SVU recurring characters

The following is a list of recurring characters appearing in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

NYPD Personnel

NYPD Officials

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
John Driver	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Police Commissioner Lyle Morris	"Limitations" (Season 1)	"Wrong Is Right" (Season 2)	2
Brian O'Neill	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Chief of Department Sullivan	"Paranoia" (Season 2)	"Scourge" (Season 2)	2
John Schuck	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Chief of Detectives Muldrew	"Outcry" (Season 6)	"Shadow" (Season 11)	8
Josh Pais	Campaign Manager for Alex Munoz / New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Public Information, Deputy Commissioner Hank Abraham	"October Surprise" (Season 15)	"Collateral Damages" (Season 17)	7
Tim Hardiman	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Inspector Hardiman	"Betrayal's Climax" (Season 15)	"Pattern Seventeen" (Season 16)	2
Peter Gallagher	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Special Victims Unit Deputy Chief William Dodds	"Holden's Manifesto" (Season 16)	"Flight Risk" (Season 19)	16

16th Precinct Personnel

For a list of 16th Precinct personnel, see 16th Precinct.

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Dean Winters	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), 16th Precinct, Manhattan Special Victims Unit (S.V.U.) / Narcotics Division / Vice, Detective 55th Precinct / 12th Precinct Internal Affairs Bureau (I.A.B.), Officer/Detective Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Detective Investigator Brian Cassidy	"Payback" (Season 1)	"Chasing Demons" (Season 19)	30
Donal Logue	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Manhattan Special Victims Unit (S.V.U.) / Vice, Lieutenant Declan Murphy	"Gambler's Fallacy" (Season 15)	"Community Policing" (Season 17)	8

27th Precinct Personnel

For a list of 27th Precinct personnel, see 27th Precinct.

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Jerry Orbach	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D), 27th Precinct, Manhattan Homicide Unit Detective Lennie Briscoe	"...Or Just Look Like One" (Season 1)	"Entitled" (Season 1)	3
Jesse L. Martin	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D), 27th Precinct, Manhattan Homicide Unit Detective Ed Green	"...Or Just Look Like One" (Season 1)	"Entitled" (Season 1)	2
Caris Vujcec	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), 27th Precinct, Manhattan Detective Louise Campesi	"Gambler's Fallacy" (Season 14)	"Community Policing" (Season 17)	4

Crime Scene Unit Technicians

For a list of crime scene unit technicians, see Crime Scene Unit personnel.

Crime Lab Technicians

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Kirsten Sans	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), One Police Plaza Criminal Laboratory Forensic Technician Felicia Young	"Slaves" (Season 1)	"Paranoia" (Season 2)	3
José Zúñiga	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), One Police Plaza Criminal Laboratory Forensics Technician Miguel Cruz Transferred to T.A.R.U.	"Repression" (Season 3)	N/A	1
Gibson Frazier	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), One Police Plaza Criminal Laboratory Forensic Document Expert Pat Fisher	"Bound" (Season 5)	"Birthright" (Season 6)	2

Technical Assistance Response Unit Personnel

For a list of T.A.R.U. technicians, see Technical Assistance Response Unit personnel.

NYPD Patrol Officers

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
William H. Burns	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Officer Robbins	"Counterfeit" (Season 3)	"Influence" (Season 7)	6
Ian Bedford	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Officer Bamford	"Hate" (Season 5)	"Class" (Season 7)	6
Joel Brady	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), 11th Precinct, Officer Jimmy Nolan	"Deadly Ambition" (Season 15)	"Remember Me" (Season 19)	6
Matt Wood	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), 12th Precinct / 21st Precinct, Officer Kenneth Parker	"Internal Affairs" (Season 15)	"Beast's Obsession" (Season 15)	3
Johnny Wu	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), 3rd Precinct, Officer Mills	"Military Justice" (Season 15)	"Jersey Breakdown" (Season 15)	2
Diomargy Nunez	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), 11th Precinct, Officer Sanchez	"Thought Criminal" (Season 15)	"Spring Awakening" (Season 15)	2
Ngozi Jane Anyanwu	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), 11th Precinct, Officer Perlina Edozi	"Catfishing Teacher" (Season 17)	"Broken Rhymes" (Season 18)	3
Erica Camarano	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), 11th Precinct, Officer Rachel Ortiz	"Making a Rapist" (Season 18)	"Conversion" (Season 18)	3

