Richard Belzer

Data di nascita
4 agosto 1944 · Bridgeport, Connecticut, Stati Uniti
Data di morte
19 febbraio 2023 · Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, Francia (imprecisato)
Nome alla nascita
Richard Jay Belzer
Soprannome
- The Belz
Altezza
1,86 m

Is the only actor in television history to play the same character (Detective John Munch) in 11 different live-action series: Homicide, Life on the Street (1993), Law & Order - I due volti della giustizia (1990), X-Files (1993), Law & Order: Unità Speciale (1999), The Beat (2000), Law & Order - Il verdetto (2005), Arrested Development - Ti presento i miei (2003), The Wire (2002), Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003), 30 Rock (2006), and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015).
He lives in France and speaks French fluently.
His character Detective John Munch, whom he played continuously on Homicide, Life on the Street (1993) and Law & Order: Unità Speciale (1999) from January 1993 to May 2016, was the longest-running character on U.S. prime-time drama television.
Testified on behalf of a low-level criminal who ran onto the set of Homicide, Life on the Street (1993) while fleeing actual Baltimore police and surrendered to the actors; Belzer said the look on the guy's face was sufficient punishment.
Was the audience warm-up comedian for Il Saturday Night Live (1975) in its premiere season and made three guest appearances on the show in 1976 and 1978.

I've known Chevy Chase for so long, I actually knew him when he was funny!
Anybody who thinks there's not a vast right-wing conspiracy in this country must also think that Ken Starr should be our next ambassador to Luxembourg.
[on his long-running character, Detective John Munch] Munch is the guy who says what a lot of people wouldn't dare say.
It's this patronizing thing that people have about if you're against the war everyone's lumped together. You know, the soldiers are not scholars, they're not war experts.
[on United States soldiers serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom] You think everyone over there is a college graduate? They're 19- and 20-year-old kids who couldn't get a job.