The tenth season of the American fictional
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television series
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''
ER'' first aired on September 25, 2003, and concluded on May 13, 2004. The tenth season consists of 22 episodes.
Plot
New characters arrive in the form of medical student Neela Rasgotra, hapless resident Archie Morris, and Nurse Samantha Taggart who fills the void left by Abby who returns to medical school. The aftermath of Kovač and Carter's mission in Africa becomes a key story throughout the season, a Thanksgiving tragedy sees the end of Romano, Lewis copes with an unexpected pregnancy, Pratt's professionalism is tested again by his colleagues, Gallant is deployed to Iraq and Chen and Weaver both deal with personal losses. Kovač returns from Africa, determined to settle his affairs and return. Sam and Kovač share a relationship but Sam's ex-boyfriend arrives.
Cast
Main cast
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Noah Wyle
Noah Strausser Speer Wyle (; born June 4, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as John Carter in the television series '' ER'' (1994–2009), which earned him nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and five Primetime Emm ...
as
Dr. John Carter
John Truman Carter III, Doctor of Medicine, M.D. is a fictional character from the NBC television series ''ER (TV Series), ER.'' He was portrayed by Noah Wyle and appeared as one of the series' principal characters from the 24 Hours (ER), pilot ...
– Attending Physician
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Laura Innes
Laura Elizabeth Innes (born August 16, 1957) is an American actress and television director. She starred as Dr. Kerry Weaver in the NBC medical drama '' ER'' from 1995 to 2007 and reprised her role from 2008 to 2009 in the final season. She also ...
as
Dr. Kerry Weaver
Kerry Weaver is a fictional character from the NBC television series '' ER''. The role was portrayed by Laura Innes who debuted as a recurring character in the second season episode "Welcome Back, Carter!", which aired on September 21, 1995. I ...
– Chief of Staff
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Mekhi Phifer
Mekhi Phifer (; born December 29, 1974) is an American actor. He portrayed Dr. Greg Pratt on NBC's long-running medical drama '' ER'' until 2008 and had a co-starring role opposite actor/rapper Eminem in the 2002 feature film '' 8 Mile''. He was ...
as
Dr. Greg Pratt – Resident PGY-2
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Alex Kingston
Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in ...
as
Dr. Elizabeth Corday – Associate Chief of Surgery
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Goran Visnjic
Goran may refer to:
Ethnic groups
*Gorane, or Goran, an ethnic group of northern Africa
*Goran (Kurdish tribe), an ethnic group of the Middle East
*Gorani (ethnic group), an ethnic group of the southeastern Europe
Other uses
*Göran, a Swedis ...
as
Dr. Luka Kovač – Attending Physician
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Maura Tierney
Maura Therese Tierney (born February 3, 1965) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her roles as Lisa Miller on the sitcom '' NewsRadio'' (1995–1999), Abby Lockhart on the medical drama '' ER'' (1999–2009 ...
as
Abby Lockhart
Abigail Marjorie Lockhart, M.D. (née Wyczenski) is a fictional character from the NBC medical drama series '' ER,'' portrayed by Maura Tierney. Usually referred to as simply Abby, she first appears as a guest star in the first half of the si ...
– Nurse Manager/Fourth-year Medical Student
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Sherry Stringfield
Sherry Lea Stringfield (born June 24, 1967) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Dr. Susan Lewis on the NBC medical drama '' ER'', a role for which she received three Emmy Award nominations. Stringfield was a member ...
as
Dr. Susan Lewis – Attending Physician
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Ming-Na
Ming-Na Wen (; born November 20, 1963) is an American actress and model. She voiced Mulan in the animated film ''Mulan'' and its sequel, portrayed Melinda May / The Cavalry in '' Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2013–2020), and Fennec Sha ...
as
Dr. Jing-Mei Chen – Attending Physician
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Sharif Atkins
Sharif Atkins (born January 29, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. Michael Gallant on '' ER'' and for his role as FBI Agent Clinton Jones on '' White Collar''.
