Odafin Tutuola

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Odafin Tutuola
Title Detective
Affiliation New York City Police Department; Formerly US Army
Division Special Victims Unit; Formerly Narcotics Division
Precinct 16th Precinct
Occupation Police Officer
First Appearance SVU: "Wrong Is Right"
Played by Ice-T

Odafin Tutuola, commonly known as Fin, is a detective on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He is played by Ice-T. He partnered with John Munch from 2000-2007, until Fin was switched to Chester Lake in the middle of that year. After Lake killed a crooked cop, Stabler's and Lake's betrayal convinces Fin to consider transfer out of SVU in early 2008. (SVU: Cold) But in September 2008, Fin's transfer proposal was scrapped because of an ex-friend back in Nacotics now dealing with handling transfer papers. Seeing the transfer as a bust, Fin return as Munch's partner.(SVU: Trials)

Tutuola had served in the United States Army and once was deployed to Mogadishu, Somalia, during the conflict there. (SVU: PTSD)

Currently, he has a son in college, a ex-wife who is out of town because of the machinations his nephew, Darius, did to his family and to his collegues back in early 2007.(SVU: Screwed)