Other NYPD Officers & Detectives

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Deirdre Lovejoy	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Manhattan Homicide Unit / Computer Crimes Unit (C.C.U.), Detective (later demoted to Officer) Hernandez	"Slaves" (Season 1)	"Secrets" (Season 2)	2
Dylan Price	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Queens / Manhattan South / Bronx Homicide Unit Detective Danny Tatum	"Asunder" (Season 2)	"Protection" (Season 3)	3
Emilio Del Pozo	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Emergency Service Unit, Sergeant (later promoted to Captain) Claros	"Countdown" (Season 2)	"Chameleon" (Season 4)	3
Lenore Pemberton	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Queens Special Victims Unit (S.V.U.) / Joint Terrorism Task Force, Detective (later promoted to Lieutenant) Katie Moore	"Angels" (Season 4)	"Game" (Season 6)	2
Erik Palladino	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Queens Homicide Unit, Detective Dave Duethorn	"Damaged" (Season 4)	"Dominance" (Season 4)	2
Dennis Pressey	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), K-9 Unit, Officer Dumont	"Tragedy" (Season 5)	"Gone" (Season 7)	5
Adam Kulbersh	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Computer Crimes Unit (C.C.U.), Detective Ben Suarato Transferred to T.A.R.U.	"Painless" (Season 5)	N/A	1
Nicholas Gonzalez	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Manhattan North Narcotics Squad Officer Miguel "Mike" Sandoval	"Haunted" (Season 6)	"Ghost" (Season 6)	2
Albert Insinnia	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Manhattan North Narcotics Squad Lieutenant Pizzelli	"Haunted" (Season 6)	"Strain" (Season 7)	2
Joe Lisi	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Parole Officer Craig Lennon	"Demons" (Season 7)	"Snatched" (Season 10)	3
Philip Levy	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Property Clerk's Office Officer Fineman	"Recall" (Season 8)	"Turmoil" (Season 11)	3
Shannon Garland	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Undercover Officer Denise Legrange	"Spiraling Down" (Season 13)	"Undercover Mother" (Season 16)	2
Kathryn Erbe	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D), One Police Plaza, Manhattan Major Case Squad Lieutenant Alexandra Eames	"Acceptable Loss" (Season 14)	"Traumatic Wound" (Season 14)	2
Derrick Baskin	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Officer (later promoted to Detective) Cash Gilette	"Acceptable Loss" (Season 14)	"Undercover Mother" (Season 16)	2
Sue Kim	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Cold Case Unit, Detective Emily Ling	"Manhattan Vigil" (Season 14)	"Secrets Exhumed" (Season 14)	2
Curt Bouril	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Intelligence Division, Detective Carlson	"Beast's Obsession" (Season 15)	"Post-Mortem Blues" (Season 15)	2
Nikki Estridge	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Intelligence Division, Detective Delano	"Beast's Obsession" (Season 15)	"Post-Mortem Blues" (Season 15)	2
Jeb Brown	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Vice, Sergeant (later promoted to Captain) Igor Gerbic	"Spousal Privilege" (Season 16)	"Manhattan Transfer" (Season 17)	2
Nikki M. James	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Detective Gail Dunbar	"Padre Sandungeuro" (Season 16)	"Undercover Mother" (Season 16)	2
John Ales	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Vice, Detective Tom Russo	"Manhattan Transfer" (Season 17)	"Unholiest Alliance" (Season 17)	2
J.D. Williams	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Vice, Detective Anton Jefferson	"Manhattan Transfer" (Season 17)	"Unholiest Alliance" (Season 17)	2
Kirk Acevedo	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Hate Crime Task Force, Detective Ray Lopez	"American Dream" (Season 18)	"Sanctuary" (Season 18)	2

Internal Affairs Bureau Personnel

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Scott Sowers	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Internal Affairs Bureau (I.A.B.), Lieutenant Waldman	"Paranoia" (Season 2)	"Runaway" (Season 2)	2
Robert John Burke	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Internal Affairs Bureau (I.A.B.), Sergeant (later promoted to Lieutenant and Captain) Edward "Ed" Tucker	"Counterfeit" (Season 3)	"Chasing Theo" (Season 18)	29
Michael Potts	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Internal Affairs Bureau (I.A.B.), Detective (later promoted to Sergeant) Cole Draper	"Above Suspicion" (Season 14)	"Manhattan Transfer" (Season 17)	6

Civilian Employees

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Audra McDonald	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Psychologist Doctor Audrey Jackson	"Contact" (Season 1)	"Slaves" (Season 1)	2
Mary McCann	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Manhattan Detective's Endowment Association Delegate Didi Denzler	"Deadly Ambition" (Season 14)	"Manhattan Transfer" (Season 17)	4

Medical Examiner's Office Personnel

For a list of medical exaiminers, see Medical examiners.

