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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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CSI, Crime Scene Investigation is a procedural forensics crime drama television series that premiered on CBS October 6,2000. The series, starring William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Laurence Fishburne, Ted Danson, the series concluded on September 27,2015, after 15 seasons, with a feature-length finale titled Immortality. The team is led by Gil Grissom, a socially-awkward forensic entomologist. Grissoms second-in-command, Catherine Willows, is a mother with a cops instinct. Born and raised in Vegas, Catherine was a stripper before being recruited into law enforcement, following Grissoms departure during the ninth season of the series, Catherine is promoted to Supervisor. After overseeing the training of new investigator Raymond Langston, Willows is replaced by D. B, Russell, and recruited to the FBI shortly thereafter. Russell is a man, a keen forensic botanist and a veteran of the Seattle Crime Lab. In the series season, Russell is reunited with his former partner Julie Finlay. During the 1990s, Anthony Zuiker caught producer Jerry Bruckheimers attention after writing his first movie script, Zuiker was convinced that there was a series in the concept, Bruckheimer agreed and arranged a meeting with the head of Touchstone Pictures. The studios head at the time liked the script and presented it to ABC, NBC and Fox executives. The head of development at CBS saw potential in the script, and the network had a pay-or-play contract with actor William Petersen. The networks executives liked the pilot so much that they decided to include it in their 2000 schedule immediately, airing on Fridays after The Fugitive. Initially it was thought that CSI would benefit from The Fugitive, which was expected to be a hit, formerly a co-production with the now-defunct Alliance Atlantis Communications, that companys interest was later bought by the investment firm GS Capital Partners, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs. CBS acquired AACs international distribution rights to the program, though the non-US DVD distribution rights did not change, the series is currently in syndication, and reruns are broadcast in the U. S. on the Spike and TV Land cable networks. The show has aired in reruns on the USA Network since January 14,2011, the CSI catalog has been exclusive to the whole NBC Universal portfolio since September 2014. Occasionally, the cast would still shoot on location in Las Vegas, other California locations include Verdugo Hills High School, UCLAs Royce Hall, Pasadena City Hall, and California State University, Los Angeles. While shooting took place primarily at Universal Studios in Universal City, California, CSIs theme song was, since season one, Who Are You, written by Pete Townshend with vocals by lead singer Roger Daltrey of The Who. In certain countries, to music licensing fees, a unique theme was used instead
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William Petersen
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William Louis Petersen is an American actor and producer. He also starred in films including To Live and Die in L. A. Manhunter, Young Guns II, Fear, The Contender, Detachment and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. Petersen was born in Evanston, Illinois, the youngest of six children of Helen June and Arthur Edward Petersen and he is of Danish and German descent. He has two brothers, Arthur, Jr. and Robert, and three sisters, Anne, Mary Kay and Elizabeth and he graduated from Bishop Kelly High School in Boise, Idaho, in 1972. He was accepted to Idaho State University on a football scholarship, while at Idaho State, Petersen took an acting course, which changed the direction of his life. He left school along with his wife, Joanne, in 1974 and followed a drama professor to the Basque country, where he studied as a Shakespearean actor. Petersen was interested in Basque culture and he studied the Basque language, Euskera, Petersen returned to Idaho with the intention of being an actor. Not wanting to work a job in Idaho, he returned to the Chicago area. He became active in the theater and earned his Actors Equity card, in 1985, Petersen received his first break when he played a Secret Service agent gone rogue to avenge his mentor in William Friedkins 1985 action film To Live and Die in L. A. In 1986, he played FBI agent Will Graham in the first Hannibal Lecter film, because his role was so emotionally exhausting, he did everything he could to rid himself of Graham after finishing principal photography. He shaved off his beard, cut his hair and bleached it blond and he declined a part in Oliver Stones Platoon, as it would have kept him in the Philippines, away from his family. Instead, he worked on the 1987 HBO made-for-TV movie Long Gone as a minor league player and manager named Cecil Stud Cantrell. Petersen was offered the role of Henry Hill in the film Goodfellas, an exposé about the film in the May 2015 issue of Playboy claims that Petersen turned down the audition altogether. In a 1990 ABC three-part miniseries, The Kennedys of Massachusetts, Petersen played U. S. President John F. Kennedys father, the film won an Emmy and a Golden Globe from eight and two nominations, respectively. Also in 1990, Petersen portrayed the infamous Patrick Floyd Pat Garrett in Young Guns II, in 1993, Petersen appeared in a CBS TV miniseries, Return to Lonesome Dove as former Ranger Gideon Walker. He played Steven Walker in Fear, Petersen played Governor Jack Hathaway, an unscrupulous candidate for vice president following the death of the incumbent, in The Contender in 2000. He appeared uncredited in the noir thriller Mulholland Falls as a character who finds himself on the violent receiving end of a Los Angeles police squads tactics, in 1999, he starred in Kiss the Sky as Jeff. He appeared as part of an all-star cast in a remake of the 1997 film 12 Angry Men, from 2000 to 2010, he played Dr. Gil Grissom in the CBS crime drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation
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Marg Helgenberger
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Mary Marg Helgenberger is an American actress. She began her career in the early 1980s and first came to attention for playing the role of Siobhan Ryan on the soap opera Ryans Hope from 1982 to 1986. She is also known for roles in the TV series Under the Dome and Intelligence, and the films Species, Species II, Erin Brockovich, Helgenberger was born in Fremont, Nebraska, to Mary Kay, a nurse, and Hugh Helgenberger, a meat inspector. She was raised in North Bend, Nebraska, where she graduated from North Bend Central High School, Helgenberger is of Irish and German descent and had a Roman Catholic upbringing. She has one sister named Ann and a younger brother named Curt. Helgenberger played the French horn in her high school marching band. S. degree in speech, Helgenberger began as a nightly weather person at KHGI-TV in Kearney, Nebraska, while attending college. During the summer she worked as a deboner at her fathers meat packing plant. After portraying the role of Blanche Dubois in a university production of A Streetcar Named Desire, while performing in a summer 1981 NU campus production of Shakespeares Taming of the Shrew, where she played Kate, Helgenberger was spotted by a scout for the TV soap opera Ryans Hope. After nearly four years, Helgenberger left the show in January 1986 to pursue new opportunities, Helgenberger guest starred in an episode of the ABC series Spenser, For Hire, NBCs Matlock and ABCs thirtysomething. She also played a role as Natalie Thayer, opposite Margot Kidder and James Read. She then had a role as Karen Charlene K. C. Koloski, the role earned her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1990. In 1989, Helgenberger made her film debut in a leading role as an all-night answering service operator in one segment of the Wheat brothers’ horror anthology After Midnight. She followed it up with a role in Steven Spielbergs romantic comedy-drama Always, during the early to mid-1990s, Helgenberger played the love interest to Woody Harrelsons character in The Cowboy Way, and had a small role as Capt. Alison Sinclair in Michael Bays action comedy film Bad Boys and she also played Dr. Laura Baker, a molecular biologist, in Roger Donaldsons sci-fi thriller, Species, and reprised the role in the sequel, Species II. Helgenberger had roles in the television films Not on the Frontline and In Sickness and she played opposite Bruno Kirby in Ill Be Waiting, and as a novelist on the miniseries Stephen Kings The Tommyknockers opposite Jimmy Smits. After playing a role as George Clooneys love interest on NBCs medical drama ER. She also starred opposite Ann-Margret in Showtimes Happy Face Murders, actually, this invitation is but a smokescreen, so that Frasier can accidentally run into his newest dream girl Emily. Helgenberger co-starred in the role of Catherine Willows, a show girl employed as a blood spatter analyst on the CBS drama CSI
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George Eads
