After a courtroom shootout, detective amaro had three months of physical therapy ahead of him. Between that and the harsh reality that. Webadam beach had a relatively brief tenure on law & order: Svu, appearing in only 21 episodes as detective chester lake beginning in season 8. Still, he left quite the. Websix years after detective nick amaro (danny pino) parted ways with olivia benson (mariska hargitay) and her squad, he returns for the 500th episode of law and. Webtake danny pino, who portrayed nick amaro from 2011 to 2015. The actor hasn't been with the show for a long time, but it's still all too easy to picture him as the. Webdann florek as capt. Donald cragen, richard belzer as det. John munch, danny pino as det. Nick amaro, mariska hargitay as det.
