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The Mentalist (season 1)
The first season of ''The Mentalist'' premiered on September 23, 2008 and concluded on May 19, 2009. It consisted of 23 episodes. Cast and characters Main cast * Simon Baker as Patrick Jane * Robin Tunney as Teresa Lisbon * Tim Kang as Kimball Cho * Owain Yeoman as Wayne Rigsby * Amanda Righetti as Grace Van Pelt Recurring cast * Gregory Itzin as Virgil Minelli (7 episodes) * JoNell Kennedy as Marcia Wallace (2 episodes) Notable guest cast * Xander Berkeley as Sheriff Thomas McAllister ("Red Hair and Silver Tape") * Jack Plotnick as Brett Partridge ("Pilot") * Leslie Hope as Kristina Frye ("Seeing Red") * Alicia Witt Alicia Roanne Witt (born August 21, 1975) is an American actress, singer and pianist. She first came to fame as a child actress after being discovered by David Lynch, who cast her in '' Dune'' (1984) and '' Twin Peaks'' (1990). Witt had a critic ... as Rosalind Harker ("Red John's Footsteps") Episodes International reception In the UK, the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mentalist
''The Mentalist'' is an American drama television series that ran from September 23, 2008, until February 18, 2015, broadcasting 151 episodes over seven seasons, on CBS. Created by Bruno Heller, who was also its executive producer, the show follows former "psychic" Patrick Jane (Simon Baker), who is a consultant to the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and his boss, senior agent Teresa Lisbon (Robin Tunney), using the highly developed observational skills he previously employed to "read" people's minds. Synopsis The series follows Patrick Jane, an independent consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) based in Sacramento, California. Although not an officer of the law, he uses his skills from his former career as a successful, yet admittedly fraudulent, psychic medium to help a team of CBI agents solve murders. The real reason for Jane's involvement with law enforcement is to track down the serial killer, known as Red John, who was responsible for the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Witt
Alicia Roanne Witt (born August 21, 1975) is an American actress, singer and pianist. She first came to fame as a child actress after being discovered by David Lynch, who cast her in '' Dune'' (1984) and ''Twin Peaks'' (1990). Witt had a critically acclaimed role as a disturbed teenager in '' Fun'' (1994), appeared as a music student in '' Mr. Holland's Opus'' (1995) and as a terrorized college student in the horror film ''Urban Legend'' (1998). She appeared in Cameron Crowe's ''Vanilla Sky'' (2001), ''Two Weeks Notice'' (2002), '' Last Holiday'' (2006) and the thriller ''88 Minutes'' (2007). Witt has made television appearances in '' The Walking Dead'', ''The Sopranos'', '' Nashville'', ''Two and a Half Men'', '' The Librarians'', '' Friday Night Lights'', ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', ''The Mentalist'', ''Cybill'', '' Justified'', '' Twin Peaks: The Return'', ''CSI: Miami'', and '' Orange Is the New Black''. In addition to being in acting, Witt has been described as a mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Beeson (director)
Charles Beeson (10 May 1957 – 26 April 2021) was a British television director. Life and career Some of his credits include the films: ''Second Sight'', ''Four Minutes'', ''Stranded'', ''Cider with Rosie'', ''Thursday 12th'', and episodes of ''EastEnders'', '' Spooks'', ''Inspector Morse'', ''Kavanagh QC'' and ''Casualty''. He also worked on the American series '' Close to Home'', '' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'', ''The Mentalist'', ''The Vampire Diaries'', ''Supernatural'', ''Smallville'', ''Person of Interest'', ''Fringe'', ''Alcatraz'' and ''Revolution'', ''The Whispers'', ''Containment'', '' Timeless'' and the TV adaptation of ''Around the World in 80 Days''. He worked as an executive producer on '' The Enemy Within'' for NBC. He attended Churcher's College Churcher's College is an independent, fee-charging day school for girls and boys, founded in 1722. The Senior School (ages 11–18) is in the market town of Petersfield, Hampshire with the Junior Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Woodruff