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George Coleman Eads III, is an American actor, best known for his role as Nick Stokes on the CBS police drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation. He currently stars as Jack Dalton on the CBS action-adventure series MacGyver, Eads was born in Belton, Texas, and grew up in Belton. His father is Arthur Coleman Cappy Eads, a district attorney who died November 1,2011. Eads has a sister, Angela Eads Tekell, who is an attorney in Waco. Eads stepfather, Dudley Baker, is a gynecologist, George graduated from Belton High School and from Texas Tech University with a degree in marketing. In college, he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, prior to beginning an acting career, Eads worked as a copy machine salesman, as well as selling first aid and safety supplies for Cintas. To pursue his career, he headed to Los Angeles, California. When he arrived in Los Angeles, he could only drive during the day because the truck had two broken headlights, Eads got his big break on the primetime soap opera Savannah. Though his character died in the episode, Eads was so popular, producers continued to use him via flashbacks. Afterwards, Eads guest-starred on ER, and worked on several films such as Crowned. In 2000, Eads became one of the characters of the CBS police drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation. Parallel to CSI, Eads has worked on films, such as 2003s Monte Walsh. In 2011, Eads married Monika Casey, in January 2014, Eads and Casey were reported to be expecting their first child. George and Monica divorced in 2015. In March,2009, Eads was voted as one of TV Guides Sexiest Male Actors in the TV Guides Sexiest Stars issue, the Sexiest Stars issue voted The Mentalists Simon Baker as the Sexiest Male Actor. Eads was not discouraged by this, however, and said that he was appreciative of his fans calling him sexy. It makes me want to work harder for them and it makes me want to be sexier
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Gary Dourdan
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Gary Dourdan is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Warrick Brown on the television series CSI, Dourdan was born Gary Robert Durdin in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Sandy, a teacher and fashion designer, and Robert Durdin, an entrepreneur and agent for jazz musicians. Dourdan is the fourth of five children, when he was six, his 21 year-old brother Darryl died by falling from a balcony in Haiti while doing research on the family lineage. In his youth he moved with his family to Willingboro, New Jersey, during that time, his interests included acting, music, and martial arts. Later, Dourdan moved to New York City and worked as a doorman at a rehearsal studio, Dourdan played in several bands in New York City in the early 1990s and acted in regional theatre around the tristate area. He received his first break when Debbie Allen cast him as Shazza Zulu on A Different World, in 1996, Dourdan appeared in the Lois & Clark, The New Adventures of Superman episode Never On Sunday, where he played Ziggy, an assistant to Baron Sunday. In 1997, Dourdan played the character Christie, the first mate, crack-shot, in 2007, he played the character Cameron, the boyfriend of Rowena Price, in the film Perfect Stranger. Dourdans most popular role was as a cast member of the original CSI series and he played analyst Warrick Brown, who, viewers find out, has a checkered past fraught with gambling problems. By working in Las Vegas, the character is able to use his experiences from the street to help him throughout his career. Ultimately, he ends up battling his demons throughout the show instead of overcoming them, in 2008, there was media speculation surrounding Dourdans CSI contract negotiations with CBS. The parties could not reach a resolution, and as a result his contract was not renewed and it was reported on April 14,2008, that Dourdan was leaving the show. In the Season 8 finale, Dourdans character was shot and left for dead at the episodes end, the Season 9 premiere revealed Dourdans character dying in the arms of his colleague and friend Gil Grissom. Dourdan played Janet Jacksons love interest in the video for her 1993 hit Again and he had a cameo appearance in the music video Move the Crowd by Eric B. Dourdan joined hip hop artist DMC onstage at the Live 8 concert in Barrie, Ontario and he sang alongside Macy Gray at the 2005 Emmy Awards. Dourdan is a musician and a record producer. He played political prisoner/Black Revolutionary George Jackson in the movie Black August and he acted in A Different World as Shazza Zulu. He portrayed Malcolm X in the TV movie King of the World, TV Guide voted him the Sexiest CSI actor on TV in its 2008 Sexiest issue. He was the host of a BET spoken word show entitled Lyric Cafe and he played a leading role in 2007s Perfect Stranger
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Jorja Fox
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Jorja-An Jorja Fox is an American actress and producer. She first came to prominence as a recurring guest star on the medical drama ER as Dr. Maggie Doyle from 1996 to 1999 and this was followed by another critical success in the recurring role of Secret Service Agent Gina Toscano on the political drama The West Wing in 2000. She played Sara Sidle in the procedural drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation. Fox was born in New York City to Montreal-born parents Edward and Marilyn Fox, and is of French, Belgian and Irish descent and she has an older brother, Jeff. She describes herself as being overweight while growing up, with a prominent gap between her teeth, by her 20s, she observed that neither her wisdom teeth nor braces had appreciably helped, and Fox said forget it. After attending Melbourne High School for two years, she began a career after winning a local contest. She subsequently enrolled as a student at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. Fox had minor roles in films and television series, including a 1993 episode of the NBC legal drama Law & Order. In 1996, Foxs big break was a role in the NBC medical drama ER. She left the show in 1999, Fox appeared in The Puppy Episode Part 2, the April 30,1997 episode of the sitcom Ellen, in which that series main character came out as gay. In 1999, she was cast as Secret Service Agent Gina Toscano on the NBC political drama The West Wing, Fox has appeared in the films Velocity Trap and Food for the Heart and she also appeared briefly in Memento playing Guy Pearces wife. In 2000, she gained a role on the CBS police procedural drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation as Sara Sidle. She and CSI co-star George Eads were fired from the show in 2004, Fox had allegedly failed to submit a letter to CBS confirming that she would be on time for shooting. The disputes were resolved in just over a week, and the two were rehired by CBS, however, neither actors salary was raised, in spite of other cast members receiving raises. It was also reported that of the two, Fox was approached first to resume her contract with CSI, but she refused until Eads was rehired as well. On April 18,2007, TV Guide began reporting that Fox may not be returning for the season of CSI. The season finale turned out to be a cliffhanger involving her character, the New York Post reported that Fox did not show up to film the finale because of ongoing issues over her employment. Neither CBS nor Jorjas agent confirmed the allegations, with the help of donations, the campaign also organized plane flyovers over the Universal Studios lot in California where CSI is filmed
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Eric Szmanda
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Eric Kyle Szmanda is an American actor. He played Greg Sanders in the CBS police drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, Szmanda was born in Mukwonago, Wisconsin, to Elaine and Donald Szmanda, and has two brothers, Brett and Kyle. He attended Mukwonago High School and graduated at the age of nineteen from Caroll College and he went on to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California, where he attended classes for four years. While he was in school, he began marketing internships with music conglomerate BMG and moved to Chicago, Illinois and his great-uncle Ray Szmanda is the Menards Guy, a local celebrity in the Midwest famous for his enthusiastic ads for Menards hardware stores. He remained on the show until it ended after the season in September 2015. Campaign for Burma and traveled to Thailand to see the conditions of Burmese refugees who have fled their native country, dominic Leary Dangerous Attraction Szmanda also appeared in Marilyn Mansons music video AINT. Eric Szmanda Bio at CBS - CSI, Crime Scene Investigation Eric Szmanda at the Internet Movie Database
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Robert David Hall
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Robert David Hall is an American actor, best known for his role as coroner Dr. Albert Robbins M. D. on the television show CSI, Crime Scene Investigation. Born in East Orange, New Jersey, Hall attended Tustin High School in California, Hall is a former professional musician and accomplished guitarist, and is also proficient on piano, percussion and mandolin. For several years he was a high-profile radio DJ in Los Angeles and he has also done extensive voice work on television commercials and cartoons. In 1978, Hall had to have both of his legs amputated as a result of an accident in which an 18-wheeler truck crushed his car, the accident also caused the gasoline tank of the car to explode, causing burns over 65% of his body. He now comfortably uses prosthetic limbs, allowing for personal mobility, several of his characters, including his CSI character, have openly shared this disability. He is a prominent advocate for disabled Americans, Hall mentioned once that he has prosthetic legs, but never alluded to the accident in reality. A. He also furnishes the narration on CourtTVs documentary series North Mission Road, currently, Hall is working on the short thriller The Roymann Closure in the Netherlands, written by writer/director David Grifhorst and executive producer Jop Douma. Hall was married to Susan Petroni from 1969 until their divorce in 1974 and his son, Andrew, was born of his second marriage. Halls third and current marriage is to Judy Sterns in 1999, the Littles as Dinky Little and Mr. Bigg G. I
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Wallace Langham
