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The first season of ''Law & Order'' premiered on Canada's CTV on September 11, 1990. In the USA, NBC aired its first episode on September 13, 1990, and concluded on June 9, 1991. The season consists of 22 episodes. It was the only season to feature George Dzundza as Max Greevey. It was the first season to include a longer opening sequence and theme (at 81 seconds). And it was also the first season to include Chris Noth as Junior Detective Mike Logan, Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen, Michael Moriarty as Executive Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone, Richard Brooks as Assistant District Attorney Paul Robinette and Steven Hill as District Attorney Adam Schiff. Overview Everybody's Favorite Bagman was produced in 1988 for CBS and was intended as the pilot episode of the series. CBS were concerned by the intensity of the episode and series and chose against airing it. ''Law & Order'' was picked up by NBC who ordered a full season, with "Prescription for Death" as the premie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law & Order Season 2
The second season of ''Law & Order'' aired on NBC between September 17, 1991, and May 12, 1992. This season marked the first death of a main character, as George Dzundza had departed the series after the conclusion of the first season. The death of his character Max Greevey is shown in the season premiere. Carolyn McCormick makes her first recurring appearance as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet. Cast and characters Phil Cerreta (played by Paul Sorvino) replaced season 1's Max Greevey (George Dzundza) in the role of senior detective. The cast was otherwise unchanged. Jerry Orbach made his initial appearance in the series in the episode "The Wages of Love", playing defense attorney Frank Lehrman; he would become a member of the principal cast beginning the next season after Paul Sorvino left, playing Senior Detective Sergeant Phil Cerreta’s replacement Senior Detective Lennie Briscoe Leonard W. Briscoe is a fictional character on NBC's long-running police procedural and legal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Van Buren
Anita Van Buren is a fictional character on NBC's long-running police procedural and legal drama television series ''Law & Order'', portrayed by S. Epatha Merkerson. The character of Van Buren was an "authoritative lieutenant" in the New York City Police Department, New York Police Department, who supervised teams of detectives who worked out in the field, and originally served as "commander of the 27th Precinct Detective Squad." The fictional Van Buren achieved the rank of NYPD lieutenant before any actual policewoman in New York did so, creating a "dissonance" with reality. Van Buren appeared in 390 episodes of ''Law & Order.'' When she crossed the 300-episode mark in 2008, Lt. Van Buren became the longest-running African-American character in television history. In 1997, it was noted that "Van Buren was one of the first and is still one of the few female African-American characters in network television to hold a position of power standing over the desks of white professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Bamman
Gerald G. Bamman (born September 18, 1941) is an American actor and playwright. He is best known for playing Uncle Frank in the films '' Home Alone'' (1990) and '' Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' (1992), and has also guest starred in several television series. Early life and education Bamman was born on September 18, 1941, in Independence, Kansas, the son of Mary M. (née Farrell) and Harry W. Bamman. He studied at St. Francis de Sales School and later graduated from New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ... with an MFA degree. Career Bamman appeared with Fran Brill and Alyssa Milano in '' Old Enough'' (1984) and also in the Michael J. Fox film '' The Secret of My Success'' (1987). He had a minor role in '' Cocktail'' (1988) before portraying hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erick Avari
Erick Avari (born Nariman Erick Avari; 13 April 1952) is an Indian-American actor whose roles in science-fiction and action productions include ''Stargate'' (1994), ''Independence Day'' (1996), and ''The Mummy'' (1999), as well as the historical drama '' The Chosen'' (2019). Early life Erick Avari was born on 13 April 1952 in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, into a Parsi Zoroastrian family. His father, Erach Dinshaw Avari, ran two movie theatres, the Capital and the Rink. His early education was at the North Point School, which he attended as a day-scholar. He later studied at the College of Charleston. Avari is a member of the Avari-Madan family of Darjeeling and Calcutta. His great-great-grandfather was Jamshedji Framji Madan, one of the pioneers of Indian cinema. Career Avari is one of only two actors, along with Alexis Cruz, to appear in both the original ''Stargate'' movie and the continuing TV series ''Stargate SG-1'' (three episodes). Before arriving in Los Angeles i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Altman
Bruce Altman (born July 3, 1955) is an American film and television actor. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. Personal life Altman was born in The Bronx, New York. He is of Jewish Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ... background. He is married to Darcy M. McGraw, a lawyer and law professor since 1982. They have one child. His daughter, Anna, died November 11, 2013 in New Haven, Connecticut, at age 24. Filmography Film Television References External links * American male film actors American male television actors Entertainers from the Bronx Jewish American male actors Male actors from the Bronx 1955 births Living people David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni American people of Jewish descent {{US-screen-actor- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Erika Alexander
