''Gideon's Crossing'' is an American
medical drama starring
Andre Braugher
Andre Keith Braugher (; born July 1, 1962) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Detective Frank Pembleton in the police drama series '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' (1993–1999), used car salesman Owen Thoreau Jr. in the com ...
. The series is loosely based on the experience of real-life physician
Jerome Groopman
Jerome E. Groopman has been a staff writer in medicine and biology for ''The New Yorker'' since 1998. He is also the Dina and Raphael Recanati Chair of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Experimental Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Me ...
and his book ''
The Measure of Our Days
''The Measure of Our Days: A Spiritual Exploration of Illness'' (alternately ''New Beginnings at Life's End'') is a book of case studies of patients by Jerome Groopman, published by Penguin Books in October 1997. It was later serialized in ''T ...
''.
It premiered on October 10, 2000, and ran for one season, with its last episode airing on April 9, 2001, with one episode ("The Old School") remaining unaired.
Cast
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Andre Braugher
Andre Keith Braugher (; born July 1, 1962) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Detective Frank Pembleton in the police drama series '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' (1993–1999), used car salesman Owen Thoreau Jr. in the com ...
as Dr. Ben Gideon
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Rubén Blades
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948), known professionally as Rubén Blades (, but in Panama and within the family), is a Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician, performing musically most often in th ...
as Dr. Max Cabranes
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Eric Dane
Eric William Dane (born November 9, 1972) is an American actor. After multiple television roles in the 1990s and 2000s, which included his recurring role as Jason Dean in ''Charmed'', Dane was cast as Dr. Mark Sloan on the ABC medical drama te ...
as Dr. Wyatt Cooper
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Russell Hornsby
Russell Hornsby (born May 15, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Edward "Eddie" Sutton on ABC Family's '' Lincoln Heights'', as Luke on the HBO drama ''In Treatment'', as Detective Hank Griffin on the NBC series '' Grimm'', ...
as Dr. Aaron Boies
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Ravi Kapoor
Ravi Kapoor (born 27 June 1969 in Liverpool, England) is a British actor of Indian heritage best known for his roles on ''Gideon's Crossing'' and ''Crossing Jordan''. Before relocating to Los Angeles, Kapoor worked for ten years as an actor in E ...
as Dr. Siddartha Shandor
* Sophie Keller as Dr. Maya Stiles
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Hamish Linklater
Hamish Linklater (born July 7, 1976) is an American actor and playwright. He is known for playing Matthew Kimble in '' The New Adventures of Old Christine'', Andrew Keanelly in ''The Crazy Ones'', and Clark Debussy in ''Legion''. He is the son of ...
as Dr. Bruce Cherry
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Rhona Mitra
Rhona is the name of:
* Rhona Adair (1878–1961), British golf champion
* Rhona Bennett (born 1976), American singer, actress and model
* Rhona Brankin (born 1950), Labour Co-operative politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament
* Rhona B ...
as Dr. Alejandra Klein
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Kevin J. O'Connor as Dr. Michael Pirandello
* Meagan Gregory as Rose Gideon
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Jascha Washington
Jascha Akili Washington (born June 21, 1989) is an American actor and songwriter. Best known for ''Big Momma's House'' (2000), ''Big Momma's House 2'' (2006), and '' Like Mike 2'' (2006).
Life and career
Washington was born in Kings County, Cal ...
as Eli Gideon
* Brian Wiltshire as Charlie Gideon
Episodes
See also
*
List of ''The Practice'' episodes - includes crossover episode "Gideon's Crossover"
References
External links
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2000s American drama television series
2000s American medical television series
2000 American television series debuts
2001 American television series endings
American Broadcasting Company original programming
Television shows based on books
English-language television shows
Television series by ABC Studios
Television series created by Paul Attanasio
Television shows set in Boston