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Elliott Gould will go all vigilante for a guest spot on Law & Order, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
The veteran film star will play a disgruntled business owner who takes the law into his own hands after a crime spree in his Harlem neighborhood.
Gould, 71, received an Oscar nomination for 1969’s swinging dramedy Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and co-starred with Donald Sutherland in Robert Altman’s film version of M*A*S*H.
More recently, Gould recurred as Ross and Monica’s dad on Friends and co-starred with Brad Pitt and George Clooney in the Ocean’s capers.
His episode is scheduled to air Nov. 20.
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BENJAMIN BRATT TO RETURN TO ‘LAW & ORDER’ AS DETECTIVE REYNALDO CURTIS
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – October 23, 2009 – Benjamin Bratt, who was nominated for an Emmy Award for his portrayal of Detective Reynaldo Curtis on “Law & Order,” will make a special return appearance as as Detective Curtis in an upcoming episode, it was announced today by series creator and executive producer Dick Wolf.
Bratt was a series regular on “Law & Order” for four seasons (1995-99) and in addition to the Emmy nomination, earned two ALMA Awards for playing Detective Curtis. In the upcoming episode, Detective Curtis will be reunited with his former “boss” Lt. Anita van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson). “Law & Order” airs Fridays at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on NBC.
“I am thrilled that Ben is coming back for a return appearance. He joined us for our recent 20th anniversary celebration and it was like he never left,” Wolf said.
Bratt most recently starred in the A&E series “The Cleaner.” He has also appeared in numerous feature films including “Traffic,” “Clear and Present Danger” and “Miss Congeniality.”
“Law & Order,” in its 20th season, won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series and tied the record for consecutive outstanding series nominations (11, tied with “Cheers” and “M*A*S*H).
“Law & Order is a Wolf Films production in association with Universal Media Studios. Dick Wolf, Rene Balcer, Peter Jankowski and Fred Berner are executive producers.
[RAFA ALVES] 14 year old, Hispanic from Washington Heights. He comes from a poor/working class background. He is recruited by Eddy Blanco, a lieutenant in a powerful Latin drug cartel, to become an assassin. He and the other recruits are sent to a “camp” in Mexico and trained to use weapons and become killers. When they return to New York, they are put up in a Scarsdale mansion, isolated from their family and friends and are given drugs, video games and prostitutes to keep them happy and compliant. Rafa and his buddies are ordered to murder Nina Wilshere and they do. They are brought up on charges. Rafa’s parents are afraid for him, but they finally do convince him, at least temporarily, to testify in exchange for immunity and protection. LEAD
[MARCUS WOLL] 43, “slick, moneyed” lawyer with an impressive reputation. He suddenly appears and claims that he has been “retained by the families” to represent these young defendants. It soon becomes clear that he was hired by a very powerful drug cartel to represent these teenagers who were groomed by the cartel to become assassins. LEAD. WILL RECUR.
[ESTHER PINN] 30s, White, public defender assigned to represent Rafa Alves and his co-defendants. She is booted off the case when Marcus Wool suddenly claims to have been retained by the families and is reinstated when Rafa breaks ties with Woll.LEAD
[RICARDO ALVES/ISABEL ALVES] RICARDO ALVES – 42, Hispanic, working class, Washington Heights.
ISABEL ALVES – 38, Hispanic, working class, Washington Heights.
They are the parents of Rafa Alves. Their young son has been turned into an assassin for a powerful drug cartel. They are afraid they may have lost all influence over him and they fear for his safety and the safety of the whole family. They know the right thing to do is try to convince their son to testify against the drug cartel…but they also know how dangerous these men can be. Isabel Alves speaks some lines in Spanish. FOUR SCENES EACH
[LUCAS EVRA] 30, a chiropractor, successful practice. He’s also a drug dealer on the side and the murder victim; Nina Wilshere was his supplier. He argued with her just before she was murdered and their exchange was caught on a surveillance camera. He is the first suspect detectives interview. THREE SCENES
[JUDGE KAREN MILNER] m/f, any race, 40 and up. Presides over motion court proceedings and trial. SEVERAL SCENES
[DR. THERESA BURKHARDT] 35, a therapist who has done extensive work with the child soldiers in Africa. She gives Rubirosa some advice on how to deprogram Rafa Alves and have him reconnect with his family and abandon his allegiance to the drug cartel.
