NCIS (TV series)
American military drama/police procedural fictional television series (2003-)
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NCIS (also called NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service) is a crime-drama television series on CBS. It is about a team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in Washington, D.C. Their job is to investigate crimes involving the US Navy and Marine Corps. The series is a spin-off from JAG and has the spin-offs called NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans.
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| Theme music composer | Numeriklab |
| Opening theme | "NCIS Theme" |
| Ending theme | "NCIS Theme" |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 22 |
| No. of episodes | 476 (list of episodes) |
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| Cinematography | Billy Webb |
| Running time | 39–44 minutes |
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| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 23, 2003 – present |
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Main cast
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| Leroy Jethro Gibbs | Mark Harmon | Special Agent In Charge // Major Case Response Team Supervisory Agent, NCIS (Retires from NCIS and moved to Alaska in season 19) | Regular (Season 1-19) |
| Anthony DiNozzo | Michael Weatherly | Special Agent // Major Case Response Team Senior Field Agent, NCIS (Resigned from NCIS and moved to Paris at the end of season 13) |
Regular (Season 1-13) |
| Ziva David | Cote de Pablo | Special Agent // Major Case Response Team Probationary Field Agent, NCIS Former Mossad officer. (Resigned from NCIS in ") |
Regular (Season 3–11)
Guest (Season 16) Recurring (Season 17) |
| Abby Sciuto | Pauley Perrette | Forensic Specialist, NCIS (Left the agency to start a charity in England) | Regular (Season 1-15) |
| Timothy McGee | Sean Murray | Special Agent // Major Case Response Team Junior Field Agent, NCIS | Regular (Season 2–present) Recurring (Season 1) |
| Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard | David McCallum † | Chief Medical Examiner // Forensic Psychologist, NCIS Died in his sleep in Season 21 Episode 2 "The Stories We Leave Behind"; Ducky's actor died in September 2023 before season 21 is filmed. |
Regular (Season 1-20) |
| Leon Vance | Rocky Carroll | Director, NCIS former Assistant Director, NCIS |
Regular (Season 6–present), Recurring (Season 5) |
| Jenny Shepard | Lauren Holly | Former Director, NCIS Killed during a gun fight in Season 5 ("Judgment Day") |
Regular (Seasons 3–5) |
| Caitlin "Kate" Todd | Sasha Alexander | Former Special Agent, USSS Special Agent, NCIS Killed by Ari Haswari in Season 2 ("Twilight") |
Regular (Seasons 1–3) |
| Jimmy Palmer | Brian Dietzen | Assistant Medical Examiner, NCIS | Recurring (Season 1–9), Main (Season 10–present) |
| Tobias Fornell | Joe Spano | Senior Special Agent, FBI | Recurring (Season 1-present) |
| Mike Franks | Muse Watson | Retired Supervisory Special Agent, NIS; Mentor to Leroy Jethro Gibbs Killed by a serial killer in season 8, later appeared via either flashbacks or Gibbs' hallucinations until season 15 |
Recurring (2006-2017) |
| Trent Kort | David Dayan Fisher | Undercover Field Officer, CIA Killed by the NCIS team after trying to pull a gun on them in the season 13 finale |
Recurring (2006-2016) |
| Michelle Lee | Liza Lapira | Special Agent // Lawyer, NCIS Killed by Gibbs in order to kill a suspect in Season 6 ("Dagger") |
Recurring (2006–2008) |
| Dr. Jeanne Benoit | Scottie Thompson | Doctor, Monroe University Hospital | Recurring (2006–2008) |
| Paula Cassidy | Jessica Steen | Special Agent, NCIS Killed by a suicide bomber in Season 4 ("Grace Period") |
Recurring (2003–2007) |
| Hollis Mann | Susanna Thompson | Lt. Colonel, U.S. Army, CID retired | Recurring (2006–2007) |
| Thomas Morrow | Alan Dale | Former Director, NCIS Deputy Director, DHS |
Recurring (2003–2005) |
| Gerald Jackson | Pancho Demmings | Former Assistant Medical Examiner, NCIS | Recurring (2003–2005) |
Other websites
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- Official NCIS homepage at CBS
- NCIS on IMDb
- Website - NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
- NCIS Archived 2010-01-09 at the Wayback Machine at Yahoo! TV
- NCIS at AllMovie
- NCIS at TV.com
