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NCIS

NCIS

CBS 2003

From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
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The Top 10 Actors and Characters of NCIS (Ranked Cast in 2024)

Mark Harmon

#1 - Mark Harmon (Leroy Jethro Gibbs)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mark Harmon (born September 2, 1951) is an American actor who has been starring in U.S. television programs and films since the mid-1970s, after a career as a collegiate football player with the UCLA Bruins. Since 2003, Harmon has starred as Leroy Jethro Gibbs in the CBS series NCIS.

Mark Harmon plays as Leroy Jethro Gibbs in NCIS.
Mark Harmon is the top #1 member of the cast and appears in 404 episodes.

David McCallum

#2 - David McCallum (Donald "Ducky" Mallard)

David Keith McCallum, Jr. is a Scottish actor and musician. He is best known for his roles as Illya Kuryakin, a Russian-born secret agent, in the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., as interdimensional operative Steel in Sapphire & Steel, and Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard in the series NCIS. McCallum was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the second of two sons of Dorothy Dorman, a cellist, and orchestral leader David McCallum, Sr. When he was 10, his family moved to London for his father's move to lead the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Early in the Second World War he was evacuated to Scotland, where he lived with his mother at Gartocharn by Loch Lomond.McCallum won a scholarship to University College School, a boys' independent school in Hampstead, London, where, encouraged by his parents to prepare for a career in music, he played the oboen 1946 he began doing boy voices for the BBC radio repertory company.Also involved in local amateur drama, at age 17 he appeared as Oberon in an open-air production of A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Play and Pageant Union. He left school at age 18 and, following military service with the Royal West African Frontier Force, attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (also in London), where Joan Collins was a classmate.

David McCallum plays as Donald "Ducky" Mallard in NCIS.
David McCallum is the top #2 member of the cast and appears in 404 episodes.

Sean Murray

#3 - Sean Murray (Timothy McGee)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sean Harland Murray (born November 15, 1977, height 6' 1½" (1,87 m)) is an American actor. He is known for playing Timothy McGee in the CBS television drama NCIS and Danny Walden in the military drama JAG.

Sean Murray plays as Timothy McGee in NCIS.
Sean Murray is the top #3 member of the cast and appears in 381 episodes.

Rocky Carroll

#4 - Rocky Carroll (Leon Vance)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roscoe "Rocky" Carroll (born July 8, 1963) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Joey Emerson on the FOX comedy-drama Roc, as Dr. Keith Wilkes on the medical drama Chicago Hope, and as Leon Vance on the CBS drama NCIS and its spinoff NCIS: Los Angeles

Rocky Carroll plays as Leon Vance in NCIS.
Rocky Carroll is the top #4 member of the cast and appears in 243 episodes.

Cote de Pablo

#5 - Cote de Pablo (Ziva David)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia María José de Pablo Fernández,better known as Cote de Pablo (born November 12, 1979), is a Chilean-American actress and recording artist. Born in Santiago, Chile, she moved to the United States at the age of 10, where she studied acting. De Pablo co-hosted episodes of the Latin American talk show Control with former Entertainment Tonight host, Carlos Ponce, at the age of 15 before attending Carnegie Mellon University to study music and theatre. After appearing in a number of small television roles, she was cast to portray main character Ziva David in the CBS television series NCIS in 2005. De Pablo won an ALMA Award for the role in 2011, and NCIS became the most watched television program in America during its tenth season in the 2012–13 year. She performed a portion of Tom Waits's song "Temptation" for a 2008 episode of NCIS. Outside of the series, she has acted as a vocalist for songs in Roberto Pitre's Vivo En Vida CD. Description above from the Wikipedia Cote de Pablo licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Cote de Pablo plays as Ziva David in NCIS.
Cote de Pablo is the top #5 member of the cast and appears in 188 episodes.

Brian Dietzen

#6 - Brian Dietzen (Jimmy Palmer)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brian Dietzen (born November 14, 1977) is an American actor who has played the supporting role of Jimmy Palmer on NCIS since 2004. In 2012, he was promoted to season regular at the beginning of the show's tenth season. Dietzen was born in Barrington, Illinois. Later, he studied theatre at the University of Colorado at Boulder's BFA acting program.

Brian Dietzen plays as Jimmy Palmer in NCIS.
Brian Dietzen is the top #6 member of the cast and appears in 170 episodes.

