RIP Richard Belzer
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BulletProof
Just a B@stard Living in a Suit
The character has spanned over 20 years and 23 seasons of network television. Along with his main cast roles on Homicide and SVU, Munch has also appeared as a character in other TV series, movies, talk shows, albums and comic books:
He's not dead.
He's busy doing something and makng smart ass comments in another universe.
Those lucky b*stards.
- Homicide: Life on the Street—119 out of 122 episodes in the series
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit—242 out of 325 episodes in the series
- Homicide: The Movie—television movie
- Law & Order—four episodes: "Charm City", "Baby, It's You" (part 1), "Sideshow (Part 1)", and "Entitled (Part 2)"
- Arrested Development—one episode: "Exit Strategy"
- The X-Files—one episode: "Unusual Suspects"
- The Beat—one episode: "They Say It's Your Birthday"
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury—one episode: "Skeleton (Part 2)"
- The Wire—one episode: "Took"
- American Dad—one episode: "Next of Pin", Detective Munch shows up at the end of the episode to recruit Steve to join him as a detective after being impressed by Steve's detective work at the bowling alley.
- 30 Rock—two episodes: "¡Qué Sorpresa!", the characters are watching an SVU episode, with dialogue written and action shot specifically for 30 Rock. Richard Belzer also appears as the actor playing Munch in "Last Lunch", part one of 30 Rock's series finale, when Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) lands a guest role on SVU as a corpse.
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!—one episode: October 7, 2009. Richard Belzer was interviewed as himself, then does an impromptu scene as Munch with Kimmel and Joel McHale.[46]
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt—one episode: "Kimmy Goes to the Doctor!", the characters are watching a fictional Law & Order spinoff episode on their television.[47]
- A Muppet version of Munch appeared in the Sesame Street sketch "Law & Order: Special Letters Unit" where he was portrayed by David Rudman.
- Munch makes a cameo appearance on the 1993 Paul Shaffer album The World's Most Dangerous Party.
- An artwork version of Munch appears in the 2016 comic book Spider-Man/Deadpool #6.[48]
- An unseen Munch is mentioned, by Detective Chief Inspector John Luther, as an NYPD SVU contact on episode 5 of the UK crime drama Luther. Notably, DCI Luther is played by Idris Elba, who played Stringer Bell in the HBO drama The Wire, where Munch previously cameoed.
- On a 2021 episode of the podcast Quality Time, Munch is portrayed in an improvised scene from Homicide by the episode's guest, Tom Myers.[49]
He's not dead.
He's busy doing something and makng smart ass comments in another universe.
Those lucky b*stards.
BurstWicks
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According to his friend Bill Scheft, a novelist, Belzer's last words were "fukk you, motherfukker".
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gave up his pension to bail out Amarro in his final SVU episode
