<P> Christopher Peter Meloni ( born April 2 , 1961 ) is an American actor . He is known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC police drama Law & Order : Special Victims Unit and as inmate Chris Keller on the HBO prison drama Oz . In June 2012 , he returned to HBO , as the vampire Roman on the main cast of True Blood for the series ' fifth season . Meloni is currently starring in and is an executive producer of Happy ! , based on the comic book series created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Darick Robertson . The series premiered on Syfy on December 6 , 2017 . </P>
<P> Christopher Peter Meloni ( born April 2 , 1961 ) is an American actor . He is known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC police drama Law & Order : Special Victims Unit and as inmate Chris Keller on the HBO prison drama Oz . In June 2012 , he returned to HBO , as the vampire Roman on the main cast of True Blood for the series ' fifth season . Meloni is currently starring in and is an executive producer of Happy ! , based on the comic book series created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Darick Robertson . The series premiered on Syfy on December 6 , 2017 . </P>
who plays elliot stabler in law and order
who plays elliot stabler in law and order
Christopher Peter Meloni
Christopher Peter Meloni