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Leslie Hendrix	New York City, Office of Chief Medical Examiner (O.C.M.E.), Assistant Chief Medical Examiner (M.E.) Doctor Elizabeth Rodgers	"Payback" (Season 1)	"Misleader" (Season 1)	9

Psychologists/Psychiatrists

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Carolyn McCormick	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.) / Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Psychologist Doctor Elizabeth Olivet	"...Or Just Look Like One" (Season 1)	"Pathological" (Season 19)	5
J.K. Simmons	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.) / Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Psychiatrist Doctor Emil Skoda	"The Third Guy" (Season 1)	"Folly" (Season 2)	6
Stephen Schnetzer	New York City, St. Catherine's Hospital, Children's Psychiatric Ward Psychiatrist Doctor Engels	"Manic" (Season 5)	"Confession" (Season 10)	3
Linda Emond	New York City, Mid-Hudson Institute, Head of Neurobiology / Laguardia Psychiatric Hospital Psychiatrist Doctor Emily Sopher	"Hate" (Season 6)	"Producer's Backend" (Season 16)	7
Mary Stuart Masterson	New York City, Bellevue Hospital Center / New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Psychiatrist Doctor Rebecca Hendrix	"Weak" (Season 6)	"Philadelphia" (Season 8)	5
Jeremy Irons	New York City, Jackson Clinic / Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.), Psychiatrist Doctor Cap Jackson	"Mask" (Season 12)	"Totem" (Season 12)	2
Karen Young	New York City, Laguardia Psychiatric Hospital Ward 6, Assistant Director Psychiatrist Doctor Meg Whitmere	"Double Strands" (Season 13)	"Educated Guess" (Season 13)	2
Bill Irwin	New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), Psychologist Doctor Peter Lindstrom	"Surrender Benson" (Season 15)	"Genes" (Season 18)	14

EMTs, Medical Doctors & Nurses

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Tom Bruno	New York City Fire Department (F.D.N.Y.), Emergency Medical Technician (E.M.T.) Firefighter Wilcox	"Desperate" (Season 4)	"Haystack" (Season 8)	3
Joselin Reyes	New York City Fire Department (F.D.N.Y.), Emergency Medical Technician (E.M.T.) Paramedic Martinez	"Coerced" (Season 5)	"Forty-One Witnesses" (Season 17)	19
Joseph Murray	New York City Fire Department (F.D.N.Y.), Emergency Medical Technician (E.M.T.) Paramedic Olson	"Coerced" (Season 5)	"Ripped" (Season 7)	5
Nathanael Albright	New York City Fire Department (F.D.N.Y.), Emergency Medical Technician (E.M.T.) Paramedic Jones	"Starved" (Season 7)	"Above Suspicion" (Season 14)	9
Kevin Kolack	New York City Fire Department (F.D.N.Y.), Emergency Medical Technician (E.M.T.) Paramedic Butler	"Informed" (Season 8)	"Paternity" (Season 9)	3
Hisham Tawfiq	New York City Fire Department (F.D.N.Y.), Emergency Medical Technician (E.M.T.), Engine 64 Firefighter Vestry	"Paternity" (Season 9)	"Trade" (Season 9)	2
Tom Lucca	New York City Fire Department (F.D.N.Y.), Emergency Medical Technician (E.M.T.), Engine 99 Firefighter, Lieutenant Lou Gezmur	"Retro" (Season 10)	"Torch" (Season 11)	2
Brian Keane	New York City, Emergency Room Doctor Peters	"Legacy" (Season 2)	"Inheritance" (Season 3)	3
Susan Pellegrino	New York City, Emergency Room Doctor Barrett	"Protection" (Season 3)	"Surveillance" (Season 3)	2
Magaly Colimon	New York City, St. Andrew's Hospital, Emergency Room Chief of Emergency Services Doctor Erica Olsen	"Denial" (Season 3	"Vulnerable" (Season 4)	3
Susan Varon	New York City, Bellevue Hospital Center, Emergency Room Nurse Gruber	"Fallacy" (Season 4)	"Soulless" (Season 4)	2
Ali Reza	New York City, St. Catherine's Hospital, Emergency Room Doctor Rohit Mehta	"Choice" (Season 5)	"Haystack" (Season 8)	5
Julie White	New York City, St. Mark's Hospital / Mercy General Hospital, Emergency Room Doctor Anne Morella	"Shaken" (Season 5)	"Snitch" (Season 9)	5
Stephen Gregory	New York City, Bellevue Hospital Center / St. Mark's Hospital / Mercy General Hospital Emergency Room Doctor Kyle Beresford	"Sick" (Season 5)	"Possessed" (Season 12)	18
Betsy Aidem	New York City, Center for Disease Control / St. Michael’s Medical Center / Mercy General Hospital Emergency Room Pediatric Doctor Sloane	"Strain" (Season 5)	"No Surrender" (Season 18)	6
Elizabeth Flax	New York City, Emergency Room Nurse Carey Hutchins	"Abomination" (Season 5)	"Justice Denied" (Season 13)	13
Natalie Carter	New York City, Bellevue Hospital Center, Emergency Room Nurse Cathy	"Weak" (Season 6)	"Raw" (Season 7)	2
Francis Jue	New York City, Mercy General Hospital, Emergency Room Doctor Fong	"Haunted" (Season 6)	"Fat" (Season 7)	3
Tijuana Ricks	New York City, Mercy General Hospital, Pre-Natal Clinic Doctor Marnie Aiken	"Haunted" (Season 6)	"Taboo" (Season 7)	2
Laura Kai Chen	New York City, Mercy General Hospital, Pediatric Sex Abuse Specialist Doctor Sanada	"Contagious" (Season 6)	"Underbelly" (Season 8)	3
Anne James	New York City, Mercy General Hospital, Emergency Room Doctor Jane Larom	"Choreographed" (Season 8)	"Bang" (Season 12)	9
Sean T. Krishnan	New York City, Bellevue Hospital Center, Emergency Room Doctor Singh	"Loophole" (Season 8)	"Unorthodox" (Season 9)	2
Deep Katdare	New York City, Richmond County Hospital / Mercy General Hospital / St. Mark's Hospital Emergency Room Doctor Parnell	"Annihilated" (Season 8)	"Wildlife" (Season 10)	5
Diane Cossa	New York City, Mercy General Hospital, Emergency Room Doctor Merrins	"Pretend" (Season 8)	"Users" (Season 11)	4
Amir Arison	New York City, Mercy General Hospital, Emergency Room Doctor Manning	"Wildlife" (Season 10)	"Bombshell" (Season 12)	8
Rachel Brown	New York City, Mercy General Hospital, Crisis Counselor / Bellevue Hospital Center, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (S.A.N.E.) Jen Burrows	"True Believers" (Season 13)	"Star-Struck Victims" (Season 17)	2
Jolly Abraham	New York City, Mercy General Hospital, Emergency Room Doctor Patel	"Traumatic Wound" (Season 14)	"Community Policing" (Season 17)	6
Sarah Street	New York City, Bellevue Hospital Center, Emergency Room Doctor Janice Cole	"Psycho/Therapist" (Season 15)	"Beast's Obsession" (Season 15)	2
Allyson Morgan	New York City, Mercy General Hospital, Emergency Room Nurse Shelby Roberts	"Jersey Breakdown" (Season 15)	"Townhouse Incident" (Season 17)	4
Christine Toy Johnson	New York City, Mercy General Hospital, Emergency Room Pediatric Doctor Celia Lee	"Holden's Manifesto" (Season 16)	"Granting Immunity" (Season 16)	2
Yvonna Kopacz-Wright	New York City, Mercy General Hospital / Bellevue Hospital Center, Emergency Room Doctor Darby Wilder	"Glasgowman's Wrath" (Season 16)	"Service" (Season 19)	7

