Editing Dick Wolf

{{Short description|American television producer (born 1946)}}
{{For|the American football player|Dick Wolf (American football)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Dick Wolf
| image              = DickWolfJan10.jpg
| alt                = Wolf standing at a lectern
| caption            = Wolf in 2010
| birth_name         = Richard Anthony Wolf
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1946|12|20}}
| birth_place        = [[New York City]], New York, U.S.
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| other_names        = Richard D. Wolf
| known_for          = {{ubl|[[Law & Order (franchise)|''Law & Order'' franchise]]|[[Chicago (franchise)|''Chicago'' franchise]]|[[FBI (franchise)|''FBI'' franchise]]}}
| education          = [[University of Pennsylvania]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| employer           = [[Wolf Entertainment]]
| occupation         = Television writer, director, executive producer, creator
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|Susan Scranton|1970|1983|end=div}}|{{marriage|Christine Marburg|1983|2005|end=div}}|{{marriage|Noelle Lippman|2006|2019|end=div}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/law-order-creator-dick-wolf-splitting-from-third-wife-noelle-after-12-years-of-marriage|title='Law & Order' Creator Dick Wolf Splitting from Third Wife, Noelle, after 12 Years of Marriage |publisher=[[Fox News]] |date=2019-01-07 |access-date=2020-08-28}}</ref>}}
| children           = 5
}}
'''Richard Anthony Wolf''' (born December 20, 1946<ref>{{cite web|last=Halliburton|first=Suzanne|title='Law & Order: SVU' Star Ice-T Wishes Creator Dick Wolf Happy Birthday|url=https://outsider.com/american-entertainment/law-order-svu-star-ice-t-wishes-creator-dick-wolf-happy-birthday/|publisher=Outsider Media Network|date=December 20, 2021|access-date=January 7, 2021|quote=It's Wolf's 75th birthday.|archive-date=June 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609045043/https://outsider.com/american-entertainment/law-order-svu-star-ice-t-wishes-creator-dick-wolf-happy-birthday/|url-status=dead}}</ref>) is an American film and [[television producer]], best known for his [[Law & Order (franchise)|''Law & Order'' franchise]]. Since 1990, the franchise has included six police/courtroom dramas and four international spinoffs. He is also co-creator and executive producer of the [[Chicago (franchise)|''Chicago'' franchise]], which since 2012, has included four [[Chicago]]-based dramas and the co-creator and executive producer of the [[FBI (franchise)|''FBI'' franchise]], which since 2018, has also become a franchise after spinning off two additional series.

Wolf has also written four books. The first, the non-fiction volume ''Law & Order: Crime Scenes'', is a companion to the ''Law & Order'' television series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4027-1092-6|title=LAW & ORDER: Crime Scenes |date=15 September 2003|work=[[Publishers Weekly]]|access-date=October 29, 2012}}</ref> ''The Intercept,'' ''The Execution,'' and ''The Ultimatum'' are works of fiction in a [[thriller (genre)|thriller]] series featuring an [[NYPD]] detective named Jeremy Fisk.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-206483-7 |title=The Intercept |first=Bruce |last=DeSilva |date=October 22, 2012 |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=29 October 2012}}</ref>

Wolf has won numerous awards, including an [[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]], being inducted into the [[Television Academy Hall of Fame]] and receiving a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].

==Early life and education==
Wolf was born in [[Manhattan]] to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] father and a Catholic mother of [[Irish American|Irish descent]].<ref name="Jewish Journal"/><ref name= dialogue>{{Cite web|last=Green |first=Susan |title=Dialogue: Dick Wolf|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]| date= March 29, 2007|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dialogue-dick-wolf-133061|quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f69YhScihz0C&q=dick+wolf|title=TV Creators Conversations with America's Top Producers of Television Drama · Volume 1|last=Longworth|first=James L.|date=2000|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=9780815606529|language=en|access-date=2024-03-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/broadcastingtele46unse/page/n1355/mode/1up|title=Broadcasting Telecasting|website=archive.org|access-date=2024-03-29|df=mdy-all}}</ref> As a boy, he was an [[altar server]] at the local Catholic parish.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/07/arts/church-woes-are-invading-tv-pilots-story-lines-mirror-public-disenchantment-with.html|title=Church Woes Are Invading TV Pilots; Story Lines Mirror Public Disenchantment With Catholic Hierarchy|first= Alessandra| last=Stanley|newspaper=The New York Times| date=7 May 2002}}</ref>

