Main characters

Announcer

• Steven Zirnkilton provides the introductory voiceover in all four Law & Order franchise series

Police Officers

Sergeant

Detectives

Junior Detectives

Supervising Officers

Prosecutors

Executive/Bureau Chief Prosecutors

Junior Prosecutors

District Attorneys

Other main characters

Recurring Characters

Assistant District Attorneys

Medical Examiners

CSU Investigators/Crime Lab Technicians

Police and District Attorney Psychiatrists/Psychologists

Miscellaneous Doctors

Other Law Enforcement Officers

Judges

Arraignment Judges

Trial Judges

Appellate Judges

Defense Attorneys

Public Defenders

High-Priced Attorneys

"Issues" Attorneys

Other Lawyers

Notable Appearances

Defendants/Suspects

Law & Order

• Liam Aiken as Jack Ericson in "Disappeared"
• Karen Allen as Judith Sandler in "Survivor"
• Adam Arkin as George Costas in "Self Defense"
• Lucie Arnaz as Jackie Scott in "B*tch"
• Sean Astin as Pastor Hensley in "Angelgrove"
• William Atherton as Don Snyder in "Dazzled"
• Jayne Atkinson as Dr. Claire Snyder in "Dazzled"
• Erick Avari as Ravi Patel in "Floater"
• Michael Badalucco as Davey Zifrin in "Jurisdiction"
• Dylan Baker as Aaron Downing in "Flight"
• Chris Bauer as Mickey Scott in "Aftershock"
• Jennifer Beals as Sophia Archer in "Charity Case"
• Julie Benz as Dawn Sterling in "Church"
• Tom Berenger as Dean Tyler in "Panic"
• Lara Flynn Boyle as Dawn Talley in "Submission"
• Spencer Breslin as Nicholas Waring in "Cherished"
• Scott Bryce as Steven Tashjian in "Barter"
• Cara Buono as Alice Simonelli in "Punk"
• Cara Buono as Shelly Taggert in "Girlfriends"
• Gary Busey as Tommy Vega in "Formerly Famous"
• Bobby Cannavale as J.P. Lang in "Murder Book"
• Bobby Cannavale as Randy Porter in "Hitman"
• Amy Carlson as Collette Connolly in "The Dead Wives' Club"
• Lynda Carter as Lorraine Dillon in "Flaw"
• Chevy Chase as Mitch Carroll in "In Vino Veritas"
• Patricia Clarkson as Laura Winthrop in "By Hooker, By Crook"
• Scott Cohen as Eddie Newman in "D-Girl," "Turnaround," and "Showtime"
• Frances Conroy as Rosa Halasy in "Disciple"
• Frances Conroy as Elizabeth Hendrick in "Prisoner of Love"
• Kevin Conway as Lieutenant John Flynn in "Corruption"
• Lindsay Crouse as Dr. Diane Meade in "Promises to Keep"
• Jon Cypher as Harlan Graham in "Surrender Dorothy"
• Jon Cypher as Jerome Kamen in "Guardian"
• Claire Danes as Tracy Brandt in "Skin Deep"
• Kamar de los Reyes as Aberto Moretti in "Dining Out"
• John Doe as Teddy Connor in "Blaze"
• David Dukes as David Moore in "Stiff"
• Kevin Dunn as Arnie MacLaren in "Publish and Perish"
• Nora Dunn as Rosalie Schaffner in "Home Sweet"
• Dana Elcar as Robert Cook in "Virus"
• Vera Farmiga as Lindsay Rigg Carson in "Expert"
• Robert Foxworth as Dr. Frederick Barrett in "Shrunk"
• Victor Garber as Paul Sandig in "Savages"
• Karen Lynn Gorney as Iris Corman in "Cradle to Grave"
• Peter Greene as Francis "Taz" Partell in "Bronx Cheer"
• David Groh as Dr. Jacob Lowenstein in "Indifference" and "Fixed"
• David Groh as Judge Joel Thayer in "Censure"
• Paul Guilfoyle as Anthony Scalisi in "Everybody's Favorite Bagman"
• Bob Gunton as Gil Himes in "Happily Ever After"
• Luis Guzmán as Cesar Pescador in "Heaven"
• Lisa Gay Hamilton as Denise Johnson in "Purple Heart"
• Harry Hamlin as Senator Randall Bailey in "The Family Hour"
• Anthony Heald as Ian O'Connell in "The Troubles"
• Anthony Heald as Councilman Spencer Talbert in "Virtue"
• John Heard as Walter Grobman in "DNR"
• Philip Seymour Hoffman as Steven Hanauer in "The Violence of Summer"
• Felicity Huffman as Hillary Colson in "Working Mom"
• Michelle Hurd as Angela Roney in "Entrapment"
• Michael Imperioli as Johnny Stivers in "Atonement"
• Bill Irwin as Ellison Conway in "Bogeyman"
• Željko Ivanek as Richard Kaplan in "Gov Love"
• January Jones as Jane Doe, a.k.a. Kim Brody, in "Quit Claim"
• Nicky Katt as Isaac "Ike" Krantz in "Bling"
• Daniel Hugh Kelly as Councilman Kevin Crossley in "Pride"
