Richard Jay Belzer (August 4, 1944 - February 19, 2023) was an American stand-up comedian, author,  and actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as John Munch, which he has portrayed as a regular cast member on the NBC's police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Filmography

• 2013Santorini Blue — Richard, Executive Producer
• 2012Bright Day — Richard Belzer
• 2010Polish Bar — Hershel
• 30 Rock — Sergeant John Munch, Richard Belzer
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury — John Munch
• Arrested Development — Detective Munch
• The Belzer Connection
• The Wire — John Munch
• 2000Homicide: The Movie — John Munch
• The Beat — John Munch
• 1999Jump — Jerry
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — John Munch
• 1999Man on the Moon — Richard Belzer
• 1998Species II — U. S. President
• 1998The Bar Channel — Seth
• South Park — Loogie (voice)
• 1997When Cars Attack — Himself - Host, Writer
• 3rd Rock from the Sun — Richard Belzer
• 1996A Very Brady Sequel — LAPD Detective
• 1996Deadly Pursuits — Mariano
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Get on the Bus — Rick
• 1996Girl 6 — Caller #4 - Beach
• 1995Not of This Earth — Jeremy Pallin
• 1995Prince for a Day — Bernie Silver
• The Invaders — Randy Stein
• 1994Bandit: Bandit, Bandit — Big Bob Bentley
• 1994Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart — Frank Giordano
• 1994North — Barker
• 1994The Puppet Masters — Neil Jarvis
• 1993Dangerous Game — Cameo
• Homicide: Life on the Street — John Munch
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Inspector Henderson
• 1993Mad Dog and Glory — M.C. / Comic
• The X-Files — John Munch
• Human Target
• Mad About You — Detective Sharp
• 1992Missing Pieces — Baldesari
• 1992The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade — Joe Kline
• The Larry Sanders Show — Richard Belzer
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Good Sports — Richard Belzer
• 1991Off and Running — Milt Zoloth
• Law & Order — John Munch
• 1990The Bonfire of the Vanities — Television Producer
• 1990The Flash — Joe Kline
• The Flash — Joe Kline
• 1989Fletch Lives — Phil
• 1989The Big Picture — Video Show Host
• 1988Freeway — Dr. David Lazarus
• Monsters — Buzz Hunkle
• 1988The Wrong Guys — Belz
• 1986America — Gypsy Beam
• 1986Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment — Man Reading Paper
• Moonlighting — Leonard
• Miami Vice — Captain Hook
• 1983Belzer Behind Bars — Self, Writer
• 1983Flicks — Stoner
• 1983Scarface — M.C. at Babylon Club
• 1982Author! Author! — Seth Shapiro
• 1982Café Flesh — Audience Member (uncredited)
• 1982Night Shift — Pig
• 1982The Facts
• 1981Likely Stories Vol. 1
• 1980Fame — M.C. at Catch a Rising Star club
• Saturday Night Live — Self, Chevy Chase, Juror (uncredited), Museum Visitor (uncredited)
• 1974The Groove Tube — Rodriguez / Leo Batfish / The President / The Hooker
• Sesame Street

Appearances as themselves (38)

• 2018Alive in France — Self
• 2017Gilbert — Self
• 2017Where Have You Gone, Lou DiMaggio? — Self
• 2016The Best Democracy Money Can Buy — Self
• 2016The Comedian — Himself
• 2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead — Self - Actor / Producer
• 2014Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip — Self
• 2013The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall — Self
• 2012Cooking with Christopher Walken — Himself
• Inside Comedy — Self
• 2011Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis — Self
• 2011The 'Scarface' Phenomenon — Self
• The Green Room with Paul Provenza — Self
• 2009My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story — Self
• 2009Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black — Self
• 2008The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't — Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• 2003The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians — Self (archive footage)
• 2002The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase — Self - Roaster
• 2001Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians — Self (archive footage)
• 1999Yesterday's Tomorrows — Self
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
• 1998Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! — Self
• 1998Totally Bill Hicks — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1992The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live! — Self
• The Howard Stern Show — Self
• 1988Jackie Gleason: The Great One — Self (uncredited)
• 1988Negligee and Underpants Party — Self
• 1987Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville — Self
• 1987Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 12 — Self
• 1986The Tommy Chong Roast — Himself
• 1986The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion — Self
• 1982Catch A Rising Star: 10th Anniversary Special — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self