John Munch is a fictional character played by actor Richard Belzer. Munch first appears on the American crime drama television series Homicide: Life on the Street on NBC. A regular through the entire run of the series, Munch is a cynical detective in the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide unit, and is originally partnered with Det. Stanley Bolander. On the cancellation of Homicide in 1999, Munch became a regular on the Law & Order spin off, Law & Order Special Victims Unit, after Belzer was offered a regular role on the show, and has been with the show all fourteen seasons. On SVU, Munch is a senior detective in the New York Police Department's Special Victims Unit, and is first partnered with Brian Cassidy, followed by Monique Jeffries, and Fin Tutuola. In the ninth season premiere, Munch is promoted to the rank of Sergeant and occasionally takes on supervisory functions within the department. In season 14, Munch is temporarily reassigned to the Cold Case Unit, after solving a decade-old child abduction case in the episode "Manhattan Vigil". He returns to the squad in "Secrets Exhumed", in which he brings back a 1980's rape-homicide cold case for the squad to investigate.
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John Munch is a fictional character played by actor Richard Belzer. Munch first appears on the...
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John Munch is a fictional character played by actor Richard Belzer. Munch first appears on the American crime drama television series Homicide: Life on the Street on NBC. A regular through the entire run of the series, Munch is a cynical detective in the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide unit, and is originally partnered with Det. Stanley Bolander. On the cancellation of Homicide in 1999, Munch became a regular on the Law & Order spin off, Law & Order Special Victims Unit, after Belzer was offered a regular role on the show, and has been with the show all fourteen seasons. On SVU, Munch is a senior detective in the New York Police Department's Special Victims Unit, and is first partnered with Brian Cassidy, followed by Monique Jeffries, and Fin Tutuola. In the ninth season premiere, Munch is promoted to the rank of Sergeant and occasionally takes on supervisory functions within the department. In season 14, Munch is temporarily reassigned to the Cold Case Unit, after solving a decade-old child abduction case in the episode "Manhattan Vigil". He returns to the squad in "Secrets Exhumed", in which he brings back a 1980's rape-homicide cold case for the squad to investigate.
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