Child Protective Services

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Linda Powell	New York City Administration Children's Services (A.C.S.), Case Worker Lauren White	"Control" (Season 5)	"Locum" (Season 12)	6
Lisa Strum	New York City Administration Children's Services (A.C.S.), Social Worker/Case Worker Tonya Majeski	"Informed" (Season 8)	”Trials" (Season 10)	3
Jessica Phillips	Manhattan Corporation Counsel, Assistant Corporation Counsel Pippa Cox	"Born Psychopath" (Season 14)	”Collateral Damages (Season 17)	7
Thedra Porter	New York City Administration Children's Services (A.C.S.), Case Worker Chantal Jackson	"Downloaded Child" (Season 15)	"Surrendering Noah" (Season 16)	5
Kelly Britter	Manhattan Corporation Counsel, Assistant Corporation Counsel Bartell	"Downloaded Child" (Season 15)	”Pattern Seventeen" (Season 16)	2

Religious contacts

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Charlayne Woodard	Sister Peg	"Silence" (Season 3)	"Smoked" (Season 12)	8
Karl Kenzler	Father Denis	"Fat" (Season 7)	"Sin" (Season 8)	3
Gbenga Akinnagbe	Father Biobaku	"Dreams Deferred" (Season 14)	"Amaro's One-Eighty" (Season 15)	2
Leslie Odom, Jr.	Reverend Curtis Scott	"American Tragedy" (Season 15)	"Community Policing" (Season 17)	7
Karen Christie-Ward	Sister Ida	"Spring Awakening" (Season 15)	"Unholiest Alliance" (Season 17)	3
Jonathan Cake	Monsignor Patrick Mulregan	"Manhattan Transfer" (Season 17)	"Unholiest Alliance" (Season 17)	2
Michael O'Keefe	Father Eugene O'Hanigan	"Manhattan Transfer" (Season 17)	"Unholiest Alliance" (Season 17)	2
Abigail Savage	Sister Nina Kelly	"Manhattan Transfer" (Season 17)	"Unholiest Alliance" (Season 17)	2
Sahr Ngaujah	Father Victor Akintola	"Manhattan Transfer" (Season 17)	"Unholiest Alliance" (Season 17)	2

