Richard Belzer

Richard Belzer (August 4, 1944 - February 19, 2023) was an American stand-up comedian, author, and actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as John Munch, which he has portrayed as a regular cast member on the NBC's police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Known For: Acting

Born: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, 1944-08-04

Died: 2023-02-19

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1974	The Groove Tube	Rodriguez / Leo Batfish / The President / The Hooker	52
2	1980	Fame	M.C.	64
3	1981	Likely Stories Vol. 1		0
4	1982	The Facts		0
5	1982	Author! Author!	Seth Shapiro	59
6	1982	Night Shift	Pig	60
7	1982	Café Flesh	Audience Member (uncredited)	62
8	1983	Belzer Behind Bars	Self	0
9	1983	Flicks	Stoner	50
10	1983	Scarface	M.C. at Babylon Club	82
11	1986	The Tommy Chong Roast	Himself	55
12	1986	America	Gypsy Beam	40
13	1986	The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion		60
14	1986	Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment		0
15	1987	Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville	Self	0
16	1988	Negligee and Underpants Party	Self	0
17	1988	The Wrong Guys	Belz	56
18	1988	Freeway	Dr. David Lazarus	48
19	1988	Jackie Gleason: The Great One	Self (uncredited)	80
20	1989	Fletch Lives	Phil	60
21	1989	The Big Picture	Video Show Host	59
22	1990	The Flash	Joe Kline	65
23	1990	The Bonfire of the Vanities	Television Producer	56
24	1991	Off and Running	Milt Zoloth	48
25	1992	Missing Pieces	Baldesari	55
26	1992	The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!	Self	0
27	1992	The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade	Joe Kline	65
28	1993	Mad Dog and Glory	M.C. / Comic	60
29	1993	Dangerous Game	Cameo Appearance	58
30	1993	Dangerous Game	Cameo appearance	58
31	1994	Bandit: Bandit, Bandit	Big Bob Bentley	45
32	1994	Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart	Frank Giordano	62
33	1994	North	Barker	50
34	1994	The Puppet Masters	Neil Jarvis	58
35	1995	Not of This Earth	Jeremy Pallin	42
36	1995	Prince for a Day	Bernie Silver	70
37	1996	Deadly Pursuits	Mariano	40
38	1996	Girl 6	Caller #4 - Beach	50
39	1996	A Very Brady Sequel	LAPD Detective	58
40	1996	Get on the Bus	Rick	64
41	1997	When Cars Attack	Himself - Host	45
42	1998	The Bar Channel	Seth	0
43	1998	Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!	Self	58
44	1998	Species II	U. S. President	52
45	1998	Totally Bill Hicks	Self	78
46	1999	Jump	Jerry	15
47	1999	Yesterday's Tomorrows	Self	0
48	1999	Man on the Moon	Richard Belzer	72
49	2000	Homicide: The Movie	John Munch	70
50	2001	Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians	Self (archive footage)	60
51	2002	The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase	Self - Roaster	49
52	2003	The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians	Self (archive footage)	0
53	2008	The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't	Self	60
54	2009	George Carlin : The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize	Self	76
55	2009	My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story	Self	85
56	2009	Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black	Self	65
57	2010	Polish Bar	Hershel	0
58	2011	The 'Scarface' Phenomenon	Self	70
59	2011	Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis	Self	60
60	2012	Cooking with Christopher Walken	Himself	70
61	2012	Bright Day	Self	0
62	2013	Santorini Blue	Richard	33
63	2013	The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall	Self	68
64	2014	Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip	Self	75
65	2015	Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon	Self - Actor / Producer	66
66	2016	The Best Democracy Money Can Buy	Self	72
67	2016	The Comedian	Himself	57
68	2017	Where Have You Gone, Lou DiMaggio?	Self	0
69	2017	Gilbert	Self	67
70	2018	Alive in France	Himself	77

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
2	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
3	1969	Sesame Street		71
4	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self	69
5	1984	Miami Vice	Captain Hook	74
6	1985	Moonlighting	Leonard	75
7	1990	The Howard Stern Show	Self	0
8	1990	Law & Order	John Munch	74
9	1990	The Flash	Joe Kline	74
10	1991	Good Sports		60
11	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
12	1992	Human Target		43
13	1992	Mad About You	Detective Sharp	67
14	1993	Homicide: Life on the Street	John Munch	80
15	1993	The X-Files	John Munch	84
16	1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Inspector Henderson	70
17	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	71
18	1995	The Invaders	Randy Stein	55
19	1996	3rd Rock from the Sun	Richard Belzer	75
20	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
21	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		81
22	1997	The View	Self	45
23	1997	South Park	Loogie (voice)	84
24	1998	Hollywood Squares	Self - Panelist	65
25	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	John Munch	79
26	2000	The Beat	John Munch	20
27	2002	The Wire	John Munch	86
28	2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self	60
29	2003	The Belzer Connection		0
30	2003	Arrested Development	Detective Munch	79
31	2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	John Munch	80
32	2006	30 Rock	Sergeant John Munch	74
33	2006	30 Rock	Richard Belzer	74
34	2010	The Green Room with Paul Provenza	Self	80
35	2012	Inside Comedy	Self	60