• Daniel Hugh Kelly as Julian Spector in "Empire"
• Robert Klein as Rick Mason in "Sweeps"
• Shirley Knight as Melanie Cullen in "The Wages of Love"
• James LeGros as Dwight Jacobs in "Red Ball"
• Melissa Leo as Donna Cheponis in "Personae Non Grata"
• Laura Linney as Martha Bowen in "Blue Bamboo"
• William H. Macy as Jack Powell in "Sisters of Mercy"
• Logan Marshall-Green as Kyle Mellors in "Evil Breeds"
• Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green in "Burn Card"
• Richard Masur as Judge Andrew Wolinsky in "Justice"
• Paul McCrane as James Lee Pawl in "Jurisdiction"
• James McDaniel as Michael Ingrams in "Mushrooms"
• Michael McKean as Elias Grace in "Mega"
• Michael McKean as Bill Nolan in "Called Home"
• Tomás Milián as Colonel Emiliano Pantoya in "Vaya Con Dios"
• Larry Miller as Michael Dobson in "Coma" and "Encore"
• Cathy Moriarty as Lorraine Coblin in "For Love or Money"
• Joe Morton as Roland Books in "Conspiracy"
• Michael Murphy as Nolan Tinsdale in "Armed Forces"
• Cynthia Nixon as Laura Di Biasi in "Subterranean Homeboy Blues"
• Michael O'Keefe as Cally and Donald Lonegan in "Brother's Keeper"
• Vincent Pastore as John Furini in "House Counsel"
• Mandy Patinkin as Levi "The Gryphon" March, a.k.a. Glenn Fordyce, in "Absentia"
• Sarah Paulson as Maggie Conner in "Family Values"
• Amanda Peet as Leslie Harlan in "Hot Pursuit"
• Nehemiah Persoff as David Steinmetz in "Night & Fog"
• Wendell Pierce as Chief Ola-Gimju Nwaka in "Consultation"
• Tonya Pinkins as Angela Young in "Hindsight"
• Ellen Pompeo as Laura Kendrick in "Fools for Love"
• Ellen Pompeo as Jenna Weber in "Savior"
• Molly Price as Allison Ashburn in "Choice of Evils"
• James Rebhorn as Albert Lawrence Cheney in "Vengeance"
• Roger Rees as Wyatt Scofield in "Kid Pro Quo"
• Peter Riegert as Jerold Dixon in "Deceit"
• Michael Rispoli as Johnny DiMaio in "Faccia a Faccia"
• Julia Roberts as Katrina Ludlow in "Empire"’
• Sebastian Roché as Clarence "C-Square" Carmichael in "Discord"
• Sebastian Roché as Ken Taylor in "Patsy"
• Sam Rockwell as Randy Borland in "Intolerance"
• Michael Rooker as Jamie Yost in "Executioner"
• Andrea Roth as Marley Emerson in "Mammon"
• Mercedes Ruehl as Zina Rybakov in "All in the Family"
• Deborah Rush as Frances Houston in "Blood"
• Miguel Sandoval as Dr. Miguel Clemente in "Admissions"
• Amy Ryan as Valerie Messick in "Family Friend"
• Steve Schirripa as Frederico "Books" Libretti in "Nowhere Man"
• Nestor Serrano as Deputy Attorney General Alec Conroy in "Ego"
• John Shea as John David Myers in "Shrunk"
• Frances Sternhagen as Estelle Muller in "Legacy"
• Peter Strauss as Dr. Paul Cedars in "Coming Down Hard"
• Patrick Stump as Marty Dressler in "Darkness"
• Skipp Sudduth as Hank Chapel in "Act of God"
• Daniel Sunjata as Kenny Tremont in "Mammon"
• Linda Thorson as Martha Taylor in "Possession"
• Courtney B. Vance as Benjamin "Bud" Greer in "Rage"
• Ally Walker as Gretchen Steel in "Driven"
• Kate Walsh as Lieutenant Kirstin Blair in "Navy Blues"
• Estella Warren as April Troost in "Flaw"
• Kerry Washington as Allie Lawrence in "3 Dawg Night"
• Fritz Weaver as Philip Woodleigh in "Sonata for Solo Organ"
• Frank Whaley as John McDowell in "Access Nation"
• Clarence Williams III as Latiff Miller in "Burn, Baby, Burn"
• Malik Yoba as Pat Williams in "Wager"
• Burt Young as Lewis Darnell in "Mad Dog"
• Lisa Zane as Sophia Keener in "Cost of Capital"
• Michael Zaslow as Willard Tappan in "Scoundrels"

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

• Jon Abrahams as Robert Logan in "Mother"
• Laura Allen as Cass Magnall in "Alternate"
• Christine Andreas as Ricki Austin in "Abuse"
• Will Arnett as Tony Damon in "Angels"
• Dana Ashbrook as James "Paddy" Kendall in "Haystack"
• Elizabeth Banks as Jaina Jansen in "Sacrifice"
• Barbara Barrie as Paula Haggerty in "Perfect"
• Steven Bauer as Raphael Gardner in "Paternity"
• Adam Beach as Detective Chester Lake in "Cold"
• Michael Beach as Assistant District Attorney Andy Abbott in "Lowdown"