Meloni always gives the people what they want. (Images via video still)

My Mantiques series as a part of Gr8erDays on IG is devoted to guys who have been working since the '80s. As such, Chris Meloni — already hot in HBO's late, great 1st & Ten — earns his keep, and as a bonus, is turning the ripe, old age of 60 today.

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