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Personal Details
Other Works:
He played Billy Flynn in Maurine Dallas Watkins' story, "Chicago," in a musical at the Blackstone Theater in Chicago, Illinois with Penny Worth (Roxie Hart); Carolyn Kirsch (Velma) and Haskell Gordon (Roxie's husband) in the cast. Bob Fosse was director and choreographer. John Kander and Fred Ebb were composers. Patricia ...
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Publicity Listings:
1 Print Biography
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1 Interview
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24 Articles
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1 Pictorial
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2 Magazine Cover Photos
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Height:
6' 1½" (1.87 m)
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Personal Quote:
When I first began in this business I was doing a lot of musical theater but the problem was that people wouldn't hire me outside of that. I wasn't being taken seriously as an actor so I started taking more dramatic roles and serious acting jobs and eventually it got to the point where people were saying, "I really like his stuff. Does he sing?"
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Trivia:
He has three grandchildren. Sarah Kate Orbach and Peter Orbach who are his oldest son Tony's kids and Aaron Orbach born in 2014 to his youngest son Chris Orbach and daughter-in-law Nicole.
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Trademark:
Best known for his role as Detective Lennie Briscoe in
Law & Order (1990) (as well as several spin-offs)