Early life
Atkins was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylva ...
as
Dr. Michael Gallant – Intern PGY-1 (episodes 1–18)
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Parminder Nagra as
Neela Rasgotra – Fourth-year Medical Student
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Linda Cardellini as
Nurse Samantha Taggart (episodes 5–22)
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Paul McCrane
Paul David McCrane (born January 19, 1961) is an American film, television and theatre actor, as well as a television director and singer. He is known for his portrayal of Montgomery MacNeil in the 1980 film '' Fame'', Frank Berry in the 1984 fil ...
as
Dr. Robert Romano – Chief of Emergency Medicine (episodes 1–8)
Supporting cast
;Doctors and medical students
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Sam Anderson
Sam Anderson (born April 2, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his character roles such as Sam Gorpley on '' Perfect Strangers'', Holland Manners on ''Angel'', dentist Bernard Nadler on ''Lost'' and in film, as the principal in ''F ...
as
Dr. Jack Kayson – Chief of Cardiology
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Amy Aquino
Amy Aquino McCoy (born March 20, 1957) is an American television, film, and stage actress. The graduate of Harvard and Yale universities has appeared in television series such as ''Brooklyn Bridge'', '' ER'', and ''Being Human'', and was nominate ...
as
Dr. Janet Coburn – Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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John Aylward
John Aylward (November 7, 1946 – May 16, 2022) was an American actor.
He was best known for playing the former DNC chairman Barry Goodwin on the NBC television series ''The West Wing'' and for playing Dr. Donald Anspaugh on the NBC televisio ...
as
Dr. Donald Anspaugh – Surgeon and Hospital Board Member
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Scott Grimes as
Dr. Archie Morris – ER Second Year Resident
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L. Scott Caldwell as Dr. Megan Rabb – Director of Neo-Natology
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Glenn Howerton
Glenn Franklin Howerton III (born April 13, 1976) is an American actor, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for the long-running dark satirical comedy ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' (2005–present) on FX/FXX, a show he co-created ...
as Dr. Nick Cooper – ER Second Year Resident
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Bruno Campos
Bruno Campos () is a Brazilian-American lawyer and former actor, best known for his roles of Dr. Quentin Costa on the award-winning television show ''Nip/Tuck'', the voice of Prince Naveen in the animated film ''The Princess and the Frog'', an ...
as Dr. Eddie Dorset – Vascular Surgeon
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Maury Sterling
Charles Maury Wallace Sterling (born September 1, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Max Piotrowski in ''Homeland'', Rafferty in the comedy film '' Beverly Hills Chihuahua'' and Lester Tremor in the action film ''Smokin' Ace ...
as Dr. Nelson – Psychiatrist
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Paul Blackthorne
Paul Blackthorne (born 5 March 1969) is an English actor. Although born in Shropshire, he spent his early childhood on UK military bases in Britain and Germany.
Blackthorne broke into acting via television commercials in England. His breakthro ...
as Dr. Jeremy Lawson – Invasive Radiologist
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Rossif Sutherland as Lester Kertzenstein – Medical Student
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Perry Anzilotti
Perry Anzilotti (born December 11, 1959) is an American television and film actor.
Early life and education
Anzilotti was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, and is also a graduate of the Cal ...
as Dr. Ed – Anesthesiologist
*Shi Ne Nelson as Sheila – Medical Student
* K.T. Thangavelu as Dr. Subramanian
* Randy Lowell as Dr. Dan Shine
;Nurses
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Ellen Crawford
Ellen Ann Crawford (born April 29, 1951) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Nurse Lydia Wright on '' ER'' from 1994 through 2003 and then again in 2009 for the series finale.
Crawford has also performed on stage, in ''A Touch ...
as
Nurse Lydia Wright
*Conni Marie Brazelton as
Nurse Conni Oligario
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Deezer D
Dearon Thompson (March 12, 1965 – January 7, 2021), known professionally as Deezer D, was an American actor, rapper and Christian motivational speaker. He is best known for his role as Nurse Malik McGrath in the American medical drama televisi ...
as
Nurse Malik McGrath
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Laura Cerón
Laura Cerón (born September 28, 1964) is an Alma Award-winning Mexican-born American actress. Her most recognizable role is that of Nurse Chuny Marquez on the television series '' ER''.
