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NCIS NCIS or N.C.I.S. may refer to: Law enforcement * National Criminal Intelligence Service, the predecessor to the Serious Organised Crime Agency of the United Kingdom * Naval Criminal Investigative Service, a United States law enforcement and intelli ...
'' and its characters were originally introduced in a two-part episode of the
CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainmen ...
television series '' JAG'' in . The show premiered on , 2003, in the United States. Created by
Donald P. Bellisario Donald Paul Bellisario (born August 8, 1935) is an American television producer and screenwriter who created and sometimes wrote episodes for the TV series '' Magnum, P.I.'' (1980), ''Tales of the Gold Monkey'' (1982), ''Airwolf'' (1984), ''Quan ...
and Don McGill, and executive produced by Bellisario, Shane Brennan, Gary Glasberg, and George Schenck & Frank Cardea, ''NCIS'' stars
Mark Harmon Thomas Mark Harmon (born September 2, 1951) is an American actor. He is most famous for playing the lead role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs in '' NCIS''. He also appeared in a wide variety of roles since the early 1970s. After spending the majority of ...
as Supervisory Special Agent
Leroy Jethro Gibbs Leroy Jethro Gibbs is a fictional character and the original protagonist of the CBS TV series '' NCIS'', portrayed by Mark Harmon. He is a former U.S. Marine Corps Scout Sniper turned special agent who commands a team for the Naval Criminal I ...
, and
Gary Cole Gary Michael Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American television, film and voice actor. Cole began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. On television, he has had starring roles in the T ...
as Supervisory Special Agent
Alden Parker '' NCIS'' is an American police procedural television series, revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service The United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the primary ...
in charge of NCIS' Major Case Response Team. Based out of Washington, D.C., the team includes special agents
Caitlin Todd Caitlin "Kate" Todd is a fictional character featured in the CBS television drama '' NCIS'' portrayed by Sasha Alexander, appearing in 49 episodes of the series. Alexander made her series debut in the season one premiere "Yankee White", before de ...
(
Sasha Alexander Sasha Alexander (born Suzana Drobnjakovic on May 17, 1973), is an American actress and TV director. She played Gretchen Witter in ''Dawson's Creek'' and has acted in films including '' Yes Man'' (2008) and ''He's Just Not That Into You'' (20 ...
),
Anthony DiNozzo Anthony D. "Tony" DiNozzo, Jr.Season 3, Episode 9 "Frame Up" is a fictional character from the CBS TV series '' NCIS'' portrayed by American actor Michael Weatherly. An original cast character created by producer Donald P. Bellisario, he is cr ...
(
Michael Weatherly Michael Manning Weatherly Jr. (born July 8, 1968) is an American actor, producer, director, and musician, known for playing the roles of Anthony DiNozzo in the television series '' NCIS'' (2003–2016) and Logan Cale in '' Dark Angel'' (2000–20 ...
),
Timothy McGee Timothy Farragut "Tim" McGee () is a fictional character from the CBS television series '' NCIS''. He is portrayed by Sean Murray. McGee specializes in cybersecurity and computer crime, and is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and MIT. Mur ...
( Sean Murray),
Ziva David Ziva David (; Hebrew: זיוה דוד, , feminine form of Ziv: "Radiance"; birth date November 12, 1982, Beersheba in the Negev desert of southern Israel). She was born in Be'er Sheva, Israel. is a fictional character from the CBS television seri ...
(
Cote de Pablo María José de Pablo Fernández, known professionally as Cote de Pablo (born November 12, 1979), is a Chilean-American actress and singer. Born in Santiago, Chile, she moved to the United States at the age of ten, where she studied acting. De ...
