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Lennie Briscoe was voted the 30th-greatest television show character of all time by Bravo TV. [ 46 ] Lennie Briscoe was Law & Order ' s third-greatest detective on the Hallmark Channel poll in 2010, beaten only by Special Victims Unit ' s Detective Olivia Benson ( Mariska Hargitay ), who came in second, and Criminal Intent ' s Detective Robert ...
Younger son Chris Orbach is an actor and a singer; he played Lennie Briscoe's nephew Ken Briscoe during the first season of Special Victims Unit. In 1979, Jerry Orbach married Broadway dancer Elaine Cancilla, whom he met while starring in Chicago. [20] [21]
The longest serving main cast members of the original series include Jerry Orbach as Det. Lennie Briscoe (1992–2004), S. Epatha Merkerson as Lt. Anita Van Buren (1993–2010) and Sam Waterston as EADA/DA Jack McCoy (1994–2010 & 2022–2024).
Homicide: Life on the Street: Det. Lennie Briscoe: 3 episodes 1998: Exiled: A Law & Order Movie: TV movie 1999–2000: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: 3 episodes 2000-02: Encounters with the Unexplained: Himself, Host: TV documentary 2001: Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Det. Lennie Briscoe: Episode: "Poison" 2001–02: Disney's House of Mouse ...
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 Season 14 was released on DVD, September 14, 2004 ...
Curtis also tells Van Buren that Deborah died at home in his arms and revealed that he had called his old partner, Lennie Briscoe, just before he died, and Lennie had still been his old wise-cracking self. By the end of the episode, Lt. Van Buren is doubtful of her own survival.
The series follows Bureau Chief Tracey Kibre (Bebe Neuwirth), an Executive Assistant District Attorney assigned to Manhattan's homicide division.Kibre's team, including District Attorney Investigator Lennie Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Assistant District Attorney Kelly Gaffney (Amy Carlson), follows up on leads and interview witnesses, as well as participating in trials, during which both sides ...
A 2004 retrospective on the Lennie Briscoe character, aired after Orbach's death earlier that year, noted that some fans "were never able to move beyond Chris Noth's Mike Logan as Briscoe's partner", and that in adjusting to having Briscoe as his new partner, "Logan was even more gruff than Briscoe". [29]