Wolf attended [[Saint David's School (New York City)|Saint David's School]], [[The Gunnery]],<ref>{{cite web| url= https://explorewashingtonct.com/things_to_do/the-gunnery/|title=The Gunnery |website= ExploreWashingtonCT.com | date= | publisher= | access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://frostsnow.com/dick-wolf|title=Dick Wolf|first= Dibya Raj| last= Adhikari|website= Frostsnow.com |date=January 15, 2016 }}</ref> and [[Phillips Academy|Phillips Academy, Andover]].<ref name= dialogue /> He subsequently attended the [[University of Pennsylvania]] (class of 1969), where he was a member of the [[Zeta Psi]] fraternity.<ref name="Jewish Journal">{{cite web| last= Eshman| first= Rob| url= http://www.jewishjournal.com/articles/item/a_wolf_among_sheep_19971017|title=A Wolf Among 'Sheep'|work= [[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|Jewish Journal]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119044657/https://jewishjournal.com/articles/item/a_wolf_among_sheep_19971017|archive-date=November 19, 2011|date=October 16, 1997|access-date= October 24, 2012}}</ref>

==Career==
===Advertising===
Wolf worked as an [[Copywriting|advertising copywriter]] at [[Benton & Bowles]] creating [[Advertising|commercial]]s for [[Crest toothpaste]], including the slogan "You can't beat Crest for fighting cavities." He is also credited with the campaign "I'm Cheryl, fly me" for [[National Airlines (1934–1980)|National Airlines]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Preston |title=What Law & Order Creator Dick Wolf Did Before He Was Famous |url=https://www.thelist.com/640822/what-law-order-creator-dick-wolf-did-before-he-was-famous/ |website=The List |access-date=6 February 2025}}</ref> Yet despite his success in copywriting, all the while he was writing [[screenplay]]s in the hopes of a film career. It was at this time that he briefly collaborated on a screenplay with [[Oliver Stone]], who was a struggling [[screenwriter]] at the time.

===Initial screenwriting success===
He moved to [[Los Angeles]] after a few years and had three screenplays produced; one of these films, [[Masquerade (1988 film)|''Masquerade'' (1988)]], featuring Rob Lowe and Meg Tilly, gained notable acclaim.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vanessa |first=Garner |title=Dick Wolf Net Worth: Life, Career, Projects |url=https://skateinsights.com/dick-wolf-net-worth-life-career-projects/ |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=Skateinsights.com|date=August 18, 2023 }}</ref> He started his television career as a staff writer on ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' and was nominated for his first [[Emmy Award]] for the episode "What Are Friends For?", on which he was the only writer. While working on ''Hill Street Blues'', Wolf became close friends with [[Tom Fontana]], then writing for the series ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'', produced in the same building, at the same time.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/dick-wolf |title=Dick Wolf Interview| website= emmytvlegends.org |department= [[Archive of American Television]] |publisher= [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation]] |date=2013-04-21 |access-date=2016-05-10}}</ref> Wolf moved from ''Hill Street Blues'' to ''[[Miami Vice]]'', where he was a writer and co-producer for the third and fourth seasons.<ref>{{cite web| first= Dick |last= Wolf |website= emmytvlegends.org| url= http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/shows/miami-vice | title= Miami Vice Interview| publisher= Archive of American Television| year= 2008 |access-date= March 16, 2017}}</ref>

===''Law & Order'' franchise===
{{Main|Law & Order (franchise)}}

Wolf's original series ''[[Law & Order]]'' ran from 1990 to 2010, and was revived in 2022. It has surpassed ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' as longest-running dramatic show in American television history, making it one of television's most successful franchises. It has been nominated for the most consecutive [[Emmy Award]]s of any primetime drama series. Wolf serves as creator and executive producer of the current ''Law & Order'' drama series from [[Wolf Entertainment]] and [[NBCUniversal]] Television – ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' (which, as of September 5, 2024 is the longest-running scripted primetime drama, having aired 551 episodes, breaking the original ''Law & Order'' count of 456 (now 501 through the twenty-third season), and beating both the original ''Law & Order'' and ''Gunsmoke'' in number of seasons).  

