Ten Academy Award-nominated actors who have appeared on Law & Order:
- Tom Berenger (episode 10.13, "Panic")
- James Earl Jones (episode 4.4, "Profile")
- Julia Roberts (episode 9.20, "Empire")
- Chris Sarandon (episodes 13.9, "The Wheel," and 15.7, "Gov Love")
- Chris Cooper (episode 6.9, "Blood Libel")
- Felicity Huffman (episodes 3.6, "Helpless," and 7.14, "Working Mom")
- Laura Linney (episode 5.3, "Blue Bamboo")
- Robert Vaughn (episodes 8.9, "Burned," 8.21, "Bad Girl," and 8.24, "Monster")
- William H. Macy (episodes 1.6, "Everybody's Favorite Bagman," and 2.17, "Sisters of Mercy)
- Cathy Moriarty (episode 12.3, "For Love or Money")
Something I learned while compiling this list: Tovah Feldshuh has been in a lot of episodes of Law & Order -- thirteen! Not quite a record, but I think she does have the record for most appearances as a defense attorney. (The actors with more appearances have either been law enforcement or judges.)