Before Peter Scanavino played Detective Dominick Carisi, Jr on Law and Order SVU, he played a different character on the show. What was the name of that character?

In 2005, Scanavino guest starred on the NBC crime-drama series Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the fifth season episode "Diamond Dogs" as petty criminal Johnny Feist. In 2013, Scanavino guest starred on the long-running NBC crime-drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the fourteenth season 13th episode, "Monster's Legacy" as Johnny Dubcek. S14:E13. In 2014, Scanavino joined SVU in its sixteenth season, this time as Dominick Carisi, Jr., a new SVU detective. Initially in a recurring capacity, Scanavino was promoted to the main cast in the fifth episode of the same season. According to SVU Executive Producer Warren Leight, "(Detective Carisi) [comes] in [to SVU] and shake things up...a guy who maybe needs a little bit of refining."