Wolf also was creator and executive producer for the four spinoff shows in the franchise that have been canceled – ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'', ''[[Law & Order: Trial by Jury]]'', ''[[Law & Order: UK]]'', and ''[[Law & Order: LA]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Weiner |first= Allison Hope |title=Case Closed |url= https://ew.com/article/2005/05/23/trial-jury-cancelled-after-season/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=May 15, 2010|date=May 23, 2005}}</ref> Along with Kevin Arkadie, he co-created the police drama ''[[New York Undercover]]'', which ran on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]] Network from 1994 to 1999. He also served as executive producer of the series. He was the creator and executive producer of NBC's courtroom reality series ''[[Crime & Punishment]]'', which chronicled real-life cases prosecuted by the [[San Diego]] District Attorney's office. Many of Wolf's series have intersected with the [[Law & Order (franchise)|''Law & Order'' franchise]] in some fashion, and the ''Law & Order'' series have been adapted into several foreign versions. Wolf's company also produced ''[[Twin Towers (film)|Twin Towers]]'', the 2003 [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]–winning Short Documentary about two brothers, one a policeman and the other a fireman, who were killed in the line of duty on [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11, 2001]]. Wolf was also involved with ''[[When You're Strange]]'', the production of a theatrical documentary about the rock band [[The Doors]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-05-10|title=The Doors ~ Interview with Executive Producer Dick Wolf |via= PBS.org |publisher= WNET |url= https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/the-doors-interview-with-executive-producer-dick-wolf/1590/|access-date=2021-02-20|work=American Masters|language=en-US}}</ref>

==== ''Organized Crime'' ====
On March 31, 2020, Wolf announced that a spin-off series was ordered by [[NBC]] to launch in the 2020–21 season, with [[Christopher Meloni]] reprising his role as [[Elliot Stabler]] from ''SVU'' after a nine-year absence. The initial series order was for 13 episodes.<ref>{{Cite web |website= [[Deadline Hollywood]] |url= https://deadline.com/2020/03/christopher-meloni-returns-new-dick-wolf-series-elliot-stabler-nbc-law-order-svu-1202896323/|title=Christopher Meloni As 'SVU' Character Elliot Stabler To Headline New Dick Wolf Drama Series For NBC|language=en|date=March 31, 2020|access-date=March 31, 2020}}</ref> On June 2, 2020, it was announced that the series would be called ''[[Law & Order: Organized Crime]]'' and that showrunner Craig Gore had been fired.<ref>{{cite web |last=Throne|first=Will|title=Dick Wolf Fires Writer From 'Law & Order' Spinoff for Threatening to 'Light Up' Looters |url= https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/dick-wolf-craig-gore-fired-law-and-order-spinoff-controversial-facebook-posts-1234623190/|website= Variety.com |access-date=June 11, 2020|language=en|date=June 2, 2020}}</ref>

