NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast. The show was created by Steven Bochco and David Milch and inspired by Milch's relationship with Bill Clark, a former member of the New York City Police Department who eventually became one of the show's producers. Its episodes were broadcast on the ABC network from its debut on September 21, 1993‚ and aired its final episode on March 1, 2005. It...
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quick facts
On the air:September 21, 1993-March 1, 2005
Number of seasons:12
Network:American Broadcasting Company
Writers:David Mills
Producer:Gregory Hoblit, David Milch, Steven Bochco

Honors and awards

YearAward Won
1995 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble - Drama Series, Gordon Clapp
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Dennis Franz
1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Dennis Franz
1996 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Dennis Franz
1994 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Dennis Franz
1998 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, Gordon Clapp
1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Kim Delaney
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series, Debra Monk
1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series, Shirley Knight
1994 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, David Caruso
1995 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, Dennis Franz
1996 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, Jimmy Smits
1994 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, Steven Bochco
1995 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor - Drama Series, Dennis Franz
1997 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor - Drama Series, Dennis Franz
1997 Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, Jimmy Smits
1997 Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Drama
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YearAward Nomination
2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Dennis Franz
2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Dennis Franz
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Dennis Franz
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Jimmy Smits
1998 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Jimmy Smits
1998 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Dennis Franz
1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Jimmy Smits
1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Dennis Franz
1996 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Jimmy Smits
1996 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Dennis Franz
1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Jimmy Smits
1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Dennis Franz
1994 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, David Caruso
1994 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, Dennis Franz
1998 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, Gordon Clapp
1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, Nicholas Turturro
1996 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, James McDaniel
1994 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, Gordon Clapp
1994 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, Nicholas Turturro
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Kim Delaney
1998 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Kim Delaney
1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Kim Delaney
1996 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Gail O'Grady
1996 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Sharon Lawrence
1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Gail O'Grady
1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Sharon Lawrence
1994 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Amy Brenneman
1994 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Sharon Lawrence
1994 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Gail O'Grady
1994 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Drama Series, Dan Hedaya
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series, Debra Monk
1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series, Shirley Knight
1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series, Amy Brenneman
1994 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series, Penny Fuller
1994 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, David Caruso
1995 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, Dennis Franz
1996 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, Jimmy Smits
1997 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, Jimmy Smits
1999 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, Jimmy Smits
1998 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, Kim Delaney
1999 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, Kim Delaney
1994 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Dennis Franz
1998 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, Steven Bochco
1997 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, Steven Bochco
1996 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, David Milch
1995 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, Steven Bochco
1994 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, David Milch
1996 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction and Scenic Design, Alan E. Muraoka
1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single Camera Series, Richard C. Hankins
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Award-winners from NYPD Blue

Nicholas Turturro
Nicholas Turturro
Born:January 29, 1962

Nicholas Turturro, Jr. is an American film, television and prolific on-stage character actor, perhaps best known for his role as James Martinez, on NYPD Blue from 1993 to 2000. Turturro was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Katherine, an amateur jazz singer who worked in a Navy yard during...
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Gordon Clapp
Gordon Clapp
Born:September 24, 1948

Gordon Clapp is an American actor, best known for portraying the role of Det. Greg Medavoy for all 12 seasons on the television series NYPD Blue, winning an Emmy Award in 1998. Clapp has appeared in numerous TV shows such as Check it Out! and Night Court as well as films , and stage plays. In...
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Gail O'Grady
Gail O'Grady
Character:Donna Abandando
Born:January 23, 1963

Gail Ann O'Grady is an American television actress. She is best known for her roles as Donna Abandando on NYPD Blue and as Helen Pryor on American Dreams. She was a series regular on the The CW Comedy-drama series Hellcats, playing the mother of the Marti Perkins, called Wanda Perkins, before...
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David Caruso
David Caruso
Character:John Kelly
Born:January 7, 1956

David Stephen Caruso is an American actor and producer. He may be best known for portraying Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the TV series CSI: Miami. The role that gained him initial significant recognition was the role of Detective John Kelly on the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue. Caruso was born in...
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James McDaniel
James McDaniel
Character:Arthur Fancy
Born:March 25, 1958

James McDaniel is an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for playing Lt. Arthur Fancy on the television show NYPD Blue. He also played a police officer in the ill-fated 1990 series Cop Rock, and a close advisor to activist Malcolm X in the 1992 film Malcolm X. He also...
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Dennis Franz
Dennis Franz
Character:Andy Sipowicz
Born:October 28, 1944

Dennis Franz is an American actor best known for his role as Andy Sipowicz, a hard-boiled police detective, in the television series NYPD Blue. He previously appeared as Lt. Norman Buntz on Hill Street Blues, and earlier played Detective Benedetto on the same show. Franz was born Dennis Franz...
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Sharon Lawrence
Sharon Lawrence
Born:June 29, 1961

Sharon Elizabeth Lawrence is an American television actress. She is best known for the role of Sylvia Costas Sipowicz in the Television series NYPD Blue. The role garnered her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination three times for Outstanding Supporting actress in a Drama series. Lawrence was born in...
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Kim Delaney
Kim Delaney
Character:Diane Russell
Born:November 29, 1958

Kim Delaney is an American actress best known for her starring role as Detective Diane Russell on the ABC drama television series, NYPD Blue. Early in her career, she played the role of Jenny Gardner in the hugely popular ABC daytime television drama, All My Children. She later had leading roles in...
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Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits
Character:Bobby Simone
Born:July 9, 1955

Jimmy Smits is an American actor. Smits is perhaps best known for his roles as attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s legal drama L.A. Law, as NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s police drama NYPD Blue, and as Congressman and then President Matthew Vincente Santos on The West Wing. He is also...
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Cast of NYPD Blue

Anna Gunn
Anna Gunn
Character:Kimmy
Born:Aug. 11, 1968
Age:43
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Character:John Clark, Jr.
Born:Mar. 1, 1974
Age:38
Lucy Liu
Lucy Liu
Character:Amy Chu
Born:Dec. 2, 1968
Age:43
Elizabeth Berkley
Elizabeth Berkley
Character:Nicole Graf
Born:July 28, 1972
Age:39
Nick Offerman
Nick Offerman
Character:Steven Debrees
Born:June 26, 1970
Age:41
Nick Offerman
Nick Offerman
Character:Billy
Born:June 26, 1970
Age:41
Lola Glaudini
Lola Glaudini
Character:Patty Bell
Born:Nov. 24, 1971
Age:40
Lola Glaudini
Lola Glaudini
Character:Dolores Mayo
Born:Nov. 24, 1971
Age:40
Lola Glaudini
Lola Glaudini
Character:Karen Thanos
Born:Nov. 24, 1971
Age:40
Leah Remini
Leah Remini
Character:Angela Bohi
Born:June 15, 1970
Age:41
Jessalyn Gilsig
Jessalyn Gilsig
Character:Detective Kelly Ronson
Born:Nov. 30, 1971
Age:40
Nichole Hiltz
Nichole Hiltz
Character:Amy Rasmusse
Born:Sept. 3, 1978
Age:33

NYPD Blue seasons

Season
NYPD Blue - Season 1
NYPD Blue - Season 2
NYPD Blue - Season 3
NYPD Blue - Season 4
NYPD Blue - Season 5
NYPD Blue - Season 6
NYPD Blue - Season 7
NYPD Blue - Season 8
NYPD Blue - Season 9
NYPD Blue - Season 10
NYPD Blue - Season 11
NYPD Blue - Season 12
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