Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 American police procedural crime drama television series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often shortened to Law & Order: SVU) is an American television spin-off of the original police drama series Law & Order which is set in New York City, inside the fictional 16th precinct of Manhattan.
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | |
|---|---|
 Series Logo | |
| Created by | Dick Wolf |
| Starring | Christopher Meloni Mariska Hargitay Richard Belzer Dann Florek Michelle Hurd Stephanie March Ice-T B.D. Wong Diane Neal Tamara Tunie Adam Beach Michaela McManus Danny Pino Kelly Giddish Raul Esparza Peter Scanavino Jamie Grey Hyder Demore Barnes Octavio Pisano |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 24 |
| No. of episodes | 538 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 40–43 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 20, 1999 – present |
Cast change
- Christopher Meloni as Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as John Munch
- Dann Florek as Donald Cragen
- Michelle Hurd as Monique Jeffries
- Stephanie March as Alexandra Cabot
- Ice-T as Odafin "Fin" Tutuola
- B.D. Wong as George Huang
- Diane Neal as Casey Novak
- Tamara Tunie as Melinda Warner
- Adam Beach as Chester Lake
- Michaela McManus as Kim Greylek
- Danny Pino as Nick Amaro
- Kelli Gaddish as Amanda Rollins
- Raul Esparza as Rafael Barba
- Peter Scanavino as Dominick "Sonny" Carisi Jr.
- Philip Winchester as Peter Stone
- Jamie Grey Hyder as Katriona "Kat" Tamin
- Demore Barnes as Christian Garland
- Octavio Pisano as Joe Velasco
Other websites change
- Official websites for the show from NBC
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on IMDb
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit at TV.com