Other law enforcement officers

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Mitch Pileggi	Drug Enforcement Administration (D.E.A.), Special Agent Jack Hammond	"Loss" (Season 5)	"Ghost" (Season 6)	2
Marcia Gay Harden	Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.), Counterterrorism Division (C.T.U.) / Behavioral Analysis Unit (B.A.U.), Special Agent Dana Lewis	"Raw" (Season 7)	"Secrets Exhumed" (Season 14)	4
David Dollase	Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.), Counterterrorism Division (C.T.U.), Special Agent in Charge (S.A.C.) Lockwood	"Informed" (Season 8)	"Infiltrated" (Season 8)	2
Vincent Spano	Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.), Counterterrorism Division (C.T.U.) / Sexual Offender Fugitive Apprehension Unit (S.O.F.A.U.), Special Agent Dean Porter	"Infiltrated" (Season 8)	"Spooked" (Season 11)	5
Kim Delaney	New Jersey River Park Police Department Captain Julia Millfield	"Philadelphia" (Season 8)	"Florida" (Season 8)	2
Frankie Faison	New York State Police (N.Y.S.P.), Bureau of Criminal Investigation (B.C.I.), Investigator / Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.), Behavioral Analysis Unit (B.A.U.), Special Agent in Charge (S.A.C.) Tom Nickerson	"Florida" (Season 8)	"Signature" (Season 9)	2
Sean Cullen	U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.), Regional Director, Deputy Chief Brett Trask	"Hell" (Season 10)	"Ace" (Season 11)	3
Myk Watford	Atlanta Police Department (A.P.D.), Precinct 8, Special Victims Unit (S.V.U.), Captain Sam Reynolds	"Strange Beauty" (Season 13)	"Forgiving Rollins" (Season 16)	4
Frank Deal	Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.), National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (N.C.M.E.C.), Special Agent O'Connell	"Friending Emily" (Season 14)	"Chicago Crossover" (Season 16)	3
Sophia Bush	Chicago Police Department (C.P.D.), 21st District, Intelligence Section Detective Erin Lindsay	"Comic Perversion" (Season 15)	"Nationwide Manhunt" (Season 17)	4
Mario D'Leon	New York Department of Corrections, Rikers Island, Corrections Officer (C.O.) Jerez	"Beast's Obsession" (Season 15)	"Surrendering Noah" (Season 16)	2
Jason Beghe	Chicago Police Department (C.P.D.), 21st District, Intelligence Section Sergeant Hank Voight	"Chicago Crossover" (Season 16)	"Nationwide Manhunt" (Season 17)	3
Jesse Lee Soffer	Chicago Police Department (C.P.D.), 21st District, Intelligence Section Detective Jay Halstead	"Chicago Crossover" (Season 16)	"Daydream Believer" (Season 16)	2
Harry Hamlin	Atlanta Police Department (A.P.D.), Special Victims Unit (S.V.U.), Deputy Chief Charles Patton	"Pattern Seventeen" (Season 16)	"Forgiving Rollins" (Season 16)	2
Adrian Matilla	New York Department of Corrections, Rikers Island, Corrections Officer (C.O.) Gomez	"Perverted Justice" (Season 16)	"Surrendering Noah" (Season 16)	2
Brad Garrett	New York Department of Corrections, Rikers Island, Corrections Officer (C.O.) Gary Munson	"Intersecting Lives" (Season 17)	"Heartfelt Passages" (Season 17)	2

Attorneys/Judges

Prosecutors

For a list of recurring ADAs, see Assistant District Attorneys.

For a list of recurring Executive ADAs, see Executive Assistant District Attorneys.

For a list of recurring Bureau Chiefs, see Bureau Chiefs.

For a list of recurring AUSAs, see United States Attorneys.

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Dianne Weist	Manhattan, District Attorney (D.A.) Nora Lewin	"Chameleon" (Season 3)	"Ridicule" (Season 4)	2
Fred Dalton Thompson	Manhattan, District Attorney (D.A.) Arthur Branch	"Fallacy" (Season 4)	"Gone" (Season 7)	11
Jeffrey DeMunn	Manhattan, Chief Assistant District Attorney (C.A.D.A.) Charlie Phillips	"Baby Killer" (Season 2)	"Countdown" (Season 2)	2
Sam Waterston	Manhattan, Executive Assistant District Attorney (E.A.D.A.) / District Attorney (D.A.) Jack McCoy	"Entitled" (Season 1)	”The Undiscovered Country" (Season 19)	4
Angie Harmon	Manhattan, Assistant District Attorney (A.D.A.) Abbie Carmichael	"Payback" (Season 1)	”Entitled" (Season 1)	6

Defense Attorneys

For a list of recurring defense attorneys, see List of defense attorneys.

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
David Thornton	New York City, Granger, McCullum, & Kerstetter Defense Attorney Lionel Granger	"Loss" (Season 5)	"Quickie" (Season 10)	10
Michael Boatman	New York City, Defense Attorney Dave Seaver	"Abomination" (Season 5)	"Bombshell" (Season 12)	6

Judges

For a list of recurring judges, see List of Judges.

