Odafin "Fin" Tutuola
| Fin Tutuola | |
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| First appearance | "Wrong Is Right" |
| Portrayed by | Ice-T |
| Time on show | 2000–present |
| Seasons | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 |
| Credited appearances | 374 episodes (SVU) 1 episode (L&O) 3 episodes (CPD) 378 episodes (total) |
| Preceded by | Monique Jeffries |
| Information | |
| Title |
NYPD Junior Detective (seasons 2–8) NYPD Senior Detective (seasons 9–) |
| Family | Ken Randall (son) Teresa Randall (ex-wife) |
| Partner |
John Munch Chester Lake Amanda Rollins |
Odafin "Fin" Tutuola is a fictional character on the TV drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, played by Ice-T. He is a detective with the New York Police Department's Special Victims Unit.
Tutuola was raised in the Harlem area of New York City and was six during the 1968 riots following the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination, making his birth year 1962. He was previously a US Army Ranger and served on two tours. His military background remains sketchy as he rarely speaks of it or only makes vague and indirect references to it; however, in season 10, he explicitly mentions serving on Operation Gothic Serpent in Somalia in order to connect with a military rape victim.
Tutuola has a son named Kwasi (nicknamed Ken) with his ex-wife Teresa Randall. Subsequent episodes reveal that he has a strained relationship with his family. As of "Intersecting Lives," he is due to be a grandfather, as that episode revealed that Ken and his husband are expecting a baby via surrogate.
He is an avid fan of first person shooter video games, and is a regular at an annual video game convention. On why he would play such games considering the nature of his job and his military background, he explained to his colleagues that he viewed these games as an escape from the grey areas he faced on the job, and that he found solace in the "black and white" nature of these games where he was the one hunting down a clearly defined "bad guy".
A former narcotics detective, Tutuola joins the SVU squad in the season 2 premiere "Wrong Is Right", as a replacement for Monique Jeffries (Michelle Hurd). He is then paired with Det. John Munch (Richard Belzer).
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