Biography

Peter Scanavino is know for his work as A.D.A Sonny Carisi JR. on Law and Order: SVU (NBC).

Other selected TV & Film work includes: Social Distance (NETFLIX), The Cold Lands, Mutual Friends, The Leftovers (HBO), Banshee (CINEMAX), and The Good Wife (CBS).

Peter made his Broadway debut in 2006 in the TONY Nominated play, Shining City, Directed by Robert Falls. Other theater work includes: Boys' Life, Suburbia, Rainbow Kiss and David Henry Hwang's play, Yellow Face.

In 2010, Peter took time away from acting to study Culinary Arts at The French Culinary Institute in NYC. He worked briefly in the kitchen of Dan Barbers Michelin starred restaurant, Blue Hill in Greenwich Village. Peter lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and children.

Actor

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)as ADA Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr., Detective Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr., ADA Dominick Sonny Carisi, ADA Dominic Sonny Carisi, ADA Dominick Carisi Jr., Johnny Dubcek

Law & Order: Organized Crime(2021)as ADA Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr.

Law & Order(1990)as ADA Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr., Jim Anderson

Social Distance(2020)as Greg

The Brief Tragedy of Ernest Carter(2019)as Earnest Carter

Thanks

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

Le Village(2014)

Blake(2013)

Self

The Paley Center Presents Law & Order: Before They Were Stars(2020)as Self

Celebrity Page(2013)as Self

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU(2020)as Self

Today(1952)as Self - Guest

Ice & Coco(2015)as Self

Known for

Deception2008 · Actor Frances Ha2012 · Actor Happythankyoumoreplease2010 · Actor Law & Order1990 · Actor

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Mariska Hargitay and Peter Scanavino in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

Kelli Giddish, Peter Scanavino, and Ian Nelson in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

Kelli Giddish, Peter Scanavino, and Adam Gagan in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

Josh Tower, Peter Scanavino, and Polly Lee in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

Peter Scanavino and Rileigh McDonald in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

Peter Scanavino and Jonathan Fielding in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

Credit Score: Peter Scanavino

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Law & Order

ADA Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr.

Sun Sep 13 2009 – Thu May 14 2026

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	Law & Order	40.00	1990	•	7.8	6	52	51006
2	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	32.00	1999		8.1	6	25	144396
3	Third Watch	15.00	1999	•	8.0	1	7	12425
4	Person of Interest	12.50	2011	•	8.5	0	1	207612
5	Frances Ha	3.75	2013	•	7.4	0	0	102371
6	Royal Pains	3.75	2009	•	7.2	0	0	24815
7	Zenith	3.09	2011	•	5.4	0	0	1365
8	Do No Harm	2.50	2013	•	6.8	0	0	3322
9	Happythankyoumoreplease	2.50	2011	•	6.7	0	0	30998
10	Deception	2.50	2008	•	6.0	0	0	42210