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Season 6, Episode 21
A investigation into multiple homicides at a clothes shop leads to the arrest of a schizophrenic man, and his decision to represent himself in court provides McCoy with a formidable opponent
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Cast & Crew
Jerry Orbach
(Actor)
.. Det Lennie Briscoe
Benjamin Bratt
(Actor)
.. Det Rey Curtis
S Epatha Merkerson
(Actor)
.. Lt Anita Van Buren
Sam Waterston
(Actor)
.. ADA Jack McCoy
Jill Hennessy
(Actor)
.. ADA Claire Kincaid
Denis O'Hare
(Actor)
.. James Smith
Maryann Plunkett
(Actor)
.. Joanne Ellis
Shawn Elliott
(Actor)
.. Judge Joseph Rivera
Carolyn McCormick
(Actor)
.. Dr Elizabeth Olivet
Ann Dowd
(Actor)
.. Patricia Smith
Rene Balcer
(Writer)
IC Rapoport
(Writer)
Lewis Gould
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Jerry Orbach
(Actor)
.. Det Lennie Briscoe
Born:
October 20, 1935
in
New York
Best Known For:
Law and Order.
Early-life:
Born Jerome Bernard Orbach on October 20, 1935, in the Bronx, New York. His father Leon was a vaudevillian and his mother Emily worked as a singer on radio. The family moved around a lot, but later settled in Waukegan, Illinois. Orbach claims his parents always knew he was going to be an actor. The bug bit while at school thanks to numerous amateur productions. He then studied drama at the University of Illinois and Northwestern.
Career:
On graduating, Orbach moved to New York where he gained regular roles in musicals. Struggled to get film and TV work, but eventually made his cinema debut in 1958's Cop Hater. Since then he's divided his time between stage and screen and has been nominated for a Tony award for roles in Guys and Dolls and the original production of Chicago. Film work includes Dirty Dancing, F/X, Someone to Watch Over Me and Last Exit to Brooklyn. Among his TV roles are The Law and Harry McGraw, Dream West, and Law and Order. He died on December 28, 2004.
Quote:
"Our show is a ritual, almost like a Mass. There's going to be discovery of a crime, then the follow-up, then the arrest. In the second half, the suspect goes to trial. All of this in 60 minutes. The viewers know what they're getting and like it."
Trivia:
Had two children with first wife Marta Curro before divorcing in 1975. Has was married to Elaine Cancilla from 1979 until his death.
Benjamin Bratt
(Actor)
.. Det Rey Curtis
Born:
December 16, 1963
in
San Francisco
Best Known For:
Law & Order.
Early-life:
Benjamin Bratt was born on December 16, 1963, in San Francisco, the third of five children. His father, a sheet-metal worker, is of German ancestry. His mother is a Peruvian Indian from Lima who raised her children single-handedly. A Native American activist, she took her children with her when she became part of the Alcatraz island takeover, which occupied the famous prison in 1970. After attending Lowell High School, Bratt studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and then the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
Career:
Bratt made his professional debut at the Utah Shakespeare Festival before starring in TV pilot Juarez, which failed to make it into a full series. He had a regular role in Police Story: Gladiator School in 1988 and became a familiar face on the small screen in Knight Watch and Nasty Boys. He became a household name in the US by landing a role in hit show Law and Order in 1995. Other roles since then have included parts in such movies as Red Planet, Miss Congeniality, Traffic, Catwoman and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs as the voice of Manny. TV credits include Frasier, The Cleaner, Modern Family and Private Practice.
Quote:
"My family is like a sanctuary to me. I always turn to them for support and strength."
Trivia:
Bratt voiced El Macho in Despicable Me 2 (2013).
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.
Jill Hennessy
(Actor)
.. ADA Claire Kincaid
Denis O'Hare
(Actor)
.. James Smith
Maryann Plunkett
(Actor)
.. Joanne Ellis
Shawn Elliott
(Actor)
.. Judge Joseph Rivera
Carolyn McCormick
(Actor)
.. Dr Elizabeth Olivet
Ann Dowd
(Actor)
.. Patricia Smith
Rene Balcer
(Writer)
IC Rapoport
(Writer)
Lewis Gould
(Director)