[PATRICIA WILSHERE] 50, upper middle class. Her daughter has been murdered. She is interviewed by detectives. She is caught off guard and cannot think of anyone who would want to hurt her.
[JONNY ALVAREZ] 30s, Hispanic, handsome & smart, a DJ at popular NYC Latin radio station, and an ex-boyfriend of ADA Rubirosa. He helps Rubirosa and Cutter identify the origins of a “narcocorrido” – a drug ballad.
[DEA AGENT RORY CALIFANO] 33-45, any race, he and his team have had a wire on Dr. Evra for quite some time. He shares information with Bernard and Lupo.
[EDDY BLANCO] 27, Hispanic, a lieutenant in a Latin drug cartel. He is responsible for recruiting young boys and sending them to “training” facilities in Mexico where they emerge brainwashed assassins.
[GLENN MOWBRAY] Indian, any age, he works a newspaper kiosk on the street right near Nina Wilshere’s apartment building. He tells detectives he remembers seeing a town car parked across the street the day of the murder.
[GAVIN PETERS] 40ish, car salesman, ultra-luxury cars, very high end. He sold a few very expensive cars – cash transactions – to a man detectives believe might the drug cartel guy responsible for Nina Wilshere’s murder.
[TINA] 24 years old, a “Latina hottie”, who works as an escort. She has been hired by a drug cartel lieutenant to provide services for some of his crew. She’s scared when the cops pull her in. But, she is more afraid of the drug dealers – she won’t talk.
[JUDGE NEWSOM] m/f, any race, 40 and up, presides over arraignment of Rafa Alves, Samuel Molina and Carlos Cabezas.
[ERIC KLEBAN] 40-50s, any race, warden at a juvenile prison facility. The drug cartel has had Sammy Molina killed in prison. Kleban relays the details of what happened to ADA Cutter.
[SAMMY MOLINA] 14-year-old Hispanic from Texas. His one of several boys groomed by the drug cartel to become an assassin. TWO–THREE SCENES
[NINA WILSHERE] 28, attractive, seems like a successful professional but, her interior decorating business is just a front. She is actually a drug dealer and money-launderer. Her business is strictly cash so there is no paper trail. She is shot to death in her apartment.
[LEXI TRUDEAU] 30ish, a “touch hoity-toity”, runs a Chelsea art gallery. She did quite a bit of business with the murder victim – and all in cash.
[PLAIN CLOTHES COP] male, 20s 30s, any race, assigned to guard ADA Rubirosa after she receives death threats.
[NJ STATE TROOPER] male, 26 – 34, speaks to Rubirosa about the shooting that took place outside the Vineland Bar, after a performance by a gang affiliated Latin band sptv050769.
[SGT. BALLMER] m/f, 30s, at the crime scene where Nina Wilshere has been found shot to death in her own home.
[DMITRI SABOR] 30-50, Eastern European or any ethnicity, the building manager of a Manhattan condo complex.
[BAILIFF] m/f, any race, 30s 40s, reads charges at arraignment of Rafa Alves, Samuel Molina and Carlos Cabezas.
