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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 1

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Aired1999-09-21T01:00:00Z on NBC
Runtime44m
DirectorJean de Segonzac

WritersJohn Chambers (executive story editor) + 2 more, Dick Wolf, Wendy West (story editor)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
GenresDrama, Crime, Mystery

Detectives Stabler and Benson investigate the murder and dismemberment of a taxi driver; the team discovers that he may have been a vicious Serbian war criminal living in the United States under a false identity.

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Actors
All Cast & Crew

Season Regulars
4

Guest Stars
29

Mariska Hargitay
Olivia Benson
Richard Belzer
John Munch
Christopher Meloni
Elliot Stabler
Dann Florek
Donald Cragen

Michelle Hurd
Monique Jeffries
Mili Avital
Marta Stevens
Leslie Hendrix
Elizabeth Rodgers
Daniel Bess
Policeman
Angie Harmon
Abbie Carmichael
Dean Winters
Brian Cassidy
Elizabeth Ashley
Serena Benson
Irma St. Paule
Aunt Jashari
Ronald Guttman
Gallery Owner
Rebecca Creskoff
Waitress
Ned Eisenberg
Jerry Kleinert
Gordana Rashovich
Anya Rugova
Tina Benko
Mrs. Panachek
Mark Zimmerman
Mr. Dupree
Ramsey Faragallah
Taxi Driver
Angela Bullock
Prosecutor
Mark Nelson
Robert Stevens
Jeremy Bergman
Nicholas Stevens
Matt Skollar
Victor Spicer
Sevanne Kassarjian
Ileana Jashari
Bill Driscoll
Mr. Kloster
Vivian Nesbitt
Farley
Rohan Quine
Gallery Owner's Assistant (uncredited)
Judy Del Giudice
Elizabeth Masullo
Isabel Gillies
Kathy Stabler
Chris Orbach
Ken Briscoe
P.J. Brown
Frank Bremmer
Steve Zirnkilton
Opening Title Sequence (voice) (uncredited)
Frank Anello
NYPD Officer (uncredited)

Series Premiere

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 1

1x01 PaybackTV-14

ActorsAll Cast & Crew

Season Regulars 4

Guest Stars 29

Mariska Hargitay

Olivia Benson

Richard Belzer

John Munch

Christopher Meloni

Elliot Stabler

Dann Florek

Donald Cragen

Michelle Hurd

Monique Jeffries

Mili Avital

Marta Stevens

Leslie Hendrix

Elizabeth Rodgers

Daniel Bess

Policeman

Angie Harmon

Abbie Carmichael

Dean Winters

Brian Cassidy

Elizabeth Ashley

Serena Benson

Irma St. Paule

Aunt Jashari

Ronald Guttman

Gallery Owner

Rebecca Creskoff

Waitress

Ned Eisenberg

Jerry Kleinert

Gordana Rashovich

Anya Rugova

Tina Benko

Mrs. Panachek

Mark Zimmerman

Mr. Dupree

Ramsey Faragallah

Taxi Driver

Angela Bullock

Prosecutor

Mark Nelson

Robert Stevens

Jeremy Bergman

Nicholas Stevens

Matt Skollar

Victor Spicer

Sevanne Kassarjian

Ileana Jashari

Bill Driscoll

Mr. Kloster

Vivian Nesbitt

Farley

Rohan Quine

Gallery Owner's Assistant (uncredited)

Judy Del Giudice

Elizabeth Masullo

Isabel Gillies

Kathy Stabler

Chris Orbach

Ken Briscoe

P.J. Brown

Frank Bremmer

Steve Zirnkilton

Opening Title Sequence (voice) (uncredited)

Frank Anello

NYPD Officer (uncredited)

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Season Regulars
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Guest Stars
29