Michael Cutter

Michael "Mike" Cutter
Law & Order character
Cutter in "Quit Claim"
First appearance	"Called Home" (L&O) "Scorched Earth" (SVU)
Last appearance	"Rubber Room" (L&O) "Father's Shadow" (SVU)
Portrayed by	Linus Roache
Time on show	2008–2010 (L&O) 2011–2012 (SVU)
Seasons	L&O: 18, 19, 20 SVU: 13
Credited appearances	63 episodes (L&O) 4 episode (SVU) 67 episodes (total)
Preceded by	Jack McCoy (L&O) Elizabeth Donnelly (Bureau Chief ADA) (SVU)

Michael "Mike" Cutter is a fictional character on the long-running NBC series Law & Order and its spinoff Law & Order: Special Victims Unit played by Linus Roache. The character debuted in the eighteenth season premiere of Law & Order, broadcast on January 2, 2008, and remained until its series finale "Rubber Room" on May 24, 2010. The character returned to television in the thirteenth season premiere of Special Victims Unit, broadcast on September 21, 2011. He has appeared in sixty-three episodes of L&O and four episodes of SVU.

Within the continuity of Law & Order, Cutter is an Executive Assistant District Attorney, following the appointment of his predecessor Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) to the New York County District Attorney seat vacated by Arthur Branch (Fred Dalton Thompson).

He works closely with Connie Rubirosa (Alana de la Garza), the Assistant District Attorney who had previously aided McCoy. Because of this, he has occasionally discussed McCoy with her—usually with complaints—in an attempt to understand his new boss. As evidenced by his first appearance, he is familiar with former District Attorney Arthur Branch, having apparently been in Branch's office on at least one occasion. In the episode "Executioner", he reveals that he supports the death penalty. In the L&O episode "By Perjury", he is almost murdered in the bathroom of the courthouse before being saved at the last moment by detectives Cyrus Lupo (Jeremy Sisto) and Kevin Bernard (Anthony Anderson).