[JIM LEARY] 36-44, libertarian. He is the brains behind Searchposse.net – an Internet site that is a “forum for corrective social action.” The participants post photos and descriptions of wrong-doers (people who text while driving, litter, deface public property, don’t pick up their dog’s poop, etc) in the hopes that fellow citizens will track the wrongdoers, identify them and post their names and addresses. Many of the sites visitors post threats against these wrongdoers – some are violent. When a man’s murder is directly linked to an enraged & mentally ill Searchposse.net user the question becomes is it free speech or does it incite violence? Leary is charged and brought to trial. LEAD
[JEFF FISHMAN] 30s, lead attorney of a team representing Jim Leary, Andrew Mason and Gary Keegan. He is defending their right to free speech and their right to post anonymous comments on Searchposse.com. He does not feel they should be held responsible for the response of a violent schizophrenic who happened to visit the website. LEAD
[KERRY SAX] mid-late 30s, average looking. She was a frequent visitor to the Searchposse.net site. She is brought in for questioning when a man (Sid Marcus) who was fingered as being a wrongdoer by Searchposse is killed. She had posted many comments relating to Sid’s habit of texting while driving. She tells detectives that her daughter was killed by a cabdriver who was texting. Van Buren is moved by her story….and subsequently, surprised to learn that Kerry is schizophrenic and that the story is completely fabricated. LEAD
[FRANK] male, 45-55, African American, Lt. Van Buren’s boyfriend. She is getting ready for work and her first day wearing her wig (due to chemo-related hair loss). He’s supportive, loving and tries to make her laugh. Possible recurring.
[GARY KEEGAN] 25, a frequent visitor to the Searchposse.net website. He frequently posts comments calling for justice against irresponsible citizens. He has worked as a security system engineer in the past and he knows how to hack into security systems. He used his expertise to post information that led another website visitor to track down Sid Marcus and kill him. He is brought up on charges. TWO – THREE SCENES
[ANDREW MASON] 20s, smug, a frequent visitor to the Searchposse.net website. He frequently posts comments calling for justice against irresponsible citizens. Many of his posts are violent in nature. When the DA goes after the website creator and participants, Andrew is named as a co-defendant. TWO–THREE SCENES
[JUDGE ALICE LEE] m/f, over 40, any race. Presides over trial of Jim Leary. Several scenes
[TERRY CRANE] 28 – 33, hip, fashion photographer. He was working the photo shoot with “manic….total prick” Sid Marcus on the evening Sid was murdered. He was use to dealing with Sid and his antics. He is interviewed by detectives. TWO SCENES
[ALLIE] female, a young 22, “smoking hot” hipster, she is a modeling clothes at a fashion shoot. She was hooked up with this hip clothing designer and was doing some modeling for him, sleeping with him and also working at his stores. He is murdered after the photo shoot and she is questioned about their relationship. TWO SCENES
[CITU DAN JOSEPHSON] male, 20s, (computer investigation and technical unit), he works for the police department and steps in to help detectives in handling this case involving a website that they believe is inciting violence. He helps them set up an Internet “trap” for some of the frequent visitors to Searchposse.com TWO SCENES
[REBECCA DAVIS] late 30s, she is called to testify about her experiences with Searchposse.net. Her husband committed suicide and someone posted information from her husband’s diary on line that pointed to her affair as being the cause. She does not feel that information should be public and does not want to be forced to defend herself in a public forum.
[TYLER BURKE] male, 30s-40s, Jim Leary’s attorney. His defense of Jim and his website are built entirely on a person’s right to free speech.
[SID MARCUS] 28-33, intense, hip entrepreneur. He is the driving force behind a new hip clothing line called “Skintight Apparel”. He is high-strung and very demanding. He’s running a photo shoot for his clothing line and is giving the photographer and all the hangers-on a hard time. He is later found murdered.
[BONNIE ALLMAN] 26, hipster, tattoos, working at a vintage clothing store. She once worked as Sid Marcus’ model, salesclerk, and girlfriend – until he pulled her top off at a parade. She tried to sue him but eventually gave up because she did not have enough money to pay the legal fees. sptv050769 She doesn’t’ t like Sid but she did not kill him.
[JUDGE KAPLAN] m/f, any race, 40 and up. Presides over hearing to determine whether or not the DA can subpoena Searchposse.net records.
