Richard Belzer: I am Not a Cop! True Tales from a Fake Detective
Program Titles
- How to Be a Standup Comic
- Detective John Munch on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Richard Belzer plays the acerbic Detective John Munch on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, after first portraying Munch on NBC’s critically acclaimed drama series Homicide: Life on the Street for seven seasons.
In fact, Belzer has made television history by portraying Detective Munch in nine different television series including Law & Order, The X-Files, and Arrested Development.
Due to his “uncontrollable wit,” Belzer was politely asked to leave every school he ever attended.
Belzer honed his life experiences into barbed comedic material drawn from other former jobs including teacher, census-taker, jewelry salesman and dockworker.
His captivating, often hilarious debut blends fact with fiction, as his off-camera persona comes to life on the page. Using his renowned comedic voice, Belzer takes audiences behind-the-scenes of both his life and the show, highlighting the curious convergence of reality and celebrity.
Belzer began his career with a starring role in Groove Tube, the counterculture film that went on to become a cult classic. Since then, Belzer’s talents have been employed off-Broadway (The National Lampoon Show with Bill Murray, Gilda Radner and John Belushi), on radio (Brink and Belzer on WNBC).
Many films including Fame, Scarface, Man on the Moon, The Bonfire of the Vanities and The Big Picture.
Belzer starred in his own HBO comedy special, Another Lone Nut, and in the six-part Showtime comedy series The Richard Belzer Show.
He hosted the primetime special When Cars Attack, the live Lifetime talk show, Hot Properties, and Court TV’s Crime Stories, as well as producing and hosting The Belzer Connection, a series of conspiracy-theory prime time specials for the SCIFI Channel.
Books by Richard Belzer
- I am Not a Cop!: True Tales from a Fake Detective
- UFOs, JFK and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don’t Have to Be Crazy to Believe
- How to Be a Standup Comic
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