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In God We Trust
Season 15, Episode 23
Fontana and Falco discover a charred pistol after arresting an arsonist, which leads them to reinvestigate an unsolved murder. Their remorseful prime suspect offers a confession, hoping his new-found religious faith and charity work will benefit his case as public support builds for him
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Cast & Crew
Dennis Farina
(Actor)
.. Det Joe Fontana
Michael Imperioli
(Actor)
.. Det Nick Falco
S Epatha Merkerson
(Actor)
.. Lt Anita Van Buren
Sam Waterston
(Actor)
.. ADA Jack McCoy
Annie Parisse
(Actor)
.. ADA Alexandra Borgia
Fred Dalton Thompson
(Actor)
.. DA Arthur Branch
Jim True-Frost
(Actor)
.. Bruce Elwin
Mimi Lieber
(Actor)
.. Wendy Weiss
Dena Tyler
(Actor)
.. Nancy Harvard
Debra Monk
(Actor)
.. Judge
Richard Sweren
(Writer)
David Platt
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Dennis Farina
(Actor)
.. Det Joe Fontana
Born:
February 29, 1944
in
Chicago
Best Known For:
Law & Order.
Early-life:
Dennis Farina was born in Chicago on February 29, 1944, to Italian-American parents. He was raised in a large family alongside three brothers and three sisters. Farina served 18 years as a policeman in Chicago before becoming an actor. He began his career in showbusiness working for director Michael Mann as a police consultant on Mann's early works. This led to an interest in acting and he was cast in a small role in the 1981 film Thief. Farina proceeded to moonlight as an actor in the Chicago theatre scene before Mann chose him for his Crime Story series.
Career:
Farina went on to become a famous face in film, often as a mobster or police officer. One of his most well-known movie characters was Jimmy Serrano, the mob boss from Midnight Run. Other movies in his filmography included Manhunter, Striking Distance, Another Stakeout, Get Shorty, Saving Private Ryan, Snatch and Out of Sight. He starred as Det Joe Fontana on long-running TV series Law & Order from 2004 to 2006.After leaving the crime drama, he starred in a number of films, including What Happens in Vegas and Knucklehead. He died on July 22, 2013 at the age of 69.
Quote:
'Some people approach acting with all these things in their head, making it more complicated than it needs to be, way too cerebral. I don't want to know that an actor lived in a cave for 12 days so that he could prepare for a part.'
Trivia:
Farina was the father of three sons, Dennis, Michael and Joseph, from his 10-year marriage to Patricia, which ended in divorce in 1980.
Michael Imperioli
(Actor)
.. Det Nick Falco
Born:
March 26, 1966
in
New York
Best Known For:
Playing Christopher Moltisanti in The Sopranos.
Early-life:
James Michael Imperioli was born in New York, on March 26, 1966. His film work began in the late 1980s. An early part that brought him recognition was in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990), as Spider, a local kid who works for the gangsters and has a run-in with a psychopathic mob soldier played by Joe Pesci. He worked throughout the 1990s in the New York independent film industry, becoming a regular in Spike Lee's movies.
Career:
In 1999 Imperioli was cast in The Sopranos as Christopher Moltisanti, a low-ranking soldier in a crime organisation whose family connections to street boss Tony Soprano moved him up the ladder. Imperioli's multi-layered portrayal of such an unappealing character was a real highlight of the series and earned him an Emmy and a SAG award. Imperioli has long been active in the New York theatre scene as well, having written, directed, produced and starred in numerous plays. He recent work has included the US version of Life on Mars, The Lovely Bones, Mercy, and Stuck Between Stations. He features in the ensemble cast of American crime drama Detroit 1-8-7, which started broadcasting in the States in 2010.
Quote:
'I do smoke in real life. A lot. We're all smoking right now in fact.'
Trivia:
He is married to Victoria Chlebowski and they have two children together: Vadim and David and a stepdaughter Isabella.
S Epatha Merkerson
(Actor)
.. Lt Anita Van Buren
Sam Waterston
(Actor)
.. ADA Jack McCoy
Born:
November 15, 1940
in
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Best Known For:
Playing Jack McCoy in Law & Order.
Early-life:
Samuel Atkinson Waterston was born on November 15, 1940, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He caught the acting bug at the age of seven, attended Groton Prep School and entered Yale University on a scholarship in 1958. Sam studied French and history, and graduated with a BA in 1962. He honed his craft at the American Actors Workshop in Paris. After leaving Yale, he spent some months at the Clinton Playhouse.
Career:
Waterston made his showbiz debut in 1965 appearing in The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean and Dr Kildare. A string of projects followed, including Generation, Three, The Glass Menagerie, The Great Gatsby, Capricorn One, Eagle's Wing and Heaven's Gate. He received an Oscar-nomination as journalist Sydney Schanberg in acclaimed 1984 movie The Killing Fields. He's also appeared in Hannah and Her Sisters, September, Serial Mom and The Newsroom. Between 1994 and 2010, he played Jack McCoy in 333 episodes of Law & Order, a role he reprised for the two spin-off shows, Special Victims Unit and Trial By Jury, as well as Homicide: Life on the Street.
Quote:
On how he handles fame: "I got a note from my father, who said that 'Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale'."
Trivia:
In 2012, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
Annie Parisse
(Actor)
.. ADA Alexandra Borgia
Fred Dalton Thompson
(Actor)
.. DA Arthur Branch
Jim True-Frost
(Actor)
.. Bruce Elwin
Mimi Lieber
(Actor)
.. Wendy Weiss
Dena Tyler
(Actor)
.. Nancy Harvard
Debra Monk
(Actor)
.. Judge
Richard Sweren
(Writer)
David Platt
(Director)