), Eleanor Bishop (
Emily Wickersham Emily Kaiser Wickersham (born April 26, 1984) is an American actress best known for her role as NCIS Special Agent Eleanor Bishop on '' NCIS''. Early life Wickersham has Austrian and Swedish (Värmland) ancestry. She was born in Kansas but ...
), Alexandra Quinn (
Jennifer Esposito Jennifer Esposito is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the feature films ''Summer of Sam'' (1999), ''Don't Say a Word'' (2001), ''Welcome to Collinwood'' (2002), as well as ''Crash'' and ''Taxi'' (both 2004). She has also appea ...
), Nicholas Torres (
Wilmer Valderrama Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama ( , ; born January 30, 1980) is an American actor, producer, and television personality. He is known for his role as Fez in the sitcom ''That '70s Show'' (1998–2006), Agustín Madrigal in ''Encanto'', and as Carlos ...
), and Jessica Knight (
Katrina Law Katrina Law is an American actress. She is known for playing the roles of Mira on the Starz television series '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' and '' Spartacus: Vengeance'', Nyssa al Ghul on The CW television series ''Arrow'', Karen Beach on the ...
), forensic specialists Abby Sciuto (
Pauley Perrette Pauley Perrette (born March 27, 1969) is an American retired actress and singer. She played Abby Sciuto in the television series '' NCIS'' from 2003 to 2018. Early life Perrette was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised throughout the so ...
) and Kasie Hines (
Diona Reasonover Diona Reasonover (born January 6, 1992) is an American actress. She starred as Charmaine Eskowitz in the television show '' Clipped''. She portrays Kasie Hines in the crime drama series '' NCIS''. Early life Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan ...
), medical examiners Jimmy Palmer (
Brian Dietzen Brian Dietzen (born November 14, 1977) is an American actor who has played the supporting role of Dr. Jimmy Palmer on '' NCIS'' since 2004. In 2012, he was promoted to a series regular at the beginning of the show's tenth season. Early life Die ...
) and Donald "Ducky" Mallard (
David McCallum David Keith McCallum Jr. (born 19 September 1933) is a Scottish actor and musician. He first gained recognition in the 1960s for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin in the television series ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E''. In recent years, McCallum ...
), medical examiners assistant Gerald Jackson (Pancho Demmings) and SIS attaché Clayton Reeves (
Duane Henry Duane Henry (born 18 March 1985) is an English actor. Henry is most notable for his work on '' NCIS'', ''Doctors'', and ''W.E.'' He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Early life Duane Henry was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, En ...
). Operational psychologist Dr. Jacqueline Sloane (
Maria Bello Maria Elena Bello (born April 18, 1967) is an American actress and writer. Her film roles include ''Permanent Midnight'' (1998), ''Payback (1999 film), Payback'' (1999), ''Coyote Ugly (film), Coyote Ugly'' (2000), ''The Cooler'' (2003), ''A Hist ...
) assists the team during troubled times, while successive Directors Tom Morrow (
Alan Dale Alan Hugh Dale (born 6 May 1947) is a New Zealand actor. As a child, Dale enjoyed theatre and rugby. After retiring from the sport, he took on a number of occupations, before deciding to become a professional actor at age 27. Dale subsequentl ...
), Jennifer Shepard (
Lauren Holly Lauren Holly (born October 28, 1963) is an American actress. She has played the roles of Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart in the television series ''Picket Fences'', NCIS Director Jenny Shepard in the series '' NCIS'', Dr. Betty Rogers on ''Motive' ...
), and Leon Vance (
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 Direc ...
) command from on high.


