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- Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Mark Harmon was born in Burbank, California and played Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs for nearly two decades. The character was first introduced on the legal drama JAG in 2003 before NCIS premiered later that same year.
- Pauley Perrette as Abby Sciuto. Born in New Orleans, Pauley Perrette is best known for playing quirky forensic scientist Abby Sciuto on NCIS for 15 seasons after being introduced on JAG in 2003.
- Sasha Alexander as Caitlin Todd. Sasha Alexander was born in Los Angeles and played Special Agent Caitlin Todd in the first two seasons of NCIS. Her early TV credits include Dawson’s Creek and Friends.
- Michael Weatherly as Anthony DiNozzo. Michael Weatherly played Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo from 2003 to 2016. Before his breakout role, the actor appeared on The Cosby Show as Theo Huxtable’s roommate and on the soap opera Loving and its spinoff The City.
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- Mark Harmon (Leroy Jethro Gibbs) For 18 seasons and four season 19 episodes, Harmon starred as former U.S. Marine Corps scout sniper–turned–special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
- Pauly Perrette (Abby Sciuto) In 2018, it was announced that Perrette would be leaving NCIS after playing the team's forensic scientist for 15 seasons. She also appeared as Abby on spin-offs NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans.
- Sasha Alexander (Caitlin Todd) Since leaving NCIS after the show's third season, the actress went on to notably star on the TNT crime drama Rizzoli & Isles as Dr. Maura Isles from 2010 to 2016.
- David McCallum (Dr. Donald Mallard) McCallum has continued to play the role of NCIS chief medical examiner Ducky since the series premiere. Since Harmon's departure, he's the last remaining member of the show's original cast.
- Why Sasha Alexander (Caitlin Todd) Left NCIS. Sasha Alexander’s Special Agent Caitlin Todd was a key cast member in the early days of NCIS’s climb to the top of network TV.
- Why Lauren Holly (Director Jenny Shepard) Left NCIS. Lauren Holly was one of the first change ups on the NCIS regular cast, as her character Director Jenny Shepard was brought in as the new head of NCIS in Season 3.
- Why Cote de Pablo (Ziva David) Left NCIS. After the death of Caitlin Todd in the second season finale of NCIS, there was a feeling the team was missing a major component within its operations.
- Why Michael Weatherly's Tony DiNozzo Left NCIS. One of the original NCIS agents to not only originate his character at the beginning of the show’s run, but also in the two-part backdoor pilot written into Season 8 of JAG, Anthony DiNozzo was one of the longest-remaining fixtures in the NCIS cast at the time of his departure.
- Sasha Alexander - Caitlin Todd
- Cote de Pablo - Ziva David
- Michael Weatherly - Tony DiNozzo
- Pauley Perrette - Abby Sciuto
- Maria Bello - Jack Sloane
In one of the most shocking moments in the early years on NCIS, Agent Todd was assassinated taking on a terrorist cell. Behind the scenes, Alexander had asked to be let out of her six-year contract early. The official line at the time was that she wanted to move on to other projects. Later, in a Chicago Tribunepiece, then-showrunner Donald P. Belli...
Cote de Pablowas brought in as a replacement for Alexander in Season 3, but left herself in Season 10, with her character returning to Israel. She was eventually presumed dead after her compound was bombed—though she made a shock return in Seasons 16 and 17. Speaking to TV Guidein 2013, de Pablo said of leaving the show: "As far as my decision to l...
An original cast member from the show's first season, Weatherly exited in Season 13, before quickly heading up the cast of fellow CBS show Bull. This show was a big part of why he chose to leave NCIS. He told The Hollywood Reporter in August 2016: "It came about at the right time. I was burnt out by NCISand I was ready for a new challenge. Sometime...
The most contentious of the major NCIS cast exits came when fan favorite Pauley Perrette left after 15 seasons on the show in 2018. The actor has made a number of accusations since leaving the CBS show, mostly on Twitter. In May 2018, she tweeted about "multiple physical assaults" on the set. Asked by a fan whether she would return to the show in 2...
NCIS's most recent major departure was under much more favorable circumstances. Maria Bello exited the show in Season 18 after deciding not to renew her initial contract for three seasons. In contrast to Perrette, she ended her run by taking to Instagramto talk about what a great time she had had on the show. She wrote: "I've learned many things on...
- Mark Harmon. Mark Harmon starred in the backdoor pilot episodes of JAG that led to its spinoff, NCIS. He led the cast of NCIS for 18 full seasons as Supervisory Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs and became an executive producer on the series in 2008.
- Pauley Perrette. Pauley Perrette was a fan favorite as the quirky, mall goth forensics specialist Abbey Sciuto, and the role was a special one for her: She studied criminal science before becoming an actor.
- David McCallum. A veteran of the crime and action genre from his days on The Man From U.N.CL.E. series, David McCallum starred as the NCIS chief medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard since Season 1.
- Michael Weatherly. Michael Weatherly starred as Senior Field Agent Anthony DiNozzo from Season 1 to 13, then left to star in Bull from 2016 to 2022. Weatherly was accused of sexually harassing Eliza Dushku on the set of Bull, leading CBS to pay her a $9.5 million settlement.
NCIS season 1 began with lead actors Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette and David McCallum, however, the cast has consistently changed over the 21 seasons as...
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Jan 9, 2019 · When any show is on television for as long as NCIS has been, it's bound to lose a few key cast members along the way. Those who have stuck with the program know that all too well as beloved...
