Jerome Bernard Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor and singer, described at the time of his death as "one of the last bona fide leading men of the Broadway musical and global celebrity on television" [1] and a "versatile stage and film actor." [2] .

Actor: Law & Order. Jerry Orbach was born in the Bronx, New York, the only child of Leon Orbach, a former vaudevillian actor, was a German Jewish immigrant, who was born in Hamburg, Germany, and Emily (nee Olexy), a radio singer, was born in Pennsylvania to immigrant Polish-Lithuanian Roman Catholic parents, Alexander Olexy and Susanna (nee ...

Apr 2, 2014 · Jerry Orbach was a Tony Award-winning American actor best known for his role as Detective Lennie Briscoe on 'Law & Order.'

Jerry Orbach was an American actor of the stage and screen. Orbach is most known for his long-running leading role as Det. Lenny Briscoe in Law & Order from 1992 to 2004.

Dec 30, 2004 · Orbach, who died of prostate cancer Tuesday in Manhattan, was beginning another chapter at age 69: He had taken his signature role as Detective Lennie Briscoe to NBC’s upcoming spinoff “Law &...

Actor: Law & Order. Jerry Orbach was born in the Bronx, New York, the only child of Leon Orbach, a former vaudevillian actor, was a German Jewish immigrant, who was born in Hamburg, Germany, and Emily (nee Olexy), a radio singer, was born in Pennsylvania to immigrant Polish-Lithuanian Roman Catholic parents, Alexander Olexy and Susanna (nee ...

Dec 29, 2004 · Jerry Orbach, who won fame on the New York stage as one of the last bona fide leading men of the Broadway musical and global celebrity on television as a New York detective on NBC's "Law &...

Actor. Jerry Orbach spent a dozen years on the hit NBC crime drama Law & Order as Detective Lennie Briscoe. Orbach's Briscoe was the quintessential television cop—tough, with the proverbial heart of gold—and the role catapulted the veteran actor to stopped-on-the-street stardom.

Dec 28, 2004 · Orbach was an actor and singer who created a handful of important roles for the Broadway musical theater, before turning mostly to films and television. The son of a former vaudevillian...

Dec 28, 2004 · Musical theatre and television star Jerry Orbach (b. Bronx, NY, October 20, 1935; d. New York City, December 28, 2004) was best known in recent years for playing the crusty police detective Lennie Briscoe in the Law & Order television series.