What is the name of Christopher Meloni's character on SVU?

Christopher Meloni plays Detective Elliot Stabler on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Stabler is one of the original detectives in the Manhattan Special Victims Unit and partners with Olivia Benson during the show’s first 12 seasons. He is portrayed as intensely committed to victims and investigations, but his emotional involvement can sometimes lead him to take cases personally. Before joining the NYPD, the character served in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Meloni left SVU after its 12th season, with Stabler’s departure explained as an off-screen resignation. The character later returned to the Law & Order universe in the SVU episode “Return of the Prodigal Son,” which launched his central role in Law & Order: Organized Crime.

The other options are also important SVU characters but have different performers: John Munch was played by Richard Belzer, Donald Cragen by Dann Florek, and Nick Amaro by Danny Pino. None is Christopher Meloni’s character.