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James Wallace Langham II is an American actor. He played the role of David Hodges in the American crime drama television series CSI and he appeared in the Eddie Murphy comedy Daddy Day Care, and the critically acclaimed Little Miss Sunshine and The Social Network. Langham dropped the Ward moniker in the 1990s as he moved to adult roles. His big breakthrough came when he was cast as Phil, the staff writer for insecure talk show host Larry Sanders. Langham then took on a role in NBCs Veronicas Closet, playing Kirstie Alleys gay assistant Josh and he then appeared on the Joan Cusack sitcom What About Joan. Langham played lab technician David Hodges on the CBS series CSI, starting with the eighth season premiere, Langham was listed in the main titles. Langham plays Dr. Seeker in the pre-show of the ride Dinosaur in Walt Disney Worlds Animal Kingdom and he explains the reason for going back in time and rescuing a stray dinosaur. His voice is heard in the ride vehicle throughout the attraction. Langham was born in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of Sunni, a designer, and James Langham. In exchange for pleading no contest, prosecutors dropped a hate crime charge that had filed against him. In a statement, Langham said he supports gay rights and would have never attacked anyone had I not first been provoked
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Lauren Lee Smith
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Lauren Lee Smith is a Canadian actress. Smith was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when she was 14, her family moved to Los Angeles, California. There, she began a modelling career and she is the cousin of actor Myles Ferguson. She married German photographer Erik Steingröver on April 4,2009, at the age of 19, Smith was cast in the remake of Get Carter. Smith was cast in the role of Christy Huddleston in the television film Christy, The Movie. She starred in the show Mutant X, where she played the character of Emma deLauro from 2001–03 and she has also guest-starred in episodes of The Dead Zone, The Twilight Zone, and Blade, The Series, among others. Smith was also a character in the Showtime drama series The L Word. In 2005, Smith filmed the sexually explicit movie Lie with Me, the same year she was cast in the 2006 romance film The Last Kiss. In 2006 she had a part on the Canadian drama Intelligence. In early 2007, she played Kath in the CBC miniseries Dragon Boys, the same year, Smith was cast in starring roles in the 2008 thriller film Pathology and in the 2009 drama film Helen with Ashley Judd. She and her character did not return for the tenth season, in 2009 Smith was cast in one of the lead roles in the German-produced television film Hindenburg which did not air until 2011. In 2010 Smith returned to Canada and joined the cast of the CTV drama series The Listener for its second season, in 2014 Smith played government investigator Samantha Krueger on the CBC/Syfy science-fiction miniseries Ascension. Lauren Lee Smith at the Internet Movie Database
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Laurence Fishburne
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Fishburne became the first African American to portray Othello in a motion picture by a major studio when he appeared in Oliver Parkers 1995 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play. For his portrayal of Ike Turner in Whats Love Got to Do With It, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Two Trains Running, Fishburne starred in several cult classics, including Deep Cover and King of New York. In 2013, he portrayed Perry White in the Zack Snyder-directed Superman reboot Man of Steel and in 2016 reprised his role in Batman v Superman, Dawn of Justice. Fishburne was born in Augusta, Georgia, the son of Hattie Bell, a high school mathematics and science teacher. After his parents divorced during his childhood, his mother moved him to Brooklyn, New York. Fishburnes father saw him once a month, Fishburne is a graduate of Lincoln Square Academy in New York, which closed in the 1980s. For most of his career, he was credited as Larry Fishburne. In 1973, Fishburne had his first acting role portraying Joshua Hall on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live and he auditioned for the role of Michael Evans in the television series Good Times, but the role went to Ralph Carter. His most memorable role was in Cornbread, Earl and Me. He later earned a role in Apocalypse Now, in which he played Tyrone Miller. When production began in March 1976, he was just 14 years old, filming took so long that he actually was 17 years old upon its completion. Fishburne spent much of the 1980s in and out of television, in the early 1980s, he worked as a bouncer at punk rock clubs. He also had a role in the early 1980s movie Band of the Hand and he also had a role in the 1984 movie The Cotton Club. Fishburne had a role as Cowboy Curtis on Paul Reubens CBS childrens television show Pee-wees Playhouse. He also appeared in the M*A*S*H episode, The Tooth Shall Set You Free, in Spenser, For Hire, he was a guest star for the second-season episode Personal Demons. He appeared as a thug in Death Wish 2 and he also appeared alongside Kevin Bacon in Quicksilver. His stage work during the 1980s included Short Eyes, and Loose Ends, also in 1987 he played a part in the third Nightmare On Elm Street film as a hospital orderly
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Liz Vassey
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Elizabeth Liz Vassey is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Emily Ann Sago on All My Children, Captain Liberty in The Tick, Wendy Simms in CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, Vassey played teenager Emily Ann Sago on the soap opera All My Children from 1988 to 1991. From 2004 to 2005 she had a role on the series Tru Calling as Dr. Carrie Allen. She appeared on the Two and a Half Men episode The Last Thing You Want to Do Is Wind Up with a Hump in 2003, in each season she played a different character. From 2005 to 2010, Vassey had a role as Wendy Simms on CSI. Starting with the season, Vassey was promoted to a regular cast member. Entertainment Weekly reported on June 1,2010, that Vassey would not be returning for the eleventh season. She guested in one episode of that season, Vassey has a cameo on Joss Whedons web-based musical, Dr. Horribles Sing-Along Blog, as Fury Leika. Vassey is married to David Emmerichs, a camera operator, in 2002, along with fellow actress Kristin Bauer, Vassey started a company called Neurosis to a T, which designs and sells slogan-covered T-shirts for women. The slogans poke fun at female worries and neuroses, often relating to relationships,1990 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Juvenile Female in a Drama Series on All My Children. Liz Vassey on Twitter Liz Vassey at the Internet Movie Database
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Ted Danson
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He also starred in the CBS dramas CSI, Crime Scene Investigation and CSI, Cyber as D. B. He also played a role on Larry Davids HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm, starred alongside Glenn Close in legal drama Damages. In 2015 he starred as Hank Larsson in the season of FXs black comedy-crime drama anthology Fargo. Since 2016, he has played the afterlife architect Michael in the NBC sitcom The Good Place and he was ranked second in TV Guides list of the top 25 television stars. Danson has also been a longtime activist in ocean conservation, in March 2011, he published his first book, Oceana, Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them, written with journalist Michael DOrso. Danson was born in San Diego, California, to Jessica Jess Danson and Edward Bridge Ned Danson, Jr. an archaeologist and he has an older sister, Jan Haury. He was raised in Flagstaff, Arizona and his ancestry includes English and Scottish. In 1961, he enrolled in the Kent School, where he was a basketball star and he became interested in drama while attending Stanford University. He transferred to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drama in 1972, Danson began his television career as a contract player on the daytime soap opera Somerset. He played the role of Tom Conway from 1975 to 1976 and he then spent a few years as a doctor on the daytime soap opera The Doctors. He was also in a number of commercials, most recognizably as the Aramis man. He made a number of guest appearances in television in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including spots on Laverne and Shirley, B. J. The show had a run of 11 seasons and its finale was watched by 80 million people and it won four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series and a Golden Globe for Best Series – Musical or Comedy. The show ran from 1982 to 1993, with Danson receiving 11 consecutive Emmy nominations and nine Golden Globe nominations, in 2002, TV Guide named Cheers the 18th Greatest Show of All Time. It was also included in Time Magazines 100 Greatest Shows of All Time, Danson also appeared as Sam Malone in guest-starring roles on other sitcoms, such as Frasier, The Jim Henson Hour, and The Simpsons. Danson went on to star in the successful CBS sitcom Becker, Danson also plays himself on Curb Your Enthusiasm. He reprised his role of Sam Malone in a episode of Frasier. He won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie and was nominated for an Emmy Award, in 1996, three years after Cheers concluded, Danson starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom Ink with his real-life wife Mary Steenburgen
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Elisabeth Harnois
