His other credits included films Scarface, Missing Pieces, The Puppet Masters and shows Mad About You, Minding the Store, and American Dad. Over the course of two decades, Belzer played the wisecracking investigator not just within the franchise but in several other shows that spanned different networks, including The X-Files, The Wire, Arrested Development, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and 30 Rock.

Belzer began his career as a stand-up comic, but his most memorable role came as investigator John Munch in the NBC crime drama Homicide: Life on the Street, which aired between 19, before becoming a fixture on the long-running Law & Order franchise.

Richard Belzer, the comedian and actor best known for his role as John Munch on the Law & Order franchise, died Feb. Beyond acting, Pinsent was a painter, writer, playwright, and director he authored memoir By the Way and novels The Rowdyman and John and the Missus, which serve as the basis of the films in which he starred. He voiced Babar in Babar: The Movie and on the animation series Babar and the Adventures of Badou. A three-time Genie Awards winner, Pinsent was also named a Companion of the Order of Canada and the recipient of the Governor General's Performing Arts Award and the Earle Grey Award. Notable credits include The Rowdyman, Due South, John and the Missus, A Gift to Last, The Red Green Show, Quentin Durgens, M.P, and American productions It Takes a Thief, Colossus: The Forbin Project, Banacek, and The Thomas Crown Affair. With more than 150 film and TV credits, Pinsent's seven-decade-spanning career made him a household name in his native country. Gordon Pinsent, the prolific Canadian actor who gained international recognition in Away From Her and voiced beloved children's book character Babar the Elephant, died Feb.

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