The following is a list of recurring characters appearing in Law & Order.
Police Officers[]
NYPD Officials[]
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Bierbi | New York City Police Department (NYPD), Chief of Detectives Laird |
"Illegal" (Season 18) |
"Rubber Room" (Season 20) |
3 |
| Michael Cullen | New York City Police Department (NYPD), Manhattan Borough Detective Commander James Dietz |
"Monster" (Season 8) |
"Marathon" (Season 10) |
3 |
| Dan Lauria | New York City Police Department (NYPD), Manhattan Deputy Chief Joseph Strudevant |
"Burn, Baby, Burn" (Season 11) |
"Sunday in the Park with Jorge" (Season 11) |
2 |
27th Precinct Personnel[]
- For a list of 27th Precinct personnel, see 27th Precinct.
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selenis Leyva | New York City Police Department (NYPD), 27th Precinct, Manhattan Homicide Squad Detective Mariluz Rivera |
"The Brotherhood" (Season 14) |
"Corner Office" (Season 17) |
19 |
| Shayvawn Webster | New York City Police Department (NYPD), 27th Precinct, Manhattan Homicide Squad Officer Dani Vertiz |
"The Right Thing" | "Black and Blue" | 9 |
| Connie Shi | New York City Police Department (NYPD), 27th Precinct, Manhattan Homicide Squad Detective Violet Yee |
"Battle Lines" | "Unintended Consequences" | 26 |
Crime Scene Unit Technicians[]
- For a list of crime scene unit technicians, see Crime Scene Unit personnel.
Other Detectives[]
Crime Lab Technicians[]
Medical Examiner's Office Personnel[]
- For a list of medical examiners, see Medical examiner.
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Hendrix | New York City, Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), Assistant Chief Medical Examiner (ME) Doctor Elizabeth Rodgers |
"The Fertile Fields" (Season 2) |
"Rubber Room" (Season 20) |
143 |
Psychologists/Psychiatrists[]
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.K. Simmons | New York City Police Department (NYPD) / Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Psychiatrist Doctor Emil Skoda |
”Denial” (Season 8) |
"Rubber Room" (Season 20) |
46 |
| Paul Hecht | Los Angeles, Mattawin Studios, Psychiatrist Doctor Dan Duvall |
”D-Girl" (Season 7) |
"Showtime" (Season 7) |
3 |
Medical Doctors[]
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Zieff | New York City, St. Mark's Hospital, Emergency Room (ER) Doctor Cohen |
"The Torrents of Greed (Part I)" (Season 1) |
”Misconception" (Season 2) | 2 |
| Brian Keene | New York City, Stein Memorial Hospital, Emergency Room (ER) Doctor Murphy |
"Stiff" (Season 10) |
”A Losing Season" (Season 11) | 2 |
| Jeff Blumenkrantz | New York City, Emergency Room (ER) Doctor Friedman |
"Undercovered" (Season 12) |
”House Calls" (Season 13) | 2 |
| Deirdre O'Connell | New York City Doctor Valerie Knight |
"Just a Girl in the World" (Season 20) |
”Rubber Room" (Season 20) | 4 |
Politicians[]
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bloomberg | Manhattan Mayor Michael Bloomberg | "Nowhere Man" (Season 14) |
"Paradigm" (Season 15) |
2 |
| Tom Everett Scott | New York State Governor Donald Shalvoy | "Personae Non Grata" (Season 18) |
"The Drowned and the Saved" (Season 19) |
4 |
| Allison Elliot | New York State First Lady Rita Shalvoy | "Personae Non Grata" (Season 18) |
"The Drowned and the Saved" (Season 19) |
3 |
| Tom Galantich | New York State Deputy Attorney General Joe Chappell |
"Knock Off" (Season 19) |
"The Drowned and the Saved" (Season 19) |
5 |
Attorneys/Judges[]
Prosecutors[]
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Blum | Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney (ADA) Frank Lazar Became a Defense Attorney |
"Jurisdiction" (Season 3) |
N/A | 1 |
| David Marshall Grant | Manhattan Special Narcotics Bureau, Assistant District Attorney (ADA) Charlie Harmon |
"Harvest" (Season 8) |
"Shadow" (Season 8) |
2 |
| Hugh O'Gorman | Southern District Manhattan Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Chuck Rodman |
"Causa Mortis" (Season 7) |
"Legacy" (Season 7) |
2 |
| John Driver | Southern District Manhattan Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Bob Gervits |
"DWB" (Season 9) |
"Ambitious" (Season 9) |
2 |
| Matt Servitto | Southern District U.S. Attorney Horvath |
"Take-Out" (Season 19) |
"Four Cops Shot" (Season 20) |
2 |
| Zeljko Ivanek | Baltimore Assistant State's Attorney (ASA) Ed Danvers |
"Baby, It's You" (Season 8) |
"Sideshow (Season 9) |
2 |
| John Benjamin Hickey | New York Appellate Division, Chief Attorney Aaron Solomon Returned to Private Practice |
"DR 1-102" (Season 12) |
N/A | 1 |
Defense Attorneys[]
- For a list of recurring defense attorneys, see List of defense attorneys.
