Lennie Briscoe

Detective Leonard W. "Lennie" Briscoe is a fictional character on NBC's long-running police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order. He was portrayed by the late Jerry Orbach, who also voiced Lumiere.

Characteristics
Briscoe was perhaps most famous for his sarcastic (at-times snarky) sense of humor. At a crime scene, he typically had a wisecrack or joke about the victim or circumstances of death; with the joke usually exhibiting a very deadpan delivery while at the same time being highly "on target". Briscoe also had a rather sarcastic view about people. His sarcasm was especially pronounced around marriage and fidelity, and he would frequently make bitter references to divorce, the "futility of love", and lawyers.

Trivia

 * Lennie Briscoe's nephew Ken is played by Jerry Orbach's real life son Chris.