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Elisabeth Rose Harnois is an American actress. Her career started at the age of five, where she began appearing in a number of film and she starred as Morgan Brody in the CBS forensics drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation from 2011 to 2015. Harnois was born in Detroit, Michigan, and raised in Los Angeles and she is the eldest of five children with four brothers. She attended St. Mels School in Woodland Hills and Canyon Springs High School in Moreno Valley, California, Harnois appeared in two films at the age of five, One Magic Christmas and Where Are the Children. She did commercials until landing the role of Emily in Timeless Tales from Hallmark, in September that same year, Harnois began starring on the show starting with the Season 12 premiere, called 73 Seconds, wherein her character transfers to the Las Vegas Crime Lab. Harnois remained on the show until it ended in September 2015 and she won the same award in 1993 for Outstanding Performer in a Childrens Program for Adventures in Wonderland. Elisabeth Harnois at the Internet Movie Database Elisabeth Harnois at the TCM Movie Database Elisabeth Harnois on Twitter
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Elisabeth Shue
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She has won several acting awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. She starred as Julie Finlay in the CBS police drama CSI and her mother was a vice president in the private banking division of the Chemical Banking Corporation Shue grew up in South Orange, New Jersey. Her parents divorced when she was nine, shues mother is a descendant of Pilgrim leader William Brewster, while her fathers family emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in the early 19th century. Shue was raised with her three brothers and was close to them. Her younger brother, Andrew, is also an actor, best known for his role as Billy Campbell in the Fox series Melrose Place. Shue graduated from Columbia High School, in Maplewood, New Jersey and she has two half-siblings from her fathers remarriage, Jenna and Harvey Shue. Shue attended Wellesley College and, in her year, was inspired by a friend to work in television commercials as a way to pay for college. She transferred to Harvard University in 1985, from which she withdrew to pursue her career one semester short of earning her degree. The same year she left Harvard,1988, her brother, William. She returned to Harvard in 1997 and completed her BA in political science in 2000, during her studies at Columbia High School and after her parents divorce, Shue acted in television commercials. Shue became a sight in ads for Burger King, DeBeers diamonds. Shue made her film debut in 1984, when she co-starred opposite Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid as the love interest of Macchios character. Shue had a role as the daughter of a military family in the short-lived series Call to Glory and, in 1986. She continued with Adventures in Babysitting, Cocktail as the love interest of Tom Cruises character, in 1989 she starred as Dr. Cythnia Lair in the 1989 Film Body Wars which was used at Epcot in an ATLAS Simulator attraction in the Wonders Of Life Pavilion until 2007. In May 1990, Shue made her Broadway debut in Some American Abroad at the Lincoln Center, also on Broadway, in 1993, she performed in Tina Howes production of Birth and After Birth. Also in 1993, she played Robert Downey Jr. s girlfriend in the romantic comedy Heart, although often cast as a girl-next-door type, Shue starred as a prostitute in the 1995 film Leaving Las Vegas with Nicolas Cage. The role earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and her career flourished after her Oscar nomination, landing her diverse roles. She starred in The Trigger Effect in 1996, Woody Allens Deconstructing Harry showcased her comedic abilities amongst heavyweight co-stars Billy Crystal, Demi Moore, Robin Williams and Stanley Tucci
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CSI: Cyber
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CSI, Cyber is an American police procedural television drama series that premiered on March 4,2015, on CBS. The series, starring Patricia Arquette and Ted Danson, is the second spin-off of CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, on May 12,2016, CBS canceled the series after two seasons. The series follows a team of FBI Special Agents tasked with investigating cyber crimes in North America. Based out of Washington, the team is supervised by Deputy Director Avery Ryan, Russell, a left-coast Sherlock Holmes and career Crime Scene Investigator who joins the team after a stint as Director of the Las Vegas Crime Lab. Patricia Arquette as Dr. Avery Ryan, the Deputy Director of the FBI, Avery was a renowned psychologist in New York when her professional database was hacked, resulting in the death of a patient. This, coupled with the recent death of her daughter, led Avery to leave New York, as Special Agent in Charge, Avery heads a team of former cyber criminals and federal agents who travel nationwide in search of the criminals who work on the dark net. After several years working under Simon Sifter, Ryan was promoted to Deputy Director of the FBI, following the death of her daughter, Ryan divorced her husband, though the two later reconnect and begin a romantic relationship. Following the dissolution of her program, Avery begins recruiting young hackers to work within CTOC. James Van Der Beek as Elijah Mundo, a Senior FBI Field Agent, assigned to Ryans Cyber division, Mundo is a former U. S. Marine, and an expert in battlefield forensics, weaponry, vehicles, and bombs. After a short separation from his wife, Elijah filed for divorce and he is an avid gamer, and because of this he is all too aware of the dangers that lurk on the internet. As a field agent, Mundo is much more hands on than his counterparts in detaining and interviewing suspects, during the second season, Mundos father was diagnosed with cancer, causing him to confide in a barmaid who later begins stalking him. In Legacy, she is shot and killed by Russell, peter MacNicol as Simon Sifter, an FBI Assistant Deputy Director. Simon works out of the FBI Headquarters in Washington and oversees Ryan, working his way up through the ranks investigating homicides, drive-bys, and gang warfare, Sifter has built up an array of contacts and connections that are invaluable to the FBI. He often acts as the clearinghouse between FBI Cyber and its intergovernmental counterparts and he is married with at least one child. Sometime following the first season, Sifter vacated his position, shad Moss as Brody Nelson, an FBI analyst. Brody is a black hat hacker who was caught and later recruited by FBI Cyber as part of Ryans hack-for-good program. After avoiding a sentence at the FBIs behest, the team are initially dubious of Brodys intentions. After struggling to sever his ties with the world of crime, Nelson outs himself to the hacking community and proves himself to be a loyal
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
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The first season of CSI, Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on October 6,2000, and ended on May 17,2001. The series stars William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger and its all change at the Las Vegas Crime Lab following the shooting death of Holly Gribbs, yet the team still find themselves tasked with solving the bizarre, the brutal, and the impossible. Meanwhile, Brown struggles with an addiction, Sidle adjusts to life in Las Vegas. Jorja Fox joins the main cast in the second episode and it was, however, filmed in 16,9, and the widescreen versions of the episodes are present on the Blu-ray release
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 8)
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The eighth season of CSI, Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on September 27,2007 and ended May 15,2008. The season stars William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger, as the CSIs race to save one of their own, Sara makes a life changing decision, and one investigator falls, in the eighth season of CSI. Meanwhile, Catherine finds herself affected by the death of a old. Jones Louise Lombard departed the cast after the first episode of the season and this is the final full season to star Gary Dourdan and William Petersen, and the last season to feature every original main cast member in a starring role. Wallace Langham joined the main cast, only 11 episodes had been completed and aired before the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike. Only six more episodes were made after the strike, for a total of only 17 episodes, some international broadcasters only showed the first part of the crossover Who and What because Without a Trace did not air at the time
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 9)
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The ninth season of CSI, Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on October 9,2008 and ended May 14,2009. The series stars William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger and Laurence Fishburne, as the team grieve for their fallen colleague, Grissom makes a life changing decision, during the ninth season of CSI. Raymond Langston face-to-face with the CSI team, nick, meanwhile, investigates the happenings of a seedy motel over the course of a year, and Hodges and Wendy attend a sci-fi convention. William Petersen and Gary Dourdan both depart the main cast, and are replaced by Lauren Lee Smith and Laurence Fishburne, respectively
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 10)
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The tenth season of CSI, Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on September 24,2009, and ended May 20,2010. The series stars Marg Helgenberger and Laurence Fishburne, riley Adams leaves the CSI team in turmoil, as Catherines leadership skills are called into question, during the 10th season of CSI. Lauren Lee Smith is no part of the regular cast. Liz Vassey and David Berman both become main cast members
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 11)
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The eleventh season of CSI, Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on September 23,2010 and ended May 12,2011. The season stars Marg Helgenberger and Laurence Fishburne, langston fights for his life as Catherine meets a man from her past, in the eleventh season of CSI. Laurence Fishburne departs at the seasons end, former cast members William Petersen and Louise Lombard guest star. Elisabeth Harnois makes her series debut
