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Mike Logan was born in New York City, sometime between mid-September and mid-October (he says his sign is Libra) and spent ten years attending Our Lady of Mercy. He is originally portrayed as a cocky chauvinist with a short temper. Later episodes, however, reveal a darker, more complex side to the character; it is gradually revealed that he had been abused as a child, both physically (by his unstable, alcoholic mother) and possibly sexually (by his parish priest, whom he confronts and brings to justice). The abuse he suffered from his priest and his mother leads to his rather cynical view of the church; he quips in one episode that "My mother beat me with one hand while she held a Rosary with the other. The next time I enter a church, it'll be in a pine box carried by six of my friends." When he was a young man, his pregnant girlfriend had an abortion against his wishes. As these traumas are revealed, his "short fuse" evolves into a deep-seated pathological anger.

His anger explodes when his first partner, Max Greevey, is murdered by a suspect and he comes close to killing the perpetrator, relenting only at the last minute and nearly losing his job over it.

Logan's second partner, Phil Cerreta, is also shot in the line of duty, but he survives and takes on a desk job. In the following episodes, his partner is Lennie Briscoe, and he professes his respect for the latter's skill at the pool table while threatening an uncooperative man with a broken cue stick.

He has professed a serious dislike for upper-class professions, especially lawyers, accounting for his bumpy, antagonistic relationship with Jack McCoy. He has diverse political views; while he has at various points held slight prejudices against people of Arabic and Japanese descent, he is also adamantly pro-choice, supports gay rights, and compares the Patriot Act to George Orwell's 1984.
(took all this information from WIKIPEDIA)

And according to ONLY the Law and Order: Exiled (fictional series) - Stephan Morgenthau is his boyfriend - Mr. Morgenthau is an ADA for Richmond County (Staten Island)until 2005 when Mr. Morgenthau becomes ADA in Manhattan. They have two children Christopher (Stephan's biological son) and Lennie (Mike's biological son). They have a house in Staten Island.

Time on show:
1990–1995 (Law & Order)
2005–2008 (Criminal Intent)

Portrayed by Chris Noth

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