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Compulsion (CSI)
The fifth season of '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' premiered on CBS on September 23, 2004, and ended May 19, 2005. The series stars William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger. Plot Greg begins his journey from a lab rat to a field mouse, as the Las Vegas Crime Lab faces a personnel overhaul ("Ch-Ch-Changes"), during the fifth season of ''CSI''. The team's final days together are plagued with more investigations into the insane and the unusual, including the discovery of an "alien" corpse just outside the boundary of Area 51 ("Viva Las Vegas"), a body washed up in a thunderstorm ("Down the Drain"), the kidnapping of a thirteen-year-old girl ("Harvest"), a death at a fumigation ("Crows Feet"), a swingers party ("Swap Meet"), the return of the Blue Paint Killer ("What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?"), and a kidnapping at a hotel ("Formalities"). It's the appearance of new evidence that appears literally as Grissom is on the witness stand, however, that causes Ecklie to separate Grissom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Petersen
William Louis Petersen (born February 21, 1953) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Gil Grissom in the CBS drama thriller series ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2000–2015), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award; he was further nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards as a producer of the show. He reprised his role as Gil Grissom in the sequel ''CSI: Vegas'', which premiered on October 6, 2021. He also starred in the films ''To Live and Die in L.A. (film), To Live and Die in L.A.'' (1985), ''Manhunter (film), Manhunter'' (1986), ''Young Guns II'' (1990), ''Fear (1996 film), Fear'' (1996), ''The Contender (2000 film), The Contender'' (2000), ''Detachment (film), Detachment'' (2011), and ''Seeking a Friend for the End of the World'' (2012). Early life Petersen was born in Evanston, Illinois, the youngest of six children of June (née Hoene; 1909–2006) and Arthur Edward Petersen (190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Kao
Archie Kao ( Chinese: 高聖遠) is an American actor and producer. He is best known to American audiences for series regulars roles on '' Chicago P.D.'', '' Power Rangers Lost Galaxy'' as well as long-running hit '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. Early life Born in Washington, D.C., Kao grew up in the suburbs of Alexandria, Virginia. His parents are immigrants from Taiwan. While attending George Mason University, Kao joined the Sigma Chi fraternity and graduated with a degree in Speech Communication in 1992. As an undergraduate, Kao was elected Student Government President as well as the University's Homecoming King. He initially had plans to attend Law School and work in politics before becoming an actor. Kao also speaks and understands Mandarin because he grew up in a bilingual household with two younger sisters but is more comfortable speaking in English, especially in interviews. He also studied French for six years. He was named one of ''People''s "Hottest Bachelo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Mendelsohn
Carol Mendelsohn (born 1951) is an American television producer, showrunner, and screenwriter, known for her work on the police procedural, crime drama ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. Education Mendelsohn grew up in Chicago, where her father was an attorney. She attended the Latin School of Chicago. Also she went to Smith College, but later transferred and in 1973 graduated from Cornell University. She then went to the George Washington University Law School and practiced at the Washington, D.C., office of the prominent Los Angeles–based firm Wyman, Bautzer, Rothman, & Kuchel. She also worked for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Film and television career Realizing that she did not want to be a lawyer, she enrolled in an American Film Institute class. She moved to Los Angeles and started writing for the movie industry. Her early work included contributions to ''Hardcastle and McCormick'', ''Stingray (NBC TV series), Stingray'' and ''Wiseguy (TV series), Wiseguy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Patrick Stuart
James Patrick Stuart (born June 16, 1968) is an American actor. He portrays Valentin Cassadine on the daytime soap opera A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ... ''General Hospital'', for which he received three consecutive Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Early life Stuart was born in California to English parents Chad Stuart, Chad and Jill Gibson Stuart. His songwriter father was one-half of the 1960s British Invasion duo Chad & Jeremy; because of this, Stuart spent much of his childhood in recording studios. As a wannabe child actor, he talked his parents into taking him to nighttime tapings of sitcoms such as ''Happy Days'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Segel
Jason Jordan Segel ( ; born January 18, 1980) is an American actor and writer. He is best known for his role as Marshall Eriksen in the CBS sitcom ''How I Met Your Mother'' from 2005 to 2014. He began his career with director and producer Judd Apatow on the television series ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000) and '' Undeclared'' (2001–2002) before gaining prominence for his leading roles in various successful comedy films in which he has starred, written, and produced. Segel's comedic films include ''Knocked Up'' (2007), '' Forgetting Sarah Marshall'' (2008), ''I Love You, Man'' (2009), '' Bad Teacher'' (2011), '' The Five-Year Engagement'' (2012), ''This Is 40'' (2012), and ''Sex Tape'' (2014), as well as family films such as '' Despicable Me'' (2010), and ''The Muppets'' (2011). For his role as David Foster Wallace in ''The End of the Tour'' (2015) he received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He also starred in the dramas '' Jeff, Who Live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Ecklie
'' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony E. Zuiker and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue, William Petersen, Cynthia Chvatal, Naren Shankar, and Don McGill, among others. It follows Las Vegas criminalists (identified as "Crime Scene Investigators") working for the Las Vegas Police Department as they use physical evidence to solve murders. Gil Grissom, a forensic entomologist, D.B. Russell, an esteemed botanist, and Julie Finlay and Catherine Willows, blood spatter experts with extensive knowledge of criminal psychology, head a team who are on the case 24/7, scouring the scene, collecting the evidence, and finding the missing pieces that will solve the mystery. Grissom and Willows were based upon real LVMPD Crime Scene Analysts David Holstein and Yolanda McClary.Staff (December 5, 2000)"Meet the Real C.S.I." KLAS-TV. Retrieved March 16. 2015. Main cast '' CSI'' originally starred Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Vann
