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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 20, 1935
Died
December 28, 2004
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Jerry Orbach
1.4 Popularity
Biography
Jerome Bernard Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Detective Lennie Briscoe in the series Law & Order (1992–2004) and as the voice of Lumière in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991), as well as for being a noted musical theatre star; his prominent roles included originating the character of El Gallo in The Fantasticks, the longest-running musical play in history, as Chuck Baxter in the original production of Promises, Promises (for which he won a Tony Award), Julian Marsh in 42nd Street, and Billy Flynn in the original production of Chicago. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Orbach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
0.0
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
6.8
Self / Lumiere (archive footage)
Howard
2018
6.8
Detective Lennie Brisco
The New Yorker Presents
2016
7.2
Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
8.0
Lumiere (voice)
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
2005
7.2
Chuck Baxter (segment "Promises, Promises") (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
8.1
Lennie Briscoe
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
8.0
Host (segment "Revivals and Record Breakers") / Billy Flynn (segment "Chicago")
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
8.0
Lumiere (voice, archival)
Mickey's Philharmagic
2003
10.0
Law & Order: Corruption Empire
2003
Credits
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
0.0
Howard
as Self / Lumiere (archive footage)
2018
6.8
The New Yorker Presents
as Detective Lennie Brisco
2016
6.8
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2009
7.2
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
as Lumiere (voice)
2005
8.0
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Chuck Baxter (segment "Promises, Promises") (archive footage)
2005
7.2
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Lennie Briscoe
2005
8.1
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
as Host (segment "Revivals and Record Breakers") / Billy Flynn (segment "Chicago")
2004
8.0
Mickey's Philharmagic
as Lumiere (voice, archival)
2003
8.0
Law & Order: Corruption Empire
2003
10.0
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
as Self
2003
6.8
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Host (segment "Broadway Divas") / Julian Marsh (segment "42nd Street")
2003
6.1
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks
as Self
2003
6.7
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
7.0
Manna from Heaven
as Waltz Contest Announcer
2002
0.0
The Hustler: The Inside Story
as Self - Actor
2002
0.0
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Lennie Briscoe
2001
7.6
Disney's House of Mouse
as Lumiere (voice)
2001
7.4
Prince of Central Park
as Businessman
2000
4.5
Chinese Coffee
as Jake Manheim
2000
6.7
🎬
Encounters With the Unexplained
2000
10.0
The Acting Class
as Self
2000
5.5
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Detective Lennie Briscoe
1999
7.9
Law and Order: Justice
as Lennie Briscoe
1999
0.0
Belle's Tales of Friendship
as Lumiere (voice)
1999
6.9
Where Are They Now?
as Self
1999
7.5
Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind
as Narrator
1999
8.2
Exiled
as Detective Lenny Briscoe
1998
5.8
Belle's Magical World
as Lumiere (voice)
1998
6.2
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
as Lumiere (voice)
1997
6.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
as Sa'Luk (voice)
1996
6.3
Frasier
as Mitch (voice)
1993
7.7
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
The Cemetery Club
as Jake Rubin (uncredited)
1993
5.3
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Lennie Briscoe
1993
8.1
Mastergate
as Clifton Byers
1992
2.0
Mr. Saturday Night
as Phil Gussman
1992
5.7
Universal Soldier
as Dr. Christopher Gregor
1992
6.3
Straight Talk
as Milo Jacoby
1992
6.0
Quiet Killer
as Dr. Vincent Califano
1992
5.2
Broadway Bound
as Jack Jerome
1992
6.3
Beauty and the Beast
as Lumiere (voice)
1991
7.7
Delirious
as Lou Sherwood
1991
5.6
Delusion
as Larry
1991
4.8
A Gnome Named Gnorm
as Stan Walton
1991
4.5
Toy Soldiers
as Albert Trotta (uncredited)
1991
6.5
Out for Justice
as Ronny Donziger
1991
6.1
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
as Vic St. John
1991
6.2
California Casanova
as Constantin Rominoffski
1991
0.0
Dead Women in Lingerie
as Mr. Bartoli
1991
2.7
In Defense of a Married Man
as Alan Michelson
1990
4.5
Law & Order
as Frank Lehrman
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Lennie Briscoe
1990
7.4
Kojak: None So Blind
as Tony Salducci
1990
6.0
Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Jack Rosenthal
1989
7.4
Last Exit to Brooklyn
as Boyce
1989
6.5
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
as Blaine Counter
1989
6.5
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
as Self
1988
0.0
Someone to Watch Over Me
as Lt. Garber
1987
5.9
The Law & Harry McGraw
as Harry McGraw
1987
6.5
Dirty Dancing
as Dr. Jake Houseman
1987
7.3
I Love N.Y.
as Leo
1987
5.0
Love Among Thieves
as Spicer
1987
6.2
Out on a Limb
as Mort Viner
1987
4.3
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
1986
7.3
F/X
as Nicholas DeFranco
1986
6.6
The Imagemaker
as Byron Caine
1986
5.0
The Golden Girls
as Glen
1985
7.6
Brewster's Millions
as Charley Pegler
1985
6.6
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Harry McGraw
1984
7.5
Tales from the Darkside
as Roberts
1984
7.2
Hunter
as Sal Scarlatti
1984
7.1
Jeopardy!
as Self
1984
6.9
🎬
The Streets
as Sgt. Max Grozzo
1984
0.0
The Hitchhiker
as Cameron
1983
6.1
The Magic of Herself the Elf
as King Thorn (voice)
1983
5.0
An Invasion of Privacy
as Sam Bianchi
1983
1.0
Plaza Suite
as Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash
1982
0.0
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
Prince of the City
as Gus Levy
1981
7.0
Underground Aces
as Herbert Penlittle
1981
4.4
Alex and the Doberman Gang
as Rogers
1980
0.0
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.5
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Lars Mangros
1979
7.0
The Sentinel
as Michael Dayton
1977
6.1
Fore Play
as Jerry Lorsey
1975
3.0
Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
as Self
1974
6.0
Kojak
as Brubaker
1973
7.0
A Fan's Notes
as Fred Exley
1972
5.5
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Kid Sally
1971
5.0
Love, American Style
1969
6.1
Medical Center
1969
6.1
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Annie Get Your Gun
as Charles Davenport
1967
0.0
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Pinkerton
1965
3.1
Bye Bye Birdie
as Bob (Ed Sullivan Show Producer) (uncredited)
1963
5.8
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Defenders
as J.P. Loring
1961
5.9
Mad Dog Coll
as Joe Clegg
1961
5.3
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
as Cristof
1961
5.0
Cop Hater
as Mumzer
1958
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Host / Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee / Performer
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
5.9
Guys and Dolls
as Barbershop Patron (uncredited)
1955
6.5
Marty
as Ballroom Patron (uncredited)
1955
7.4