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 12)
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The twelfth season of CSI, Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on September 21,2011, and ended on May 9,2012. The series stars Marg Helgenberger, Ted Danson and Elisabeth Shue, the show was moved to Wednesdays at 10,00 p. m. following Criminal Minds. Catherine and Nick adjust to working under D. B. Russell, following their demotions, while Morgan Brody joins the CSI team, in the twelfth season of CSI. This season, the team investigate crimes including the murder of a family, a drowning in chocolate, a death at a mob museum, a killing, the zippering of a body. Marc Vann as Conrad Ecklie Jon Wellner as Henry Andrews Larry M. Elisabeth Harnois becomes a series regular, episode 13 of the season is the first and only episode of the CSI franchise episode not to feature a female lead. Official website CSI, Crime Scene Investigation at TV. com CSI Listings at thefutoncritic. com CSI, Crime Scene Investigation at IMDb
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 13)
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The thirteenth season of CSI, Crime Scene Investigation premiered on September 26,2012 on CBS, and ended on May 15,2013. It stars Ted Danson and Elisabeth Shue, D. B. and Finn hunt for missing Kaitlyn, while Sara convinces Nick to return to the Las Vegas Crime Lab, in the thirteenth season of CSI. Marc Vann as Conrad Ecklie Alex Carter as Lou Vartann Larry M, former cast member William Petersen also returned as Gil Grissom for a voice over in the episode Dead Air, on the phone with Sara. On March 20,2013, CBS renewed CSI for a fourteenth season, general references Shows A-Z - csi on cbs. the Futon Critic. Official website CSI, Crime Scene Investigation at TV. com CSI, Crime Scene Investigation at IMDb
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 14)
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The fourteenth season of CSI, Crime Scene Investigation premiered on September 25,2013 on CBS, and ended on May 7,2014. The season stars Ted Danson and Elisabeth Shue, eads returned in the episode Check In and Check Out. The season also introduced a redesigned title sequence, on February 18,2014, CBS announced plans to launch a new spin-off of the CSI franchise, tentatively titled CSI, Cyber, with a backdoor pilot episode, entitled Kitty, that aired April 30,2014. C. The show was picked up by CBS on May 9,2014. On March 13,2014 it was announced that CSI, Crime Scene Investigation would return for a fifteenth season, D. B. and Finn lead the hunt for Morgan, while Brody makes a shocking discovery that endangers her own life, in the fourteenth season of CSI. Avery Ryan, meanwhile, heads to Las Vegas to work alongside the CSI team when a casino owners wife is killed in a cyber-related case, paul Guilfoyle, who plays Jim Brass, left the series at the end of the 14th season. Marg Helgenberger guest stars, Patricia Arquette makes her debut as Avery Ryan. Official website CSI, Crime Scene Investigation at TV. com
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 15)
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The fifteenth and final season of CSI, Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on September 28,2014, and ended on February 15,2015. The season stars Ted Danson and Elisabeth Shue, finlay finds her car rigged to explode as Sara and Greg are quarantined in the fifteenth and final season of CSI. Meanwhile, Morgan, Sara and Finn are met with a shootout at a conference, D. B. turns to Avery Ryan for advice on the psychology of killers. Alimi Ballard as Kevin Crawford Larry M. Elisabeth Shue would not return either, patricia Arquette guest stars as Avery Ryan. In June 2014, it was announced that showrunner Carol Mendelsohn would be leaving the show after 14 years, speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Mendelsohn stated, Its been a long and amazing journey, and I am so proud of CSIs continued success. In handing over the helm to my friend and partner, Don McGill, I know he. CSI, its cast and crew, writers and directors, will always be my family, I have learned so much from each and every one of them. For that, and so more, I am forever grateful. Don McGill became the showrunner for season fifteen. Starting with this season, the moved to Sundays at 10,00 p. m. A. ^ This episode was originally broadcast in Canada on October 26,2014, the episode was preempted in favor of football games by CBS on October 26 and November 2,2014. The season airs simultaneously on CTV in Canada and it premiered on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom on January 24,2015. General references Shows A-Z - csi on cbs, CSI, Crime Scene Investigation - Episode Guide for Season 15. Official website CSI, Crime Scene Investigation at TV. com
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Gil Grissom
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Gilbert Arthur Gil Grissom, Ph. D. is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by William Petersen. Grissom is a forensic entomologist and, for the series first nine seasons and he appeared in 198 episodes, and was replaced by Laurence Fishburne and, later, Ted Danson. Following his departure from the main cast, Petersen reprised his role on five occasions. Voice Season 09, Turn, Turn, Turn Season 13, Wild Flower, Dead Air On Screen Season 11, The Two Mrs. Grissoms Petersen also guest starred in Immortality, CSIs feature-length series finale. Anthony E. Zuiker, who created the show, loosely based Grissom on real life Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department criminalist Daniel Holstein, Zuiker was fascinated by Holstein, who, like Grissom, kept maggots and pigs blood in his refrigerator. Holstein works as a consultant for the show, the name Gil came from one of the actors hobbies, fishing. In 2000, CBS had bought the script from Zuiker, and Nina Tassler, CBSs head of drama development, passed it on to Petersen. Petersen has said that many TV shows were offered to him over the years, however, he was impressed with the complexity of Grissoms character, and he decided to audition. It was the second time Petersen portrayed a forensic scientist, having portrayed Will Graham in the 1986 film Manhunter, Gil Grissom first appears in CSI, Crime Scene Investigation on the pilot episode. William Petersen did not appear during the six episode Gum Drops. This episode was going to be how Grissom was convinced that an abduction victim was still alive. When Petersens nephew died, he flew home and was unavailable for the filming of the episode, also in 2007, the character appeared in a two part crossover with another CBS series, Without a Trace. It was the episode of the sixth season entitled Where. The plot of the crossover between CSI and Without a Trace involved a serial killer that had eluded capture in Nevada and had escaped to New York City, Gil Grissom was brought in to assist in the apprehension. Gilbert Arthur Gil Grissom was born on August 17,1956, as a child to a middle-class family in Santa Monica. Grissoms father taught botany at a college and passed his enthusiasm for natural sciences onto his son. His father died when Grissom was 9 years old, Grissom recalls the day his father died to Catherine Willows in the episode Still Life, He came home from school, one hot humid day, laid down on the couch. I was watching TV, my mom brought in some cold drinks, no one would tell me why
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Catherine Willows
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Director Catherine Willows is a fictional character, portrayed by Marg Helgenberger, from the CBS crime drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation. Helgenberger made her debut in CSI, Crime Scene Investigations first season episode Pilot. Helgenberger received several nominations for her portrayal of Catherine, including two Primetime Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Award nominations. Helgenbergers character was billed as a stripper-turned-investigator who is also a single mom, the character of Catherine is based on real-life Las Vegas forensics officer Yolanda McClary. Helgenberger met with McClary and talked about her job in forensics in preparation for the role, the actress stated that McClary helped her to understand why she enjoyed working the job. Helgenberger announced her departure in 2011, with Catherine making her last appearance in the season episode Willows in the Wind. In August 2013, it was announced that Helgenberger would make a guest appearance in the shows 300th episode Frame By Frame, Catherine appeared in a series of newly recorded flashbacks to a case that occurred in the timeframe of the first season. Guest star Helgenberger appeared as a guest star in the season fourteen episode Frame by Frame, Catherine Willows was raised by her single mother, Lily Flynn, a cocktail waitress and showgirl. Due to the nature of her mothers jobs, Catherine was constantly moved around the west coast of America as a child and because of this, consequently, she failed to excel to her full potential in school, despite her high intelligence and razor-sharp mind. Catherine left school and began work as a dancer in order to support her boyfriends music career. She became interested in police work when she befriended a regular at the club, Detective Tadero. She attended West Las Vegas University, where she graduated with a degree in Medical Science, Catherine joined the CSI team at LVPD as a lab technician, after which she worked her way up to the role of supervisor under the watchful eye of Gil Grissom. Catherine has one daughter, Lindsey Willows, who appears in episodes of CSI. Lindseys father and Catherines ex-husband, Eddie Willows, also falls into storylines before being murdered, Catherine also discovers that her absent father was, in fact, her old family friend and big casino boss, Sam Braun. After coming to terms with the revelation, she lost Braun when he was gunned down, in Season 10, Catherine began a relationship with LVPD Detective Vartann. It was revealed in season 11 that Sam Braun had left her a portion of his business in his will. She also had a best friend Laura whom she met up with in the episode, after Catherines friend is killed along with four FBI agents, Russell receives an e-mail apparently from her saying that she wants to resign. She is then shot in her home, although she is able to escape with the help of Russell