Early life
Cerón was born in Mexico City, Mexico. She ...
as
Nurse Chuny Marquez
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Yvette Freeman
Yvette Freeman is an American actress, singer and director. Predominantly active as a stage actress, she made her Broadway debut in 1979 in the original production of '' Ain't Misbehavin. She won the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance b ...
as
Nurse Haleh Adams
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Lily Mariye
Lily Mariye (born September 25, 1964) is an American television director, filmmaker and actress.
Early life
Mariye was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and graduated from UCLA with a BA in theater arts.
Career
From 1994 to 2009 she had a regular role ...
as
Nurse Lily Jarvik
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Gedde Watanabe
Gary "Gedde" Watanabe (born June 26, 1955) is an American actor and comedian. He is perhaps best known for voicing the character of Ling in the 1998 animated film '' Mulan'' and its 2004 sequel '' Mulan II'', as well as playing Long Duk Dong in t ...
as
Nurse Yosh Takata
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Donal Logue
Donal Francis Logue (born February 27, 1966) is a Canadian actor. He starred in the film '' The Tao of Steve'' and has had roles in the TV series ''Sons of Anarchy'', ''Vikings'', ''Grounded for Life'', ''Copper'', '' Terriers'', and, as Detecti ...
as
Flight Nurse Chuck Martin
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Dinah Lenney
Dinah Lenney (born Dinah Gross; November 18, 1956, New York City) is an American actress and writer. She is the author of ''Bigger than Life: A Murder, a Memoir'', a 2007 book about the murder of her father, Republican Party politician and business ...
as Nurse Shirley
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Bellina Logan as Nurse Kit
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Kyle Richards
Kyle Richards Umansky (: born January 11, 1969) is an American actress, socialite, and television personality. Since 2010, she has appeared as a main cast member on ''The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'', and as of 2022, is the last remaining ...
as Nurse Dori Kerns
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Liza Del Mundo as Nurse Severa
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Sumalee Montano as Nurse Duvata Mahal
* Nadia Shazana as OR Nurse Jacy
* Kelsey Oldershaw as Nurse Tess
* Tane Kawasaki as Nurse Claire
* Cynthia Cervini as Nurse Anna Waldron
;Staff, Paramedics and Officers
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Abraham Benrubi
Abraham Rubin Hercules Benrubi (born October 4, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for his appearances as Jerry Markovic on the long-running medical television drama '' ER'', for his first role as Larry Kubiac on the series '' Parker Lewis C ...
as
Desk Clerk Jerry Markovic
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Daniel Dae Kim
Daniel Dae Kim (born Kim Dae-hyun ( ko, 김대현); August 4, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jin-Soo Kwon in ''Lost'', Chin Ho Kelly in '' Hawaii Five-0'', Gavin Park in ''Angel'', and Johnny Gat in the '' Saints Ro ...
as Social Worker Ken Sung
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Troy Evans as
Desk Clerk Frank Martin
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Kristin Minter as Desk Clerk
Miranda "Randi" Fronczak
*Pamela Sinha as Desk Clerk Amira
*Emily Wagner as Paramedic Doris Pickman
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Montae Russell
Montae Russell is an American actor of stage, television and film, best known for his many performances on episodic television, which include his role as Dwight Zadro from the NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American E ...
as Paramedic Dwight Zadro
* Lyn. A Henderson as Paramedic Pamela Olbes
* Michelle C. Bonilla as Paramedic Christine Harms
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Demetrius Navarro as Paramedic Morales
* Brian Lester as Paramedic Brian Dumar
* Louie Liberti as Paramedic Bardelli
* Chad McKnight as Officer Wilson
;Family
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Mark Valley as Richard Lockhart
* Cabria Baird or Brittney Baird as Ella Greene
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Hallee Hirsh
Hallee Leah Hirsh (born 1987/1988) is an American actress perhaps best known for her roles as Mattie Grace Johnson on '' JAG'', Daley in the children's series '' Flight 29 Down'', and as the adolescent and young adult Rachel Greene on '' ER''.
