"In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups – the police who investigate crime, and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories." (audio)
Jerry Orbach dead at 69 - 12/29/04
Cast – Current & Past
| Current in yellow |
| Category | Character | Actor | Seasons (1=Oct '90) Photo
| ORDER
| Captain/Lt. | Capt. Don Cragen | Dann Florek
| 1-3 | 
Lt. Anita Van Buren
| S. Epatha Merkerson | 4- | 
Detectives
| Max Greevey | George Dzundza | 1 | | 
Mike Logan | Chris Noth | 1-5 | | 
Phil Cerreta | Paul Sorvino | 2-3 | | 
Lennie Briscoe | Jerry Orbach | Died 12/29/04 3-14 | | 
Rey Curtis | Benjamin Bratt | 6-9 | | 
Eddie Green | Jesse L. Martin | 10-
| | 
Joe Fontana | Dennis Farina | 15-
| | 
Tony Profaci | John Fiore | 1-9
| | 
Medical | Examiner Elizabeth Rodgers | Leslie Hendrix | 2-
| | 
LAW
| D.A.
| Adam Schiff | Steven Hill | 1-10 | | 
Nora Lewin | Dianne Wiest | 11-12 | 
Arthur Branch | Fred Thompson
| 13- | 
Executive | Assistant D.A. Ben Stone | Michael Moriarty | 1-4 | 
Jack McCoy | Sam Waterston | 5-
| 
Assistant | D.A. Paul Robinette | Richard Brooks | 1-3 | 
Claire Kincaid | Jill Hennessy | 4-6 | 
Jamie Ross | Carey Lowell | 7-8 | 
Abbie Carmichael | Angie Harmon | 9-11
| 
Serena Southerlyn | Elisabeth Rohm | 12-15
| 
Alexandra Borgia | Annie Parisse
| 15- | 
Psych- | ologist Dr. Elizabeth Olivet | Carolyn McCormick | 2-7 | 9-10 13- 
Dr. Emil Skoda | J.K. Simons
| 8- | 
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