# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-belzer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:12:25.916Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-belzer"
name: "Richard Belzer"
slug: "richard-belzer"
description: "Richard Jay Belzer was an American actor, comedian, and author. He was best known for his role as BPD Detective, NYPD Detective/sergeant and investigator John Munch, whom he portrayed for 23 years in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and in several guest appearances on other series."
tagline: "American actor and comedian (1944–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Belzer.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1944-08-04"
deathDate: "2023-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.ibelz.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump