Character
Affiliation	New York City Police Department
Division	Homicide Department Special Victims Unit (current)
Occupation	Commanding Officer SVU
Family	Marge Cragen (wife, deceased) Unnamed son Unnamed daughter Unnamed Sister Unnamed Nephew Unnamed brother-in-law
Status	Alive
Actor	Dann Florek
First Appearance	Prescription for Death

Captain Donald "Don" Cragen is currently assigned to the New York City Police Department Special Victims Unit. Previously, he was a homicide detective partnered with Max Greevey, and later a homicide captain, where he worked with Greevey, Mike Logan, Phil Cerreta, and Lennie Briscoe before transferring. Cragen has identified himself as a recovering alcoholic. Cragen originally talked about drinking when discussing his time as Max Greevy's partner. This began the constant theme of detectives and addictions.

His wife, Marge, was a flight attendant until she was killed in an airplane accident. She and Donald have one son, who may have been adopted and one daughter.

TriviaEdit

• It was revealed in the episode Hammered that he is a recovering alcoholic for more twenty years
• It is odd he is still a Captain after more than 20 years. He should have been promoted to Deputy Inspector. However, in the 2001 SVU episode Paranoia, while discussing NYPD/IAB politics impeding the episode's investigation, he comments to the Chief of Detectives, "12 years as Captain, I can't get promoted" implying that NYPD/IAB politics impeded his own career.
• His wife Marge had a miscarriage
• After his partner Max Greevey was killed, the case of Steven Talmadge went cold, but Cragen still visited the family every year. With the help of his detectives, he finally solved the case and found Steven, renamed Tyler Blake, but was sympathetic to the family that had raised him for his whole life and that he wanted to stay with. As a result of his sypathies, Cabot became the family's lawyer for the custody battle. ("Stolen")

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Main Characters

Characters: Nick Amaro • Olivia Benson • Alexandra Cabot • Donald Cragen • John Munch • Casey Novak • Amanda Rollins • Odafin Tutuola • Melinda Warner Former Characters: Kim Greylek • George Huang • Monique Jeffries • Chester Lake • Elliot Stabler

Law & Order - Main Characters

Law Characters: Kevin Bernard • Anita Van Buren • Cyrus Lupo Former Characters: Lennie Briscoe • Nina Cassady • Phil Cerreta • Donald Cragen • Rey Curtis • Nick Falco • Joe Fontana • Ed Green • Max Greevey • Mike Logan Order Characters: Michael Cutter • Jack McCoy • Connie Rubirosa Former Characters: Alexandra Borgia • Arthur Branch • Abbie Carmichael • Claire Kincaid • Nora Lewin • Paul Robinette • Jamie Ross • Adam Schiff • Benjamin Stone • Serena Southerlyn Others Elizabeth Olivet • Alfred Wentworth