Christopher Meloni Biography
Christopher Peter Meloni is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special victims Unit for its first 12 seasons and its spin-off Law & Order: Organized Crime, and as inmate Chris Keller on the HBO prison drama Oz. In June 2012, he returned to HBO as the Vampire Roman on the main cast of True Blood for the series’ fifth season.
The actor also starred in and executive produced the Syfy series Happy! from 2017 to 2019. His films include Man of Steel, Wet Hot American summer, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, 12 Monkeys, Runaway Bride, 42, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
How old is Christopher Meloni? – Age
The American actor is 60 years old as of 2nd April 2021. He was born in 1961 in Washington, D.C., United States.
Who are Christopher Meloni Parents? – Father and mother
The American actor is the youngest of three children of Cecile, a homemaker, and Charles Robert Meloni, an endocrinologist.
Christopher Meloni Siblings
He has an elder brother and sister. His maternal ancestry is French Canadian, and he is a descendant of Matthias Farnsworth.
Christopher Meloni Education
The actor attended St. Stephen’s School in Alexandria, Virginia, and played quarterback on the football team. He studied acting at the University of Colorado at Boulder and graduated with a degree in history in 1983. After graduation, Meloni went to New York where he continued his studies with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse school of the Theatre as well as the Center for the Media Arts.
Is Christopher Meloni in a relationship? – Spouse
The American actor is a married man. He married Doris Sherman Meloni, a production designer, on July 1, 1995. They have two children, daughter Sophia Eva Pietra Meloni who was born on March 23, 2001 and son Dante Amadeo Meloni who was born on January 2, 2004.
Christopher Meloni Tattoos
The actor has a Cubist-inspired representation of the crucifixion of Christ tattooed on his upper left arm, a butterfly tattoo on his left upper thigh, and a Chinese astrological chart of his family on his right lower leg.
Christopher Meloni Career
The American actor worked as a construction worker prior to getting his acting break. He has also worked as a bouncer, bartender, and personal trainer. He started acting and his first noticeable role was the hotheaded son of a Mafia don in the 1996 thriller Bound. He played criminal Jimmy Liery in eight episodes of NYPD Blue during 1996-1997 and the fiancé of Julia Roberts’s character in the 1999 romantic comedy Runaway Bride.
From 1998 to 2003, the actor portrayed the bisexual criminal Chris Keller on the HBO series Oz. He played Elliot Stabler on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 1999. Meloni appeared on both Oz and Law & Order: SVU simultaneously until Oz went off the air in 2003.
He was nominated for the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Elliot Stabler. On March 31, 2020, the actor announced that he would be reprising his role of Stabler in the Law & Order franchise on a new spin-off show titled Law & Order: Organized Crime. He also appeared in a cross-over event during season 22 of SVU.
The actor returned to his comedic roots as the character Gene in Wet Hot American Summer in 2001, the puppet-loving pediatrician Dr. Norris in a 2003 episode of Scrubs, and the character of “Freakshow” in the 2004 comedy Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. He made a cameo in its sequel, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, as “The Grand Wizard”.
In 2004 and 2006, respectively, Meloni competed in the fourth and the eighth series of Bravo’s Celebrity poker showdown; in the eighth series he finished in second place, behind Robin Tunney, and ahead of Macy Gray, Joy Behar and Andy Dick. He played for Feed the Children.
He also appeared on Celebrity Jeopardy! on November 10, 2006, defeating fellow Law & Order stars Sam Waterston and Kathryn Erbe. Meloni split his $50,000 charity prize between the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Program and the Montefiore Advocacy Center.
In 2005, he appeared on Episode 107 of MTV2’s adult puppet show Wonder Showzen in a series of parody public service announcements warning of the threat of cooties. He also had an uncredited role as a gay hotel desk clerk in Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas.
In 2012, the actor joined the cast of True Blood during the series’ fifth season as Roman, a “powerful, 500-year-old vampire who sits at the head of the table of the Vampire Authority.”
Meloni played Colonel Hardy, a supporting role, in the Superman reboot film Man of Steel, which was released in 2013. That year, he also played Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher in the historical baseball feature 42. Meloni then starred in the 2014 comedy They Came Together. He also stars as John Taylor in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops III. Meloni starred in and executive produced the Syfy series Happy!, based on the comic book series created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Darick Robertson, which premiered in 2017. The series was canceled on June 4, 2019.
In 2018, Meloni guest starred in two episodes of the FX drama series Pose, opposite Dominique Jackson. He then appeared on the third season of The Handmaid’s Tale as Commander Winslow in 2019.
Christopher Meloni Net worth
The American actor has an estimated net worth of around $30 million as of 2021.