[AL JEROME] male, any race, late 20s, public defender assigned to represent Kerry Sax. It is clear that his client is crazy and he is doing the best he can
[HIPSTER DUDE] male, 20s, a DJ hired to play indie rock du jour at the photo shoot. The guy running the photo shoot gets annoyed at the quality of the photos…he looses it and turns on everyone in the room and Hipster Dude gets fired.
[ASST. M.E. PALCHUK] m/f, any race, 30s 40s, examines the body at the crime scene. The victim is found hanging – a miscalculated erotic asphyxia. Palchuk demonstrates how the victim could have tied his hands in front of his body and then stepped over them so this hands wound up behind him. Actor should be agile enough to do this.
[CSU TECH JILL SMYTH] 30s, any race, examines a car belonging to the victim. She is looking for fingerprints or any forensic evidence that could lead cops to the killer. She reports her findings to detectives
[SERGEANT] m/f, 30s, at the crime scene where Sid Marcus has been found dead. He/she fills in detectives when they arrive.
EMMA KIM:- 25-29, Asian, attractive, charismatic. She’s a con artist – uses her good looks and charm to con men out of money and attention. She presents as a kind-hearted, struggling young writer. She claims to have kidney disease that she is unable to properly treat because she has no medical insurance. Men fall for her and just open up their wallets. Her prowess as a con artist is validated when she reels in Det. Lupo. She knows that getting close to him will taint the evidence against her and provide the safety net she needs to get away with her most recent exploit – murder. LEAD
BILL MURPHY:- 30s, legal aid lawyer assigned to represent Emma Kim. The DA tries to sweep Lt. Lupo’s brief fling with the defendant under the carpet but Murphy won’t let them get away with that. He succeeds in getting Det. Lupo on the stand, which adversely effects the DA’s case. LEAD
JUDGE MAXEN:- male, 50s, presides over motions court proceedings and Emma Kim’s trial. When cornered during the trial, Emma makes a Hail Mary pass and claims in open court that Judge Maxen seduced her. Maxen is caught completely off guard. Luckily, her scheme backfires. LEAD
COLIN BURKE:- 30s, male CSU technician. He is partnered with Daisy Chao, a rookie CSU, and he looks out for her. He is upset when she is found murdered in her apartment and decides to fabricate evidence to ensure that the man accused of murdering her does not get off the hook. FIVE SCENES
JIM ANDERSON:- 25-28 years old, handsome hipster, a graphic artist. His fiancé, Daisy Chao, has been found murdered. Naturally, he is the detectives’ first stop. His alibi is fishy and police continue to suspect his involvement in the crime. It turns out that he is guilty of cheating, obstruction and being a schmuck but, not of murder. THREE SCENES
NESTOR MALDONADO:- 30-35 years old, livery cab driver, Spanish accent, married with young son. Decent hard working guy, the prime suspect in the murder of Daisy Chao. There is irrefutable DNA evidence against him and he has been I.D’d by one of his alleged victims. Eventually, detectives realize he has been framed by the actual killer. THREE SCENES
JORGE MARTIN:- 28–40, male, Hispanic, public defender assigned to represent Nestor Maldonado. He is astute enough to spot something fishy about the line-up ID. He will use this information against the DA’s office and will vindicate his client. THREE SCENES
MARK RAINEY:- male, 40s, CSU supervisor, seasoned vet, a lovable grouch. He and his team move from one crime scene to the next – unflappable – until he reaches the crime scene where one of his own techs, Daisy Chao, has been found murdered. FIVE SCENES
DR. VALERIE KNIGHT:- 40s, elegant, capable oncologist. She is the doctor in charge of treating Lt. Van Buren’s cancer. She outlines her diagnosis and explains her course of treatment.
JOSH BERNSTEIN:- male, 30ish, good-natured real estate broker from Boston. He had a brief affair with con artist Emma Kim. She took him for $17K. He found out she was running the same scam on another guy in a nearby town.
