Since 2000, he has portrayed NYPD Detective Odafin Tutuola on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Since 2000 he has portrayed Odafin " Fin " Tutuola, a former undercover narcotics officer transferred to the Special Victims Unit.

Giddish's partner on the show primarily is Ice-T, who has portrayed Detective Odafin " Fin " Tutuola since the 2nd season, Ice-T praised both Giddish and Pino in the wake of Chris Meloni's departure, " We had to regroup, like a football team ," said Ice-T. " The quarterback changed, but we still had to move the ball down the field.

Over the twelve seasons the character has been featured on the show, Tutuola has come to respect and trust his SVU colleagues, even though they often disagree over the best way to solve cases.

An example is his partnership with Munch, which has grown from icy distrust to mutual respect and good-natured banter, often about politics, as Munch is politically left-wing and Tutuola is a Republican.

She is attending group therapy, something she has not shared with anyone but Tutuola.

Later, while in questioning, the other Marine tells Tutuola that, " She has PTSD, I would recognize that glassy-eyed look anywhere.

When Cassidy leaves the precinct in 2000, Munch is briefly partnered with Monique Jeffries ( played by Michelle Hurd ), and then with Odafin Tutuola ( played by rapper Ice-T ).

Munch is shot by a suspect during a trial, the dialogue he shares with Tutuola in the hospital demonstrates the regard and respect the characters have gained for one another.

After Munch is shot in the buttocks by a suspect during a court trial in the 7th season episode " Raw ", Tutuola surprises Munch in the hospital with his favorite fig milkshake.

" In the season 10 episode " Confession ", Tutuola enters the interrogation room with a suspect ; Cragen quickly closes the blinds to block the view into the room from an approaching superior, a subtle gag that hints that Tutuola is about to become violent.

Darius James writes that Coonskin " reads like an Uncle Remus folktale rewritten by Chester Himes with all the Yoruba-based surrealism of Nigerian-author Amos Tutuola.

A former narcotics detective, Tutuola joins the SVU squad in the episode " Wrong Is Right ", as a replacement for Monique Jeffries ( Michelle Hurd ).

In the season 7 episode " Strain ", while attempting to solve the murders of AIDS victims, Tutuola seeks assistance from Ken, who helps the SVU squad locate the hacker who fraudulently obtained a list of AIDS patients.

She is rescued by SVU colleague Fin Tutuola ( Ice-T ), who gets there just in time to stop the rape.

When Tutuola gets frustrated over a potential witness being unable to testify due to relapsing on heroin, Munch mentions a former partner who took cases that personally — and who eventually committed suicide as a result.

When a suspect in a hotel maid's rape, who is set to be Italy's next prime minister ( Franco Nero ), Tutuola angrily tells him that his grandmother was a maid ; shortly before he and Detective Olivia Benson ( Mariska Hargitay ) flaunt the man in front of the media, against Cragen's request ..

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