‘Uncontrollable Wit’

Richard Belzer spent the 1970s as a groundbreaking stand-up comic, serving as the very first audience warm-up act for Saturday Night Live, where he became known as one of New York’s most acerbic and hilarious voices. In the past two decades, “The Belz” has covered new ground, as Detective John Munch on the long-running television series Law and Order. In fact, he has broken a television record, portraying the same character on more series than any one actor in TV history. With Munch’s current home, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, returning on Wednesday night, we caught up with Belzer, 66, to talk about his long-running creation, and his history in comedy. … Back to Article