Jerry Orbach
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday20 October 1935
Died28 December 2004 (age 69)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
Known credits105
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 origina…
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 · Self
Howard
2018 · Self / Lumiere (archive footage)
The New Yorker Presents
2016 · Detective Lennie Brisco
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
2005 · Lumiere (voice)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · Chuck Baxter (segment "Promises, Promises") (archive footage)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · Lennie Briscoe
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004 · Host (segment "Revivals and Record Breakers") / Billy Flynn (segment "Chicago")
Law & Order: Corruption Empire
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003 · Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003 · Host (segment "Broadway Divas") / Julian Marsh (segment "42nd Street")
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks
2003 · Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Self
Manna from Heaven
2002 · Waltz Contest Announcer
The Hustler: The Inside Story
2002 · Self - Actor
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Lennie Briscoe
Disney's House of Mouse
2001 · Lumiere (voice)
Prince of Central Park
2000 · Businessman
Chinese Coffee
2000 · Jake Manheim
Encounters With the Unexplained
2000
The Acting Class
2000 · Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Detective Lennie Briscoe
Belle's Tales of Friendship
1999 · Lumiere (voice)
Where Are They Now?
1999 · Self
Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind
1999 · Narrator
Exiled
1998 · Detective Lenny Briscoe
Belle's Magical World
1998 · Lumiere (voice)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997 · Lumiere (voice)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996 · Sa'Luk (voice)
Frasier
1993 · Mitch (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
The Cemetery Club
1993 · Jake Rubin (uncredited)
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Lennie Briscoe
Mastergate
1992 · Clifton Byers
Mr. Saturday Night
1992 · Phil Gussman
Universal Soldier
1992 · Dr. Christopher Gregor
Straight Talk
1992 · Milo Jacoby
Quiet Killer
1992 · Dr. Vincent Califano
Broadway Bound
1992 · Jack Jerome
Beauty and the Beast
1991 · Lumiere (voice)
Delirious
1991 · Lou Sherwood
A Gnome Named Gnorm
1991 · Stan Walton
Toy Soldiers
1991 · Albert Trotta (uncredited)
Out for Justice
1991 · Ronny Donziger
Delusion
1991 · Larry
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
1991 · Vic St. John
Dead Women in Lingerie
1991 · Mr. Bartoli
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