Dann Florek

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Birthday: May 1, 1950

Dann Florek, a bald character player with a penchant for playing perpetually annoyed or annoying characters, has had a handful of film credits, but is perhaps best known for his regular and recurring work in primetime network television. Raised in Flat Rock, Michigan, Florek discovered acting while pursuing a degree in math and physics at Eastern Michigan University. Following college, the actor moved east and took New York stage roles before a 1970s relocation to San Diego, where he starred in productions for the city's famed La Jolla Play…more

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Actor

The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
Abraham Lincoln
Hardball
Ernest Happy Talbot
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Captain Donald Cragen
Law & Order
Captain Donald Cragen
The Doctors Wilde
Herb Winthrop

Director

Law & Order
Director

Music

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Song Performer ("Oh What a Beautiful Morning")
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Song Performer ( Oh What a Beautiful Morning )

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Career Milestones

1999 to 0000
Reprised his role as Donald Cragen on the spin-off series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
1998
Appeared in the action thriller "Hard Rain"
1998
Guest starred on episodes of "The Pretender" (NBC) and "The Practice" (ABC)
1997
Had featured role as a detective in the CBS drama "A Nightmare Come True"
1994
Appeared in the Ted Danson/Macaulay Culkin starrer "Getting Even With Dad"