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name: "Dann Florek"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 May 1950"
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average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:17:43.523558+00:00"
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# Dann Florek

Director. Born 1 May 1950 in Flat Rock, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 May 1950, Flat Rock, Michigan, USA
- **Also known as:** Ezekial Dann Florek
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q938416, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0282648/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9175

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)

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## Biography

Dann Florek is an American actor and director, also credited as Ezekial Dann Florek. He is best known for playing Captain Donald Cragen on the television series *Law & Order* (1990–1993) and its spin-off *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999–2015), and for recurring appearances as Dave Meyer on *L.A. Law* (1988–1993).

Born in Flat Rock, Michigan, Florek attended Eastern Michigan University, where he initially studied mathematics and physics before receiving a drama scholarship. He trained at the Juilliard School and performed in stage productions at venues including the La Jolla Playhouse and the Old Globe Theatre. He has also directed episodes of *Law & Order*.

Florek has appeared in films including *Angel Heart* (1987), *The Flintstones* (1994) and *Hard Rain* (1998). He is married to Karen Florek and his brother Dave Florek is also an actor.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tvinsider.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, as Donald Cragen — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Also known for

- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Donald Cragen
- *Under the Dome* (2013), Colonel Walker
- *The Flintstones* (1994), Mr. Slate
- *Angel Heart* (1987), Winesnap
- *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* (1996), Bob Gordon
- *Hard Rain* (1998), Mr. Mehlor
- *Law & Order: Organized Crime* (2021), Donald Cragen
- *Crater* (2023), Older Dylan

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