Elliot Stabler
| Elliot Stabler | |
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| Law & Order character | |
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| First appearance | "Payback" |
| Last appearance | "Smoked" |
| Portrayed by | Christopher Meloni |
| Time on show | 1999–2011 |
| Seasons | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
| Credited appearances | 272 episodes (SVU) 2 episodes (L&O) 1 episode (TBJ) 275 episodes (total) |
| Information | |
| Title | NYPD Detective 1st Grade |
| Family |
Wife: Kathy Stabler Children: Maureen Stabler (daughter) Kathleen Stabler (daughter) Richard "Dickie" Stabler (son) Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stabler (daughter) Elliot "Eli" Stabler Jr. (son) Parents: Joseph Stabler (father, deceased) Bernadette Stabler (mother) Siblings: three brothers two sisters |
| Partner |
Olivia Benson Lucius Blaine (temporary) Dani Beck (temporary) |
Elliot Stabler is a fictional character portrayed by Christopher Meloni and one of the lead characters on the NBC police procedural series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit during the first twelve seasons. As a result of Meloni's sudden departure from the cast at the end of the twelfth season, Stabler abruptly resigns from the police force off-screen during the thirteenth season premiere.
Stabler is an NYPD Detective 1st Grade with Manhattan's 16th Precinct, which investigates sex crimes. His partner during the first twelve years is Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay). Stabler is dedicated to his job, but often takes cases personally, thus affecting his judgment. Nonetheless, Stabler has a 97-percent case-closure rate as of 2007. His badge number is 6313.
Stabler is an Irish American Catholic and lives in Glen Oaks, Queens with his wife Kathy and five children (Maureen, Kathleen, Richard "Dickie", Elizabeth "Lizzie", and Elliot "Eli", Jr.). Stabler was born October 20, 1966. He is devoted to his family and frequently mentions or thinks about them while working cases. He is also a practicing Catholic whose faith sometimes complicates the cases on which he works.
Stabler was born and raised in Bayside, Queens. His father, Joseph Stabler, was a policeman who lost his pension and eventually died of cancer. Stabler had a difficult relationship with his father, who physically and emotionally abused him. His mother, Bernadette (née McGinley), (Ellen Burstyn), suffers from bipolar disorder and once nearly killed her son during a manic phase. As a result, Stabler has "erased his childhood", and maintains little contact with his mother.
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