NCIS (TV series)

NCIS
Also known as	NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Genre	Police procedural Drama
Created by	Donald Bellisario Don McGill
Starring	Mark Harmon Michael Weatherly Cote de Pablo (2005–) Pauley Perrette Sean Murray (2004-) Rocky Carroll (2008-) David McCallum Sasha Alexander (2003–05) Lauren Holly (2005–08)
Theme music composer	Numeriklab
Opening theme	NCIS Theme
Composer(s)	Matt Hawkins Maurice Jackson Neil Martin
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	199 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Shane Brennan Donald Bellisario Chas. Floyd Johnson
Producer(s)	David Bellisario Avery C. Drewe Mark Harmon
Location(s)	Santa Clarita, CA
Cinematography	Billy Webb
Running time	approx. 42–44 minutes
Production company(s)	Belisarius Productions Paramount Television (2003-2006) CBS Paramount Television (2006-2009) CBS Television Studios (2009-present)
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original run	September 23, 2003 – present
Chronology
Related shows	NCIS: Los Angeles JAG
Other websites
Official website

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 a spin-off called NCIS: Los Angeles.

Main cast

Character Name	Actor	Job	Character Status
Leroy Jethro Gibbs	Mark Harmon	Special Agent In Charge // Major Case Response Team Supervisory Agent, NCIS	Regular (Season 1-present)
Anthony DiNozzo	Michael Weatherly	Special Agent // Major Case Response Team Senior Field Agent, NCIS	Regular (Season 1-present)
Ziva David	Cote de Pablo	Special Agent // Major Case Response Team Probationary Field Agent, NCIS Former Mossad officer. (Resigned from Mossad in "The Inside Man")	Regular (Season 3–present)
Abby Sciuto	Pauley Perrette	Forensic Specialist, NCIS	Regular (Season 1-present)
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	Regular (Season 1-present)
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 (2005–2008)
Caitlin "Kate" Todd	Sasha Alexander	Former Special Agent, USSS Special Agent, NCIS Killed by Ari Haswari in Season 2 ("Twilight")	Regular (2003–2005)
Jimmy Palmer	Brian Dietzen	Assistant Medical Examiner, NCIS	Recurring (2004-present)
Tobias Fornell	Joe Spano	Senior Special Agent, FBI	Recurring (2003-present)
Mike Franks	Muse Watson	Retired Supervisory Special Agent, NIS; Mentor to Leroy Jethro Gibbs	Recurring (2006-present)
Trent Kort	David Dayan Fisher	Undercover Field Officer, CIA	Recurring (2006-present)
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

• Official NCIS homepage at CBS
• NCIS at the Internet Movie Database
• Website - NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack
• NCIS at Yahoo! TV
• The real-life NCIS
• NCIS at AllRovi
• NCIS at TV.com