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This is a list of characters in the television series ''Criminal Minds'', an American police procedural drama which premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS and concluded its original run on February 19, 2020. It is also shown on A&E and Ion Television in the United States. A sixteenth season of the show began airing on Paramount+ on November 24, 2022. Main characters ;Notes Dr. Spencer Reid Played by Matthew Gray Gubler, SSA Dr. Spencer Reid is a genius who graduated from Las Vegas High School at age 12. Reid's mother, Diana Reid has Schizophrenia and was sent to a mental hospital by Spencer himself when he turned 18. He is almost always introduced as Dr. Reid, even though the others are introduced as agents, because SSA Jason Gideon understood that people would not otherwise take Spencer seriously because of his young age. After an introduction, he never shakes hands.. It has been revealed that he holds Ph.D.s in Mathematics, Chemistry, and Engineering, B.A.s in Psycholog ...
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Criminal Minds
''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created and produced by Jeff Davis (writer), Jeff Davis. The series premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005, and originally concluded on February 19, 2020; it was revived in 2022. It follows a group of criminal profiling, criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), using behavioral analysis and profiling to investigate crimes and find the unsub (unknown subject), the team's term for perpetrators. The show tells the story of the team as they work various cases and tackle their personal struggles. The show's original main cast consisted of seven characters: Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Jennifer Jareau (A. J. Cook), and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness). The cast underwent major changes throughout the series' run, with several ...
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Criminal Minds (season 11)
The eleventh season of ''Criminal Minds'' was ordered on May 11, 2015 by CBS. It premiered on September 30, 2015 on CBS and ended on May 4, 2016. The season consisted of 22 episodes. Cast The entire main cast returned for the season, except Jennifer Love Hewitt (Kate Callahan), who left the show in the season ten finale. On June 22, 2015, it was announced that Aisha Tyler (coincidentally Hewitt's co-star during Season 1 of '' Ghost Whisperer'') would replace Hewitt in a recurring role as Dr. Tara Lewis, a psychologist with an eye on forensic psychology and its application toward the criminal justice system. Main * Joe Mantegna as Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi (BAU Senior Agent) * Shemar Moore as Supervisory Special Agent Derek Morgan (BAU Agent) (Ep. 1-18) * Matthew Gray Gubler as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (BAU Agent) * A. J. Cook as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (BAU Agent) * Kirsten Vangsness as Special Agent Penelope Garcia ...
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Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)
Derek Morgan is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama ''Criminal Minds'', portrayed by Emmy Award winner Shemar Moore. Morgan specializes in fixations and obsessive behaviors. He is a Supervisory Special Agent of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, briefly serving as interim unit chief. He first appeared in the series' pilot episode, "Extreme Aggressor", which was originally broadcast on September 22, 2005. Before he left in season 11, he was one of only three main characters to appear since the first season as "starring" while also becoming the only character to appear in all episodes. Background Morgan and his sisters Sarah and Desirée grew up on the South Side, Chicago, in a crime-ridden neighborhood. He is the son of an African American father and a white mother. He rarely speaks of his immediate family, but he is close to his mother and sisters and returns every year for his mother Fran's birthday. In season 2 it was stated that he was around age 33, putting hi ...
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Shemar Moore
Shemar Franklin Moore (born April 20, 1970) is an American actor. His notable roles include Malcolm Winters on ''The Young and the Restless'' (1994–2005), Derek Morgan on ''Criminal Minds'' (2005–2016), and the lead role of Sergeant II Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson on ''S.W.A.T.'' (2017–present) all on CBS. Moore was also the third permanent host of ''Soul Train'', from 1999 to 2003. Moore has won eight NAACP Image Awards as well as the 2000 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on ''The Young and the Restless''. He was nominated for a People's Choice Award in 2016 for his work on ''Criminal Minds''. Early life Moore was born in Oakland, California, the son of Marilyn Wilson, a business consultant, and Sherrod Moore. Moore's father was African-American and his mother, who was born in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, was of Irish and French-Canadian descent. His mother, who had a degree in mathematics, worked as a ...
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Elle Greenaway
Elle Greenaway is a fictional character from the CBS police procedural, crime drama ''Criminal Minds'', portrayed by Lola Glaudini throughout the Criminal Minds (season 1), first season and the beginning of the Criminal Minds (season 2), second season. Background Before joining the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), Greenaway was assigned to the FBI's Seattle field office with a specialty in profiling sex offender, sexual offenders, a skill that would prove to be useful to the BAU. Elle's unnamed mother is Cuban, and she is fluent in Spanish language, Spanish, as seen in "Criminal Minds (season 1)#Episodes, Machismo". Her father, Robert Greenaway, was a police officer who was killed in the line of duty. The day her father was killed, she angrily told him she hated him because he was too busy to teach her to ride her bicycle; those were the last words she ever said to him, and she has felt guilty about it ever since. Time at the BAU Elle Greenaway joined the BAU directly af ...
