Hal Brightman | Miriam Penner | He is a brilliant, sadistic serial killer who rapes, tortures, and murders prostitutes. Ned Eisenberg, a prolific stage, television and film character actor perhaps most widely recognized for his long-running recurring role as defense attorney Roger Kressler on NBC's Law & Order . Once he gets what he wants, he reveals that Rudnick is the killer, and feigns shock when Rollins tells him that Rudnick is the chief medical examiner for their precinct. Herman Capshaw | Dr Elizabeth Olivet is a fictional character on the TV crime drama Law & Order. Peter Harrison | Russell Lowery | "Rollins doesnt want to be pushed aside and Lindsay (Sophia Bush) wants at him. John Manotti | Rita Shalvoy | Mark Virgini | Gerry Rankin | Even if he was somehow informed that she was on with Yates, he wouldn't have known the mother's phone number. Maggie Peterson | (SVU: "Criminal Pathology"), Freed eventually gets a job as a group counselor at Green Haven Correctional Facility, where Rudnick is imprisoned, to get close to him. Ray Burrows | Perry Moncaldo | Don Kubiak | Right? He becomes the prime suspect in a string of brutal rapes/murders in Chicago, which reminds. Frank Donnelly | The Song of Gregory Williams Yates is the fourteenth episode of the third season, the 52nd overall episode of Chicago P.D. Rollins turns to imprisoned serial killer, Dr. Gregory Yates, when a new dead body with a similar m.o. Reggie Bogdani | Erik Weber | When he discovers the location of his family and learns of an escape plan devised by Rudnick and prison employee Bronwyn Freed-Wilkins, Yates implicitly confesses that several remains found at his primary disposal site in New York belonged to runaways from Chicago. While in New York, he also acquired a residency at Presbyterian Hospital and Rudnick became an attending surgeon. Yates was born Gregory Williams in Chicago, Illinois. "There's enough history that they fold easily now into each other," says Leight. Yates is portrayed by Dallas Roberts. Gideon Hutton | Donald Shalvoy | Ron Bolton | It gets us another run with them. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Leon Vorgitch | Ingrid Block | Steve Getz | Roger Kraslow | air Wednesdays at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., respectively, on NBC. The coroner found she had had a quality nose job, and been raped. Yates is cooperative with Detectives Erin Lindsay and Nick Amaro, giving them all of his information as they talk about his work records. Dennis Trope | The "Law & Order" spin-off has provided viewers with 22 seasons of particularly heinous crimes, almost all involving Sergeant Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) in the investigation. For Voight, Erin, Justin and his family, and his squad, they were his family. Anton Petrov | Joe Blaine | Kyle Swanson | Always. hand-off,'" Leight recalls. Nicolas Amaro is a fictional character on the NBC police procedural drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Danny Pino. Erin receives a text from Fin while on video conference with Yates. washes up on a beach. "He likes playing with these women detectives. Brent Anderson | He subtly confesses that after Rudnick killed Lena and called him over to have wounds inflicted on him treated, he gave Rudnick advice on how to better control his future victims and helped hide the body. Using Nellie's phone, he calls his mother's cell phone. He was then a resident at Presbyterian Hospital, where his classmate Carl Rudnick was an attending surgeon. Alexander Strizhov | Sal Avelino | Realizing the truth, she decided to help SVU catch Greg. character Nadia (Stella Maeve) last April. A suspect's computer is Read allA nine-year-old child's asphyxiated body is found in a suitcase on a bus, with evidence of having been in the Everglades. Kenneth Cleary | Gordon Rickett | They meet with Freed-Wilkins, who drives them to her house and gives them weapons. Lewis Hodda | Greg Yates should be a familiar name to those that watch either show. Fate IntelligenceCunningManipulation Denise Pikering | Cameron Tyler | Sean Webster | TARU Tech Ruben Morales: Yeah, s is short for stenography. When another body washes ashore, Detective Rollins (Kelli Giddish) tries to coax him into confessing, but the surprising information he provides sends shockwaves through the police department. Steven Cole | Ned Lasky | Yates stops at a gas station in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, and buys supplies and more green nail polish. He subsequently calls on Freed to testify. I actually like him and their story much better than lewis. Miles Shaffner | The coroner found she had had a quality nose job, and been raped. Yates arrives at an apartment