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Warrick Brown
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Warrick Brown is a fictional character in the CBS crime drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by Gary Dourdan. Warrick Brown, born in 1971, was a Las Vegas native, whose father abandoned him soon after his birth, raised by his grandmother and Aunt Bertha, Warrick found it very difficult to socialize, and could often be found with his head in a book. His love of mathematics and science took him to Western Las Vegas University, Warrick grew up in a strict household, and kept his position as a casino runner a secret from his grandmother. He once told Catherine that while he was unpopular in school and still had dimples. He was strongly influenced by a community organizer who ran a center that he spent time at after school, early in the series it was discovered that Warrick had a gambling addiction. He even admitted to Sara Sidle that he counted cards, after an incident in the pilot episode that resulted in a rookies death, Warricks gambling addiction caused friction with a number of other team members. Sara did not get along with Warrick early in the series because she knew of his addiction, however, they ended up becoming good friends, Warrick was also sensitive to the difficulties of minorities. When Jason, an African-American teenager he was mentoring, was arrested, also, Warrick showed understanding and sympathy for the young African American James Moore, who committed a hit and run that resulted in the death of a young girl. He offered advice before James was taken into custody and gave him his phone number. He told James to contact him just in case trouble arises in prison, after dating a woman named Tina for a short time, Warrick proposed and married her in Season 6. Nearing the Season 6 finale, Warricks marriage seemed to have become rocky, through the midpoint of Season 7, Warrick still wore his wedding band, which would suggest that he and Tina have worked through their differences. In season 8, however, Warrick told Catherine that he was getting divorced, later on in the season, Warrick found out that Tina was pregnant with his child. He asked her to let him raise the child with her, at Warricks funeral, Sara and Greg discovered that Warrick had a son named Eli with Tina, and had been fighting for custody over him. Tina also brought their son to the funeral, Warrick appeared to have a close working and personal relationship with Catherine Willows, although it became clear throughout the show that their relationship did not develop into a romantic one. In the season 5 episode Down the Drain, he and Catherine shared a moment which was interrupted. Catherine and Warrick continued to flirt with each other until Season 6, Catherine told Warrick that she was disappointed that he hadnt told her, and was visibly upset and jealous of his new relationship. Warrick and co-worker Nick Stokes were close friends and surrogate brothers, Warrick was frightened when Nick was kidnapped and buried alive, and led the team in rescuing him. Warrick had a deep, abiding respect for Gil Grissom, Grissom genuinely cared for Warrick as well, he regarded Warrick as like a son, often trying to help the younger man when he struggled with his gambling addiction
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Nick Stokes
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Nicholas Nick Stokes is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by George Eads. He made his first screen appearance in the pilot, broadcast on October 6,2000. Eads is credited in 335 episodes of the series, nicholas Stokes was born in Dallas, Texas, to Judge Bill Stokes and lawyer Jillian Stokes as the youngest of seven children, with at least one brother. As a child, he showed athletic and academic potential and played football, overall, he had a happy childhood and a close relationship with his parents. Nicks father calls him Pancho and Nick, in turn, calls his father Cisco, during the conclusion of one episode, Gil Grissom uses the name to calm Nick while rescuing him from a coffin that was rigged with explosives. Nicks early life was not without pain, however, he was molested at age nine by a female babysitter, as a result, he often has difficulty investigating crimes committed against children. Nick attended Texas A&M University, where he pledged at a fraternity, after leaving college, he joined the Dallas Police Department and took a job with the crime lab, where he specialized in hair and fiber analysis. Because of a feeling that he would not be able to match his parents considerable achievements, there, he found he could be his own man, and joined its successful CSI team under the leadership of Grissom in 1997. Nick has a natural empathy with the affected by the crimes he investigates, in contrast with many of his colleagues. On occasion, Nicks empathy causes friction with his colleague Warrick Brown and with his supervisor, Grissom, Nick has a good command of Spanish, he frequently deals with cases involving Hispanics and the Latino community. In season six, Nick grows a moustache then shaves it off and he has had a variety of hair cuts, such as a mop-top and a shaved head. In the season-five episode Grave Danger, Nick is kidnapped and buried alive in a glass coffin rigged with explosives and he was previously stalked by Nigel Crane, a cable technician, who threw him from a second-story window. His bad luck in relationships might be explained by a gag that whenever Nick is with a woman. For example, he has a stand with Kristi, and she is murdered later that night. Also, Nick and Catherine go to a club together, then shortly after Nick meets a woman at the club, again, during breakfast with the team at a diner, Nick eyes a pretty waitress and stays behind to get her number, while Warrick leaves. In the season 13 episode Play Dead, Nick refers to a girlfriend in passing when talking to his dog, Catherine turns down an offer to move into Grissoms office and offers it to Nick. He accepts it after some thought, then, in turn, decides to share the space with Greg Sanders. Grissoms infamous fetal pig in a jar is placed in the room by Hodges, Nick is promoted to assistant supervisor after Sara Sidle advises Catherine that she needs a number two
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Jim Brass
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James Jim Brass is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by Paul Guilfoyle. He made his first screen appearance in the pilot, broadcast on October 6,2000. He was credited in 317 episodes, guilfoyles departure was announced in March 2014 and his character left on May 7,2014. On March 24,2014 it was announced that Jim would be leaving CSI, Guilfoyle was written out of the show after the producers decided to end his characters storyline. The actor found out that he would not be returning for the season the week before the announcement. Executive producers Carol Mendelsohn and Don McGill stated In a show about forensics, fans looked forward to the handcuffs coming out. Brass putting his spin on the crime of the week, just as Paul Guilfoyle put his stamp on the character. Jim left the team on May 7,2014 but returned for the finale in season 15. Brass enlisted in the United States Marine Corps fresh out of high school and he graduated from Seton Hall University with a degree in history. After the war, he joined the Newark Police, Brass spent 20 years working his way up to homicide detective in Newark, New Jersey. Before he became a detective, he was assigned to Vice. While working in Vice, he worked hard to clean up his department, Brass, under stress, sometimes drank and would cover it up by popping cough drops to hide the smell of alcohol on his breath. Brass claims later that it was Nancys affair that ruined their marriage, rather than the way around. Brass transferred out of New Jersey in the 1990s and came to Las Vegas, early on, Brass and other officers new to the force were courted by Undersheriff McKeen in regards to taking bribes, the entire group having been invited to McKeens for a barbecue. Brass made it clear he was not for sale and said he was not invited to anymore gatherings after that, however, he was very much a player and a partier, describing work as an interruption to his fun. He had a fling with former officer Ann-Marie Tolsom, his name later turning up on a list of those who had had relations with her when she was believed killed by her ex-husband. Brass eventually left his wilder side behind, and eventually running the CSI department. Brass used to have Grissoms job as the supervisor of the CSI team, after young CSI Holly Gribbs was murdered on her first day in the field, he lost his position to Grissom
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Sara Sidle