Ken Woodruff is an American television writer and producer. He has written and produced for CBS's ''The Mentalist'' for six seasons, and was a producer and writer for Fox's '' Gotham'', also created by ''Mentalist'' creator Bruno Heller. Woodruff has also penned two episodes of CBS' ''Shark''. Woodruff also has experience being a producer's assistant on Fox's ''The O.C. ''The O.C. '' is an American teen drama television series created by Josh Schwartz that originally aired on the Fox network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons. "O.C." is an initiali ...'' from the year 2003. References American television producers American television writers American male television writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-tv-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Earl Beesley
Matthew Earl Beesley is an American film director and television director living in Bell Canyon, California; he is the son of Dr. Earl Beesley. From 1984 to 1988, he worked as assistant director on a number of notable films including ''National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'' (1989), ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' (1993) and ''Chain Reaction'' (1996). He made his head directorial debut with the 1998 film ''Point Blank'' starring Mickey Rourke. Some of his television directing credits include ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''CSI: Miami'', ''Prison Break'', ''Lost'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''Criminal Minds'', ''The Closer'' and ''Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-O or Hawaii Five-0 may refer to: * Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series), ''Hawaii Five-0'' (2010 TV series), an American action police procedural television series * Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series), ''Hawaii Five-O'' (1968 TV series), an Ame ...''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Mitchell (director)
Martha Mitchell is an American television director. She has directed for a number of notable television series. Prior to directing, Mitchell worked as a script supervisor on numerous films, the pilot episode of ''New York Undercover'' and episodes of ''Law & Order'' from 1990 to 1996. She is a graduate of Barnard College. Selected filmography *'' NCIS'' *''House, M.D.'' *''Without a Trace'' *''New York Undercover'' *''Prey'' *''Strange Luck'' *''Malibu Shores'' *'' Close to Home'' *''Numb3rs'' *''Spy Game'' *''Judging Amy'' *''Law & Order'' *''Charmed'' *''Jericho'' *''Joan of Arcadia'' *''The Guardian'' *''Family Law'' *''Veronica Mars'' *''Timecop'' *''Promised Land'' *''The Division'' *''The Education of Max Bickford'' *''Haunted'' *''Now and Again'' *''The Practice'' *''Chicago Hope'' *''The Mentalist'' *''Mercy'' *'' The Protector'' *''NYC 22'' *'' Raising the Bar'' *''Unforgettable'' *'' Blue Bloods'' *'' The Fosters'' *''You In Modern English, ''you'' is the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Behring
John Behring (born in Canton, South Dakota) is an American television director, cinematographer, and producer. He has directed numerous episodic television dramas including ''Law and Order'', '' Blue Bloods'', '' Gotham'', ''Lethal Weapon'', '' Law and Order SVU'', '' Arrow'', '' The Flash'', ''Grimm'', ''Legends'', '' Ghost Whisperer'', '' CSI: NY'', ''The 100'', ''One Tree Hill'', ''The Client List'', '' V'', '' Charmed'', ''Dawson’s Creek'', ''Life'', ''Crash'', ''Surface'', '' Dark Blue'', ''Hellcats'', ''The Vampire Diaries'', and ''Trauma'', among others. He also directed eleven episodes of the series ''NUMB3RS'' for which he also served as Supervising Producer for three seasons from 2006–2008. Behring received his bachelor's and master's degree from the University of South Dakota before working for television station WISN-TV in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He then began shooting local and national television commercials before moving to Los Angeles. Working in commercials ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Glasberg
Gary Glasberg (July 15, 1966 – September 28, 2016) was an American television writer and producer. He was born in New York City. He was the showrunner on '' NCIS'' and creator of '' NCIS: New Orleans''. Glasberg's production company is called When Pigs Fly Incorporated. Career Glasberg started out writing for animated shows such as ''Rugrats'', ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' and ''Duckman''. Glasberg's credits include ''The Street'', ''Crossing Jordan'', '' The Evidence'', ''Bones'', ''Shark'', ''The Mentalist'' and '' NCIS''. From 2011 until his death he was showrunner, and the producer in charge of day-to-day operations, on ''NCIS''. Screenwriting * ''Rugrats'' (1992) * ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' (1993) * ''Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad'' (1994) * ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' (1994) * ''Duckman'' (1995) * '' Swift Justice'' (1996) * '' L.A. Firefighters'' (1996) * ''Viper'' (1997) * '' Recess'' (1997) * ''Ghost Stories'' (1997-1998) * ''L.A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Long (director)