TITO:- male, Hispanic, 18–22, works as dispatcher at car service. Cops show up looking for information on one of his drivers. He’s reluctant to help.
JUDGE MOORE:- m/f, over 40, presides over arraignment of Nestor Maldonado.
DAISY CHAO:- 25, Asian, female CSU technician. She is on the job, working a crime scene with a partially decomposed body. Not the easiest day – she is distracted by problems she is having with her fiancé.
DET. PATTY MILLER:- female, late 30s, NYPD detective. She’s working a case that she believes may be tied to the case that Lupo and Bernard are on sptv050769. She turns over her witness to them.
SGT. BUTLER:- male, late 30s up to 40, meets detectives at the crime scene where Daisy Chao has been found murdered.
COURT CLERK:- male, any race, 30s 40s.
JURY FOREPERSON:- male/female, 30 and up, any race, delivers the guilty verdict.
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Samuel A Waterston was born on November 15, 1940 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His father was an English immigrant while his mother was a Mayflower descendent. Waterston grew up attending private and boarding schools. In 1958 he received a scholarship to attend Yale University and studied French and history. He graduated in 1962 with his Bachelor of Arts degree. He then received an honorary degree from Yale in 2001.
Following college, Waterston began studying acting at the Clinton Playhouse. He also studied at the Sorbonne in Paris as well as the American Actors Workshop. By 1967, Waterston had begun to make his way into films with his debut in Fitzwilly. Other films he has starred in include The Great Gatsby (1974), Heaven’s Gate (1980), The Killing Fields (1984) and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). Throughout his career as an actor, Waterston has won a Golden Globe Award, multiple Screen Actors Guild Awards, and has also been nominated for an Emmy Award six times.
Other than films, Sam has also landed starring roles in several Broadway plays including Abe Lincoln in Illinois, where he played Lincoln. His performance in the play won him a Tony award in 1994 for Best Actor.
Sam is perhaps best known for his role as Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy on the television series produced by Dick Wolf, ‘Law & Order’ which has been running on NBC for 17 seasons now. Other cast members on the show include Chris Noth, Mariska Hargitay, Fred Thompson, Vincent DOnofrio and Jesse L Martin.
Waterston is also the spokesperson for TD Waterhouse, the investment company, and has appeared in several of their television commercials. He has also worked on several other television shows including I’ll Fly Away, where he played D.A. Forrest Bedford. Waterston has also lent his voice as a guest star in an episode of Family Guy.
Aside from acting, Waterston is involved in donating his time and money to charitable organizations such as Refugees International, Meals on Wheels, The United Way and The Episcopal Actors’ Guild of America. He also sits on the Advisory Committee for the Lincoln Bicentennial, which is celebrating Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday.
From 1964-1969 Sam was married to Barbara Rutledge-Johns, with whom he had one son. He then married Lynn Louisa Woodruff in 1976, with whom he has three children. Currently Waterston, his wife, and four children live in Connecticut. Two of his children, Elizabeth Waterston and James Waterston, have both decided to follow in the footsteps of their father and pursue careers in acting.
Actress. Born November 28, 1952, in Saginaw, Michigan. Merkerson was raised in Detroit, where her father worked in a factory and her mother was a post office administrator. She initially majored in dance at Wayne State University in Detroit, but when a shy friend begged Merkerson to accompany her to a drama class, she discovered her true passion. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, and in 1978 moved to New York City to pursue an acting career.
The fledgling actress first worked on the stage, appearing in several Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Her portrayal of Berniece in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson earned her a Tony Award nomination for best actress and many other accolades, including the Drama Desk Award and the Helen Hayes Award.
Merkerson’s first major television role came in 1986, when she played Reba the Mail Lady in the now infamous Pee Wee’s Playhouse. She stayed with the show until 1991 and still keeps in touch with its delightfully preposterous host, Paul Reubens. Merkerson also made the move to the big screen during this time, appearing as Doctor Robinson in the Spike Lee joint She’s Gotta Have It and as Elsa in the critically acclaimed psycho-thriller Jacob’s Ladder (1990) with Tim Robbins.