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Sara Sidle is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by actress Jorja Fox. Fox appeared in both the first eight seasons and the five seasons of the show as a series regular. She also recurred throughout the ninth and tenth seasons of the series, Sidle was born on September 16,1971, in Tomales Bay, an hour and a half north of San Francisco. Her father was abusive, alcoholic until Sidles schizophrenic mother, Laura, killed him, when searching for records of the crime in the Season 5 episode No Humans Involved, she searches for records from Modesto. Afterward, she spent time in the care system, which didnt keep her from graduating high school as valedictorian at age 16. She attended Harvard on a scholarship, moving on to school at the University of California. Some time later, while she was working in San Francisco, Sidle went to Las Vegas and helped resolve some Internal Affairs problems within the CSIs while also providing a replacement for Holly Gribbs, who had been shot. Some episodes later, she became a permanent member of the Night Shift as a CSI Level 3 at the LVPD Criminalistics Bureau, specialising in Materials, in Season 8, Sidle briefly changed from Nights to Swing. In the Season 10 premiere, it is revealed Sara is now married to Grissom, in Season 13, Episode 15, Sara revealed that Grissom had split up with her. However in series finale Immortality, Sara and Grissom are ultimately re-united, perhaps because of her traumatic childhood, Sidle has demonstrated compassion and empathy for victims of domestic violence, and fury against their abusers. She also has a spot for animals, and became a vegetarian after she saw Grissom conduct an experiment on a dead pig. In recent years, perhaps because of her mothers schizophrenia, Sara has been seen to work several cases with a mental health aspect. An example of this is when she was able to calm Agent Moores schizphrenic son in 418/427, in the early years of the show, Sidle is depicted as antisocial. Her hobbies are all work-related, and she claims to prefer working with corpses over live people, in a mid-second season episode, she realizes how much she is missing out on and decides to get a life outside of work. During season three she dates a paramedic named Hank Pettigrew, but this relationship later in the season when she discovered that he had a longtime girlfriend. During the fourth and fifth seasons, Sidle seems to be on a spiral as her memories of childhood resurface. Also, the fact that Grissom decided to promote Nick Stokes instead of Sidle, Season Four concludes with Sidle being stopped by a traffic cop. Although she is driving under the influence, she is not charged and he arrives at the station to bring her home, and finally seems to notice her emotional state
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Greg Sanders
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Gregory Greg Sanders is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by Eric Szmanda. Greg Sanders is originally from San Gabriel, California, US, statements from other characters and Greg himself have hinted that the Sanders family were from an upper middle class or wealthy background. Although friends and family told him that science was for geeks, the season 4 episode Coming of Rage revealed that he had a palate expander, braces, a retainer, and headgear while growing up. Although he was never good at sports, Greg was the captain of the school chess team. In the season seven episode Toe Tags he stated that he is an Eagle Scout, the same season, in the episode Fannysmackin, Greg reveals that his overprotective mother refused to let him play sports in high school because he was her only child. Greg stated that his mother wanted four children, but only got one, in the same episode, he reveals a fondness for Doc Martens in high school and thinks that skinheads enthusiasm for that style kinda ruined it for everyone. It is revealed that Greg was a big fan of The X-Files because in the season 7 episode Leapin Lizards he says that he grew up on The X-Files At some stage. He also used to bowl in school as seen in the season 10 episode. His surname Sanders in shortened from the Norwegian surname Sandersen and his fathers side was from Harstad, Norway. His mothers side was from Oslo, Norway and his grandfather was named Olaf Hojem the Eighth, where he resided in Edina, Minnesota in the 1900s. Olaf became a business owner, and had a big ego. His bragging lead to the citys nickname cake-eaters and then Gregs family moved to California revealed in season 12, in The Ultimate CSI Greg is said to have been an extremely intelligent child prodigy. He attended a school for the gifted at both grammar and high school levels, Greg successfully earned his degree in chemistry from Stanford University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He has a variety of hobbies, including surfing, scuba diving. In Precious Metal it is revealed that Greg likes supermodels, latex. He is portrayed as well read, being familiar with The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, however, he also contradicts his scientific training and believes in occultism, stating that one could have paranormal beliefs and also be a scientist, something with which Grissom agrees. Greg Sanders is portrayed as a cheerful and optimistic individual and he is also known for his many different hair styles and colors. In the Season 2 episode Chasing The Bus, Greg responses to a all hands on deck call, Greg helped process the scene with no gloves and did not wear a warmer jacket during the cold night
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Al Robbins
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Dr. Albert Al Robbins is a fictional medical doctor in the CBS crime drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by actor Robert David Hall. Al has appeared in every episode since Who Are You. with the exception of Still Life from season six, Albert Al Robbins was raised by his mother, who was also a registered nurse. Consequently, Al spent most of his childhood in hospital environments, from a very early age, he was able to understand the cycle of life and as a young man graduated with a Masters Degree in Physiology from Johns Hopkins University. At a young age, Al was hit head-on by a drunk driver and he walks with the use of prosthetic limbs and a crutch. Als accident runs parallel to an accident that Hall had at age 32. Robbinss first appearance was in the Season One episode Who Are You and he became a series regular from Season Three onwards. Dr. Albert Robbins is the Chief Medical Examiner of the Las Vegas Police Department, working in conjunction with Dr. Gil Grissom. Since Grissoms departure, Robbins has been shown to be developing a sort of friendship with new CSI Raymond Langston. Due to his age and disability he usually sends his assistant David Phillips to examine the body on site, Robbins has a good working relationship with his colleagues. He acts as a mentor to Phillips, especially in Season 3 when Phillips performs his first exhumation. In the season nine premiere, For Warrick, an obviously distraught Robbins tells the team that he is going to have the day shift coroner do the postmortem on his friend, little was revealed of Robbinss personal life for the first several seasons. He was a twin, though the other was stillborn and his mother attributed his career choice to spending so many days next to a dead body. He is married with at least three children, according to the episode Overload, the youngest child was born in 1987. He is also terrified of rats, and suits up in a suit before hunting for an escaped rat in the mortuary in the season seven episode Lab Rats. In the season 12 episode Genetic Disorder, it was revealed that he and his wife Judy are grandparents as their daughter Pam just had a baby boy and that their cat was named Cinder. Robbins has a fondness for coffee, specifically macchiatos and plays guitar in a band he has formed with the day shift coroner. He also keeps an album of photos of celebrities who have died in Las Vegas and wound up on his table, including Tupac Shakur. He walks with a limp and uses crutches because of his prosthetic legs and it is not clear what happened to him, although it is probably due to the accident with a drunk driver which resulted in the amputation of both his legs
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Sofia Curtis
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Sofia Curtis is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama, CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by British actress Louise Lombard. Sofia was introduced in the five episode Formalities. It is later explained in the six episode Bodies in Motion that, though she qualified to become a detective. Due to a struggle in office politics, Conrad Ecklie demoted her from acting day shift supervisor to night shift, Gil Grissom talked her into staying, and in season six she resumed her original career path and returned to police work as a detective, like her mother. She originally took a position in Boulder City, but transferred back to Las Vegas in the first episode of season six. In the two part episode A Bullet Runs Through It, she believes that she may have accidentally shot, the shooting causes her great anxiety and emotional stress, but forensic investigation eventually proved that Captain Jim Brass was the accidental shooter. Later, Curtis is horrified to discover that she had watched an undercover cop die on camera from carbon monoxide poisoning. Though she takes it more calmly than the incident with Officer Bell, at the beginning of the seventh season, Sofia becomes a main cast member. In the eighth season, she was replaced by David Hodges, in the season 8 premiere, however, she is listed as a special guest star. She returned in the season eleven episode Father of the Bride, in which she is now a Deputy Chief, Sofia seemed romantically interested in Gil Grissom in season five. They had dinner together, but ultimately their relationship has remained platonic, at one point Sara sees Sofia and Grissom working and laughing together and appears to be jealous. Despite early tension, she and Sara Sidle often work together in the field and they argued over Sofia confiding in Gil Grissom about her sense of guilt in the season six episode A Bullet Runs Through It. Sara pointed out that legally, Sofia should not discuss the case with Gil, however, they are friendly in subsequent episodes
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David Hodges (CSI)
