Adam Schiff (Law & Order)
| Adam Schiff | |
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| First appearance | "Prescription for Death" |
| Last appearance | "Vaya Con Dios" |
| Portrayed by | Steven Hill |
| Time on show | 1990–2000 |
| Seasons | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
| Credited appearances | 228 episodes (L&O) 1 episode (SVU) 229 episodes (total) |
| Preceded by | Alfred Wentworth |
| Succeeded by | Nora Lewin |
Adam Schiff is a fictional character on the TV drama series Law & Order. He was played by Steven Hill from 1990 to 2000. Schiff was one of the original main characters of the series and appeared in every episode of the first 10 seasons except for "Everybody's Favorite Bagman", which was produced before Hill joined the cast, and the season-seven episode "D-Girl". He appeared in 229 episodes (228 episodes of Law & Order and the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Entitled"), and was the last original character to leave the show's main cast.
Schiff is District Attorney of New York County, and a graduate of Columbia University, where he served on the Law Review. He began his career as an ADA in 1973. He is a pragmatic Democrat of faintly liberal stripe, but regardless of political inclinations, he is never perturbed by his critics nor by uncooperative judges. Political persuasions sometimes cloud his decisions with regard to certain cases such as the death penalty, however; he has moral objections to capital punishment, having written a brief protesting it in 1971, but is not averse to seeking it against a defendant if voters want such a sentence carried out. He is also pro-choice.
While he is often stern and unforgiving in his professional conduct, he has amicable relationships with his assistants. He is closest to Benjamin Stone (Michael Moriarty), and is saddened to see him resign when a witness he is trying to protect is murdered. His relationship with Stone's successor, Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston), is more problematic, as McCoy is more ruthless and unconventional, and his habitual bending of trial rules occasionally garners Schiff bad publicity. The two eventually grow to like and respect each other, however.
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