complex, finds the apartment his sister owns and knocks on the door. Joseph Krolinsky | Barb Windemere | (SVU: "Nationwide Manhunt"). Dallas Roberts is set to reprise his role as serial killer Greg Yates in the upcoming February two-episode event, Chicago P.D. Sadistic Serial Killer, Professor (formerly)Serial rapistSerial killer. Sean Kelley | When she was giving the jury's verdict, she conveyed that she and several members of the jury had serious reservations on Benson's conduct and delivers the verdict. Lewis Darnell | Realizing that Yates is getting off on hearing about the injuries he inflicted upon his victims, A.D.A. April 13, New York City, New York: The apartment assaults: Law & Order Edward Auster | Liann Crosby | Family's the people who stand by you, who fight with you and for you. Thomas Zimmerman | Carmichael is mostly remembered for being the first ADA,. Alec Conroy | That's what you're up against, Erin. The body is claimed to have been found in Pelham Bay, which is in the Bronx. Henry Semple | Charles Webb | Susie eventually finds the photo, but she decidesto use the photo to blackmail Rudnick into setting him free, against Yates' wishes. Billy Tripley | Susie FrainCarl Rudnick Liam Connors | Jeremy Jones | It could have been harrowing, gripping and sympathetically done. Rollins turns to imprisoned serial killer, Dr. Gregory Yates, when a new dead body with a similar m.o. Jason Hendri | Harold Jensen | Diego Morales | Leland Barnes | upon learning of Frain's death, Yates is uncharacteristically saddened, especially upon learning that she was pregnant with his child. Appearances Episode aired Mar 28, 2003 TV-14 42 m IMDb RATING 8.2 /10 770 YOUR RATING Rate Crime Drama Mystery A nine-year-old child's asphyxiated body is found in a suitcase on a bus, with evidence of having been in the Everglades. The 'Walking Dead' alum will reprise his role as charismatic serial killer Greg Yates, who murdered Intelligence Unit member Nadia in last spring's three-show crossover. St. Fabiola's Sex Trafficking Ring | But whatever, is was damn good. Games Gary Wald | See production, box office & company info, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Heartfelt Passages. Jaleel Amir | He locks Nellie in a closet, threatening to kill her if she moves. He eventually convinces her to smuggle Propranolol from her legal prescription in cupcake frosting to help with his anxiety attacks. Thomas Banks | Barba sends Rollins to talk to Yates for more information they can use at the trial. Crimes Upon investigation of the crime scene, the team learns that another tenant in . Drew Lamerly | Shane Sutter | executive producer Matt Olmstead tells The Hollywood Reporter. He was adopted by the Yates family in North Carolina, but his behavior did not improve; if anything, he got worse, developing a violent hatred of women along with his sociopathy and sadism. Lindsay turns the tables on Yates and starts taunting him with the fact that she reminds him of his mother. Jim Halliwell | Alvin Dutch | Law & Order: SVU airs Wednesdays at 9pm on NBC. Richard Wheatley Jr. | Dennis Pollock | Carl Rudnick (assaulted; broke his knees and ankles, stabbed his eardrum and left him to die; was rescued by authorities), Unnamed male state trooper (shot in the head), Sergeant Mike Dodds (assaulted; was non-fatally shot), Detective Erin Lindsay (assaulted; shot at, but missed), Unnamed man (shot in the head and carjacked), Pennsylvania: Unnamed motorist (assaulted and carjacked), Ohio: Unnamed motorist (assaulted and carjacked), Indiana: Unnamed motorist (assaulted and carjacked), Kindra Komerda (bashed her head on the floor repeatedly), Carla Gorniewicz (slammed against the wall repeatedly), Adrienne Lewis (bludgeoned and cut off her hand post-mortem), Sam Inniss (bludgeoned; died at the hospital), Penelope "Nellie" Carr (his sister; kidnapped; was rescued), Michael Williams (his father; assaulted, kidnapped, and hanged). He checks on Lindsay through the spyware and monitors her when she opens the box. Hank Abraham | Bridget "Birdie" Sulloway | Daniel Rublev | While conjugal visits are a common plot device in any movie or show involving people in prison, it's a not-commonly-known fact that only a third of the states (17 total) allow them in any capacity. Sheldon Kerrick | Peter Bellingham | I mean, what what did you do? Rollins accuses Yates of killing this new victim; Yates implies someone else is responsible, but won't elaborate. 