Erika Rose Alexander (born November 19, 1969) is an American actress, writer, producer, entrepreneur and activist who played the roles of Pam Tucker on the NBC sitcom ''The Cosby Show'' from 1990 to 1992, and Maxine Shaw on the Fox sitcom ''Living Single'' from 1993 to 1998. She has won numerous awards for her work on ''Living Single'', including two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series.Means, Coleman R. R. African American Viewers and the Black Situation Comedy: Situating Racial Humor'. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 2014. p. 134. Her film credits include ''The Long Walk Home'' (1990), '' 30 Years to Life'' (2001), ''Déjà Vu'' (2006), ''Get Out'' (2017), '' American Refugee'' (2021), '' Earth Mama'' (2023) and '' American Fiction'' (2023), for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance. Early life and education Alexander was born on November 19, 1969, in Winslow, Arizona, and raised in Flagstaff, Arizona, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorraine Toussaint
Lorraine Toussaint ( born April 4, 1960) is a Trinidadian–born actress based in the United States. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Black Reel Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Toussaint began her career in theatre, before supporting performances in films such as '' Breaking In'' (1989), ''Hudson Hawk'' (1991), and ''Dangerous Minds'' (1995). As a lead actress, she is best known for her role as Rene Jackson in the critically acclaimed Lifetime television drama series '' Any Day Now'', from 1998 to 2002, and her recurring role as defense attorney Shambala Green in the NBC legal drama ''Law & Order''. She later appeared as a regular cast member in the NBC police procedural ''Crossing Jordan'' (2002–03) and the TNT crime drama '' Saving Grace'' (2007–10). Toussaint received critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her performance in the 2012 drama film '' Middle of Nowhere'', written and di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Pais
Joshua Atwill Pais (born June 21, 1958) is an American actor and acting coach. He has appeared in the films ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (1990), ''Music of the Heart'' (1999), ''Assassination of a High School President'' (2008), '' I Saw the Light'' (2015) and ''Motherless Brooklyn'' (2019). He also appeared in nine episodes of ''Ray Donovan''. He is also the director of the 2002 documentary ''7th Street'' (the street he grew up on in Alphabet City, Manhattan) depicting various personages living there between the years 1992–2002. Early life Pais was born in New York City, and is the son of Lila Lee (née Atwill), a painter and poet, and Dutch-born physicist, professor, and writer Abraham Pais. His father was from a Jewish family of Portuguese descent, and his mother converted to Judaism. Career He has appeared in Hollywood films including ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (in which he was both in the costume and was the voice) as Raphael, ''Music of the Heart'', ''Scream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Hodge
Michael Hodge (February 24, 1947 – September 9, 2017) was an American actor and labor union executive known for his recurring roles on ''Law & Order'' and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', where he often portrayed judges and detectives. Hodge was a longtime union activist and board member for the former Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and its successor, SAG-AFTRA, for more than sixteen years. In 2001, Hodge was elected to the national board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). He was first elected President of SAG's New York City chapter in 2010 (SAG merged with AFTRA in 2012 to form the present union, SAG-AFTRA). Hodge was re-elected as the President of SAG-AFTRA New York local in August 2017, and served until his death a month later. Early life and education Hodge was born in McComas, West Virginia, on February 24, 1947. He received his Bachelor of Arts from West Virginia University, where he also minored in theater. Career Hodge worked for ''The Washington Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Bosco
Philip Michael Bosco (September 26, 1930 – December 3, 2018) was an American actor. He was known for his Tony Award-winning performance as Saunders in the 1989 Broadway production of '' Lend Me a Tenor'', and for his starring role in the 2007 film '' The Savages''. Bosco won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1988. Early life Philip Michael Bosco was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on September 26, 1930, to Margaret Raymond (née Thek), a policewoman, and Philip Lupo Bosco, a carnival worker. His father was of Italian descent and his mother was of German descent. Bosco attended St. Peter's Preparatory School in Jersey City, and later studied drama at Catholic University of America, where he had notable success in the title role of William Shakespeare's ''Richard III''. Career Bosco began his career in Broadway theatre and earned a Tony Award nomination for his debut in ''The Rape of the Belt'' in 1960. Bosco spent the next three decades supporting major stars in classic revivals like ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanya Berezin
Tanya Berezin (March 25, 1941 – November 29, 2023) was an American actress, co-founder and an artistic director of Circle Repertory Company in New York City, and educator. She performed on Broadway and Off-Broadway, and also appeared in a number of films and television series. Early life and education Berezin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 25, 1941. She attended Boston University College of Fine Arts, where her roommate was Faye Dunaway. In the 1960s she trained with acting teacher, Jim Tuttle, in the Meisner Technique. In 1963, she arrived in New York and began performing. While performing in summer stock she met and married Rob Thirkield, who introduced her to experimental theaters in New York, including La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club and Caffe Cino. Thirkield also introduced her to two others would play important roles in her life, Marshall W. Mason and Lanford Wilson.Vilga, Edward. ''Acting Now: Conversations on Craft and Career''. Rutgers University P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
