Elliot Stabler

Elliot Stabler
Law & Order franchise
(Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
and Law & Order: Organized Crime) character
Christopher Meloni as Elliot Stabler (S9E1)
First appearance"Payback" (SVU)
"What Happens in Puglia" (OC)
Portrayed byChristopher Meloni
James Lynch (young)
In-universe information
TitleNYPD Detective 1st Grade
Family
  • Joseph Stabler (father, deceased)
  • Bernadette Stabler (mother)
  • Joe Stabler, Jr. (brother)
  • Randall Stabler (brother)
  • Unnamed Brother[1]
  • Dee (sister)
  • Sharon (sister)
SpouseKathy Stabler (deceased)
Children
  • Maureen Stabler
  • Kathleen Stabler
  • Richard "Dickie" Stabler
  • Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stabler
  • Elliot "Eli" Stabler Jr.
ReligionRoman Catholicism
PartnerOlivia Benson (1998-2011)
Donald Cragen
Lucius Blaine[2] (temporary)
Danielle Beck (temporary)
Ayanna Bell
SeasonsL&O: 10, 22
SVU: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 22, 23, 24
TBJ: 1
OC: 1, 2, 3, 4

Elliot Stabler Sr. is a fictional character, played by Christopher Meloni and one of the lead characters on the NBC police procedural series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Organized Crime.

Stabler was a lead for the first 12 seasons of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. As a result of Meloni's sudden departure from the cast at the end of the SVU twelfth season, Stabler abruptly retires from the police force off-screen during the SVU Season 13 premiere. In April 2020, it was announced that Meloni would reprise the role for a new SVU-spinoff series,[3] where Stabler comes out of retirement to lead an NYPD organized crime task force. The series was later revealed to be titled Law & Order: Organized Crime.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hate was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Blaine was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Holcombe, Madeline (April 1, 2020). "Elliot Stabler is back in a 'Law & Order: SVU' spin-off". CNN.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference OC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).