==== ''Hate Crimes'' ====
Wolf announced that NBC placed an order of 13 episodes for ''Law & Order: Hate Crimes'', a new installment of the franchise.<ref>{{Cite magazine| url= https://ew.com/tv/2018/09/04/law-and-order-hate-crimes/|title=NBC orders new 'Law & Order' series that focuses on hate crimes|magazine= Entertainment Weekly| via= EW.com|access-date= 2018-09-05|language=en}}</ref> On March 4, 2019, NBC announced that the series would be redeveloped to flesh out the concept and would not be spun out of ''SVU'' as announced.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://deadline.com/2019/03/law-order-hate-crimes-series-pushed-nbc-1202568228/|title='Law & Order: Hate Crimes' Series Pushed At NBC|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|work= Deadline Hollywood |date=March 4, 2019|access-date=March 5, 2019}}</ref> On June 5, 2020, the series of ''Hate Crimes'' was moved to NBC's streaming service, [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]], at least partly due to language concerns.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://tvline.com/2020/06/05/law-order-hate-crimes-spinoff-peacock-streaming-service-language/|title=Law & Order: Hate Crimes Spinoff Likely Bound for Peacock Streaming Service Due to Language Concerns|date=June 5, 2020|website=[[TVLine]].com|language= en| access-date= June 6, 2020}}</ref>

==== ''For the Defense'' ====
On May 3, 2021, Wolf announced that NBC ordered yet another installment of the franchise, ''Law & Order: For the Defense'', and that its showrunner would be [[Carol Mendelsohn]].<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://deadline.com/2021/05/law-order-for-the-defense-spinoff-dick-wolf-carol-mendelsohn-nbc-series-order-1234748597/|title='Law & Order: For The Defense' Spinoff From Dick Wolf & Carol Mendelsohn Gets NBC Series Order|work= Deadline Hollywood |date=May 3, 2021|access-date=May 5, 2021}}</ref> It was later announced that the show would not move forward.

===''Chicago'' franchise===
{{Main|Chicago (franchise)}}

Wolf developed ''[[Chicago Fire (TV series)|Chicago Fire]],'' a drama about a group of men and women working at the [[Chicago Fire Department]]. The series was picked up by NBC in May 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/05/nbc-renews-law-order-svu-inks-new-deal-with-dick-wolf-picks-up-chicago-fire-268962/| title=NBC Renews 'Law & Order: SVU', Picks Up 'Chicago Fire', Inks New Deal With Dick Wolf |date=May 9, 2012|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|work= Deadline Hollywood |access-date=May 9, 2012}}</ref> and premiered on October 10, 2012, with meek numbers in the ratings and minimal reviews in the first few weeks before spiking to NBC's #2 scripted drama series, under ''[[Revolution (TV series)|Revolution]].''<ref>{{cite web |url= http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/10/11/wednesday-final-ratingsthe-x-factor-survivor-the-neighbors-no-adjustments-for-arrow/152524 |title= Wednesday Final Ratings: 'The X Factor', 'Survivor', 'The Neighbors' & 'Modern Family' Adjusted Up; No Adjustments for 'Arrow' |last=Kondolojy |first= Amanda |work=TV by the Numbers |date=October 11, 2012 |access-date=October 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013180840/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/10/11/wednesday-final-ratingsthe-x-factor-survivor-the-neighbors-no-adjustments-for-arrow/152524/ |archive-date=October 13, 2012 }}</ref> In March 2013, NBC announced intentions for a spin-off of ''Chicago Fire'' revolving around the Chicago Police Department.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2013/03/chicago-fire-spinoff-series-in-works-nbc-462138/|title=NBC Eyes 'Chicago Fire' Spinoff Series|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|website= Deadline Hollywood|date=March 27, 2013|access-date=March 27, 2013}}</ref> When that series ''[[Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Chicago P.D.]]'' premiered, [[Derek Haas]], [[Michael Brandt|Michael W. Brandt]], and [[Matt Olmstead]] became executive producers, under Wolf.<ref>{{cite news|last=Slezak|first=Michael|title=Chicago Fire Spreading? NBC Considering Police-Centric Spinoff Series| url= http://tvline.com/2013/03/27/chicago-fire-spinoff-pilot-nbc/|access-date=March 27, 2013|newspaper=TV Line|date=March 27, 2013}}</ref> Two subsequent shows, ''[[Chicago Med]]'' which premiered in 2015, and ''[[Chicago Justice]]'' whose one season began and ended in 2017, followed in ''Chicago P.D.'s'' wake.

=== ''FBI'' franchise ===
{{Main|FBI (franchise)}}
In 2018, Wolf became executive producer of the [[CBS]] drama ''[[FBI (TV series)|FBI]]'', starring ''Law & Order'' cast members [[Jeremy Sisto]] and [[Alana de la Garza]] and also [[Sela Ward]].<ref>{{cite web| url= https://parade.com/703616/paulettecohn/law-order-alum-jeremy-sisto-on-joining-federal-law-enforcement-in-fbi/| title=Law & Order Alum Jeremy Sisto on Joining Federal Law Enforcement in FBI|first= Paulette|last=Cohn|date=25 September 2018|website= [[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]}}</ref> ''FBI'' has since had two spinoffs (''[[FBI: Most Wanted]]'', and ''[[FBI: International]]''), giving Wolf his third franchise.

Beginning in the [[2021–22 United States network television schedule|2021-2022 TV season]], all three of Wolf's franchises have their own night of programming: ''FBI'' Tuesdays on CBS (original series, ''Most Wanted'', ''International''), ''Chicago'' Wednesdays on NBC (''Med'', ''Fire'', ''P.D.''), and ''Law & Order'' Thursdays on NBC (original series revival, ''SVU'' and ''Organized Crime'').<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.yahoo.com/now/dick-wolf-breaks-ground-3-142618535.html | title= Dick Wolf breaks new ground... | website= Yahoo.com| date=| agency=| access-date=}}</ref>

===Other work===
In 2012, Wolf developed the unscripted show ''Cold Justice'', a documentary drama, for [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]].<ref>{{cite web |last= Goldberg |first=Lesley|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/upfronts-2012-tnt-development-slate-steven-bochco-dick-wolf-matthew-mcconaughey-324989| title=Upfronts 2012: TNT Developing Shows From Steven Bochco, Dick Wolf, Matthew McConaughey, More|date=May 16, 2012|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=October 16, 2012}}</ref> He also has written three novels whose central character is NYPD Detective Jeremy Fisk: ''The Intercept'', ''The Execution'', and ''The Ultimatum''.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.amazon.com/Dick-Wolf/e/B00CF7JNH2|title=Dick Wolf | website= Amazon.com | access-date=}}</ref> In 2024, Wolf released a documentary miniseries with Netflix called ''Homicide: New York''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homicide: New York Is Dick Wolf's Real-Life Law & Order |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/homicide-new-york-release-date-trailer-news |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=Netflix Tudum |language=en}}</ref> 

In May 2021, NBC ordered a docuseries ''LA Fire and Rescue''. The series followed the firefighters of the [[Los Angeles County Fire Department]] and will be executive produced by Wolf.<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC Greenlights Dick Wolf Docuseries 'LA Fire And Rescue'| url= https://deadline.com/2021/05/nbc-dick-wolf-docuseries-la-fire-and-rescue-order-1234756406/| work= Deadline Hollywood |first=Denise|last=Petski|date=May 14, 2021}}</ref> This series was cancelled by NBC after one season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Caruso |first=Nick |date=2024-03-18 |title=NBC Cancels 2 Reality Series, Including LA Fire & Rescue |url=https://tvline.com/news/la-fire-and-rescue-cancelled-season-2-nbc-1235189695/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=TVLine |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Future projects===
Wolf's future projects for NBC are an American adaption of the United Kingdom psychological [[legal drama]] series ''[[Injustice (British TV series)|Injustice]]''<ref>{{cite news |last= Andreeva| first= Nellie |url= https://deadline.com/2012/09/dick-wolf-david-hudgins-to-adapt-british-series-injustice-for-nbc-328915/|title=Dick Wolf & David Hudgins To Adapt British Series 'Injustice' For NBC|date=September 4, 2012|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=October 16, 2012}}</ref> as well as a drama series revolving around a [[satanic cult]], tentatively titled ''The Church''. Wolf is writing the latter project with [[Howard Franklin]].<ref>{{cite news |last= Ng| first=Philiana|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/church-nbc-dick-wolf-team-378609|title=Dick Wolf Developing Cult Drama 'Church' at NBC|date=October 12, 2012|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=October 16, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/dick-wolf-church-new-source-drama-article-1.1182155?localLinksEnabled=false|title=Dick Wolf of 'Law & Order' will try a new genre with drama 'The Church'|date=October 15, 2012|work=New York Daily News|access-date=October 16, 2012}}</ref> Wolf also has an untitled pilot about an insurance investigator on [[USA Network]].<ref>{{cite web |last= Rose| first= Lacey |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/upfronts-2012-usa-bryan-fuller-dick-wolf-kelsey-grammer-326092 |title=Upfronts 2012: Bryan Fuller, Dick Wolf, Kelsey Grammer Projects Join USA's Scripted Development Slate| date=May 17, 2012|work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=October 16, 2012}}</ref>

With Wolf pursuing projects other than ''Law & Order'', he and current ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' showrunner/executive producer [[Warren Leight]] sometimes discuss the future of the ''Law & Order'' franchise and revitalizing it; Leight commenting "(Dick Wolf and I) sometimes talk in general terms of where (the franchise) could go. I'm curious to see if there's another iteration somewhere down the line."<ref>{{cite news|last= Jodha|first=Michael|title=There's no shortage of crimes for 'SVU,' says executive producer |url= http://www.ctv.ca/LawAndOrderSVU/article/Theree28099s-no-shortage-of-crimes-for-e28098SVUe28099-says-executive-producer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015084944/http://www.ctv.ca/LawAndOrderSVU/article/Theree28099s-no-shortage-of-crimes-for-e28098SVUe28099-says-executive-producer|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2012|access-date=October 4, 2012|work= CTV.ca |date=October 3, 2012}}</ref>

=== Art collecting ===
In December 2023, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the promised gift of over 200 works of art from Wolf, including Old Master paintings, sculptures and drawings, as well as funds to endow two galleries with his name.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 20, 2023 |title=The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces Transformative Holiday Gift of Over 200 Superlative Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, and More from Dick Wolf - The Metropolitan Museum of Art |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/press/news/2023/dick-wolf-gift |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=www.metmuseum.org}}</ref> Wolf reported that his appreciation for art started when he was a child visiting Met on his way home from school.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Small |first=Zachary |date=December 21, 2023 |title='Law & Order' Creators Gives 200 Artworks to the Met |volume=173 |page=C6 |work=The New York Times |issue=60009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/20/arts/design/dick-wolf-gift-met-museum.html |access-date=December 20, 2023}}</ref>

==Honors==
Wolf's personal honors include the Award of Excellence from the [[Banff Television Festival]], the 2002 Creative Achievement Award from [[NATPE]]; the [[Anti-Defamation League]]'s Distinguished Entertainment Industry Award, the Leadership and Inspiration Award from the Entertainment Industries Council, the Governor's Award by the New York Chapter of the [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]], the 1997 achievement award from the Caucus for Producers, Writers, and Directors, the 1998 Television Showman of the Year Award from the Publicists Guild of America, the 2002 Tribute from the [[Museum of Television and Radio]], and a 2003 Special [[Edgar Award]] from the [[Mystery Writers of America]]. On March 29, 2007, Wolf received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 7040 Hollywood Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.hollywoodchamber.net/icons/recent_ceremonies.asp#DickWolf|title= Hollywood Walk of Fame Recent Ceremonies| publisher= Hollywood Chamber of Commerce| access-date= 2007-04-04| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070329051719/http://www.hollywoodchamber.net/icons/recent_ceremonies.asp#DickWolf|archive-date=2007-03-29}}</ref> In 2013, Wolf was inducted into the [[Television Academy Hall of Fame]]. Wolf is also an Honorary [[Consul general]] of [[Monaco]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy197/ |title=Consulate of Monaco in Los Angeles, United States |website= embassypages.com |access-date= 2017-01-25}}</ref> and is actively involved in the principality's prestigious annual Television Festival.

==Political involvement==
It was reported that Wolf contributed to [[Fred Thompson]]'s [[Fred Thompson 2008 presidential campaign|campaign for the Republican nomination for president in 2008]]. The two had worked together since 2002, when Thompson joined the cast of ''Law & Order'' playing a [[district attorney]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.memphisdailynews.com/Editorial/StoryFocus.aspx?id=98360 |title=Thompson's 'Candidacy' Draws Variety of Supporters |work= [[Memphis Daily News]] |access-date=2007-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070927135502/http://www.memphisdailynews.com/Editorial/StoryFocus.aspx?id=98360 |archive-date=2007-09-27 }}</ref>

== In popular culture ==
''[[Community (TV series)|Community]]'', a [[sitcom]] on [[NBC]] from 2009 to 2014 had an episode which parodied Dick Wolf's ''[[Law & Order (franchise)|Law & Order]]'', with the title "[[Basic Lupine Urology]]" being a play on his name. Wolf is given a special thanks credit at the end of the episode.<ref name="ign">{{cite web|last=Canning|first=Robert|date=April 27, 2012|title=Community: "Basic Lupine Urology" Review|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/04/27/community-basic-lupine-urology-review|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614225144/https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/04/27/community-basic-lupine-urology-review|archive-date=June 14, 2020|access-date=June 14, 2020|website=[[IGN]]}}</ref><ref name="avclub">{{cite web|last=VanDerWerff|first=Emily|date=April 26, 2012|title=''Community'': "Basic Lupine Urology"|url=https://www.avclub.com/community-basic-lupine-urology-1798172569|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614225145/https://tv.avclub.com/community-basic-lupine-urology-1798172569|archive-date=June 14, 2020|access-date=June 14, 2020|website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref>

==Filmography==
=== Film ===
* ''[[Skateboard (film)|Skateboard]]'' (1978)
* ''[[No Man's Land (1987 film)|No Man's Land]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Masquerade (1988 film)|Masquerade]]'' (1988)
* ''[[School Ties]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Twin Towers (film)|Twin Towers]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Naked Singularity (film)|Naked Singularity]]'' (2021)
* ''77'' (TBA)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pedersen|first1=Erik|title=Jared Leto To Direct James Ellroy Thriller '77' For Paramount|url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/jared-leto-direct-political-thriller-77-for-paramount-1201913300/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=16 February 2017|access-date=16 February 2017}}</ref>

=== Television ===
==== Scripted ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Creator
!Executive Producer
!Writer
!Network
|-
|1985–1986
|''[[Hill Street Blues]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
| rowspan="2" |[[NBC]]
|-
|1986–1988
|''[[Miami Vice]]''
|{{No}}
|{{Partial|Co-executive}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |1989
|''[[Gideon Oliver]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
| rowspan="2" |[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|''[[Christine Cromwell]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |1990
|''[[Nasty Boys (TV series)|Nasty Boys]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|NBC
|-
|''[[H.E.L.P.]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|ABC
|-
|1990–2010,<br/>2022–present
|''[[Law & Order]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
| rowspan="2" |NBC
|-
| rowspan="2" |1992
|''[[Mann & Machine]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
|''[[The Human Factor (TV series)|The Human Factor]]''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|CBS
|-
| rowspan="2" |1993
|''[[South Beach (1993 TV series)|South Beach]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|NBC
|-
|''[[Crime & Punishment (1993 TV series)|Crime & Punishment]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Partial|Co-executive}}
|{{Yes}}
|NBC
|-
|1994–1999
|''[[New York Undercover]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|1995
|''[[The Wright Verdicts]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|CBS
|-
|1996
|''[[Swift Justice]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|[[UPN]]
|-
|1997
|''[[Feds (TV series)|Feds]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|CBS
|-
|1997–1998
|''[[Players (1997 TV series)|Players]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
| rowspan="2" |NBC
|-
| rowspan="2" |1998
|''[[Exiled: A Law & Order Movie]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|-
|''The Invisible Man''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|N/A
|-
|1999–present
|''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|NBC
|-
|rowspan="2" |2000
|''[[D.C. (TV series)|D.C.]]''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|[[The WB]]
|-
|''[[Arrest & Trial]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|2000–2001
|''[[Deadline (2000 TV series)|Deadline]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|NBC
|-
|2001–2011
|''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|NBC/[[USA Network]]
|-
|2003
|''[[Dragnet (franchise)#L.A. Dragnet (2003)|L.A. Dragnet]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|ABC
|-
|2005–2006
|''[[Law & Order: Trial by Jury]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
| rowspan="2" |NBC
|-
|2006
|''[[Conviction (2006 TV series)|Conviction]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|-
|2009–2014
|''[[Law & Order: UK]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
|-
|2010–2011
|''[[Law & Order: LA]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
| rowspan="6" |NBC
|-
|2012–present
|''[[Chicago Fire (TV series)|Chicago Fire]]''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
|2014–present
|''[[Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Chicago P.D.]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
|2015–present
|''[[Chicago Med]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2017
|''[[Chicago Justice]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
|''[[Law & Order True Crime]]''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|-
|2018–present
|''[[FBI (TV series)|FBI]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
| rowspan="2" |[[CBS]]
|-
|2020–2025
|''[[FBI: Most Wanted]]''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|-
|2021–present
|''[[Law & Order: Organized Crime]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|NBC/[[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]]
|-
|2021–2025
|''[[FBI: International]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|CBS
|-
|2024–present
|''[[Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|[[CityTV]]
|-
|2025
|''[[On Call (TV series)|On Call]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|[[Amazon Prime Video|Prime Video]]
|-
|2025
|''[[CIA (TV series)|CIA]]''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|CBS
|-
|TBA
|''Law & Order: Hate Crimes''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|Peacock
|}

==== Unscripted ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Creator
!Executive Producer
!Network
|-
|2013–present
|''[[Cold Justice]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|[[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]]/[[Oxygen (TV channel)|Oxygen]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2015
|''[[Cold Justice: Sex Crimes]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|TNT
|-
|''[[3AM (TV series)|3AM]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
|2015–2023
|''[[Nightwatch (TV series)|Nightwatch]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|[[A&E (TV network)|A&E]]/[[NBCUniversal]]
|-
|2017
|''Inside the FBI: New York''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/03/25/inside-the-fbi-new-york-promo-premiere-dick-wolf/|title='Inside the FBI: New York' Promo Reveals Premiere for Dick Wolf Docuseries|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] }}</ref>
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|[[USA Network]]
|-
|2017–2020
|''[[Criminal Confessions]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/criminal-confessions-dick-wolf-oxygen-media-reality-series-premiere-date-trailer-1202153359|title='Criminal Confessions': Dick Wolf's Oxygen Media Reality Series Gets Premiere Date, Trailer|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=22 August 2017}}</ref>
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
| rowspan="2" |Oxygen
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019
|''Murder for Hire''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
|''First Responders Live''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|2023
|''LA Fire and Rescue''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|[[NBC]]
|-
|2024
|''Homicide''<br/>Season 1: New York<br/>Season 2: Los Angeles
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|[[Netflix]]
|}

==== Animated ====
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' (2012); Guest voice in "[[Ratings Guy]]"

==== Foreign ====
* ''[[Paris enquêtes criminelles]]'' (2007–2008)

==== Thanks ====
* ''[[Community (TV series)|Community]]'' ("[[Basic Lupine Urology]]", 2012)

==Timeline of Wolf's multi-series franchises==
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== See also ==
* [[List of celebrities by net worth]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name}}
* [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4531410 Interview with Wolf] on [[National Public Radio|NPR]]'s ''[[Fresh Air]]'' (March 11, 2005)
* Behind the Scenes of [https://web.archive.org/web/20050515103845/http://www.mazmanian.net/video/nasty-boys.html Dick Wolf's ''Nasty Boys'']
* {{EmmyTVLegends name}}
* [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/01/arts/television-dick-wolf-breaks-and-enters-with-law-and-order-on-nbc.html ''New York Times'' article: "Dick Wolf Breaks and Enters with 'Law and Order' on NBC"] by Bruce Weber, March 1, 1992.

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