Trial Judges

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Doris Belack	New York County, Trial Judge Margaret Barry	"Closure (Part II)" (Season 2)	"Pique" (Season 2)	2
Peter McRobbie	New York County, Trial Judge Walter Bradley	"Abomination" (Season 5)	"Twenty-Five Acts" (Season 14)	18
Leslie Ayvazian	New York County, Trial Judge Susan Valdera	"Limitations" (Season 1)	"Resilience" (Season 4)	5
Harvey Atkin	New York County, Trial Judge Alan Ridenour	"Limitations" (Season 1)	"Delinquent" (Season 12)	18

Appellate Judges

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
William Mitchell	New York County, Appellate Judge P. Connolly	"The Third Guy" (Season 1)	"Manic" (Season 5)	2

Family

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Isabel Gillies	Kathy Stabler (Stabler's wife)	"Payback" (Season 1)	"Delinquent" (Season 12)	31
Patricia Cook	Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stabler (Stabler's daughter)	"A Single Life" (Season 1)	"Pretend" (Season 8)	13
Erin Broderick	Maureen Stabler (Stabler's daughter)	"A Single Life" (Season 1)	"Pretend" (Season 8)	13
Holiday Segal Allison Siko	Kathleen Stabler (Stabler's daughter)	"A Single Life" (Season 1)	"Gray" (Season 12)	22
Jeffrey Scaperrotta	Richard "Dickie" Stabler (Stabler's son)	"A Single Life" (Season 1)	"Turmoil" (Season 11)	17
Ernest Waddell	Ken Randall (Fin's son)	"Haunted" (Season 6)	"Intersecting Lives" (Season 17)	8
Ludacris	Darius Parker (Fin's ex-stepson)	"Venom" (Season 7)	"Screwed" (Season 8)	2
Lisa Gay Hamilton	Teresa Randall (Fin's ex-wife)	"Venom" (Season 7)	"Presumed Guilty" (Season 14)	3
Michael Weston	Simon Marsden (Benson's brother)	"Philadelphia" (Season 8)	"Child's Welfare" (Season 13)	4
Various	Elliot Stabler, Jr. (Stabler's son)	"Paternity" (Season 9)	"Pop" (Season 12)	5
Carol Kane	Gwen Munch (Munch's first ex-wife)	"Zebras" (Season 10)	"Wonderland Story" (Season 15)	2
Alison Fernandez	Zara Amaro (Amaro's daughter)	"Missing Pieces" (Season 13)	"Padre Sandungeuro" (Season 16)	10
Laura Benanti	Maria Grazie (Amaro's ex-wife)	"Spiraling Down" (Season 13)	"Thought Criminal" (Season 15)	9
Lindsay Pulsipher	Kim Rollins (Rollins' sister)	"Friending Emily" (Season 14)	"Heightened Emotions" (Season 18)	4
Jaden Matthew Rodriguez	Gilberto Mancheno (Amaro's son)	"Undercover Blue" (Season 14)	"Granting Immunity" (Season 16)	4
Uncredited actor Skyler Dubow Bradley Dubow Nawada-Braunwart Ryan Buggle	Noah Porter-Benson (Benson's adopted son)	"Wednesday's Child" (Season 15)	"Chasing Demons" (Season 19)	39
Uncredited actress Charlotte Cabell Vivian Cabell	Jesse Rollins (Rollins' daughter)	"Catfishing Teacher" (Season 17)	"Pathological" (Season 18)	7

Friends

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Charlie Tahan	Calvin Arliss (Benson's temporary legal ward)	"Trophy" (Season 12)	"Missing Pieces" (Season 13)	4
Andrea Navedo	Cynthia Mancheno (Gilberto's mother)	"Undercover Blue" (Season 14)	"Her Negotiation" (Season 14)	3
Frannie Mae Giddish	Frannie (Rollin's dog)	"Her Negotiation" (Season 14)	"Heightened Emotions" (Season 18)	7
Thomas Sadoski	Nate Davis (Rollins' GA sponser)	"Rapist Anonymous" (Season 15)	"Gridiron Soldier" (Season 15)	2
Mel Harris	Eileen Switzer (Cragen's girlfriend)	"Rapist Anonymous" (Season 15)	"Amaro's One-Eighty" (Season 15)	2
Bronwyn Reed	Lucy Huston (Benson's nanny)	"Girls Disappeared" (Season 16)	"Real Fake News" (Season 18)	10