Chris Long is an English television producer and director. He was lead director and executive producer on The Americans. He was the director and executive producer on ''Suspicion''. This is his second series for Apple having directed and executive produced the first episode of ''Amazing Stories''. In 2019 he also directed the pilot episode of '' The Right Stuff''. Filmography As a director * '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' (1996) * ''Gilmore Girls'' (2001) * '' Smallville'' (2001) * '' Weeds'' (2006) * '' Supernatural'' (2006) * ''The Mentalist '' (2008) * ''Jonas '' (2009) * '' Charmed'' (2001–2003) * ''The Americans'' (2016–2018) * ''Amazing Stories'' (2020) * '' The Right Stuff'' (2020) * ''Suspicion'' (2022) * '' The Patient'' (2022) As a producer * '' ''Timecop'''' (1997) * ''Gilmore Girls'' (2003–2004) * ''Dirt'' (2007–2008) * ''The Mentalist'' (2008–2015) * ''A Tale of Two Thieves'' (2014) * ''The Americans ''The Americans'' is an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Gable
Ashley Gable is an American screenwriter and producer who has worked on a variety of well-known television series including ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Person of Interest''. She was an executive producer on the CBS crime drama ''The Mentalist'' for its first four seasons. Career Gable's television career began in 1996 when she was recruited onto the writing staff of the first season of Joss Whedon's ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. She (and her then-writing partner Thomas A. Swyden) wrote two of the twelve episodes for the season. Gable has worked on a number of other shows as a writer and producer, including ''The Invisible Man'', ''Family Law'', ''The Division'', ''Strong Medicine'', ''Crossing Jordan'', ''New Amsterdam'' and ''Vegas''. In 2008 she was hired to work on ''The Mentalist'' as a co-executive producer under creator Bruno Heller and became an executive producer. She left that show after four seasons and subsequently served as co-executive producer on the CBS d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Barrett (director)
David McCoy Barrett is an American television director and producer. Career Barrett comes from a background of extreme sports. He began his career as a stuntman and transitioned to second unit directing. He co-created the CW television series ''The Mountain'' (2004), a patriarchal family drama loosely based on his upbringing as a struggling motocross racer at Mammoth Mountain. In 2012, he directed his first feature film '' Fire With Fire'' starring Josh Duhamel, Rosario Dawson, Bruce Willis, and Vincent D'Onofrio. Since his television debut, Barrett has directed over forty-one television series and seventy-seven episodes.) Personal life Barrett grew up in the small town of Bishop, California, immersed in extreme sports and the outdoors. Grandson of Dave and Roma McCoy, founders of the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, David ranked competitively in motocross, alpine skiing, and snowboarding. His brother, Stanton Barrett is a NASCAR driver and Hollywood stuntman. His father, Stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Bureau Of Investigation (fictional)
The California Bureau of Investigation ("CBI" or "BI") is California's statewide criminal investigative bureau under the California Department of Justice (CA DOJ), in the Division of Law Enforcement (DLE), administered by the Office of the State Attorney General that provides expert investigative services to assist local, state, tribal, and federal agencies in major criminal investigations ranging across the state. History The California Office of the Attorney General (AG) was created in 1850; however, permanent law enforcement and criminal investigative elements of the CA DOJ were not established until the early 20th century. Despite this, CA DOJ's Law Enforcement personnel can trace part of their roots back to that of the original California Rangers; the first statewide criminal investigative and law enforcement agency created on May 17, 1853. Although the California Rangers were quickly disbanded (following their success in bringing the violent Five Joaquins gang to justice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