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorraine Toussaint | New York City, Legal Aid Society Defense Attorney Shambala Green |
"Subterranean Homeboy Blues" (Season 1) |
"Identity (Season 14) |
7 |
| Tovah Feldshuh | New York City, Defense Attorney Danielle Melnick |
"Aria" (Season 2) |
"Good Faith" (Season 17) |
13 |
| Jeffrey DeMunn | New York City, Defense Attorney Professor Norman Rothenberg |
"Black Tie" (Season 4) |
"Tango" (Season 18) |
8 |
| Tom O'Rourke | New York City, Defense Attorney Peter Behrens |
"Deceit" (Season 6) |
"Who Let the Dogs Out?" (Season 12) |
7 |
| Sig Libowitz | New York City, 18-B Panel Defense Attorney Stan Shatenstein |
"Thrill" (Season 8) |
"Obsession" (Season 15) |
2 |
| Michael Boatman | New York City, Defense Attorney Dave Seaver |
"House Calls" (Season 13) |
"12 Seconds" (Season 22) |
3 |
| Ron Silver | New York City, Defense Attorney Bernie Adler |
"Paradigm" (Season 15) |
"Talking Points (Season 17) |
2 |
Judges[]
- For a list of recurring judges, see List of Judges.
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Ramsey | New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Judge Walter Schreiber |
"The Blue Wall" (Season 1) |
"Teenage Wasteland" (Season 11) |
11 |
| Michael Mulheren | New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Judge Harrison Taylor |
"Refuge (1)" (Season 9) |
"Positive" (Season 16) |
9 |
| William C. Mitchell | New York Supreme Court Appellate Division Judge J. Connolly |
"Black, White and Blue" (Season 10) |
"Absentia" (Season 13) |
2 |
Arraignment Judges[]
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lipman | New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Judge Morris Torledsky |
"The Fertile Fields" (Season 2) |
"Age of Innocence" (Season 16) |
27 |
| Fran Lebowitz | New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Judge Janice Goldberg |
"Ego" (Season 11) |
"Remains of the Day" (Season 17) |
12 |
Trial Judges[]
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doris Belack | New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Judge Margaret Barry |
"Happily Ever After" (Season 1) |
"School Daze" (Season 11) |
10 |
| Susan Blommaert | New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Judge Rebecca Steinman |
"God Bless the Child" (Season 2) |
"Hands Free" (Season 14) |
8 |
| Ron McLarty | New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Judge William Wright |
"Damaged" (Season 8) |
"Dissonance" (Season 11) |
4 |
| Peter McRobbie | New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Judge Walter Bradley |
"Hubris" (Season 11) |
"Boy Gone Astray" (Season 20) |
14 |
| David Fonteno | New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Judge Derek Hafner |
"Whose Monkey is it Anyway?" (Season 11) |
"Exchange" (Season 19) |
3 |
| Connie Winston | New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Judge Shirley Taylor |
"Whiplash" (Season 11) |
"Ghosts" (Season 16) |
7 |
Family[]
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharif Rashed (kid) Sean Nelson (adult) |
Ric Van Buren (Van Buren's son) | "Competence" (Season 5) |
"Boy Gone Astray" (Season 20) |
3 |
| Charles Dumas | Donald Van Buren (Van Buren's husband) | "Competence" (Season 5) |
"Aftershock" (Season 6) |
2 |
| Pat Moya | Deborah Curtis (Curtis' wife) | ”Paranoia” (Season 6) |
"Monster" (Season 8) |
5 |
| Jennifer Estlin | Cathy Briscoe (Briscoe's daughter) | "Aftershock" (Season 6) |
"Damaged" (Season 8) |
3 |
| Caralyn Gorel Uncredited actress |
Katie Ross (Ross' daughter) | "D-Girl" (Season 7) |
"Justice" (Season 10) |
3 |
| Arielle Kaplan | Serena Curtis (Curtis' daughter) | ”Showtime” (Season 7) |
"Under the Influence" (Season 8) |
2 |
| Guenia Lemos | Jenny Lupo (Lupo’s sister-in-law) | ”Called Home" (Season 18) |
"Bogeyman" (Season 18) |
5 |
| Lauren M. Martin | Carly Lupo (Lupo’s niece) | ”Called Home" (Season 18) |
"Darkness" (Season 18) |
2 |
| Perry Martijena | Jude Lupo (Lupo’s nephew) | ”Called Home" (Season 18) |
"Darkness" (Season 18) |
2 |
| Ernie Hudson | Frank Gibson (Van Buren's fiancé) | "Great Satan" (Season 20) |
"Rubber Room" (Season 20) |
7 |
| Alayna Hester | Lily Cosgrove (Cosgrove's daughter) | "Gimme Shelter" | "Class Retreat" | 3 |
Victims[]
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncredited actor (kid) Zeb Newman (adult) |
Ezra Lowenstein-Grady | "Indifference" (Season 1) |
"Fixed" (Season 15) |
2 |
| Jacques Sandulescu | Isaac Skolnick | "The Torrents of Greed (Part I)" (Season 1) |
"The Torrents of Greed (Part II)" (Season 1) |
2 |
| Cameron Bowen | Billy Woodson | "Refuge (1)" (Season 9) |
"Refuge (2)" (Season 9) |
2 |