Series overview


Episodes


Introductory episodes

The program and its characters are introduced during the eighth season of '' JAG''. The ''JAG'' episodes, " Ice Queen" and "Meltdown", served as
pilot episodes A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie), in United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television network or other distri ...
for the show. The character Special Agent Vivian Blackadder (
Robyn Lively Robyn Elaine Lively Johnson (born February 7, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the 1989 films ''Teen Witch'' and ''The Karate Kid Part III.'' She is also known for her roles in the TV shows ''Doogie Howser, M.D.''; '' ...
) does not appear in the series because producer Donald Bellisario felt that "she was a little soft for this kind of role". In , the two episodes were edited together and aired as "Navy NCIS: The Beginning".


Season 1 (2003–04)

* Sean Murray (
Timothy McGee Timothy Farragut "Tim" McGee () is a fictional character from the CBS television series '' NCIS''. He is portrayed by Sean Murray. McGee specializes in cybersecurity and computer crime, and is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and MIT. Mur ...
) had a continuous arc starting with the seventh episode ("Sub Rosa").


Season 2 (2004–05)

* Sean Murray (
Timothy McGee Timothy Farragut "Tim" McGee () is a fictional character from the CBS television series '' NCIS''. He is portrayed by Sean Murray. McGee specializes in cybersecurity and computer crime, and is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and MIT. Mur ...
) was promoted to the main cast starting with the episode "See No Evil". *
Sasha Alexander Sasha Alexander (born Suzana Drobnjakovic on May 17, 1973), is an American actress and TV director. She played Gretchen Witter in ''Dawson's Creek'' and has acted in films including '' Yes Man'' (2008) and ''He's Just Not That Into You'' (20 ...
(Special Agent
Caitlin Todd Caitlin "Kate" Todd is a fictional character featured in the CBS television drama '' NCIS'' portrayed by Sasha Alexander, appearing in 49 episodes of the series. Alexander made her series debut in the season one premiere "Yankee White", before de ...
) left the show after the season finale ( "Twilight").


Season 3 (2005–06)

*
Cote de Pablo María José de Pablo Fernández, known professionally as Cote de Pablo (born November 12, 1979), is a Chilean-American actress and singer. Born in Santiago, Chile, she moved to the United States at the age of ten, where she studied acting. De ...
(
Ziva David Ziva David (; Hebrew: זיוה דוד, , feminine form of Ziv: "Radiance"; birth date November 12, 1982, Beersheba in the Negev desert of southern Israel). She was born in Be'er Sheva, Israel. is a fictional character from the CBS television seri ...
) had a continuous arc starting with the first two episodes ("
Kill Ari "Kill Ari (Part I)" and "Kill Ari (Part II)" are the first two episodes of the third season of the American police procedural drama '' NCIS'', and the 47th and 48th episodes overall. They originally aired on CBS in the United States on September ...
"), and later promoted to the main cast in the episode "Silver War". *
Lauren Holly Lauren Holly (born October 28, 1963) is an American actress. She has played the roles of Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart in the television series ''Picket Fences'', NCIS Director Jenny Shepard in the series '' NCIS'', Dr. Betty Rogers on ''Motive' ...
joins the supporting cast as NCIS Director
Jenny Shepard '' NCIS'' is an American police procedural television series, revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which investigates crimes involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The series was ...
. She was promoted to the main cast in the ninth episode ("Frame Up"). * This is the first season to feature 24 episodes.


Season 4 (2006–07)


Season 5 (2007–08)

*
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 Direc ...
(
Leon Vance Leon Robert Vance Jr. (August 11, 1916 – July 26, 1944) was a Medal of Honor recipient who served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Early life and family Leon Robert Vance Jr. was born and raised in Enid, Oklahoma. Van ...
) had a continuous arc starting with episode 14 ("Internal Affairs"). *
Lauren Holly Lauren Holly (born October 28, 1963) is an American actress. She has played the roles of Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart in the television series ''Picket Fences'', NCIS Director Jenny Shepard in the series '' NCIS'', Dr. Betty Rogers on ''Motive' ...
(
Jenny Shepard '' NCIS'' is an American police procedural television series, revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which investigates crimes involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The series was ...
) left the show after the season finale ("Judgment Day").


Season 6 (2008–09)

*
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 Direc ...
(
Leon Vance Leon Robert Vance Jr. (August 11, 1916 – July 26, 1944) was a Medal of Honor recipient who served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Early life and family Leon Robert Vance Jr. was born and raised in Enid, Oklahoma. Van ...
) was promoted to the main cast starting with the episode "Last Man Standing". * "Legend" serves as the two-part backdoor pilot for the spin-off '' NCIS: Los Angeles''.


Season 7 (2009–10)


Season 8 (2010–11)


Season 9 (2011–12)


Season 10 (2012–13)

*
Brian Dietzen Brian Dietzen (born November 14, 1977) is an American actor who has played the supporting role of Dr. Jimmy Palmer on '' NCIS'' since 2004. In 2012, he was promoted to a series regular at the beginning of the show's tenth season. Early life Die ...
as M.E. Assistant (Jimmy Palmer) was promoted to the main cast as of this season.


Season 11 (2013–14)

*
Cote de Pablo María José de Pablo Fernández, known professionally as Cote de Pablo (born November 12, 1979), is a Chilean-American actress and singer. Born in Santiago, Chile, she moved to the United States at the age of ten, where she studied acting. De ...
as Special Agent (
Ziva David Ziva David (; Hebrew: זיוה דוד, , feminine form of Ziv: "Radiance"; birth date November 12, 1982, Beersheba in the Negev desert of southern Israel). She was born in Be'er Sheva, Israel. is a fictional character from the CBS television seri ...
) departed the show after the second episode, "Past, Present, and Future". *
Emily Wickersham Emily Kaiser Wickersham (born April 26, 1984) is an American actress best known for her role as NCIS Special Agent Eleanor Bishop on '' NCIS''. Early life Wickersham has Austrian and Swedish (Värmland) ancestry. She was born in Kansas but ...
as NSA Analyst and then Probationary Special Agent, (Eleanor Bishop), is introduced in episode nine, "Gut Check", and was later promoted to the main cast in episode twelve, "Kill Chain". * "Crescent City" serves as the two-part pilot for '' NCIS: New Orleans''.


Season 12 (2014–15)


Season 13 (2015–16)

* Episode 12 begins a crossover event that concludes on '' NCIS: New Orleans'' season 2 episode 12. *
Michael Weatherly Michael Manning Weatherly Jr. (born July 8, 1968) is an American actor, producer, director, and musician, known for playing the roles of Anthony DiNozzo in the television series '' NCIS'' (2003–2016) and Logan Cale in '' Dark Angel'' (2000–20 ...
(
Anthony DiNozzo Anthony D. "Tony" DiNozzo, Jr.Season 3, Episode 9 "Frame Up" is a fictional character from the CBS TV series '' NCIS'' portrayed by American actor Michael Weatherly. An original cast character created by producer Donald P. Bellisario, he is cr ...
) departed the series after the season finale "Family First".


Season 14 (2016–17)

*
Jennifer Esposito Jennifer Esposito is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the feature films ''Summer of Sam'' (1999), ''Don't Say a Word'' (2001), ''Welcome to Collinwood'' (2002), as well as ''Crash'' and ''Taxi'' (both 2004). She has also appea ...
( Alexandra "Alex" Quinn) and
Wilmer Valderrama Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama ( , ; born January 30, 1980) is an American actor, producer, and television personality. He is known for his role as Fez in the sitcom ''That '70s Show'' (1998–2006), Agustín Madrigal in ''Encanto'', and as Carlos ...
( Nicholas "Nick" Torres) join the cast. Jennifer Esposito departed in the season finale. *
Duane Henry Duane Henry (born 18 March 1985) is an English actor. Henry is most notable for his work on '' NCIS'', ''Doctors'', and ''W.E.'' He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Early life Duane Henry was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, En ...
(MI6 Senior Officer Clayton Reeves) was promoted to the main cast in the fifth episode ("Philly"). * Episode 15 begins a crossover event that concludes in '' NCIS: New Orleans'' season 3 episode 14.


Season 15 (2017–18)

*
Maria Bello Maria Elena Bello (born April 18, 1967) is an American actress and writer. Her film roles include ''Permanent Midnight'' (1998), ''Payback (1999 film), Payback'' (1999), ''Coyote Ugly (film), Coyote Ugly'' (2000), ''The Cooler'' (2003), ''A Hist ...
(Jacqueline Sloane) made her series debut in episode 4, "Skeleton Crew", before her promotion to series regular in episode 5, "Fake It 'Til You Make It". *
Pauley Perrette Pauley Perrette (born March 27, 1969) is an American retired actress and singer. She played Abby Sciuto in the television series '' NCIS'' from 2003 to 2018. Early life Perrette was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised throughout the so ...
(
Abby Sciuto Abigail "Abby" Beethoven Sciuto is a fictional character from the '' NCIS'' television series on CBS Television, and is portrayed by Pauley Perrette. In a season 10 episode entitled "Hit and Run", a young Abby was played by Brighton Sharbino in ...
) and
Duane Henry Duane Henry (born 18 March 1985) is an English actor. Henry is most notable for his work on '' NCIS'', ''Doctors'', and ''W.E.'' He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Early life Duane Henry was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, En ...
(Clayton Reeves) departed the show in episode 22, "Two Steps Back".


Season 16 (2018–19)

*
Diona Reasonover Diona Reasonover (born January 6, 1992) is an American actress. She starred as Charmaine Eskowitz in the television show '' Clipped''. She portrays Kasie Hines in the crime drama series '' NCIS''. Early life Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan ...
(Kasie Hines) was promoted to the main cast. *
Cote de Pablo María José de Pablo Fernández, known professionally as Cote de Pablo (born November 12, 1979), is a Chilean-American actress and singer. Born in Santiago, Chile, she moved to the United States at the age of ten, where she studied acting. De ...
(Ziva David) made a surprise appearance in the season finale.


Season 17 (2019–20)

*
Cote de Pablo María José de Pablo Fernández, known professionally as Cote de Pablo (born November 12, 1979), is a Chilean-American actress and singer. Born in Santiago, Chile, she moved to the United States at the age of ten, where she studied acting. De ...
(Ziva David) had a recurring role in the season. * On March 13, 2020, CBS announced that the filming of season 17 had been suspended due to the
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
resulting in only 20 episodes being filmed.


Season 18 (2020–21)

*
Maria Bello Maria Elena Bello (born April 18, 1967) is an American actress and writer. Her film roles include ''Permanent Midnight'' (1998), ''Payback (1999 film), Payback'' (1999), ''Coyote Ugly (film), Coyote Ugly'' (2000), ''The Cooler'' (2003), ''A Hist ...
(Jacqueline Sloane) departed the show in episode 8 "True Believer". *
Emily Wickersham Emily Kaiser Wickersham (born April 26, 1984) is an American actress best known for her role as NCIS Special Agent Eleanor Bishop on '' NCIS''. Early life Wickersham has Austrian and Swedish (Värmland) ancestry. She was born in Kansas but ...
(Eleanor Bishop) departed the show after the season finale "Rule 91".


Season 19 (2021–22)

*
Katrina Law Katrina Law is an American actress. She is known for playing the roles of Mira on the Starz television series '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' and '' Spartacus: Vengeance'', Nyssa al Ghul on The CW television series ''Arrow'', Karen Beach on the ...
(Jessica Knight) was promoted to the main cast. *
Gary Cole Gary Michael Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American television, film and voice actor. Cole began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. On television, he has had starring roles in the T ...
(Alden Parker) makes his debut in episode 2 and joins the main cast in episode 3. *
Mark Harmon Thomas Mark Harmon (born September 2, 1951) is an American actor. He is most famous for playing the lead role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs in '' NCIS''. He also appeared in a wide variety of roles since the early 1970s. After spending the majority of ...
(Leroy Jethro Gibbs) departed the show in episode 4 "Great Wide Open", but remains on the title sequence for the remainder of the season, but was removed in season 20. *Episode 17 begins a crossover event that concludes on '' NCIS: Hawaiʻi'' season 1 episode 18.


Season 20 (2022–23)

* Episode 1 begins a crossover event that concludes on '' NCIS: Hawaiʻi'' season 2 episode 1. * Episode 10 begins a crossover event that continues on ''NCIS: Hawaiʻi'' season 2 episode 10 and concludes on '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' season 14 episode 10.


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References

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External links

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