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Lola Glaudini
Lola Glaudini (born November 24, 1971) is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Elle Greenaway on CBS's ''Criminal Minds'' and for her role as Deborah Ciccerone-Waldrup on HBO's ''The Sopranos''. Early life Glaudini was born in Manhattan, New York. Her father, Robert Glaudini, is a playwright of Italian descent, and in whose play ''The Poison Tree'' she appeared at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Her mother, Nina Diane (née Kapler) Rosen, is from a Jewish family and is a writer and college instructor in California. Glaudini attended Bard College. She also starred in the drama ''Demonology'' at the Mark Taper Forum, for which she won a Drama-Logue Award as Best Actress. Career Between 2001 and 2004 Glaudini had a recurring role on the HBO series ''The Sopranos'' as Federal Agent Deborah Ciccerone-Waldrup. In 2005 she was a regular on the CBS series ''Criminal Minds'' as Elle Greenaway, but left the show early in the second season. Before those role ...
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Aaron Hotchner
Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama ''Criminal Minds'', portrayed by Thomas Gibson. He is a Supervisory Special Agent and the unit chief of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, and has appeared from the series' pilot episode " Extreme Aggressor", which was originally broadcast on September 22, 2005. Hotchner begins the series married to his high school sweetheart Haley (Meredith Monroe). They have a son named Jack (Cade Owens), though they later separate over Hotchner's dedication to his job. Haley is killed in season five by a serial killer Hotchner and the team are pursuing. On August 12, 2016, CBS producers announced that Gibson had been dismissed from ''Criminal Minds'' following a physical altercation with one of the show's writers, and that "creative details" regarding the character's departure would be announced at a later date. After appearing in the first two episodes of the 2016–2017 season, the Hotchner character was removed from ...
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Thomas Gibson
Thomas Ellis Gibson (born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his television roles as Daniel Nyland on ''Chicago Hope'' (1994–1997), Greg Montgomery on ''Dharma & Greg'' (1997–2002) and Aaron Hotchner on ''Criminal Minds'' (2005–2016). Early life Gibson was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to Charles M. "Mac" and Beth Gibson. His mother was a social worker, and his father was a lawyer and liberal Democrat who served in the South Carolina state Senate and House. He is Catholic. Gibson's interest in the performing arts began at a young age. Gibson was fascinated by Louis Armstrong. He and his sister were on a swim team together, and they frequented a pizza parlor after their swim meets. It was at this pizza parlor that Gibson would sing along with a Dixieland band, complete with his attempt to impersonate Armstrong's singing voice. As a child, Gibson enrolled in Little Theater School and later graduated from Bishop England High School. He ...
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Jason Gideon
Jason Gideon is a fictional character in the CBS crime drama ''Criminal Minds,'' portrayed by Mandy Patinkin. Gideon is a Senior Supervisory Special Agent and the unit chief of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, and appeared from the series' pilot episode " Extreme Aggressor," which was originally broadcast on September 22, 2005, until "In Name and Blood," the second episode of the third season. He is also portrayed as a younger man by Ben Savage in flashbacks. Mandy Patinkin abruptly left the show in 2007, just as his character abruptly quit from the BAU, due to emotional distress. In 2012, Patinkin opened up about why he left stating that the show "was very destructive to my soul and my personality. After that, I didn't think I would get to work in television again." Immediately after Gideon's departure, Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) is appointed unit chief. When Hotchner also leaves the BAU, the position is given to Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), then temporarily to Jennifer ...
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Mandy Patinkin
Mandel Bruce Patinkin (; born November 30, 1952) is an American actor and singer, known for his work in musical theatre, television and film. He is a critically acclaimed Broadway performer, having received three Tony Award nominations, winning for his leading role in ''Evita'' (1980), and seven Drama Desk Award nominations. For his work in television he has received seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations (winning one). He has also received a Screen Actors Guild Award, and three Golden Globe Award nominations. Patinkin made his theatre debut in 1975 starring opposite Meryl Streep in the revival of the comic play ''Trelawny of the 'Wells''' at The Public Theatre's Shakespeare Festival. He then originated the iconic role of Che in the original Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''Evita'', in 1979, as well as that of Georges Seurat in Stephen Sondheim's ''Sunday in the Park with George'', in 1984. Patinkin is also known for his leading roles in various shows on televisi ...
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Criminal Minds (season 15)
The fifteenth season of ''Criminal Minds'' was ordered on January 10, 2019, with an order of 10 episodes. The season was originally the final season until it was renewed for a sixteenth season. The season premiered on January 8, 2020, and concluded on February 19, 2020. Cast The entire main cast from the previous season returned. Main cast * Joe Mantegna as Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi (BAU Senior Agent) * Matthew Gray Gubler as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (BAU Agent) * A. J. Cook as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (BAU Agent) * Kirsten Vangsness as Special Agent Penelope Garcia (BAU Technical Analyst & Co-Communications Liaison) * Aisha Tyler as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Tara Lewis (BAU Agent) * Daniel Henney as Supervisory Special Agent Matt Simmons (BAU Agent) * Adam Rodriguez as Supervisory Special Agent Luke Alvez (BAU Agent) * Paget Brewster as Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss (BAU Unit Chief & Co-Communicatio ...
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