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David Hodges is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama, CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by Wallace Langham. Hodges has a habit of giving far more information than anyone wants to hear while explaining things and is afraid of germs. Hodges, a lab technician with a B. A. from Williams College, was transferred to the Las Vegas crime lab from the Los Angeles crime lab and he is ultimately cleared when its discovered that Catherine caused the explosion. In the April 9,2007, edition of TV Guide, Langham said Hodges considers himself superior to the other laboratory technicians and wants to be like Gil Grissom. While Grissom was on a sabbatical during the season, Hodges used an alias to sign up for an online class that Grissom was teaching. Grissom, however, appears to find Hodges annoying and often tells Hodges to report his findings to other CSIs or asks him to leave his office. Yet Hodges seems to be under the impression that hes held in higher regard by the senior CSIs than he truly is. In I Like to Watch, Hodges contacts the reality television crew that is following the CSI crew while they investigate a case so they can video tape when he gives his report to Sara. While doing this, he uses as many complicated terms as possible, also, at one point during the episode, he sees them filming the DNA lab and says that they should be in his trace lab because DNA is so overrated. These traits become less apparent during season 9, though they are used for comic relief. Despite his attitude, Hodges sometimes redeems himself, in the seventh season episode Lab Rats, Hodges persuaded his fellow laboratory technicians to surreptitiously work with him in an attempt to identify The Miniature Killer. Hodges concluded at the end of the episode that bleach might be a common factor linking all four murder scenes, Grissom found Hodges in his office inspecting one of the miniatures and, after Hodges explained his conclusions, praised Hodges for his work. Then, returning to form, Grissom again asked Hodges to leave his office, at the beginning of the eighth season, David Hodges becomes a main cast member. In the episode The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp, he tells Grissom he misses working with him on The Miniature Killer cases, Grissom says he misses it, too. Hodges is also known for having an acute sense of smell. He is known for his disdain of working on the field, despite this, he almost lazily discovered crucial evidence in a matter of seconds during one outing. In One to Go, Hodges becomes especially upset upon hearing of Grissoms departure, telling him, The bad guys will win if we dont have you. This prompts Grissom to respond, Watson was a genius in his own right, perhaps because of this, he is unfriendly toward his would-be new colleague, Raymond Langston, even going so far as to waste Langstons time while making him wait to get trace evidence processed
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Raymond Langston
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Dr. Raymond Langston is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by Laurence Fishburne. He joined the show in season 9, after the departure of Gil Grissom and his last name is taken from Fishburnes son, Langston who was in turn, named after the great African American writer Langston Hughes. Between the middle of season 9 and the end of season 11, he appeared in every episode and he appeared in 59 out of 60 episodes. In June 2011, it was announced that Fishburne did not renew his contract with the show, Raymond was an Army brat born in Seoul, South Korea, and consequently calls the sport of soccer by its more widely recognized name, football. His father, a soldier and a veteran of the Korean War, was a violent man, often involved in brawls off the battlefield, as a result. Raymond eventually obtained a degree and became a pathologist at a hospital. A co-worker at his hospital was an Angel of Death, murdering 27 patients, while Langston saw the evidence, he was never able to put it together. He ultimately wrote a book about the experiences, titled In Front of my Eyes, afterward, Langston became a professor at West Las Vegas University, but continued to do pro bono work as a surgeon. It was in this capacity that he came into contact with the CSI team, as they were investigating a series of murders attributed to serial killer Nate Haskell, after the cases conclusion, Grissom encouraged Langston to join the Las Vegas Crime Lab as a Level 1 investigator. In the Season 9 episode The Grave Shift, Langston began his first day on the job and he also received a cold welcome from David Hodges, who was still unhappy about Gil Grissoms departure, but who warms up to Langston after the latter demonstrates a cornmeal bomb. Nevertheless, the team accepts him as one of their own, in later episodes, it is revealed that Langston has a number of interests, including blues music, and quickly befriended the like-minded Doc Al Robbins. In Deep Fried and Minty Fresh, it is revealed Langston knows some Mandarin Chinese and he is the only member of the team who rides a motorcycle to work. Langston, despite his calm demeanor, occasionally takes cases personally, in his first case, he reprimanded a father for shouting at his son while the team was searching the boys room, earning a reprimand from Riley about keeping an emotional distance. In Mascara, one of his students who was planning on joining CSI is killed. He was forced to kill a suspect in self-defense in the Season 9 finale, All In and it was the first time he had taken a life in the line of duty. In episode No Way Out, he and fellow CSI Riley Adams are held hostage in the aftermath of a shootout in a quiet Las Vegas neighborhood in which Riley was able to disarm the suspect. By the Season 10 premiere episode, Langston has taken courses and has since been promoted to CSI Level 2. In the episode All That Cremains, it is revealed that he was married to a woman named Gloria, yet it is known from the CSI, NY Season 6 episode Hammer Down
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Wendy Simms
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Wendy Simms is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by Liz Vassey. She first appeared in the season episode Secrets and Flies. Vassey appeared on a basis until the tenth season when she was promoted to series regular. She was also added to the opening credits, on June 1,2010, Michael Ausiello from Entertainment Weekly reported that Vasseys contract option had not been picked up and she would be leaving CSI, Crime Scene Investigation. Vasseys departure came at a time several of the shows actors negotiated their own contracts. In 2009, Vassey expressed her interest in having her go out into the field. Vassey enjoyed shooting outside in the sun instead of in the lab and she also enjoyed working with John Schneider who appeared in the episode. Vassey thought things were moving in the direction of Wendy being in the more when she was sent to Las Vegas to do a ride-along. Wendy developed feelings for David Hodges, who worked in the lab with her, Vassey said Wendy liked Hodges because she could see something else in him, rather than the suck-up everyone else saw. She commented I think these two work well together because it doesnt quite make sense, but it doesnt make sense in all the right ways. It makes me root for them, Langham believed that Wendys feelings were reciprocated by Hodges and that she was just waiting for him to realise and take some action. Langham told TV Guides Tim Molloy that his character was going wrong when it came to making a move on Wendy. In A Space Oddity, Wendy and Hodges become closer and Langham stated that it would be the closest they get for a while without anything happening. Wendy is a DNA Technician and worked in San Francisco, California for a time moving to Las Vegas to take the DNA tech position. In the seventh season episode Lab Rats she helps David Hodges investigate the case of The Miniature Killer, the two characters have an ongoing rivalry. Hodges complains that Wendy tries to take everything and thinks shes too cool for the lab. Simms insults Hodges by calling him freakboy and loser but praises his investigation methods, Wendy is apparently something of a klutz and has a reputation for being clumsy around work. In the episode The Theory of Everything its revealed that she is a huge Star Trek fan, later, she is disappointed when she learns Hodges lied to her about Grissom asking the lab techs to investigate the Miniature Killer
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David Phillips (CSI)
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David Gregory Phillips is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by David Berman, who also serves as head researcher for the series. From Season 10 onwards David Berman has been credited in the opening titles, Phillips is the assistant coroner to Chief Medical Examiner Al Doc Robbins. He received his nickname after saving the life of a victim during an autopsy. In the ninth season, episode The Gone Dead Train, he is promoted to Assistant Medical Examiner, due to his line of work, he is not fazed by much. Occasionally other characters, including new CSIs, have turned off by his. Though earlier in the series, the main characters tease him about his lack of social experience. In the seventh season episode Leapin Lizards, he comments to Warrick Brown that his wife talking with him about the gruesome details of his work. In Season 13 his wife gives birth to their son Joshua Adams, in the 2002 episode Cats in the Cradle, it is mentioned that David is allergic to cats. Phillips attended Sagebrush High School, graduating in 1998, while preparing to attend his high school reunion he commented to his wife that his high school years made Lord of the Flies look like Fantasy Island. It is implied that he was a brain and somewhat socially awkward as a teen and his classmates called him Phillip Davis, a play on his name. List of CSI, Crime Scene Investigation characters Super Dave CSI official website at CBS