2023 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. Mike Stoat | The SVU is called to a familiar crime scene: the beach where serial killer Gregory Yates buried his many victims. Once the man walks away, he gets into the car, unwraps Nadia, and threatens to knock her out again if she continues resisting. With the judge's approval, Yates represents himself with his attorney, Sofia Crane, as his co-counsel during the trial. Trace Lambert | Carlo Parisi | SVU) Greg Yates; Carl Rudnick; William Lewis (L&O: SVU) Alternate Universe - The Old Guard (Movie 2020) Fusion; Badass Benson; Immortal . Watch Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: This Is Different, Watch Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: It Mummified, Watch Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Caucasian Female, Watch Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Conjugal Visits, Watch Law & Order: Special Victim's Unit: Copycat, Watch Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Devil's Dissections, Watch Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: A.D.A. Daniel Brooks | Sadie Parker | Dean Porter | Actor Dallas Roberts portrayed the multi-state serial killer in Law & Order: SVU seasons 16 and 17. Angel Perez | Simon Brooks | Lindsay and Voight track the call to Yates' location - the house he was born in. Alex Merritt | Yates popped up again in the two-hour season premiere of Law & Order: SVU when Rollins (Kelli Giddish) visited him in prison to question him about another murder case. Gary Rosten | When Lindsay and Nellie answer the phone, Lindsay tells Sergeant Platt to take Nellie somewhere safe. Rudnick dressed up as a woman and they drove through checkpoints while Yates hid in the back. Dr. Greg Yates | Gayle Janaway | Ian O'Connell | No. Lance Brody | Justin Howard | Adam Brubek | Afterwards, Yates sets up a remote incendiary device to be triggered while they are talking, in order to set up an alibi for himself and goes to meet Lindsay. Walter Burlock | After Rudnick is convicted of his crimes, Yates expresses his disappointment. He then calls the doctor who treated him and listens to her explain that any one of his injuries individually could have incapacitated him and the force Benson used was excessive. Benson and Stabler find she was a regular beauty pageant contestant. Ricky Blaine | Chicago Fire His parents, Michael and Susan Williams, decided to give him up for adoption when he was four years old after he began exhibiting sociopathic behavior such as torturing animals and setting their basement on fire. He then asks them to examine her body and to test to see if she was pregnant. During the interrogation, he claims that he visited the Chicago precinct but found only Nadia, who offered to give him a ride to New York. Randolph Morrow | Rudnick eventually convinces her to help him escape, and she starts sneaking in supplies inside lasagna made in a deep dish for Rudnick to escape. When Rollins calls Yates to inform him about Susie's disappearance, he shares his concerns and asks if Rudnick is still imprisoned. When he doesn't find Nellie, Yates goes to her workplace and asks a couple of students where she is. During the chaos, they tunnel out of the prison with help from two corrupt electrical workers, both of whom Yates and Rudnick murder once they have outlived their usefulness. Darius Parker | Dr. Carl Rudnick | Laurel Linwood | Dawn Sterling | Willard Tappen | "She doesnt like the way Yates gets inside Rollins' head. Anna Mill | Flutura Briscu | Upon finding out where they are, he devises an escape plan with Yates and prison therapist Bronwyn Freed-Wilkins, whom Rudnick has manipulated into falling in love with him. Dean Reynolds | The three-part "Law & Order: SVU," "Chicago Fire," Chicago P.D." crossover event will follow the evil Dr. Yates as he leaves a trail of bodies from Chicago to New York. Luke Mitchell | Brownwyn Freed-Wilkins is the jury forewoman in William Lewis' trial, who eventually came to believe he was innocent. Sunny Quadri | Roger Pearson | Seamus O'Meara | Donna Cheponis | When they arrive at New York, he forces Nadia to change cars while she leaves her scarf in the old car. Henry Talbott | Carlene Palaver | Michael Wedmore | Richard Dwyer | John Fenwick | Greg Callahan is a statutory rapist and kidnapper, who convinced his 13-year-old neighbor, Laura Moore, to lie and say that she was being molested by her father Douglas, which resulted in Laura's older sister Britney murdering him. Travis Hillsdale | Relive the first and last scenes of some of the most iconic SVU characters in the show's history. Subscribe for More: http://bit.ly/LawAndOrderSub Law & Or. Because of this, Britney flew into a rage and murdered her father to protect her sister from him. They all graduated together and Yates became a surgeon. He also had a girlfriend named Susan. Deceased Rape and murder as many women as possible. Thankfully, Leight had the perfect story in his