Jerry Orbach

Acting

Born: 1935-10-20

Died: 2004-12-28

From: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Popularity: 1.9

Biography

Jerome Bernard Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Detective Lennie Briscoe in the series Law & Order (1992–2004) and as the voice of Lumière in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991), as well as for being a noted musical theatre star; his prominent roles included originating the character of El Gallo in The Fantasticks, the longest-running musical play in history, as Chuck Baxter in the original production of Promises, Promises (for which he won a Tony Award), Julian Marsh in 42nd Street, and Billy Flynn in the original production of Chicago. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Orbach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Awards & Nominations1 won · 1 nominated

Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

1976

🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

1969

Jerry Orbach

Biography

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Awards & Nominations1 won · 1 nominated

Acting102 titles

Manna from Heaven

Law & Order: Corruption Empire

Alex and the Doberman Gang

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind

E! True Hollywood Story

Homicide: Life on the Street

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party

Night of 100 Stars II

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Beauty and the Beast

Frasier

The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers

The Golden Girls

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The Imagemaker

Marty

Disney's House of Mouse

Murder, She Wrote

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special

Dirty Dancing

Law & Order

The Law & Harry McGraw

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Kojak

Tales from the Darkside

Hunter

The Hustler: The Inside Story

Prince of the City

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

California Casanova

Belle's Tales of Friendship

Annie Get Your Gun

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Try to Remember: The Fantasticks

Howard

Night of 100 Stars

The New Yorker Presents

The Dick Cavett Show

Jeopardy!

Chinese Coffee

Simon & Simon

Brewster's Millions

F/X

Trapper John, M.D.

The Merv Griffin Show

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder

Guys and Dolls

Toy Soldiers

Broadway Bound

Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter

A Fan's Notes

Broadway's Lost Treasures

Medical Center

Universal Soldier

Love Among Thieves

Kojak: None So Blind

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

The Hitchhiker

The Defenders

Belle's Magical World

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Out for Justice

The Sentinel

Love, American Style

Straight Talk

The Magic of Herself the Elf

The Acting Class

Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife