Cragen

Cragen

Donald "Don" Cragen is a fictional character played by Dann Florek in the American crime drama television series Law & Order and its spinoff Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC. Cragen started the series as a homicide captain with the New York Police Department, then became captain of the department's Special Victims Unit. A recovering alcoholic, Cragen is a tough police veteran, but one loyal to his officers.

Florek starred in the first three seasons of Law & Order before he was fired from the show due to an order from NBC to add more female cast members. Before his termination, Florek expressed disappointment with his character's lack of material. Series creator Dick Wolf took the actor and reintroduced him to Special Victims Unit, which Cragen has appeared in since the first season. Cragen had also appeared in the Law & Order episodes "Bad Faith", "Entitled" and "Fixed".