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Better Off Dead (CSI)
The tenth season of ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' premiered on CBS on September 24, 2009, and ended May 20, 2010. The series stars Marg Helgenberger and Laurence Fishburne. Plot Riley Adams leaves the CSI team in turmoil, as Catherine's leadership skills are called into question ("Family Affair"), during the 10th season of ''CSI''. The team, including the newly returned Sara Sidle, continue to investigate the gruesome, the premeditated, and the unusual, including the death of a porn producer ("Ghost Town"), a botched robbery ("Working Stiffs"), a cop-on-cop homicide ("Coup de Grace"), the murder of a football coach ("Blood Sport"), a bizarre revenge plot ("Death & The Maiden"), a death at a bowling tournament ("Lover's Lanes"), and a human trafficking case that leads Ray to both New York and Miami ("The Lost Girls"). Meanwhile, Nick, Greg, and Hodges celebrate Henry's birthday ("Appendicitement") as Catherine comes face to face with Rascal Flatts ("Unshockable"), and Langst ...
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Laurence Fishburne
Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor. He is a three time Emmy Award and Tony Award winning actor known for his roles on stage and screen. He has been hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative characters in his films. He is known for playing Morpheus in ''The Matrix'' series (1999–2003), Jason "Furious" Styles in the John Singleton drama film ''Boyz n the Hood'' (1991), Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller in Francis Ford Coppola's war film ''Apocalypse Now'' (1979), and "The Bowery King" in the ''John Wick'' film series (2017–present). For his portrayal of Ike Turner in ''What's Love Got to Do With It'' (1993), Fishburne was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in ''Two Trains Running'' (1992), and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in ''TriBeCa'' (1993). Fishburne became the first African American to portray Ot ...
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David Phillips (CSI)
David Gregory Phillips is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', portrayed by David Berman, who also serves as head researcher for the series. From Season 10 onwards David Berman has been credited in the opening titles. Work Phillips (nicknamed "Super Dave") is the assistant coroner to Chief Medical Examiner Al "Doc" Robbins. He received his self-ascribed nickname after saving the life of a victim during an autopsy. In the ninth season, episode "The Gone Dead Train," he is promoted to Assistant Medical Examiner and conducts his first solo autopsy. Due to his line of work, he is not fazed by much. Occasionally other characters, including new CSIs, have been turned off by his and Doc Robbins's gallows humor. Personal life Although the main characters tease him about his supposed lack of social experience earlier in the series, David marries at some point early in the seventh season. (He mentions meeting with the wedding planner in 703 "T ...
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Rascal Flatts
Rascal Flatts is an American country music band founded in 1999. The band members were Gary LeVox (lead vocals), Jay DeMarcus (bass guitar, background vocals), and Joe Don Rooney (lead guitar, background vocals). DeMarcus is LeVox's second cousin, a brother-in-law of country music singer James Otto, and a former member of the contemporary Christian music duo East to West. From 2000 to 2010, they recorded for Disney Music Group's former Lyric Street Records division. While on that label, they released six studio albums, all of which have been certified platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In order of release, they are ''Rascal Flatts'' (2000), '' Melt'' (2002), ''Feels Like Today'' (2004), ''Me and My Gang'' (2006), '' Still Feels Good'' (2007), and ''Unstoppable'' (2009). After Lyric Street closed in 2010, they moved to Big Machine Records for five more studio albums: '' Nothing Like This'' (2010), '' Changed'' (2012), '' Rewind'' (2014), ...
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Bill Irwin
William Mills Irwin (born April 11, 1950) is an American actor, clown, and comedian. He began as a vaudeville-style stage performer and has been noted for his contribution to the renaissance of American circus during the 1970s. He has made a number of appearances on film and television, and he won a Tony Award for his role in ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' on Broadway. He is also known as Mr. Noodle on the ''Sesame Street'' segment '' Elmo's World'', has appeared in the ''Sesame Street'' film short ''Does Air Move Things?'', regularly appeared as a therapist on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and had a recurring role as "The Dick & Jane Killer" on ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. From 2017 to 2019, he appeared as Cary Loudermilk on the FX television series ''Legion''. Early life Irwin was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Elizabeth (née Mills), a teacher, and Horace G. Irwin, an aerospace engineer. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1974 and atte ...
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Alex Carter (Canadian Actor)
Alex Carter (born Alex Apostolopoulos; November 12, 1964) is a Canadians, Canadian Television in Canada, television and Cinema of Canada, film actor. Early life Carter was born Alex Apostolopoulos in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute as well as Wexford Collegiate Institute and was quite involved with the Wexford C.I. football team. He lived in the Wexford community of Toronto (Scarborough)and attended Wexford Public School. Alex finished high school and, then left for Hollywood where he studied at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. He is divorced and the father of three children. Career Carter's television roles have included recurring roles on roles in ''Family Passions'', ''Black Harbour'', ''Traders (TV series), Traders'', ''Made in Canada (TV series), Made in Canada'', ''Taking the Falls'', ''The Pretender (TV series), The Pretender'', ''These Arms of Mine (TV series), These Arms of Mine'', ''Flashpoint (TV series), Flashpoint'', ...
