Birthday: Aug 04, 1944
Place of Birth: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Richard Belzer

Richard Belzer (August 4, 1944 - February 19, 2023) was an American stand-up comedian, author, and actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as John Munch, which he has portrayed as a regular cast member on the NBC's police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Filmography

Movie	Cast	Year
Fame	M.C.	1980
Jackie Gleason: The Great One	Self (uncredited)	1988
The Wrong Guys	Belz	1988
Homicide: The Movie	John Munch	2000
Café Flesh	Audience Member (uncredited)	1982
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't	Self	2008
The Puppet Masters	Neil Jarvis	1994
The Groove Tube	Rodriguez / Leo Batfish / The President / The Hooker	1974
Belzer Behind Bars	Self	1983
Fletch Lives	Phil	1989
Jump	Jerry	1999
Bandit: Bandit, Bandit	Big Bob Bentley	1994
The Tommy Chong Roast	Himself	1986
Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black	Self	2009
Yesterday's Tomorrows	Self	1999
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!	Self	1998
Polish Bar	Hershel	2010
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis	Self	2011
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story	Self	2009
Off and Running	Milt Zoloth	1991
Not of This Earth	Jeremy Pallin	1995
Freeway	Dr. David Lazarus	1988
Santorini Blue	Richard	2013
The Flash	Joe Kline	1990
Dangerous Game	Cameo Appearance	1993
Dangerous Game	Cameo appearance	1993
Bright Day	Self	2012
The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall	Self	2013
The Bar Channel	Seth	1998
Get on the Bus	Rick	1996
Mad Dog and Glory	M.C. / Comic	1993
Missing Pieces	Baldesari	1992
The Comedian	Himself	2016
The Bonfire of the Vanities	Television Producer	1990
The Facts		1982
Man on the Moon	Richard Belzer	1999
Night Shift	Pig	1982
The 'Scarface' Phenomenon	Self	2011
Scarface	M.C. at Babylon Club	1983
The Big Picture	Video Show Host	1989
North	Barker	1994
Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart	Frank Giordano	1994
Flicks	Stoner	1983
The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians	Self (archive footage)	2003
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon	Self - Actor / Producer	2015
The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade	Joe Kline	1992
Negligee and Underpants Party	Himself	1988
Species II	U. S. President	1998
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville	Self	1987
The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion		1986
Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip	Self	2014
Gilbert	Self	2017
When Cars Attack	Himself - Host	1997
Cooking with Christopher Walken	Himself	2012
America	Gypsy Beam	1986
Where Have You Gone, Lou DiMaggio?	Self	2017
Deadly Pursuits	Mariano	1996
Girl 6	Caller #4 - Beach	1996
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase	Self - Roaster	2002
Prince for a Day	Bernie Silver	1995
Alive in France	Himself	2018
A Very Brady Sequel	LAPD Detective	1996
Likely Stories Vol. 1		1981
Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians	Self (archive footage)	2001
George Carlin : The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize	Self	2009
Totally Bill Hicks	Self	1998
Author! Author!	Seth Shapiro	1982
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!	Self	1992
Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment		1986
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy	Self	2016
Series	Cast	Year
Mad About You	Detective Sharp	1992
Sesame Street		1969
The Flash	Joe Kline	1990
The Wire	John Munch	2002
The Daily Show	Self	1996
Miami Vice	Captain Hook	1984
The Beat	John Munch	2000
South Park	Loogie (voice)	1997
Moonlighting	Leonard	1985
The View	Self	1997
E! True Hollywood Story		1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		1992
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	John Munch	1999
Inside Comedy	Self	2012
The X-Files	John Munch	1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Inspector Henderson	1993
30 Rock	Sergeant John Munch	2006
Arrested Development	Detective Munch	2003
Law & Order: Trial by Jury	John Munch	2005
The Belzer Connection		2003
Human Target		1992
Saturday Night Live	Self	1975
Hollywood Squares	Self - Panelist	1998
Law & Order	John Munch	1990
Homicide: Life on the Street	John Munch	1993
The Green Room with Paul Provenza	Self	2010
The Howard Stern Show	Self	1990
30 Rock	Richard Belzer	2006
The Mike Douglas Show	Self	1961
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	1962
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	1993
3rd Rock from the Sun	Richard Belzer	1996
The Invaders	Randy Stein	1995
Real Time with Bill Maher	Self	2003
Good Sports		1991

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