Richard Belzer, Aka John Munch In ‘SVU’, Is Dead

Richard Belzer, Aka John Munch In ‘SVU’, Is Dead

 

The 78-year-old American actor had become inseparable from his character as a cynical detective, who appeared in several series.

February 19 Richard Belzer Famous face of the small screen, the American actor died at the age of 78, he was especially famous for his roles on television in the series “Homicide” and “New York, special unit”.

DEATH – Inspector Munch is gone. The famous face of the small screen, American actor Richard Belzer died on Sunday, February 19. The 78-year-old was best known for his television roles in the series Homicide and New York, Special Victims Unit in the first place, but not only.

The announcement of his death by the Hollywood Reporter indicates that the actor from Connecticut died Sunday morning at his home in France, in the town of Bozouls (Aveyron). The sad news was revealed by his writer friend Bill Scheft, indicating that Richard Belzer “  had many health problems  ”. As for his last words, the writer assures that his friend would have let go: “Fuck you, motherfucker! »

Humorist and actor Richard Lewis ( Curb Your Enthusiasm, Anything but Love ) who began his stand-up career at the same time as Richard Belzer, has also paid tribute to him by evoking the one who “made him laugh a billion times.

Despite an early career in cinema with incursions into films by Alan Parker, Brian de Palma, and Ron Howard, it was on television and thanks to television series that Richard Belzer gradually carved out a place for himself in the hearts of the spectators.

 

Conspiracy theories and Hulk Hogan

 

His character of John Munch appeared in several series including Homicide and New York, particular unit quickly became his trademark, to the point of declining the identity of his character in several other registers, such as comedy in  Arrested Development or the Supernatural with X-Files. Her character also appeared in an episode of The Wire.

Enough to make Inspector Munch one of the most recurring characters on American television with no less than nine appearances in different series. The most recent being in the Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Passed by the stand-up, the actor was also known for his comic tempo, offering a particular character to his character as a cynical inspector and particularly oriented towards conspiracy theories. His last real appearance in his character’s costume was in 2013’s Law & Order: SVU, despite a surprise new appearance in 2014.

Richard Belzer, in the guise of his character of John Munch in the series “New York, special unit”.

Among the other main feats of arms of Richard Belzer, impossible not to mention his confrontation with the American wrestler Hulk Hogan. Then a host of the show Hot Properties in 1985, the actor asked his interlocutor for a wrestling demonstration. The latter hesitates before finally yielding to the request of Richard Belzer.

But in just a few seconds, the hold made by the American wrestler puts him to sleep and his head falls heavily to the ground. Despite the wrestler’s apology and after several stitches in the back of the head, Richard Belzer will sue Hogan, seeking $5 million in damages for his bodily injuries. A sequence that has since become a cult on American television.

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