Det. Elliot Stabler is a fictional character on the TV crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Christopher Meloni.
Stabler is a NYPD detective with Manhattan's 16th Precinct, which investigates sex crimes. His partner is Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay). Stabler is dedicated to his job, but this dedication occasionally turns into obsession; he often takes cases personally, thus affecting his judgment. Nonethel...
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Det. Elliot Stabler is a fictional character on the TV crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Christopher Meloni.
Stabler is a NYPD detective with Manhattan's 16th Precinct, which investigates sex crimes. His partner is Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay). Stabler is dedicated to his job, but this dedication occasionally turns into obsession; he often takes cases personally, thus affecting his judgment. Nonetheless, Stabler has a 97 percent case closure rate.
Stabler lives in Glen Oaks, Queens, with his wife and five children. He is a devout Catholic whose faith sometimes complicates the cases he works on. He sometimes sees a conflict between his faith and work. In the episode Annihilated, it is suggested that Elliot was a Hand-to-Hand combat specialist while he served in the United States Marine Corps since he displayed great knowledge in that field while dealing with a case involving those skills. He also has various tattoos, notably the Eagle,...
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