Christopher Peter Meloni is an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Chris Meloni was born April 2, 1961 in Washington, DC. Chris Meloni is married to production designer Sherman Williams and they have two children, a daughter Sophia Eva Meloni born March 23, 2000 and a son Dante Meloni born January 2, 2004.