Christopher Peter Meloni (born April 2, 1961) is an American actor. He
is known for his television roles as retired NYPD Detective Elliot
Stabler on the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for
its first twelve seasons and as inmate Chris Keller on the HBO prison
drama Oz. In June 2012, he returned to HBO, as the vampire Roman on
the main cast of True Blood for the series' fifth season. Meloni also
starred in and executive produced the Syfy series Happy! from 2017 to
2019. His films include Man of Steel, Wet Hot American Summer, Harold
& Kumar Go to White Castle, 12 Monkeys, Runaway Bride, 42, and Fear
and Loathing in Las Vegas.Meloni was born in Washington, D.C., the
youngest of three children (he has a brother and sister) of Cecile
(née Chagnon; 1926â€"2016), a homemaker, and Charles Robert Meloni
(1927â€"2012), an endocrinologist. His maternal ancestry is French
Canadian and his paternal ancestry is Sardinian (from Italy).Meloni
attended St. Stephen's School (now St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School)
in Alexandria, Virginia, and played quarterback on the football team.
is known for his television roles as retired NYPD Detective Elliot
Stabler on the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for
its first twelve seasons and as inmate Chris Keller on the HBO prison
drama Oz. In June 2012, he returned to HBO, as the vampire Roman on
the main cast of True Blood for the series' fifth season. Meloni also
starred in and executive produced the Syfy series Happy! from 2017 to
2019. His films include Man of Steel, Wet Hot American Summer, Harold
& Kumar Go to White Castle, 12 Monkeys, Runaway Bride, 42, and Fear
and Loathing in Las Vegas.Meloni was born in Washington, D.C., the
youngest of three children (he has a brother and sister) of Cecile
(née Chagnon; 1926â€"2016), a homemaker, and Charles Robert Meloni
(1927â€"2012), an endocrinologist. His maternal ancestry is French
Canadian and his paternal ancestry is Sardinian (from Italy).Meloni
attended St. Stephen's School (now St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School)
in Alexandria, Virginia, and played quarterback on the football team.
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