19 seasons after Finn Tutola made his debut on SVU, he’s still chasing down bad guys with his partner in (fighting) crime, Olivia Benson. In an interview with Distractify, Ice-T assured fans that he isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
“I'm trying to stay on the show until they decide it's over. Dick Wolf knows I'm a franchise player. I'm there for the ride,” he revealed.
The series is filmed in New York, where Ice-T lives with his wife, Coco Austin, and their 6-year-old daughter, Chanel. The 64-year-old also has two other adult children — Letesha Marrow, 46, and Tracy Jr., 30 — from previous relationships.
“I have a place where I live, I could put my kid in school — like a job. You don't find that much in Hollywood. And I really enjoy that now. So, I'm not planning on leaving,” he said of SVU.
And the long-running series isn’t the only opportunity he’s had to show off his acting chops. Among other films, Ice-T starred in New Jack City alongside Wesley Snipes in 1991 and appeared in Richochet with Denzel Washington the same year.
Ice-T’s episode of Origins of Hip-Hop is available for streaming on the A&E app and aetv.com now.