In 1990 things did not slow down for Merkerson. She appeared in the TV movie Equal Justice, the comedy Loose Cannons with Dan Akroyd and Gene Hackman, the action-adventure film Navy Seals, and as a guest on NBC’s Law & Order. On Law & Order, she portrayed a grief-stricken mother in the episode “Mushrooms,” in which a botched drug-related crime claims the life of her baby and leaves her son paralyzed. In 1993, the producers of Law & Order offered Merkerson a permanent role, slating her to play the tough but wise Lieutenant Anita Van Buren.
Merkerson’s role as Lt. Anita Van Buren has brought the actress many personal and professional challenges during her six-year-and-running stay on Law & Order. The program raises many important, though delicate, issues about an extremely competent black woman working among a white male majority. On several occasions, the show’s writers had her character make unlikely mistakes, but Merkerson has always fought to maintain Van Buren’s integrity as a highly competent lieutenant. This tension finally culminated on-screen when Merkerson’s character filed a discrimination lawsuit against her department. Because 95 percent of the scripts are based on current news stories, many of the plot lines hit uncomfortably close to home; but Merkerson has said that the cast’s constant goofing around on the set helps to leaven the weighty subject matter.
Merkerson has supplemented her work on Law & Order with myriad acting jobs, appearing onTV in Hallmark’s A Place for Annie with Sissy Spacek and in the NBC series Mann and Machine, created by Law & Order executive producer Dick Wolf. She appeared in ABC’s Breaking Free alongside JoBeth Williams, USA’s A Mother’s Prayer with Linda Hamilton, and An Unexpected Life with Stockard Channing and RuPaul. She has also returned to the stage, winning an Obie Award in 1992 for her work in I’m Not Stupid, as well as the Helen Hayes Award in 1998 for best lead actress in the Studio Theatre production of The Old Settler in Washington, D.C. Her most recent film credit was a smallish part in 1999’s Random Hearts, a poorly received Harrison Ford vehicle.
Many of Merkerson’s fans wonder what the mysterious “S” in her name stands for–it’s Sharon. She and her husband, Toussaint L. Jones, split their time between a New York City apartment and a house in Maryland.
Steve Zirnkilton is the signature voice of NBC’s critically acclaimed Law & Order franchise; which in addition to the “mothership” includes Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Now in its 18th year on NBC, Law & Order is the longest running drama currently on prime time television.
Among others, Steve’s credits include; NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, TLC, TNT, TBS, ESPN, MSNBC, Discovery and the Cartoon Network. His voice has been heard on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as well as the animated series Family Guy and Duckman. He was also the voice of the reporter in the animated feature film Rugrats: The Movie. Baseball fans can hear him as the narrator on the documentary film Faith Rewarded, a film about the Boston Red Sox historic World Championship season.
Steve has been the live announcer for the Kennedy Center Honors and the Top Cops Awards in Washington, D.C.
Most Recent Role: Det. Cyrus Lupo on Law & Order
Alias Name(s): Jeremy Sisto, Jeremy Merton Sisto
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Grass Valley, California
Birthday: 10-6-1974
Birth Name: Jeremy Merton Sisto
Jeremy Merton Sisto was born on October 6, 1974 to Reedy Gibbs and Richard Sisto. He was born in Grass Valley, California, and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He has one sister, Meadow, who is also an actress. His mother Reedy is an actress too. His father is a jazz musician. Jeremy’s parents divorced when he was four years old. He became interested in acting when he was six. He started out doing plays at The Goodman Theater and also acted and directed plays in high school. His big break came when he was cast as Roberto in the film “Grand Canyon” when he was 16. Since his debut he has played numerous roles and recently even played the part of Jesus in the CBS mini-series “Jesus”. Jeremy is currently working on several film roles and also is a musician. His band is hoping to get an album out in the future.
