Dennis Farina will replace Jerry Orbach as the gruff-detective type on "Law & Order."

Orbach - captured here by Gothamist filming his last episode on Dick Wolfe's show - had played Detective Lenny Briscoe on "Law" since the first Bush Administration. Since "Frasier" was still on "Cheers." Since Courtney Cox was making pizza commercials. Orbach's career had actually included singing roles in musicals such as "42nd Street" on Broadway and "Beauty & The Beast" on celluloid.

Farina has been in "Get Shorty," "Snatch," and "Crime Story."