Ned Eisenberg, actor on Law and Order: SVU, dies at 65

Ned Eisenberg, a stage and screen actor who played defence attorney Roger Kressler on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, has died. He was 65.

His agents at Nicolosi & Co. confirmed his death.

Eisenberg's wife Patricia said in a statement, "As Ned would say, he was attacked by two very rare assassins — cholangiocarcinoma and ocular melanoma. Over the course of two years, he bravely fought the cancers in private while continuing to work in show business to ensure that his medical coverage paid for himself and his family."

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Eisenberg also worked in feature films, playing Sally Mendoza in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby and photographer Joe Rosenthal in Flags of Our Fathers.

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Among his other feature roles were Oliver Stone's World Trade Center, Limitless, Won't Back Down, Experimenter, Asher, The Exterminator, The Burning, Moving Violations, Air America, Last Man Standing, Primary Colors and Steven Zaillian's A Civil Action.

On television, he starred in the comedy The Fanelli Boys, with co-stars Christopher Meloni and Joe Pantoliano.

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He had recurring roles in HBO's Mare of Easttown and The Night Of, Little Voice, Person of Interest, The Black Donnellys and Law & Order. He also guest-starred on shows including The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Plot Against America, The Blacklist, Elementary, Bull, White Collar, The Good Wife, Madam Secretary, 30 Rock, The Big C and New Amsterdam.

Eisenberg is survived by his wife, actress Patricia Dunnock, and son, Lino Eisenberg.