Richard Belzer
Department: Acting
Biography
Richard Jay Belzer (August 4, 1944 - February 19, 2023) was an American stand-up comedian, author, and actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as John Munch, which he has portrayed as a regular cast member on the NBC's police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Known For
Fame
1980
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
1988
The Wrong Guys
1988
Homicide: The Movie
2000
Café Flesh
1982
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
2008
The Puppet Masters
1994
The Groove Tube
1974
Belzer Behind Bars
1983
Fletch Lives
1989
Jump
1999
Bandit: Bandit, Bandit
1994
The Tommy Chong Roast
1986
Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black
2009
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998
Polish Bar
2010
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
2009
Off and Running
1991
Not of This Earth
1995
Freeway
1988
Santorini Blue
2013
The Flash
1990
Dangerous Game
1993
Bright Day
2012
The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall
2013
The Bar Channel
1998
Get on the Bus
1996
Mad Dog and Glory
1993
Missing Pieces
1992
The Comedian
2016
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
The Facts
1982
Man on the Moon
1999
Night Shift
1982
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon
2011
Scarface
1983
The Big Picture
1989
North
1994
Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
1994
Flicks
1983
The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians
2003
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
1992
Negligee and Underpants Party
1988
Species II
1998
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion
1986
Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip
2014
Gilbert
2017
When Cars Attack
1997
Cooking with Christopher Walken
2012
America
1986
Where Have You Gone, Lou DiMaggio?
2017
Deadly Pursuits
1996
Girl 6
1996
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
2002
Prince for a Day
1995
Alive in France
2018
A Very Brady Sequel
1996
Likely Stories Vol. 1
1981
Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians
2001
Totally Bill Hicks
1998
Author! Author!
1982
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!
1992
Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment
1986
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
2016
Catch A Rising Star: 10th Anniversary Special
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Sesame Street
1969
Mad About You
1992
The Flash
1990
The Wire
2002
The Daily Show
1996
Miami Vice
1984
The Beat
2000
South Park
1997
Moonlighting
1985
The View
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Inside Comedy
2012
The X-Files
1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
30 Rock
2006
Arrested Development
2003
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
The Belzer Connection
2003
Human Target
1992
Saturday Night Live
1975
Hollywood Squares
1998
Law & Order
1990
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
2010
The Howard Stern Show
1990
30 Rock
2006
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
The Invaders
1995
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Good Sports
1991
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Larry Sanders Show
1992