Richard Belzer

A successful comedian in nightclubs and television who dabbled in acting, Richard Belzer achieved his greatest fame relatively late in his career playing New York Police Detective John Munch, a cynical investigator with a more than academic interest in conspiracy theories. As a standup comic, Belzer was a sharp, quick-witted performer whose cynical humor was loaded with social commentary and occasional detours into observations on pop culture (for years, his manic impression of Mick Jagger was one of his most famous bits). Thanks to John Munch's long run on the TV shows Homici...