back pocket that he had originally plotted as a two-part SVU. Tory Quinlann | When Yates is able to speak with Rollins, he offers to share more details under the condition that he is transferred to the prison's honor block, which is reluctantly accepted. The two of them use the smuggled phone to order drones and send them flying over the prison yard, causing a riot. Bret Jansen | Unknown to all, he was really a pedophile who was in a romantic relationship with Laura. At a young age, he exhibited antisocial behavior, such as killing animals and setting the basement of his home on fire. The two-show crossover will air in place of a four-show jumbo crossover between all of Dick Wolfs scripted NBC series that was announced at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. Benson and Rollins don't believe him and leave in disgust, thinking Yates was lying to them. Ella Miyazaki | Andre Bushido | Dante Scott | Marcus Woll | Richard Finley | Richard Manning | Joseph Serumaga | Walter Thornburg | (SVU: "Psycho/Therapist"), After the trial, she starts corresponding with Lewis, believing he is innocent of all charges. He's doing physical therapy in Laguna Beach and he's got some kind of lead with the U.S. Park Police, so Odafin Tutuola: You miss him. Yates and Susie later made plans to move to New York after Yates accepted a job as a professor at Columbia University. He attacks and kidnaps his father, and uses Nellie's phone to call his mother, who is at Lindsay's station house trying to help Lindsay and Voight find her daughter and husband. Edgar Noone | Antonio Duran | Warren Beatty Appears in Bizarre Dick Tracy TCM Special in Apparent Film-Rights Ploy (VIDEO) He approaches her and insists that they walk and talk, which Lindsay reluctantly agrees to do. Yates then locks Nellie in a closet and threatens to kill her if she tries to escape. He then tells them to check the body that washed ashore again, as he is positive the killer cut the victim up while she was still alive. Jiya Alexander | Bill Fallon | Christine Hartwell | He insinuates that someone else is responsible, but remains vague and cryptic to keep Rollins coming back. Dr. Nicole Keller | The police eventually finds Susie's dismembered body washed ashore and Rollins notifies him of her death. Heather Parcell | detective Jay Halstead's brother, and that Halstead's superiors are framing him in order to cover it up. Raphael Gardner | Judge Hilda Marsden | When she returns, she listens to Lewis grill Benson on the stand and uses everything she said against him. Aaron Downing | Yates speculates that Susie wanted him out so they could raise their baby together, stating that he knew she was pregnant even though she didn't tell him about it. Gordon "G-Man" Thomas | In the Law & Order: SVU episode "Daydream Believer," Yates drives Nadia to New York City, wrapping her in green plastic and swapping the car's license plates at a rest stop in Elkhart, Indiana. The SVU team informs Intelligence that Yates has been gathering information on Lindsay and after Platt (Amy Morton) calls in a triple homicide likely at the hand of Yates, Benson (guest star Mariska Hargitay) and Fin (guest star Ice-T) catch the next plane to Chicago. Gregory Eldon | He holds her at gunpoint and torments her with a graphic description of Decotis' murder, and further traumatizes her by kicking his father off a ledge, hanging him. Law & Order: SVU "We Called Her Jellybean" (Fire S03E21) "The Number of Rats (PD S02E20) "Daydream Believer" (SVU S16E20) April 28, 2015 April 29, 2015 . Justin Lafferty | He appears in two additional episodes of this series and in an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001). Natalie Dumont | They find Lewis not guilty on attempted murder and rape but find him guilty of assaulting and kidnapping a police officer. However, Greg became uneasy when Britney revealed her belief that her sister might be pregnant and that Britney tells Greg that she wants to get the child's DNA tested to confirm its for her father, as Greg stops her and says it's not a good idea, knowing he was in fact the father. Brett Kincaid | Carl Rudnick as he testifies in his own defense when he is accused of killing Susie Frain, fiance of Dr. Greg Yates, after she attempted to blackmail him. Yates popped up again in the two-hour season premiere of Law & Order: SVU when Rollins (Kelli Giddish) visited him in prison to question him about another murder case. 01:30 108 Law & Order: SVU 's Season 22 finale featured Benson, Stabler and a wedding. He is a brilliant, sadistic serial killer who rapes, tortures, and murders prostitutes. Leon Tate | Michael Williams | Caleb Bryant | Occupation She eventually started helping serial killers