Here is your first look at “Law & Order: SVU’s” newest leading man, Danny Pino, who will play Detective Nick Amaro.
Although new to “SVU,” Pino is a veteran of TV cop shows with memorable roles on both sides of the law — Pino played a gang leader on FX’s “The Shield” and, more recently, he was a senior detective on CBS’s “Cold Case.”
Pino is not the only new “SVU” detective — Kelli Giddish, star of last season’s failed NBC show “Chase,” also joins “SVU” as a leading character.
Picking a bad week to start his new gig, Pino braved the oppressive heat with show veteran Mariska Hargitay on the Upper East Side yesterday, where they chased down leads for an episode slated to run late in “SVU’s” upcoming 13th season.