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Conrad Ecklie
Conrad Ecklie is a fictional character on the television series '' CSI'' played by Marc Vann. He was employed as Assistant Director of the crime lab of Clark County, Nevada, and dayshift counterpart of Gilbert Grissom, he eventually left the crime lab altogether and became Undersheriff in Season 9, then elected Sheriff of Clark County in Season 13. In earlier seasons, he is a typical antagonist of Grissom's team. As the series progresses, he gradually starts to become a good friend to the CSI team, at one point even showing remorse for his earlier behavior. Fictional character biography Ecklie is a former day shift supervisor, promoted to Assistant Director in Season 5. He is known for his strict adherence to regulations, and takes on more of the role of a bureaucrat and politician. He also appears to be quite ambitious and career-minded and a vigorous self-promoter; thus, he has received praise from senior city and county officials on several occasions. Ecklie and night shift ...
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Marc Vann
Marc Vann (born August 23, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Conrad Ecklie in the CBS television series ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. He also had notable roles in ''Angel'' and ''Early Edition''. Vann was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He initially had little interest in acting or theater, but he was introduced to the craft through a mime workshop while studying for his MBA. He subsequently got involved in theater(including acting in a play alongside fellow '' CSI'' cast member, William Petersen) before moving to L.A. to start a career as a television actor. Vann was active in local and regional theater in the Chicago area most memorably in his early career at Wisdom Bridge Theatre and Center Theatre. He added immeasurably to the success of the Wisdom Bridge Theatre production of ''The Great Gatsby'' that also starred the actor Harry Lennix, who was race/color blind cast as Gatsby. On February 28, 2008, Vann pulled off a special feat, guest starring back ...
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Henry Andrews (CSI)
Henry Andrews is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', portrayed by Jon Wellner. The character first made an appearance on the fifth season episode "Iced", which aired on May 12, 2005 in the United States. Casting Prior to being cast as Henry, actor Jon Wellner made a guest appearance in ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' as zookeeper Sam Tracy in the fifth-season episode " Unbearable", which was broadcast on February 10, 2005. Wellner became a series regular in Season 13. Storylines Henry is the toxicology specialist of the Las Vegas Forensics Laboratory, mainly dealing with identifying toxic substances which have undergone human consumption. He has an impressive knowledge of lethal substances, including, but not limited to: illegal drugs, alcoholic beverages, poisons, and hazardous gases (such as carbon monoxide). He constantly exhibits a thorough understanding of the toxins' properties and effects. He originally worked days (a ...
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Jon Wellner
Jon Wellner (born July 11, 1975) is an American actor, best known for his role as toxicologist Henry Andrews on ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. He has portrayed Andrews through the 2014–2015 season, his 10th with the show. He began his affiliation with the show in Season 4 as a researcher, verifying that the information on the show was accurate. He had a role as a zookeeper in Season 5, then took on the role of Andrews. He continues to serve as a researcher for the show. In 2009 he and fellow cast member/researcher David Berman formed a company that does research for several other television forensics shows including ''Bones'', ''CSI: Miami'', and ''Drop Dead Diva ''Drop Dead Diva'' is an American legal comedy-drama/fantasy television series that aired on Lifetime from July 12, 2009, to June 22, 2014. The series was created by Josh Berman and produced by Sony Pictures Television. It stars Brooke Elliott ...''. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTS ...
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Sheeri Rappaport
Sheeri Rappaport (born October 27, 1977) is an American actress. She is most famous for portraying lab technician Mandy Webster on ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. Rappaport made her television debut with a guest role on ''Clarissa Explains It All''. She portrayed the Amazon Otere on ''Xena: Warrior Princess'', and has also made guest appearances on ''7th Heaven (TV series), 7th Heaven'', ''The Drew Carey Show'', ''The District'' and ''Strong Medicine''. She also appeared in the films ''Claustrophobia (2004 film), Claustrophobia'', ''Seeing Other People (film), Seeing Other People'', and ''The United States of Leland''. Apart from ''CSI'', Rappaport also portrayed Officer Mary Franco in seasons 7 and 8 of ''NYPD Blue''. Other roles include a manipulative Catholic schoolgirl in the 1996 teen horror film ''Little Witches'', and as Lois Lane in the Blayne Weaver film, ''Losing Lois Lane''. References External links

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Archie Johnson
Archie Johnson is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', portrayed by Archie Kao. He first appeared in the second season episode "Caged", broadcast on November 8, 2001. Archie is the lab's audiovisual technician. Kao originally made a guest appearance in one episode, before he was asked to return in the recurring role of Archie by the show's executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Kao made his last appearance as Archie in the twelfth season episode "Split Decisions", which aired on April 4, 2012. Casting Actor Archie Kao was originally offered a guest appearance in one episode of ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. When the show's executive producer, Jerry Bruckheimer saw the episode, he told Kao's agent that he wanted him to play a recurring character on the show. Kao told Frank Mustac from the '' Fairfax Times'' that he was "stunned" to learn that Bruckheimer wanted him back and said the show had given him a renewed confidence. Kao stat ...
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Archie Kao
Archie David Kao (born December 14, 1969) is an American actor and producer. He is best known to American audiences for series regulars roles on ''Chicago P.D.'', ''Power Rangers Lost Galaxy'' as well as long-running hit ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. Early life Born in Washington, D.C., Kao grew up in the suburbs of Alexandria, Virginia. His parents are immigrants from Taiwan. While attending George Mason University, Kao joined the Sigma Chi fraternity and graduated with a degree in Speech Communication. As an undergraduate, Kao was elected Student Government President as well as the University's Homecoming King. He initially had plans to attend Law School and work in politics before becoming an actor. Kao also speaks and understands Mandarin Chinese because he grew up in a bilingual household with two younger sisters but is more comfortable speaking in English, especially in interviews. He also studied French for six years. He was named one of ''People''s "Hottest Ba ...
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