Samuel "Sam" Adams |TV film |
| rowspan="3" |1999
|Carlo's Wake |Bennetto Torello | |
| Runaway Bride
|Bob Kelly | |
| Shift
|Louis |TV film |
| 2001
|Gene Jenkinson | |
| rowspan="2" |2002
|TV film |
| That Brief Moment
|Ken |Short film |
| 2004
|Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |Freakshow | |
| rowspan="3" |2008
|Dave Stewie |TV film |
| Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
|Grand Wizard |Credited as "Reverend Clyde Stanky" |
| Nights in Rodanthe
|Jack Willis | |
| rowspan="2" |2009
|Brief Interviews with Hideous Men |R / Subject #3 | |
| Carriers
|Frank | |
| 2010
|Voice role |
| 2011
|National Lampoon's Dirty Movie |Producer Charlie LaRue | |
| rowspan="3" |2013
|Jon Charbineau | |
| Man of Steel
|Colonel Nathan Hardy | |
| 42
| |
| rowspan="5" |2014
|Beef |Lou | |
| White Bird in a Blizzard
|Brock Connors | |
| Small Time
|Al Klein | |
| They Came Together
|Roland | |
| Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
|Mort | |
| 2015
|Pascal MacCorkill | |
| rowspan="3" |2016
|Dennis | |
| Marauders
|Agent Jonathan Montgomery | |
| Almost Friends
|Howard | |
| 2017
|Roger Simmons | |
| 2024
|IF |Cosmo (voice) | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1989–1990
|Vito Del Greco / Johnny Gunn |11 episodes |
| 1990–1991
|Frankie Fanelli |17 episodes |
| 1991–1994
|Spike |Voice; recurring role |
| rowspan="2" |1993
|Doug Kirkfield |6 episodes |
| Golden Gate
|Douglas "BW" Carlino |Unsold pilot |
| rowspan="2" |1995
|Billy |Episode: "Love with an Improper Stranger" |
| Misery Loves Company
|Mitch |8 episodes |
| 1996–1997
|Jimmy Liery |5 episodes |
| rowspan="3" |1997
|Boz Skannet |Miniseries |
| Leaving L.A.
|Reed Sims |6 episodes |
| Brooklyn South
|Joe |3 episodes |
| 1998
|Bounty Hunter Dennis Knoll |2 episodes |
| 1998–2003
|Oz |38 episodes |
| 1999–2012, 2021–2023, 2025
|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | rowspan="2" |Detective Elliot Stabler |283 episodes |
| 2000–2022
|3 episodes |
| 2003
|Dr. Dave Norris |Episode: "My White Whale" |
| 2004
|Himself |Episode: 4065 |
| rowspan="2" |2005
|Cooties Spokesman |Episode: "Health" |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury
|Detective Elliot Stabler |Episode: "Day" |
| 2009
|Michael & Michael Have Issues |Himself |Episode: "Greg the Intern" |
| rowspan="2" |2011
|The Daily Show with Jon Stewart |Tony Bologna | rowspan="2" |Cameo |
| Ice Loves Coco
|Himself |
| 2012
|Roman Zimojic |5 episodes |
| 2013
|Dr. Phillip Banhauser |Episode: "Aziz Ansari Wears a Charcoal Blazer" |
| rowspan="2" |2014
|Veep |Ray Whelans |2 episodes |
| Surviving Jack
|Jack Dunlevy |8 episodes (including one unaired episode in the US) |
| rowspan="3" |2015
|Episode: "New Jersey" |
| The Jack and Triumph Show
|Agent Ryker |Episode: "Siri" |
| Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
|Gene Jenkinson / Jonas Jurgenson |6 episodes |
| 2016–2017
|August Pullman |15 episodes; directed episode: "Auld Acquaintance" |
| rowspan="2" |2017
|Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later |Gene Jenkinson |4 episodes |
| At Home with Amy Sedaris
|Ranger Russell |Episode: "Nature" |
| 2017–2019
|Nick Sax |18 episodes |
| 2018
|Pose |Dick Ford |2 episodes |
| 2019–2022
|Multiple voices |3 episodes |
| 2019
|Commander Winslow |4 episodes |
| 2019–present
|Harley Quinn{{cite web |last=Melrose |first=Kevin |date=October 25, 2018 |title=Alan Tudyk to Voice The Joker in Harley Quinn Animated Series |url=https://www.cbr.com/alan-tudyk-joker-harley-quinn-animated-series/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026222708/https://www.cbr.com/alan-tudyk-joker-harley-quinn-animated-series/ |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |access-date=October 26, 2018 |website=Comic Book Resources}} |Jim Gordon, Two-Face, other voices |16 episodes |
| rowspan="4" |2020
|George Townshend (voice) |Episode: "Short Cuts" |
| Maxxx
|Don Wild |6 episodes |
| The Twilight Zone
|Robert |Episode: "A Human Face" |
| Helpsters
|Detective Dudley |Episode: "Camper Cortez/Artist Andrew & Detective Dudley" |
| 2022–2022
|Multiple voices |3 episodes |
| 2021–present
|Detective Elliot Stabler |
| 2021
|Detective Voccola (voice) |Episode: "Betty's Birthday" |
| 2022
|Lonesun (voice) |Episode: “Terry and Korvo Get in a Big Screaming Fight in the Taco Bell Parking Lot” |
| rowspan="2" |2023
|Agent Steel (voice) |10 episodes |
| Celebrity Jeopardy!
|Himself |Contestant |
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| 2015
|Commander John Taylor |Voice |
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