Rape victims

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Tracy Pollan	Harper Anderson	"Closure (Part I)" (Season 1)	"Closure (Part II)" (Season 2)	2
Joseph Sikora	Jason Gambel	"Trophy" (Season 12)	"Rescue" (Season 12)	2
Sofia Vassilieva	Sarah Walsh	"True Believers" (Season 13)	"Wonderland Story" (Season 15)	2
Jamila Velazquez	Pilar Morenas	"Acceptable Loss" (Season 14)	"Surrendering Noah" (Season 16)	3
Skyler Day	Renee Clark	"Girl Dishonored" (Season 14)	"Comic Perversion" (Season 15)	2
Stefanie Scott	Clare Wilson	"Jersey Breakdown" (Season 15)	"Gambler's Fallacy" (Season 15)	2
Danika Yarosh	Ariel Thornhill	"Undercover Mother" (Season 16)	"Surrendering Noah" (Season 16)	2
Emily Althaus	Jessie	"Undercover Mother" (Season 16)	"Surrendering Noah" (Season 16)	2
Danielle Burgess	Nina Soren	"Undercover Mother" (Season 16)	"Surrendering Noah" (Season 16)	2
Margaret Borlando	Margaret Kenswick	"Manhattan Transfer" (Season 17)	"Unholiest Alliance" (Season 17)	2
Yainis Ynoa	Natalia Diaz	"Manhattan Transfer" (Season 17)	"Unholiest Alliance" (Season 17)	2
Rebecca Gruss	Danielle Backerly	"Manhattan Transfer" (Season 17)	"Unholiest Alliance" (Season 17)	2
Melanie Chandra	Lela Samra	"American Dream" (Season 18)	"Sanctuary" (Season 18)	2

Criminals

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Neil Maffin	Kenneth Cleary	"Closure (Part I)" (Season 1)	"Closure (Part II)" (Season 2)	2
Marlee Matlin	New York City, New Horizons Fertility Clinic Lab Doctor Amy Solwey	"Painless" (Season 5)	"Parts" (Season 6)	2
J.C. MacKenzie	Brian Ackerman	"Raw" (Season 7)	"Penetration" (Season 12)	2
Kevin Tighe	Gregory Searle	"Avatar" (Season 9)	"Sheltered Outcasts" (Season 17)	2
Maria Bello	Vivian Arliss	"Trophy" (Season 12)	"Rescue" (Season 12)	2
Kat Foster	Sarah Hoyt	"Trophy" (Season 12)	"Rescue" (Season 12)	2
Robin DeJesus	Jose Silva	"Father's Shadow" (Season 13)	"Nationwide Manhunt" (Season 17)	5
Eric Kappenberg	Former New York City Police Department (N.Y.P.D.), 27th Precinct, Manhattan Officer Anthony Parker	"Home Invasions" (Season 13)	"Gridiron Soldier" (Season 15)	2
Bridget Barkan	Lisa Everly	"Strange Beauty" (Season 13)	"Brief Interlude" (Season 14)	3
Brooke Smith	Delia Wilson	"Rhodium Nights" (Season 13)	"Above Suspicion" (Season 14)	3
Peter Jacobson	Bart Ganzel	"Rhodium Nights" (Season 13)	"Above Suspicion" (Season 14)	3
Pippa Black	Carissa Gibson	"Rhodium Nights" (Season 13)	"Lost Reputation" (Season 14)	2
Amy Hargreaves	Iris Peterson	"Rhodium Nights" (Season 13)	"Lost Reputation" (Season 14)	2
Tom Sizemore	Lewis Hodda	"Manhattan Vigil" (Season 14)	"Depravity Standard" (Season 17)	2
Theis Weckesser	Jeff Parker	"Friending Emily" (Season 14)	"Deadly Ambition" (Season 14)	2
Coy DeLuca	Earl Talley	"Friending Emily" (Season 14)	"Poisoned Motive" (Season 14)	2
Pablo Schreiber	William Lewis	"Her Negotiation" (Season 14)	"Post-Mortem Blues" (Season 15)	7
Sarah Bisman	Bronwyn Freed-Wilkins	"Psycho/Therapist" (Season 15)	"Nationwide Manhunt" (Season 17)	5
Alex Hernandez	Carlos Hernandez	"Betrayal's Climax" (Season 15)	"Beast's Obsession" (Season 15)	2
Joshua Malina	Simon Wilkes	"Thought Criminal" (Season 15)	"Spring Awakening" (Season 15)	2
Gavion-Keith Umeh	Augustino Aguilar	"Spring Awakening" (Season 15)	"Girls Disappeared" (Season 16)	2
Laura Gomez	Selena Cruz	"Girls Disappeared" (Season 16)	"Surrendering Noah" (Season 16)	3
Jas Anderson	Arthur Jones	"Undercover Mother" (Season 16)	"Surrendering Noah" (Season 16)	2
Charles Halford	Johnny Drake	"Undercover Mother" (Season 16)	"Surrendering Noah" (Season 16)	2
Dallas Roberts	Doctor Greg Yates	"Daydream Believer" (Season 16)	"Nationwide Manhunt" (Season 17)	4
Kate Elizabeth Young	Melora	"Maternal Instincts" (Season 17)	"Catfishing Teacher" (Season 17)	2
Johnny Rivera	Felipe Heredio	"Intersecting Lives" (Season 17)	"Heartfelt Passages" (Season 17)	2
Tyler Elliot Burke	Mitchell Jenkins	"American Dream" (Season 18)	"Sanctuary" (Season 18)	2
Ben Thompson	Steven Cole	"American Dream" (Season 18)	"Sanctuary" (Season 18)	2
Gil Perez-Abraham	Hector Ramirez	"American Dream" (Season 18)	"Sanctuary" (Season 18)	2
Brooke Shields	Sheila Porter	"Contrapasso" (Season 19)	"Pathological" (Season 19)	6

