Actors who played multiple roles on law and order: 59 Photos
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So many notable names have made guest appearances on Law & Order: SVU over the years — and some even played more than one character. Peter Scanavino appeared as Johnny Dubcek for two episodes in season 14 in 2013 before nabbing a series regular role as Detective Dominick “Sonny” Carisi Jr.
Actors who play multiple copies of a single character (e.g. Vittorio Gassman and Don Adams [as St. Sauvage and Maxwell Smart, respectively] in The Nude Bomb, Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith in The Matrix series, and Tom Cruise in Oblivion);
Epatha Merkerson has appeared on the show longer than any other cast member. Van Buren debuted in Law & Order in the Season 4 premiere, Sweeps, and has appeared in over 380 episodes since.
A dual role (also known as a double role) refers to one actor playing two roles in a single production. Dual roles (or a larger number of roles for an actor) may be deliberately written into a script, or may instead be a choice made during production, often due to a low budget.
Bradley Cooper. On the Season 6 episode “Night”—alongside Angela Lansbury and Alfred Molina—Cooper plays a scheming lawyer who represents Molina's character.