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SVU Storms Back
TV Guide, April 21 - 27, 2008

My Dad Taught Me To . . .
People Magazine, June 23, 2008

'Law & Order' spin-off airing 200th episode
Philadelphia Enquirer TV Guide, April 28 - May 3, 2008

Christopher Meloni Talks 'Law & Order: SVU'
Buddy TV, October 2, 2007

'Law & Order'star Meloni talks acting, family and crime
The Dallas Morning News, August 18, 2007

60 SECONDS: Christopher Meloni
Metro.co.uk, August 7, 2007

Ready for Emmy
New Jersey Media, August 27, 2006

How Christopher Meloni Left L.A. and Found Success
Los Angeles Times, August 23, 2006

Christopher Meloni Preps for the Emmys
TV Guide, August 14, 2006

Talking with: Christopher Meloni
Los Angeles Times, August 8, 2006

In the middle of a heat wave
Baltimore Sun, August 8, 2006

A View from the Gate
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A view from the hunk
Sunday Independent, July 2005

Crossing another bridge
Irish Times, July 24, 2005

Ireland: Bridge over troubled water
Sunday Times, July 24, 2005

Understated It Guy
Brentwood Magazine, May/June 2005

Christopher Meloni
ABILITY Magazine, May 2005

Clues To A Marriage
Tango, May 2005

Passion of the Chris
Severe Magazine, May 15, 2005

The laws and order in Meloni's Upper West Side apartment
Chicago Tribune: Home & Garden, May 2005

Meloni opens up about "Oz"
Metro Magazine (Philadelphia Edition), May 10, 2005

Father & Law
People, May 2, 2005

Law & Order
Entertainment Weekly, March 4, 2005

Chris Meloni: Cop or Hood
TéléCable Satellite Hebdo (French TV guide), March 2004
Thanks to Luc for the article

Return to Oz
Attitude, March 2004
Thanks to Yvonne for the story

Oz
Miamigo, February 2001

Chris Meloni Sheds the Serious Stuff for 'Scrubs'
Zap2it - TV News, October 23, 2003
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Interview about Chris's appearance in "Scrubs"
Extra, October 23, 2003
Thanks to linny for the transcription

SVU Stud on Scrubs
TV Guide, October 17, 2003

Free to Act
The Coloradan, September 2003

Prisoners of Love
The Advocate, February 18, 2003

Tough Guise
People, February 3, 2003

Meloni travels from 'Oz' to 'Greenwich'
The Star Ledger, November 15, 2002

Last Call with Carson Daly
September 26, 2002

Interview as part of TV feature on Law & Order: SVU
Pamela Wallin Talk TV, April 13, 2002

Good Cop, Bad Perp
Soap Opera Weekly, April 9, 2002

Chris Meloni
Metro Source, April/May 2002

Finding his "Inner Mush"
US Weekly Magazine, March 18, 2002

OZ's bad-ass mega-stud
Next Magazine, January 6, 2002

HBO Talks to Chris Meloni December 2001
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Christopher Meloni: "Surgeon of Emotions"
Gay Wired, December 27, 2001

InStyle - At home
December 2001

Just Back from Spain
Travel & Leisure, December 2001

Arresting Presence
TV Guide, July 28 2001

Split Personality
New York Magazine, July 30, 2001

How to get Robert Downey Jr.'s Post-Prison Body
Jane, August 2001

Tobacco and Me
Flaunt, July 2001

Why not an Emmy June 2001
The buzz around "Oz" and its being ignored by the Emmy committee has brought a couple of great comments about Chris' portrayal of Chris Keller
  • David Bianculli, a critic for the NY Daily News writing in Variety, said:
    "Lee Tergesen and Christopher Meloni ("Oz") are two of the most watchable, menacing characters on television."
  • Bruce Fretts on Entertainment Weekly's EW.com:
    "Among the many cast members who've earned points for good behavior: Kathryn Erbe (whose character's hanging still haunts me), twisted TV lovers Lee Tergesen and Chris Meloni . . ."
Split Personality
The Sioux City Journal, February 16, 2001

Getting His Kicks
Spirit Magazine, January 2001

Breakout faces from the '99-'00 season
Variety.com, June 16, 2000

Chris Meloni: The Seducer of OZ
OUT, June 2000

Mellow, He Ain't
The Toronto Sun, May 14, 2000
Thanks to periwinkle for finding this
Actor Chris Meloni did a lot of real-life research to play his rough and tumble cop type on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. While studying at The Neighbourhood Playhouse in his salad days in New York, Meloni had "despicable" roommates, he says. "At least three of them were coke addicts, I figured out later," says the brawny actor. And he paid the rent using his muscle -- as a bouncer. "I've seen guys kick through window panes of glass and I've been dragged from a car, literally. It was too much abuse for only $ 40 a night." Meantime, Meloni envisioned himself the misunderstood, struggling artist. "I was writing, reading Henry Miller and Tom Wolfe and Bukowski, being miserable, and trying to figure out how to get an agent. "I fancied myself the Hunter S. Thompson of my time," he recalls with a chuckle, "with a jaded, jaundiced eye upon the world, writing plays and vignettes on my typewriter."
© The Toronto Sun

EVERYBODY WANTS Christopher Meloni
NY Post, March 8, 2000

Arresting actor Meloni drawing raves in diverse roles
Click TV, January 6, 2000
Thanks to target for finding this and to Kev for the transcription

Breakthrough '99
People Weekly, December 31, 1999

'SVU' cop busts bad guy stereotype
USA Today, November 29, 1999

AOL Chat
November 11, 1999

Christopher's street
Time Out New York Television Section October 21-28, 1999
Thanks to dimples for all the work of transcribing this.

Double Duty
TV Weekly, October 23, 1999
Thanks to jkm for all the work of transcribing this.

Christopher Meloni goes ungroomed---charmingly---in Runaway Bride
People Weekly, September 6, 1999

Runaway Success
Entertainment Weekly, August 13, 1999

In "Leaving L.A.," Meloni stars as Reed Simms
UltimateTV 1997

What did your dad say about . . .THE EARRING?
The Rick Dees Show, 1990 or 1991
Thanks to Terry for transcribing this

About the site
A star is launched - at christopher-meloni.com
National Post, June 3, 2000