Richard Belzer

Richard Jay Belzer (August 4, 1944 – February 19, 2023) was a U.S. actor best known for playing the character John Munch. He is otherwise best known as a stand-up comedian (look for his 1997 album/HBO comedy special Another Lone Nut) and author (among the titles he's written are How to Be a Stand-Up Comic and the fiction novels I am Not a Cop and I am Not a Psychic).

We would show you a page of stuff he's done, which doesn't just include playing John Munch in fifty different shows over the course of several decades, but we don't have such a page prepared yet so you might as well go to the John Munch page instead.


 * Saturday Night Live. First appeared in an 1975 episode.
 * Sesame Street. First appeared in an 1978 episode.
 * Moonlighting. First appeared in an 1985 episode.
 * Miami Vice. First appeared in an 1986 episode.
 * Tattingers. First appeared in an 1989 episode.
 * The Flash. Regular cast member from 1990 to 1991.
 * Monsters. First appeared in an 1991 episode.
 * Good Sports. First appeared in an 1991 episode.
 * Human Target. First appeared in an 1992 episode.
 * Homicide: Life on the Street. Regular cast member from 1993 to 1999.
 * Lois and Clark. Semi-regular cast member in 1994.
 * Nurses. First appeared in an 1994 episode.
 * Law & Order. Semi-regular appearances from 1996 to 2000.
 * The X-Files. First appeared in an 1997 episode.
 * Mad About You. First appeared in an 1999 episode.
 * Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Regular cast member since 1999.
 * The Beat. First appeared in an 2000 episode.
 * South Park. Voice actor. First appeared in an 2000 episode.
 * Law & Order: Trial by Jury. First appeared in an 2005 episode.
 * Minding the Store. First appeared in an 2005 episode.
 * Arrested Development. First appeared in an 2006 episode.
 * The Wire. First appeared in an 2008 episode.
 * Jimmy Kimmel Live!. First appeared in an 2009 episode.
 * 30 Rock. First appeared in an 2011 episode.