who is, apparently, an entirely different human being than a man named Christopher Meloni:
I had watched Fallen and Law & Order: SVU a buncha times before and had never realized that these characters were two different people. That is absolutely unbelievable.
Even crazier is the fact that Elias Koteas was born 3/11/1961 and Christopher Meloni was born 4/02/1961. I'm not suggesting that they have a common mother that somehow was in labor for 528 hours before giving birth to twins that were subsequently taken from her and brought up separatetly, as acting rivals, in some sort of sinister acting cult...OK fine, that's my theory - how can you explain it??
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The abridged list below shows movies that most people have seen but does not list ALL the movies/shows these epic acting powerhouses have been in. I'll bet you've been wrong, on both sides, about who they are: "that was Christopher Meloni, not Elias Koteas"; "that was Elias Koteas, not Christopher Meloni". Of course, that all presupposes that the two referenced men are, in fact, different people.
The actor who claims his name is "Elias Koteas":
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) .... Monsieur Gateau
"CSI: NY" .... 'Joe' / ... (2 episodes, 2008)
- Veritas (2008) TV episode .... Joe
- Hostage (2008) TV episode .... 'Joe' / Douglas Anderson
Prisoner (2007) .... Jailer
Shooter (2007/I) .... Jack Payne
Zodiac (2007/I) .... Sgt. Jack Mulanax
"American Dad!" .... Jim (3 episodes, 2005-2006)
- Failure Is Not a Factory-installed Option (2006) TV episode (voice) .... Jim
- Stannie Get Your Gun (2005) TV episode (voice) .... Jim
- Homeland Insecurity (2005) TV episode (voice) .... Jim
"House M.D." .... Jack Moriarty (1 episode, 2006)
... aka "House" (South Africa: English title) (USA: short title)
- No Reason (2006) TV episode .... Jack Moriarty
"The Sopranos" .... Dominic Palladino (1 episode, 2002)
- The Strong, Silent Type (2002) TV episode .... Dominic Palladino
The Thin Red Line (1998) .... Capt. Staros
Apt Pupil (1998) .... Archie
... aka L'élève doué (Canada: French title)
... aka Un élève doué - Été de corruption (France)
Fallen (1998) .... Edgar Reese
Gattaca (1997) .... Antonio Freeman
The Prophecy (1995) .... Thomas Daggett
... aka God's Army (Europe: English title)
... aka God's Secret Army (Europe: English title)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993) .... Casey Jones / Whit
Contact (1992) .... Mohannan
Look Who's Talking Too (1990) .... Stuart
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) .... Casey Jones
... aka Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (USA: long title)
... aka Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Movie (USA: DVD box title)
The actor who claims his name is "Christopher Meloni":
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" .... Detective Elliot Stabler (221 episodes, 1999-2009)
... aka "Law & Order: SVU" (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka "Special Victims Unit" (New Zealand: English title)
- Crush (2009) TV episode (as Chris Meloni) .... Detective Elliot Stabler
- Baggage (2009) TV episode .... Detective Elliot Stabler
- Hell (2009) TV episode .... Detective Elliot Stabler
- Ballerina (2009) TV episode .... Detective Elliot Stabler
- Lead (2009) TV episode .... Detective Elliot Stabler
(216 more)
Nights in Rodanthe (2008) .... Jack Willis
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) (as Reverend Clyde Stanky) .... Grand Wizard
... aka Harold & Kumar 2 (Singapore: English title) (USA: working title)
BelzerVizion (2007) .... Chris Meloni
"Law & Order: Trial by Jury" .... Detective Elliot Stabler (1 episode, 2005)
- Day (2005) TV episode .... Detective Elliot Stabler
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) .... Freakshow
... aka Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies (Europe: English title) (UK)
... aka Harold et Kumar chassent le burger (Canada: French title)
"Scrubs" .... Dr. Dave Norris (1 episode, 2003)
- My White Whale (2003) TV episode .... Dr. Dave Norris
"Oz" .... Chris Keller (38 episodes, 1998-2003)
- Exeunt Omnes (2003) TV episode .... Chris Keller
- Junkyard Dawgs (2003) TV episode .... Chris Keller
- A Day in the Death... (2003) TV episode .... Chris Keller
- 4giveness (2003) TV episode .... Chris Keller
- A Failure to Communicate (2003) TV episode .... Chris Keller
(33 more)
Wet Hot American Summer (2001) .... Gene
"Law & Order" .... Police Det. Elliott Stabler (2 episodes, 2000)
... aka "Law & Order Prime" (USA: informal title)
- Fools for Love (2000) TV episode .... Police Det. Elliott Stabler
- Entitled: Part 2 (2000) TV episode (as Chris Meloni) .... Police Det. Elliott Stabler
Runaway Bride (1999) .... Coach Bob Kelly
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) (as Chris Meloni) .... Sven, Clerk at Flamingo Hotel
"NYPD Blue" .... Jimmy Liery (5 episodes, 1996-1997)
- My Wild Irish Nose (1997) TV episode .... Jimmy Liery
- Caulksmanship (1996) TV episode .... Jimmy Liery
- Unembraceable You (1996) TV episode .... Jimmy Liery
- Ted and Carey's Bogus Adventure (1996) TV episode .... Jimmy Liery
- Where'd the Van Gogh? (1996) TV episode .... Jimmy Liery
Twelve Monkeys (1995) .... Lt. Halperin
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5 comments:
Watching Combat Hospital. Koteas not only looks like an older Meloni, but sounds exactly like him.
WHEW. I thought I was the only one who saw the "resemblance"!! Thank you for confirming -- despite my brother's best efforts -- that I am not completely crazy.
Yet.
When I see a picture of each of them together, I see slight differences, but I too thought they were one in the same person all these years!!! I'm kind of relieved though, because it always creeped me out that my buddy, Detective Stabler could be so evil and creepy on Fallen! I gotta say I'm really bummed out that Chris Meloni won't be coming back to Law & Order SVU. How can you break up such a great team as Benson and Stabler??????
Elias Koteas was a minor character in Some Kind of Wonderful - the best of John Hughes 80s teen movies. For the first few years SVU was out, I swore up and down that Meloni was Koteas. It wasn't until one time I actually watched the show (rather than the commercials) and saw the credits that I realized they weren't the same guy.
I thought that Christopher Meloni and Elias Koteas where the same person FOR YEARS AND YEARS. They both even appeared in subsequent Harold and Kumar films. So, all this time the Law and Order dude WASN'T Casey Jones. Wow. THEY ARE BOTH JUST MESSING WITH OUR HEADS.
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