Dylan McDermott signed on to star alongside Christopher Meloni in the NBC drama “Law and Order: Organized Crime”.
Meloni will repeat the role of Elliot Stabler in the series, which sees Stabler’s return to the NYPD to fight organized crime after a devastating personal loss. Stabler will aim to rebuild his life as part of a new elite task force that is dismantling the city’s most powerful criminal unions, one by one. Details of McDermott’s character are being kept secret at the moment, but he will be a regular character in the series.
McDermott knows TV well, having previously starred in ABC’s legal drama “The Practice”. His time on the show earned him an Emmy nomination, as well as three Golden Globe nominations, winning one of the last awards in 1999. He is also known for his collaborations with Ryan Murphy, having starred in the critically acclaimed first season of “American Horror Story ”on FX, as well as Murphy’s recent“ Hollywood ”and“ The Politician ”series on Netflix. His role in “Hollywood” earned him his second Emmy nomination.
He is represented by CAA, Industry Entertainment and Imprint PR.
“Law and Order: Organized Crime” was created by Dick Wolf, who will be the executive producer along with Ilene Chaiken, Terry Miller, Fred Berner, Arthur W. Forney and Peter Jankowski. The series is produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television. This marks Meloni’s return to “Law & Order” after he left “Law & Order: SVU” in the show’s 12th season in 2011. Meloni left the show at the end of season 12, so it was written in the season 13 premiere that Stabler had retired from the police.