Mine:

Michael Moriarty (Executive Assistant District Attorney Benjamin Stone, 1990-94)

I'm a much bigger SVU fan than the original L&O, but I do have to say I have a soft spot for Lennie Briscoe. Mostly b/c I love Jerry Orbach, but also for Lennie's dry sense of humor. Kind of a strange thing to see in a show like L&O, but it worked. As for SVU, my favorite has always been ADA Cabot. I love her tough attitude, and she pretty much seems to win most of her cases. I liked Novak, too, but I still miss Cabot.

- Kristen

After Michael Moriarty, my favorite is DEFINTELY Jerry Orbach. Absolutely.

For me it's not one actor that stands out but two. And fittingly they play partners. I'm talking about Kathryn Erbe and Vincent D'Onofrio who play detectives Eames and Goren on Law and Order Criminal Intent.

Detective Bunch

On L&O it was Jerry Orbach and Sam Waterston. Ater Orbach died, the show wasn't worth much. He was the heart and soul of L&O. On SVU, it's Chris Meloni and Mariska Hargitay . Now that Meloni's leaving, I'm done with SVU. I only watched CI for the first couple of seasons. I could never really get into it.

Detective Bunch

Munch?

Oh, yeah, I love Much, too. His wisecracks and his "tough" attitude kind of remind me of Lennie in a way. Plus he and Finn seem to bring a little comic relief to the show, which def. helps w/ the kinds of cases they work with!

Lenny Briscoe and Ed Green on the original. Det. Benson on SVU. I seem to be the only person who enjoyed Jeff Goldblum's short tenure on CI, but I will put that out there as well.

Oh, yeah, I love Much, too. His wisecracks and his "tough" attitude kind of remind me of Lennie in a way. Plus he and Finn seem to bring a little comic relief to the show, which def. helps w/ the kinds of cases they work with!

Yes, Munch and Fin are a great team. Back in the mid-1990s, L&O and Homicide: Life on the Street made several crossovers. It turned out that Lennie had once slept with Munch's ex-wife, which made things a bit awkward between them. :lol:

I can't pick just one!!!

Jerry Orbach as Lenny Briscoe
Sam Waterston as Jack McCoy
Christopher Noth as Michael Logan
Stephanie March as Alexandra Cabot
Angie Harmon as Abbie Carmichael
Fred Thompson as DA Arthur Branch
Ice T as Finn

With that being said, all the main characters were/are incredible and played by marvelous actors.

With that being said, all the main characters were/are incredible and played by marvelous actors.

:yeahthat Each and every one was memorable in his/her own way.

My two favorites!!! :cool: :D

Michael Moriarty who is a very nice guy IRL. Also, the late great Jerry Orbach are my two faves. If I have to pick a third. I would go with Christopher Noth (Logan...because he was a good cop and smoking hot.)

I like her, but love him.

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For me it's a tie between Lenny Briscoe (Jerry Orbach was the best New York cop!) and Jack McCoy, both very interesting and well developed characters. They always gave Lenny the best sarcastic one-liners and Jerry Orbach played it to perfection. I also really like ADA Abby Carmichael played by Angie Harmon (now on Rizzoli and Isles). Anita Van Buren is another favorite character too. I've never really gotten into any of the Law and Order spinoffs. I tried watching SVU but I hated it.

Ed.

Well that's not entirely true. I did see one episode of SVU that was rather interesting and well done. In the episode actor Billy Campbell plays a university professor who is being accused of rape by one of his students. The thing is they'd already been in an intimate relationship and he says she likes it rough. This goes back and forth the whole episode with both of them accusing the other of making up lies, while they are both caught lying and withholding information. It's a fascinating case of he said/she said as they both stick to their stories and both come off very believable so by the end you really don't know who or what to believe. And at the end of the episode the audience is left hanging as to whether the jury finds him guilty or innocent.

But I really can't watch SVU because all the stories of sexual assaults, rapes, and child molestation is too depressing to me.

Ed.