Emily Wickersham

#7 - Emily Wickersham (Ellie Bishop)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Emily Wickersham is an actress best known for roles on TV including The Sopranos. Wickersham was then cast as an NSA Analyst Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop in an NCIS epiHer character is a replacement for Israeli-born agent Ziva David, who was played by actress Cote de Pablo. De Pablo left the series after eight seasons.Wikersham has been cast as a series regular on NCIS by CBS.Wickersham is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Atwood Wickersham of New York. She married musicianBlake Hanley on November 23, 2010 on Little Palm Island in the Florida Keys.

Emily Wickersham plays as Ellie Bishop in NCIS.
Emily Wickersham is the top #7 member of the cast and appears in 122 episodes.

Wilmer Valderrama

#8 - Wilmer Valderrama (Nick Torres)

Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama (born January 30, 1980) is an American actor and television personality, best known for the role of Fez in the sitcom That '70s Show, hosting the MTV series Yo Momma, and voicing the character of Manny in the children's show Handy Manny.

Wilmer Valderrama plays as Nick Torres in NCIS.
Wilmer Valderrama is the top #8 member of the cast and appears in 98 episodes.

Michael Weatherly

#9 - Michael Weatherly (Jason Bull)

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Michael Manning Weatherly, Jr. (born July 8, 1968, height 6' 2" (1,88 m)) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo on the television series NCIS, and Logan Cale on the television series Dark Angel.

Michael Weatherly plays as Jason Bull in NCIS.
Michael Weatherly is the top #9 member of the cast and appears in 94 episodes.

Jennifer Esposito

#10 - Jennifer Esposito (Jackie Curatola)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jennifer Esposito (born April 11, 1973, height 5' 6" (1,68 m)) is an American actress, dancer and model. known for her appearances in films such as I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Summer of Sam and Crash and in television series such as Spin City and Samantha Who?, and Blue Bloods. Esposito was born in Brooklyn, New York, the second of two daughters of Phyllis, an interior decorator, and Robert Esposito, a computer consultant and music producer. She is of Italian descent. Esposito made her first television appearance in Law & Order in 1996. She then joined the cast of Spin City, where she appeared for two seasons. She also appeared in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. One of her more notable roles was as Ruby in Spike Lee's Summer of Sam in 1999, which was set against the late-1970s backdrop of the Son of Sam murders. She originally had the Mira Sorvino role in Summer of Sam, but had to take a different role due to scheduling conflicts. Esposito's next film was Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000. In 2000, Esposito appeared in the Law & Order: SVU episode Remorse as a rape victim. She played Don Cheadle's girlfriend, Ria, in the Academy Award-winning film Crash. Esposito was part of the cast of Related. She also played the part of Jennifer in The Master of Disguise in 2002 and played a Lieutenant in the NYPD in the 2004 film Taxi. She played a love interest to Denis Leary's character in the FX dramedy Rescue Me. Esposito appeared on television as Andrea Belladonna in the ABC comedy, Samantha Who?. She also appeared in the NBC medical drama Mercy. Esposito joined the cast of Blue Bloods in 2010, during its first season; she plays Detective Jackie Curatola, the partner of Detective Danny Reagan (played by Donnie Wahlberg). In the third season, Esposito entered a dispute with CBS regarding doctor's orders for her to cut back working hours due to her Celiac disease. Rather than work around her limited schedule, CBS chose to replace her character this season. As such, Esposito only appears in six episodes, receiving also starring billing in all of them. Esposito announced that she had been diagnosed with celiac disease on The Late Show with David Letterman in October 2011, reporting she had been diagnosed "a couple years ago" and had plans to open a gluten-free bakery. In 2012, Esposito opened the bakery in Manhattan's East Village under the name "Jennifer's Way Bakery." According to Esposito, she collapsed on set while shooting an episode of Blue Bloods, requiring her to miss a week of work, and during the show's th Esposito and CBS reportedly have been at odds over her medical condition and its effect on her availability for work. Esposito married Bradley Cooper on December 30, 2006. They were divorced in 2007. In 2009, Esposito became engaged to Australian tennis player Mark Philippoussis. The couple separated in August 2010.

Jennifer Esposito plays as Jackie Curatola in NCIS.
Jennifer Esposito is the top #10 member of the cast and appears in 67 episodes.

Last updated: mar 26, 2024

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