Others

Actor	Character	First episode	Last episode	Number of appearances
Steven Zirnkilton	Opening Announcer / Narrator	"Payback" (Season 1)	N/A	Over 300
Evy O'Pourke	Meredith Cleary	"Closure (Part I)" (Season 1)	"Closure (Part II)" (Season 2)	2
Roy Milton Davis	Charlie the Homeless man	"Blast" (Season 7)	"Child's Welfare" (Season 13)	3
Tiffany Thompson	Angela Bowden	"Venom" (Season 7)	"Screwed" (Season 8)	2
Chike Johnson	Victor Tate	"Unstable" (Season 11)	"Confidential" (Season 11)	2
Miguel Pinzon	Jace	"Blood Brothers" (Season 13)	"Criminal Hatred" (Season 14)	2
Aisha De Haas	Yvette Wedmore	"True Believers" (Season 13)	"Wonderland Story" (Season 15)	2
Gavin Lee	Dennis Griscomb	"Lost Traveler" (Season 13)	"Street Revenge" (Season 13)	2
Dominic Fumusa	United States Army, Captain Jason Harris	"Spiraling Down" (Season 13)	"Street Revenge" (Season 13)	2
Olivia Ford	Marisol Pavel	"Learning Curve" (Season 13)	"Betrayal's Climax" (Season 15)	2
Mili Avital	Laurie Colfax	"Manhattan Vigil" (Season 14)	"Depravity Standard" (Season 17)	2
Liza Colon-Zayas	Delores Rodriguez	"Manhattan Vigil" (Season 14)	"Depravity Standard" (Season 17)	2
Emily Dorsch	Hannah Schwartz	"Born Psychopath" (Season 14)	"Granting Immunity" (Season 16)	2
Jenna Rampage Rodriguez	Luisa Nunez	"Surrender Benson" (Season 15)	"Psycho/Therapist" (Season 15)	2
Lauren Noble	Manhattan District Attorney's Office, ADA Rafael Barba's Assistant Carmen	"Military Justice" (Season 15)	"Genes" (Season 18)	7
Lily Pilblad	Amelia Cole	"Beast's Obsession" (Season 15)	"Post-Mortem Blues" (Season 15)	2
Kate Blumberg	Mrs. Wilkes	"Thought Criminal" (Season 15)	"Spring Awakening" (Season 15)	2
Sara Contreras	Alminia Aguilar	"Spring Awakening" (Season 15)	"Girls Disappeared" (Season 16)	2
Griffin Matthews	Leslie Connolly	"Glasgowman's Wrath" (Season 16)	"Intimidation Game" (Season 16)	2
Lili Taylor	Martha Thornhill	"Undercover Mother" (Season 16)	"Surrendering Noah" (Season 16)	2
Kathleen Chalfant	President Roberts	"Pornstar's Requiem" (Season 16)	"Devastating Story" (Season 16)	2
Donnetta Lavinia Grays	Linda Bagley	"Chicago Crossover" (Season 16)	"Forty-One Witnesses" (Season 17)	2
Mary Bacon	Susie Frain	"Daydream Believer" (Season 16)	"Criminal Pathology" (Season 17)	3
Cody Lindquist	Brooke Groves Norwalk	"Devil's Dissections" (Season 17)	"Criminal Pathology" (Season 17)	2
Ramón Franco	New York Department of Corrections, Rikers Island, Union Representative Tony Rodriguez	"Intersecting Lives" (Season 17)	"Heartfelt Passages" (Season 17)	2
Karina Logue	Lisa Munson	"Intersecting Lives" (Season 17)	"Heartfelt Passages" (Season 17)	2
Isabel Harper Leight	Annie Munson	"Intersecting Lives" (Season 17)	"Heartfelt Passages" (Season 17)	2
Rowan Williams	Tommy Munson	"Intersecting Lives" (Season 17)	"Heartfelt Passages" (Season 17)	2
Poorna Jagannathan	Maya Samra	"American Dream" (Season 18)	"Sanctuary" (Season 18)	2
Massiel Mordan	Soledad Ramirez	"American Dream" (Season 18)	"Sanctuary" (Season 18)	2