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The 16th season of ''Law & Order'' premiered on NBC on September 21, 2005, and concluded on May 17, 2006. This is the second season that remained unchanged from the 15th season, where Elisabeth Rohm departed the series as Serena Southerlyn departs from the series after the episode "Ain't No Love", although Annie Parisse as Alexandra Borgia joins the semi regular, staring with "Fluency". Cast and crew changes Jesse L. Martin returned to his role of Ed Green, Detective Ed Green in the season premiere episode; he left at the end of Law & Order (season 15), the last season to act in the movie ''Rent (film), Rent''. Mid-season, ''Law & Order''s future on NBC was in the air, unknown if the show would be renewed or canceled after this season. Prior to the end of the season, Annie Parisse – who portrayed Alexandra Borgia, ADA Borgia – quit the series, wanting out of her contract. A show insider said to Fox News, "She saw the writing on the wall, they never treated her very well. They w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law & Order (season 15)
The 15th season of ''Law & Order'' premiered on NBC with a two-hour premiere on September 22, 2004, and concluded on May 18, 2005. This is the last season to feature Elisabeth Rohm before she was replaced by Annie Parisse Cast and crew changes In May 2004, it was announced that Dennis Farina would be replacing Jerry Orbach ( Detective Lennie Briscoe) as Detective Joe Fontana. Having moved over to the third ''Law & Order'' spin-off, '' Law & Order: Trial by Jury'', Orbach only filmed two episodes of the series before his death in December 2004. Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn, played by Elisabeth Röhm, became the first ADA to reach her fourth season on ''Law & Order''. However, midway through the season it was announced that Röhm wanted to depart the series. Röhm said to MSNBC, "If I had stayed, I don’t think it would have made much sense, and as much as I loved the show I personally had to kind of kick myself out of the crib." she continued, "It was very ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Jankowski
Peter F. Jankowski (born January 8, 1964) is an American television, film producer and film developer. He is President and Chief Operating Officer of Dick Wolf's Wolf Entertainment, headquartered in Universal City, California. His work across both film and television have earned him an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and a nomination for an Emmy Award. Jankowski has produced over 1900 episodes of television. Early life, family and education Jankowski was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, and raised in Westport, Connecticut. His father was an executive at CBS for twenty years. He attended Fairfield College Preparatory School in Fairfield, Connecticut, graduating in 1982. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1986 with a degree in history. Career Jankowski relocated to California soon after graduating college and became a production assistant on the TV sitcom ''Growing Pains''. Jankowski served as Senior Vice President of Universal Television whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Benson
Olivia Margaret "Liv" Benson is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the NBC police procedural drama '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', portrayed by Mariska Hargitay. Benson holds the rank and pay-grade of Captain and is the Commanding Officer of the Manhattan Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, which operates out of the 16th Precinct. She investigates sexual offenses such as rape and child sexual abuse. When the series began, Benson held the rank of detective. Benson was partnered with Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), serving as the junior member of the pair. Following Stabler's departure at the end of the 12th season after a deadly shootout in the precinct, she is partnered with Detective Nick Amaro (Danny Pino) and becomes the senior member. During the 15th season, Benson is promoted to sergeant and appointed as squad supervisor in the wake of the retirement of Sergeant John Munch (Richard Belzer). Soon afterward, Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean De Segonzac
Jean de Segonzac (sometimes credited as Jean DeSegonzac) is an American director, screenwriter and cinematographer who has worked in documentaries and television programs. Most of his work has been in gritty, ''cinéma vérité''-style law enforcement TV dramas. Early life Jean de Segonzac was born to Adalbert and Madeleine de Segonzac, the youngest of four children (his siblings include Lionel de Segonzac, Catherine Shainberg, and Laurence de Segonzac)."French Writer Adalbert de Segonzac." ''Washington Post.'' January 5, 2002. His father (whose nickname was "Ziggy") was a French journalist who was the chief U.S. correspondent for ''France Soir'' in Washington, D.C., for two decades as well as a former president of the Foreign Press Association. Jean de Segonzac graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1975. Career His first known credit was as cinematographer on the documentary film ''Born on the Fourth of July'' in 1985. His second major work was '' Common Threads: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wilcox (screenwriter)
David Wilcox is a television writer and producer. Career He is known for working on series such as '' Law & Order'', '' Dragnet'', and the American remake of ''Life on Mars''. ABC picked up '' 666 Park Avenue'' to pilot. Wilcox created the project and served as executive producer and writer. ''Fringe'' In Summer 2009, Wilcox joined the FOX series ''Fringe'' as a co-executive producer and writer at the beginning of season two. He left the show after the third season finale. . Accessed 15 February 2012. Episodes he contributed to are as follows: *" Fracture" *" Snakehead" *" [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Olivet
Dr Elizabeth Olivet is a fictional character on the TV crime drama '' Law & Order''. She was portrayed by Carolyn McCormick from 1991 to 1997 and in 1999. The character was revived in 2002, although her appearances became much more infrequent; her last appearance on ''Law & Order'' occurred in 2009. Since the cancellation of ''Law & Order'', Olivet has continued to be seen very occasionally on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', with her most recent appearance taking place in 2018. Olivet is one of only five characters who have appeared in all four of the ''Law & Order'' series set in New York City. The other four are Lennie Briscoe (Jerry Orbach), Ed Green ( Jesse L. Martin), Arthur Branch (Fred Dalton Thompson), and Elizabeth Rodgers ( Leslie Hendrix). Olivet and police psychiatrist Emil Skoda (J. K. Simmons) are the only ''Law & Order'' characters to make crossover appearances on ''New York Undercover'', another series produced by Dick Wolf. She has appeared in 75 episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn McCormick