Marc Vann (born August 23, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Conrad Ecklie in the CBS television series '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. He also had notable roles in ''Angel'' and ''Early Edition''. Vann was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He initially had little interest in acting or theater, but he was introduced to the craft through a mime workshop while studying for his MBA. He subsequently got involved in theater(including acting in a play alongside fellow '' CSI'' cast member, William Petersen) before moving to L.A. to start a career as a television actor. Vann was active in local and regional theater in the Chicago area most memorably in his early career at Wisdom Bridge Theatre and Center Theatre. He added immeasurably to the success of the Wisdom Bridge Theatre production of ''The Great Gatsby'' that also starred the actor Harry Lennix, who was race/color blind cast as Gatsby. On February 28, 2008, Vann pulled off a special feat, guest starring b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Curtis
'' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony E. Zuiker and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue, William Petersen, Cynthia Chvatal, Naren Shankar, and Don McGill, among others. It follows Las Vegas criminalists (identified as "Crime Scene Investigators") working for the Las Vegas Police Department as they use physical evidence to solve murders. Gil Grissom, a forensic entomologist, D.B. Russell, an esteemed botanist, and Julie Finlay and Catherine Willows, blood spatter experts with extensive knowledge of criminal psychology, head a team who are on the case 24/7, scouring the scene, collecting the evidence, and finding the missing pieces that will solve the mystery. Grissom and Willows were based upon real LVMPD Crime Scene Analysts David Holstein and Yolanda McClary.Staff (December 5, 2000)"Meet the Real C.S.I." KLAS-TV. Retrieved March 16. 2015. Main cast '' CSI'' originally starred Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Lombard
Louise Lombard (born Louise Marie Perkins; 13 September 1970) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Evangeline Eliott in the BBC drama series ''The House of Eliott'' (1991–94), Sofia Curtis in the CBS drama series '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2004–11) and Trish in the ''After'' film series. Early life and education Lombard was born in Redbridge, London, England, the fifth of seven children to Irish immigrant parents. One of her siblings is former footballer Declan Perkins. Lombard began taking drama lessons when she was eight. She attended Trinity Catholic High School, a Roman Catholic school, from which she achieved nine O Levels. Lombard studied English literature at St Edmund's College, Cambridge University Career Lombard is best known for playing Evangeline Eliott in the 1990s television drama ''The House of Eliott''. Her first big break was in the hit series ''Chancer'', after which Lombard went on to star in the television dramas ''Body ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aisha Tyler
Aisha Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American actress and talk show host. She is known for playing Andrea Marino in the first season of ''Ghost Whisperer'', Dr. Tara Lewis in ''Criminal Minds'' since 2015, Mother Nature in the final two ''The Santa Clause'' films, and voicing Lana Kane in '' Archer''. She also had recurring roles on '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Talk Soup'', and ''Friends''. She co-hosted seasons two through seven of CBS's '' The Talk'', for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host. She has hosted '' Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' since 2013''.'' She also hosted Ubisoft's E3 press conferences and has lent her voice to the video games '' Halo: Reach'', '' Gears of War 3'', and '' Watch Dogs''. Early life Tyler, who is of African American heritage, was born on September 18, 1970, in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Robin Gregory, a teacher, and James Tyler, a photographer. The family spent one year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hodges (CSI)
'' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony E. Zuiker and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue, William Petersen, Cynthia Chvatal, Naren Shankar, and Don McGill, among others. It follows Las Vegas criminalists (identified as "Crime Scene Investigators") working for the Las Vegas Police Department as they use physical evidence to solve murders. Gil Grissom, a forensic entomologist, D.B. Russell, an esteemed botanist, and Julie Finlay and Catherine Willows, blood spatter experts with extensive knowledge of criminal psychology, head a team who are on the case 24/7, scouring the scene, collecting the evidence, and finding the missing pieces that will solve the mystery. Grissom and Willows were based upon real LVMPD Crime Scene Analysts David Holstein and Yolanda McClary.Staff (December 5, 2000)"Meet the Real C.S.I." KLAS-TV. Retrieved March 16. 2015. Main cast '' CSI'' originally starred Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace Langham
James Wallace Langham II (born March 11, 1965) is an American actor. He is known for playing the role of Phil the Head Writer on ''The Larry Sanders Show''. He has also played the roles of David Hodges on the crime drama television series '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' and its sequel, '' CSI: Vegas'', and NASA Administrator Harold Weisner on the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series '' For All Mankind''. In the 1990s, he was well-known for playing Josh Blair on the NBC sitcom '' Veronica's Closet'' (1997–2000), which was a Top 10 hit in its first couple of seasons. Early and personal life Langham was born on March 11, 1965, in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of Sunni, a costume designer, and James Langham, an elevator repairman. In March 2000, Langham pleaded no contest to battery charges after beating a gay tabloid reporter and was ordered to serve three years' probation and to serve 450 hours of community service for gay and lesbian charities, and to donate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
