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Christopher Peter Meloni (also known as Chris
Meloni, or Christopher Meloni) (b. April 2, 1961)
is an American actor best known for his role as
Detective Elliot Stabler in the TV series Law &
Order: Special Victims Unit. Meloni is married to
Sherman Williams and they have 2 children, Sophia
and Dante.

Meloni started his acting career at the University
of Colorado at Boulder, where he did his
undergraduate studies. He has also worked as a
bouncer, bartender, construction worker, and
personal trainer.

Meloni worked his way up the acting ladder with
short-lived TV series and bit parts in a number of
films. His first noticeable role was as the
hotheaded son of a Mafia Don in the 1996 lesbian
thriller Bound (movie)|Bound. His first real
moment of stardom came from his controversial role
as bisexuality|bisexual sociopath Chris Keller in
the HBO prison drama Oz (TV series)|Oz. The role
called for him to passionately kiss and touch
other men, frequently submit to rear and full
frontal nudity, and even urinate into a bucket.
Meloni's raw magnetism and affable reaction
towards the open sexuality of his character earned
him press attention and legions of fans,
particularly within the gay community. In 1999 he
even jokingly kissed his onscreen partner Lee
Tergesen at an awards dinner for GLAAD. L&O
producer Dick Wolf, impressed by Meloni's acting
abilities, signed him up for L&O:SVU in 1999,
where he has remained ever since. From 1999 to
2003 he appeared on both shows simultaneously.

His most recent movie appearance was as Freakshow
in the independent comedy Harold & Kumar Go to
White Castle. He has also appeared in Fear and
Loathing in Las Vegas, Wet Hot American Summer,
and after director Garry Marshall saw him on "Oz",
he was cast as Julia Roberts' fiance in The
Runaway Bride. In 2002 he gave an acclaimed
performance as detective Mark Fuhrman in TV-movie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339422/ Murder in
Greenwich.

==External Links==

*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005221/ IMDb entry 
*http://www.christopher-meloni.com/ Official
website
*http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/Meloni,_Christoph
er/Pictures/ Christopher Meloni Pictures