Carolyn Inez McCormick (born September 19, 1959) is an American actress who played Dr. Elizabeth Olivet in the ''Law & Order'' franchise. Life and career McCormick was born and raised in Midland, Texas, and graduated first in her class from The Kinkaid School in Houston in 1977. She graduated with honors from Williams College in 1981 with a B.F.A. She also holds an M.F.A. from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. She has worked in television, movies, theatre, and voice acting. Her breakthrough role was in '' Enemy Mine'', directed by Wolfgang Petersen with Dennis Quaid. Her other film credits include Woody Allen's ''Whatever Works'', '' You Know My Name'' with Sam Elliott, and ''A Simple Twist of Fate'' with Steve Martin. Her first notable television credit was as district attorney Rita Fiore in '' Spenser: For Hire'', in 1986-1987. She appeared as the holodeck simulation Minuet in " 11001001", a first-season episode of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Robinette
Paul Robinette, played by Richard Brooks, is a fictional character who appeared in the TV drama series '' Law & Order'' from the pilot episode in 1990 until the final episode of the third season, "Benevolence," in 1993. He is the first of the eight Assistant District Attorneys who have been featured on ''Law & Order'', and the only one who was Black and male. He appeared in 69 episodes. Character overview Robinette was born in 1957 and is introduced as having been raised in Harlem and worked his way through law school. He had the chance to work on Wall Street, but turned it down in favor of the Manhattan District Attorney's office, where he felt he could make a difference. He works under Ben Stone (Michael Moriarty). He was mentored as a teenager by Deputy Police Commander William Jefferson ( Ron Foster), who inspired him to become a lawyer. In the pilot episode, " Everybody's Favorite Bagman", however, he and Stone discover that Jefferson is corrupt, and that he conspired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Brooks (actor)
Richard L. Brooks (born December 9, 1962) is an American actor, singer, and director. He played the eccentric bounty hunter Jubal Early in the space-western ''Firefly'' and assistant district attorney Paul Robinette in the NBC drama series ''Law & Order'' from 1990 to 1993, later appearing as a defense attorney on that same show. In 2013, he began starring as Patrick Patterson in the BET drama series, ''Being Mary Jane''. Early life Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Brooks studied acting, dance, and voice work at Interlochen Academy of Arts in Michigan. Later, he moved to New York City and was a student of the Circle in the Square Professional Theater School. Career While in New York, Brooks performed in the Eugene O'Neill Theater Conference production of August Wilson's ''Fences'', which gained him a positive reputation. A subsequent move to Los Angeles found the actor landing television roles in ''Hill Street Blues'' and ''The Russians Are Coming'', along with made-for-TV f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Imperioli
Michael Imperioli (born March 26, 1966) is an American actor, writer, and musician. He is best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti in the HBO crime drama ''The Sopranos'' (1999–2007), which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He gained recognition in the early part of his career for his role as Spider in Martin Scorsese's ''Goodfellas'' (1990). He has had supporting roles in films such as '' Jungle Fever'' (1991), '' Bad Boys'' (1995), '' The Basketball Diaries'' (1995), ''Shark Tale'' (2004) and ''The Lovely Bones'' (2009), as well as in the HBO drama series ''The White Lotus'' (2022-present). Imperioli is a successful screenwriter, co-writing the screenplay for ''Summer of Sam'' (1999) with Spike Lee, writing five episodes of ''The Sopranos'', and writing as well as directing the feature film ''The Hungry Ghosts'' (2008). Early life Imperioli was born in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the son of Dan Imperi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Branch
Arthur Branch is a fictional character on the TV crime drama ''Law & Order'' and one of its spinoffs, '' Law & Order: Trial by Jury''. Branch has also appeared on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', and ''Conviction''. He appeared in 142 episodes of the various series in the franchise (116 episodes of ''Law & Order'', 11 episodes of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', one episode of ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', all 13 episodes of ''Law & Order: Trial by Jury'', and the pilot episode of ''Conviction''). Branch was portrayed by former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson. He played Branch concurrently in ''Law & Order'' and ''Trial by Jury'', making him one of the few actors to have a regular role on two TV series simultaneously as the same character. When Thompson began the role, he was still a sitting member of the United States Senate—his term did not expire until several months after his first episode aired—thus making Thompson the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Dalton Thompson
Freddie Dalton Thompson (August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor, and radio personality. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1994 to 2003; Thompson was an unsuccessful candidate in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2008 United States presidential election. He also chaired the International Security Advisory Board at the U.S. Department of State, was a member of the U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, as well as a visiting fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, specializing in national security and intelligence. As an actor, usually credited as Fred Dalton Thompson, he appeared in a number of movies and television shows including ''Matlock'', ''The Hunt for Red October'', ''Die Hard 2'', '' In the Line of Fire'', '' Days of Thunder'', and ''Cape Fear'', as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
