Overview of District Attorneys.
New York District Attorneys in chronological order
Manhattan District Attorneys
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Thinnes | Manhattan District Attorney (D.A.) Alfred Wentworth |
"Everybody's Favorite Bagman" (Season 1) |
N/A | 1 |
| Steven Hill | Manhattan District Attorney (D.A.) Adam Schiff |
"Prescription for Death" (Season 1) |
”Vaya Con Dios" (Season 10) |
229 |
| Dianne Wiest | Manhattan Interim District Attorney (D.A.) Nora Lewin |
"Endurance" (Season 11) |
”Patriot" (Season 12) |
49 |
| Fred Dalton Thompson | Manhattan District Attorney (D.A.) Arthur Branch |
"American Jihad" (Season 13) |
”The Family Hour" (Season 17) |
142 |
| Sam Waterston | Manhattan District Attorney (D.A.) Jack McCoy |
"Called Home" (Season 18) |
”Rubber Room" (Season 20) |
64 |
Bronx District Attorneys
| Actor | Character | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| John Jellison | Bronx County District Attorney (D.A.) John Robertson |
L&O: "Bait" (Season 9) |
| Roger Pretto | Bronx County District Attorney (D.A.) Francisco Martinez |
SVU: "Lowdown" (Season 5) |
| Nestor Serrano | Bronx County District Attorney (D.A.) Juan Delgado |
L&O: "Tango" (Season 18) |
Other District Attorneys
| Actor | Character | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce McCarty | Buffalo County District Attorney (D.A.) Etting |
CI: "The Good Child" (Season 4) |
| John Jellison | Suffolk County District Attorney (D.A.) Pam James |
SVU: "Beautiful Frame" (Season 14) |
List of Other District Attorneys/Similar positions
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Coyote | California, Los Angeles District Attorney (D.A.) Jerry Hardin |
LA: "Echo Park" (Season 1) |
LA: "Van Nuys" (Season 1) |
8 |
| Ed Wheeler | New Jersey, Hudson County County Prosecutor Matt Sturges |
L&O: "Everybody Loves Raimondo's" (Season 14) |
N/A | 1 |
| Bill Sage | New Jersey, Hudson County County Prosecutor Bobby Masconi |
SVU: "Jersey Breakdown" (Season 15) |
N/A | 1 |
| Carl Weathers | Illinois, Cook County State's Attorney (S.A.) Mark Jefferies |
PD: "Justice" (Season 3) |
Justice: "Tycoon" | 19 |