What is Christopher Meloni?
{{Infobox person |name = Christopher Meloni |image = Christopher Meloni (larger crop).jpg |image_size = |caption = Meloni on the set of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' in 2006 |birth_name = Christopher Peter Meloni |birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1961|4|2}} |birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |height = {{cvt|1.84|m|ftin}} |occupation = Actor |years_active = 1989&ndash;present | spouse = Doris Sherman Williams | children = 2 | website = }} '''Christopher Peter Meloni''' or '''Chris Meloni''' (born April 2, 1961) is an [[Americans|American]] movie, voice, and television actor. He is best known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler in ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' and as Chris Keller in ''Oz''. Meloni also appeared as Colonel Hardy in the 2013 movie ''[[Man of Steel (movie)|Man of Steel]]''. Meloni was born on April 2, 1961 in [[Washington, D.C.]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/runaway-guy-vol-52-no-9/|title=Runaway Guy|website=PEOPLE.com}}</ref> He is of [[Canada|Canadian]]-[[France|French]] descent. Since 1995, he has been married to Doris Sherman Williams. They have two children. Meloni is a long-time gay rights supporter.<ref>{{cite web|title=Law & Order SVU Star Christopher Meloni is a New Yorker for Marriage Equality|url=http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/law-order-svu-star-christopher-meloni-is-a-new-yorker-for-marriage-equality|publisher=www.hrc.org|access-date=April 12, 2011|archive-date=2014-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310182957/http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/law-order-svu-star-christopher-meloni-is-a-new-yorker-for-marriage-equality|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons}} * {{IMDb name|5221}} * [http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/christopher-meloni Christopher Meloni at Emmys.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720103905/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/christopher-meloni |date=2012-07-20 }} {{US-ac