Known For: American actor and comedian (1944–2023)
Category: Actors
Occupation: actor, television actor, film actor, screenwriter
Country: United States of America
City: Bridgeport
Date of Birth: Friday, 04 August 1944
Richard Jay Belzer was an American actor, comedian, and author. He was best known for his role as BPD Detective, NYPD Detective/sergeant and investigator John Munch, whom he portrayed for 23 years in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and several guest appearances on other series.
| BirthPlace | Bridgeport |
| Education | Q5246081 |
| Spouses | Harlee McBride |
| Website | http://www.ibelz.com |
| Wikipedia | Richard_Belzer |
Belzer was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on August 4, 1944, to a Jewish family. He described his mother as frequently physically abusive, and he declared that his comedy career began when trying to make her laugh to distract her from abusing him and his brother. After graduating from Fairfield Warde High School, Belzer worked as a reporter for the Bridgeport Post. Belzer attended Dean College, which was then known as Dean Junior College, in Franklin, Massachusetts, but was expelled.