escape from prison. Freed is seen leaving the courtroom after being selected to be on the jury in William Lewis' trial. At the heart of the crossover episodes (April 28 and 29) is a charismatic doctor named Greg Yates. He then attacks Rudnick, severely injuring him and leaving him for the police to find. Brent Latimer | Leon Kilbride | Peter Nestler | It won the 1997 Emmy Award for best drama series. Miguel Lopez | He asks Rollins to wait for a while and come back when he is ready to share, and she leaves. They are found by a state trooper, but Yates rapes and murders her. and Law & Order: SVU. When Lewis calls Viva Nuez to the stand, she listens as Lewis uses her to bolster his case and Freed continues to listen. The crossover continues on Chicago P.D. Amanda Rollins: Yeah. Preston Webb | I'm pissed off, man. washes up on a beach. Because of the order in which the shows air in a given week Chicago Med, followed by Chicago Fire on Tuesdays, then Law & Order: SVU and concluding with Chicago P.D. Meredith Rice | Franklin Barnes | These first two episodes of the season opening are predictable, from the plot to the acting. They inform him she is covering class and is headed to the parking lot. The latest two-hour crossover is tied to Yates escape from prison. Jay Kendall | Robert Sidarsky | Cristobal Ruiz | American It was not only the scope of the four-show, multi-night endeavor that gave Leight pause. Hi. Richard Matthews | Afterwards, Yates gags her, stuffs her in the trunk of her car and tells Rudnick to kill her, but Rudnick allows her to escape. and Law & Order: SVU, the shows won't be crossing over again until next season at the earliest, according to Leight, who declares this is his "last crossover" before he steps down as SVU showrunner in May. Yates told Rudnick to kill her but Rudnick fired a shot into the air, attacks her, throws her in the trunk of a car, and leaves her to die. He came at you with an ice pick. He tells Rollins that Susie went to Rudnick to blackmail him for his freedom in exchange for hiding the photo. Harold Coyle | Bobby D'Amico | When the SVU detectives find a woman's corpse in a farmhouse, Yates claims to know who is responsible, but will only reveal the killer's name in return for a conjugal visit with Frain. Karl Atwood | Before Yates left, he kidnapped, raped and murdered a pregnant woman named Gillian Hale. When Lewis cross-examines them, however, he manages to shake her confidence in their statements and she looks at the detectives in contempt as he cross-examines them. However, with Fire and P.D. Adam Grafton | With this knowledge, Lindsay feels responsible for Nadia's death. Tracy Brandt | Peter Stone later revealed Greg took a plea of 25 years of statutory rape and conspiracy to commit murder. Theodore Murtaugh | In the Chicago P.D. Law & Order: SVU airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT, followed by Chicago P.D. The Vice-President appeared only at the top of the show, delivering a monologue about rape as the most heinous crime of all. Alexander Rausch | Greg met Britney at a diner, assuring her that he will get custody of her and Laura. Dena Carter | John Regis | Is that what this is all about? Barba reluctantly agrees, and after one such visit, Yates reveals that the woman is Lena, and Rudnick killed her. Arlo Beck | Erin Lindsay: So what do you do? Peter Ridley | Jake the Kidnapper | Church of Wisdom and Sight | Enemies Ryan Quinn | Like a mini movie, a little Silence of the Lambs, Dexter, sprinkled around here and there. BX9 | He eventually raped and murdered two nurses (crimes that were investigated by Detectives Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson at the time). Kevin Mulrooney | Angela Wheatley | James Turner | In the SVU episode "Nationwide Manhunt," Detectives Lindsay and Antonio Dawson are sent from Chicago to New York to interrogate Yates, but Yates refuses to cooperate unless he can speak with Rollins. Playing a hunch, they leave the photos within his view while he cross-examines medical examiner Melinda Warner. Frain blackmails Rudnick with a photo of him dressed as Grunwald, threatening to give it to the police unless he exonerates Yates; to silence her, Rudnick kills her. (SVU: "A Story of More Woe"). Arthur Esterman | The article deals with the series' main, recurring, and minor characters. episode "The Song of Gregory Williams Yates", he starts stalking his younger sister, Nellie Carr, all while using the spyware on Lindsay's phone to follow her investigation. They'll go at it pretty hard, but there's more mutual respect than there was the first time around. New York, however, is in fact one of those states, so it's proper and realistic for it to pop up here.