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 durin...
Known For
Complete Filmography

IF
2024
as Cosmo (voice)
After discovering she can see everyone's imaginary friends, a girl embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten imaginary friends with their ...

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
as Self
Go back to the beginning of television's longest-running primetime drama with behind-the-scenes footage, memorable scenes and exclusive interviews wit...

Almost Friends
2017
as Howard
A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee sho...

Snatched
2017
as Roger Simmons
When her boyfriend dumps Emily, a spontaneous woman in her 30s, she persuades her ultra-cautious mom to accompany her on a vacation to Ecuador. When t...

Marauders
2016
as Montgomery
An untraceable group of elite bank robbers is chased by a suicidal FBI agent who uncovers a deeper purpose behind the robbery-homicides.

I Am Wrath
2016
as Dennis
A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.

The Diary of a Teenage Girl
2015
as Pascal MacCorkill
Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world...

Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
2015
as Self
Exclusive behind-the-scenes footage offers a glimpse into the comic minds behind a "Wet Hot" summer-camp cult hit featuring many future stars.

Beef
2014
as Lou
BEEF is a comedic spin on a real person courtroom show. Set in a NY deli, BEEF revolves around Lou, his family, and the cases he settles. People march...

White Bird in a Blizzard
2014
as Brock Connor
In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
as Mort
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.

They Came Together
2014
as Roland
A small business owner is about to lose her shop to a major corporate development.

Small Time
2014
as Al Klein
Al Klein and his longtime friend, Ash Martini, own a used car lot and these two know every trick in the book when it comes to selling cars. Klein stil...

Showing Up
2014
as Self
An unprecedented look at the audition, compiled from more than 50 interviews with notable artists including Kristin Chenoweth, Richard Griffiths, Zoe ...

Man of Steel
2013
as Colonel Nathan Hardy
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he w...

42
2013
as Leo Durocher
In 1946, Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson...

Awful Nice
2013
as Jon Charbineau
Estranged brothers Jim and Dave must travel to Branson together when their father dies and leaves them the lake home. A series of hilarious mishaps an...

National Lampoon's Dirty Movie
2011
as The Producer
An outrageous cut-rate producer is about to fulfill his lifelong dream to make a movie about the most offensive, dirtiest jokes ever told. As Charlie ...

National Lampoon's Dirty Movie
2011
Director
An outrageous cut-rate producer is about to fulfill his lifelong dream to make a movie about the most offensive, dirtiest jokes ever told. As Charlie ...

F--k
2010
as Christopher
Some people will do anything to find the location.

My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
2009
as Self
Famous New Yorkers and the pooches they love are the focus of this refreshingly honest and endearing series of interviews that celebrates the meaningf...

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009
as R / Subject #3
After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university is le...

Carriers
2009
as Frank Holloway
A deadly virus has spread across the globe. Contagion is everywhere, no one is safe, and no one can be trusted. Four friends race through the back roa...

Green Lantern: First Flight
2009
as Hal Jordan (voice)
Test pilot Hal Jordan finds himself recruited as the newest member of the intergalactic police force, The Green Lantern Corps.

Nights in Rodanthe
2008
as Jack
Adrienne is trying to decide whether to stay in her unhappy marriage or not, and her life changes when Paul, a doctor who is travelling to reconcile w...

Gym Teacher: The Movie
2008
as Dave Stewie
Dave Stweie was America's hope for the gold in the 1988 Seoul Games.... until he ran face first into the vault. After Suffering humiliation on a globa...

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
2008
as Grand Wizard
Having satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, who's headed for the Netherlan...

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2004
as Freakshow
Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for ...

Murder in Greenwich
2002
as Mark Fuhrman
The story of Martha Moxley, a 15-year-old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970s. Her murder went unsolved for 25 years.

Wet Hot American Summer
2001
as Gene
The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfi...
Starwater
2001
Made by Scott William Winters, Starwater is a star-studded experimental film shot while doing the HBO series ‘Oz’.

Runaway Bride
1999
as Coach Bob Kelly
Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter is branded "the runaway bride" by jaded New York journalist Ike Graham. But, after his...

Carlo's Wake
1999
as Bennetto Torello
Carlo's Wake is a black comedy about the life, death and wake of an Italian-American patriarch and his colorful, combative extended family.

Shift
1999
as Louis
SHIFT tells the story of the volatile relationship between Melanie, a waitress in an airport coffee shop, and Louis, a telemarketing prison inmate in ...

Brown's Requiem
1998
as Sgt. Cavanaugh (uncredited)
Fritz Brown is an ex-LAPD, recovering alcoholic who now splits his time repossessing cars for a used car lot and staffing his one-man private detectiv...

The Souler Opposite
1998
as Barry Singer
Barry (Christopher Meloni) is a bitter, sexist thirtysomething stand-up comic with a penchant for aggravating the wrong people. When his act provokes ...

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
as Clerk at Flamingo Hotel
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycl...

Target Earth
1998
as Det. Samuel 'Sam' Adams
Unlikely heroes must overcome incredible dangers to save mankind from the threat of an alien invasion.

Every 9 Seconds
1997
as Richard Sutherland
Domestic violence drama, with Gail O'Grady as a distraught young mother, finding herself stalked by her newly paroled ex and armed with a loaded gun, ...

Bound
1996
as Johnnie Marzzone
Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster...

Twelve Monkeys
1995
as Lt. Halperin
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all...

A Dangerous Affair
1995
as Tommy Moretti
Sharon Blake is a successful career woman who has a passionate affair with a possessive man. When she tries to break off the relationship, she uncover...

Junior
1994
as Mr. Lanzarotta
A research scientist becomes the world's first pregnant man in order to test a drug he and a colleague have designed for expectant women. To carry out...

Clean Slate
1994
as Bodyguard #2
Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia, waking up with a 'blank slate'. Since he is in the middle...

Without a Kiss Goodbye
1993
as Ray Samuels
True story of a middle class mother charged with murdering her baby, despite her denials. Re-tells the story of the medical and police investigations,...

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992
as David
An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention.

When Will I Be Loved?
1990
as Ron Weston
Three disillusioned wives who are contemplating divorce compare notes on their stormy marriages.
Toad
N/A
Two naive slackers, Sam and Alex, are hired to transport a box of contraband psychedelic toads from LA to Vegas. When the desert heat causes the toads...