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as Rachel Greene
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Michael Gross as Mr. John "Jack" Carter
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Thandie Newton
Melanie Thandiwe Newton ( ; born 6 November 1972), formerly credited as Thandie Newton, is a British actress. Newton has received various awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for ...
as Makemba "Kem" Likasu
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George Cheung
George Kee Cheung is a Hong Kong actor and stuntman with an extensive career in American television and film dating back to 1975, often playing Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Mongolian parts. His career has focused primarily on televis ...
as Mr. Chen
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Kieu Chinh as Mrs. Chen
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Lisa Vidal
Lisa Vidal (born June 13, 1965) is an American actress of Puerto Rican heritage. She starred in the Lifetime crime drama series ''The Division'' (2001–2004) and BET drama series ''Being Mary Jane'' (2013–2019). Vidal also starred in the sho ...
as Sandy Lopez
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Renee Victor as Florina Lopez
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Tito Ortiz
Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz (; born January 23, 1975) is an American mixed martial artist and politician. He is currently signed to the Combate Americas promotion. Ortiz is best known for his stints with the Ultimate Fighting Championship ...
as Carlos Lopez
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as Eduardo Lopez
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Paul Dooley
Paul Dooley (born Paul Brown; February 22, 1928) is an American character actor, writer and comedian. He is known for his roles in '' Breaking Away'', '' Sixteen Candles'', and ''Popeye''.
Early life
Dooley was born Paul Brown on February 22, ...
as Harry Lewis
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Oliver Davis as Alex Taggart
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Cole Hauser
Cole Hauser (born March 22, 1975) is an American actor. He is known for film roles in ''Higher Learning'', '' School Ties'', '' Dazed and Confused'', ''Good Will Hunting'', '' Pitch Black'', '' Tigerland'', '' Hart's War'', '' Tears of the Sun'' ...
as Steve Curtis
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Joy Bryant
Joy Bryant is an American actress, businesswoman and fashion model. She has appeared in numerous films and television since beginning her acting career in 2001. She has received two NAACP Image Award nominations, and one Screen Actors Guild Award ...
as Valerie Gallant
Special appearances
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Mary McCormack
Mary Catherine McCormack (born February 8, 1969) is an American actress. She has had leading roles as Justine Appleton in the series '' Murder One'' (1995–97), as Deputy National Security Adviser Kate Harper in ''The West Wing'' (2004–06), a ...
as Debbie (in Kisangani)
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Zac Efron as Bobby (Dear Abby)
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Bob Newhart
George Robert Newhart (born September 5, 1929) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery style. Newhart came to prominence in 1960 when his album of comedic monologues, ''The Button-Down Mi ...
as Ben Hollander
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Sarah Shahi
Aahoo Jahansouzshahi ( fa, آهو جهانسوز شاهی; born ), known professionally as Sarah Shahi (), is an American actress and former model. She played Carmen on ''The L Word'' in 2005, Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama ''Fairly Leg ...
as Tara King (The Greater Good)
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J.K. Simmons as Gus Loomer (Impulse Control)
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Jessica Chastain as Dahlia Taslitz (Forgive and Forget)
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Rocky Carroll
Roscoe "Rocky" Carroll (born July 8, 1963) is an American actor and director. He is known for his roles as Joey Emerson on the Fox comedy-drama '' Roc'' (1991–94), as Dr. Keith Wilkes on the CBS medical drama ''Chicago Hope'', and as NCIS Dir ...
as Mr. Walker (The Student)
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Kevin Sussman as Colin (episode 19 and 20)
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Patrick Kerr
Patrick Kerr (born January 23, 1956) is an American film and television actor, known for his recurring role as Noel Shempsky on ''Frasier''.
Career
He has appeared on ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' as a blind pianist and acquaintance of Larry, on '' ...
as George Deakins
Episodes
References
External links
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Second Congo War
2003 American television seasons
2004 American television seasons
ER (TV series) seasons