"In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime, and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories."

Law & Order is a television series that originally aired on NBC, premiering on 13 September 1990. The show was usually split into two halves. The first half ("Law"), followed two New York City Police Department Homicide Unit detectives investigating a crime. This crime was not always a homicide or attempted homicide, especially in the first nine seasons of the show, before Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered. The second half of the show ("Order") focused on the Manhattan District Attorney's Office trying to convict a suspect.

Law & Order finished airing after Season 20, which finished 24 May 2010.

For a list of episodes, see Law & Order episodes.

CastEdit

Main CastEdit

Image	Actor	Character	In show
	George Dzundza	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.) 27th Precinct Homicide Unit Senior Police Detective Sergeant Maxwell "Max" Greevey	Season 1
	Chris Noth	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.) 27th Precinct Homicide Unit Junior Police Detective Michael "Mike" Logan	Seasons 1-5
	Dann Florek	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.) 27th Precinct Homicide Unit Captain Donald "Don" Cragen	Seasons 1-3
	Michael Moriarty	New York City, Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Executive Assistant District Attorney (E.A.D.A.) Benjamin "Ben" Stone	Seasons 1-4
	Richard Brooks	New York City, Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Assistant District Attorney (A.D.A.) Paul Robinette	Seasons 1-3
	Roy Thinnes	New York City, Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Manhattan District Attorney (D.A.) Alfred Wentworth	Season 1
	Steven Hill	New York City, Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Manhattan District Attorney (D.A.) Adam Schiff	Seasons 1-10
	Paul Sorvino	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.) 27th Precinct Homicide Unit Senior Police Detective Sergeant Philip "Phil" Cerreta	Seasons 2-3
	Carolyn McCormick	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.) / New York City, Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Psychologist / Psychiatrist Doctor Elizabeth "Liz" Olivet	Seasons 3 & 4 (Recurring throughout the rest of the series)
	Jerry Orbach	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.) 27th Precinct Homicide Unit Senior Detective Leonard W. "Lennie" Briscoe	Seasons 3-14
	S. Epatha Merkerson	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.) 27th Precinct Homicide Unit Lieutenant Anita Van Buren	Seasons 4-20
	Jill Hennessy	New York City, Manhattan District Attorney's Office,Assistant District Attorney (A.D.A.)/Interim Manhattan District Attorney (D.A.) Claire Kincaid	Seasons 4-6
	Sam Waterston	New York City, Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Executive Assistant District Attorney (E.A.D.A.) / Manhattan District Attorney (D.A.) John James "Jack" McCoy	Seasons 5-20
	Benjamin Bratt	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.) 27th Precinct Homicide Unit Junior Police Detective Reynaldo "Rey" Curtis	Seasons 6-9
	Carey Lowell	New York City, Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Assistant District Attorney (A.D.A.) Jamie Ross	Seasons 7-8
	Angie Harmon	New York City, Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Assistant District Attorney (A.D.A.) Abigail "Abbie" Carmichael	Seasons 9-11
	Jesse L. Martin	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D) 27th Precinct Homicide Unit Junior / Senior Police Detective Edward "Ed" Green	Seasons 10-18
	Dianne Wiest	New York City, Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Interim Manhattan District Attorney (D.A.) Nora Lewin	Seasons 11-12
	Elisabeth Röhm	New York City Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Assistant District Attorney (A.D.A.) Serena Southerlyn	Seasons 12-15
	Fred Dalton Thompson	New York City, Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Manhattan District Attorney (D.A.) Arthur Branch	Seasons 13-17
	Dennis Farina	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.) 27th Precinct Homicide Unit Senior Police Detective Joseph "Joe" Fontana	Seasons 15-16
	Annie Parisse	New York City Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Assistant District Attorney (A.D.A.) Alexandra Borgia	Seasons 15-17
	Michael Imperioli	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.) 27th Precinct (Temporally Assigned) Homicide Unit Junior Police Detective Nicholas "Nick" Falco	Season 15
	Milena Govich	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.) 27th Precinct Homicide Unit Junior Police Detective Nina Cassady	Season 17
	Alana De La Garza	New York City, Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Assistant District Attorney (A.D.A.) Consuela "Connie" Rubirosa	Seasons 17-20
	Jeremy Sisto	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.) 27th Precinct Homicide Unit Senior / Junior Police Detective Cyrus Lupo	Seasons 18-20
	Linus Roache	New York City, Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Executive Assistant District Attorney (E.A.D.A.) Michael "Mike" Cutter	Seasons 18-20
	Anthony Anderson	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.) 27th Precinct Homicide Unit Junior Police Detective Kevin Bernard	Seasons 18-20

Note: DA Wentworth only appeared in the original pilot, "Everybody's Favorite Bagman".

Recurring charactersEdit

External linkEdit

• Law & Order at NBC

• Law & Order at Wikipedia