<P> Michael `` Mike '' Cutter is a fictional character on the long - running NBC series Law & Order and its spinoff Law & Order : Special Victims Unit played by Linus Roache . The character debuted in the eighteenth season premiere of Law & Order , broadcast on January 2 , 2008 , and remained until its series finale `` Rubber Room '' on May 24 , 2010 . The character returned to television in the thirteenth season premiere of Special Victims Unit , broadcast on September 21 , 2011 . He has appeared in sixty - three episodes of L&O and four episodes of SVU . </P>
<P> Michael `` Mike '' Cutter is a fictional character on the long - running NBC series Law & Order and its spinoff Law & Order : Special Victims Unit played by Linus Roache . The character debuted in the eighteenth season premiere of Law & Order , broadcast on January 2 , 2008 , and remained until its series finale `` Rubber Room '' on May 24 , 2010 . The character returned to television in the thirteenth season premiere of Special Victims Unit , broadcast on September 21 , 2011 . He has appeared in sixty - three episodes of L&O and four episodes of SVU . </P>
who played mike cutter on law and order
who played mike cutter on law and order
Linus Roache
Linus Roache