Donald Mallard | |
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NCIS character | |
First appearance | "Ice Queen" (JAG) |
Created by | Donald P. Bellisario, Don McGill |
Portrayed by |
David McCallum Adam Campbell (young) |
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Nickname(s) | Ducky |
Occupation | Coroner |
Affiliation | Naval Criminal Investigative Service |
Title | Chief Medical Examiner |
Family | Joseph Mallard (father) Victoria Mallard (mother, deceased) Lorraine Mallard (ex-stepmother) Nicholas Mallard (half-brother) |
Nationality | Scottish |
Jennifer Shepard | |
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NCIS character | |
First appearance | "Kill Ari, Part I" |
Last appearance | "Judgment Day" |
Created by | Donald P. Bellisario |
Portrayed by | Lauren Holly |
Information | |
Nickname(s) | Jenny Madam Director |
Occupation | NCIS Director |
Affiliation | Naval Criminal Investigative Service |
Title | Director |
Family | Col. Jasper Shepard, US Army (father, deceased) |
Leon Vance | |
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NCIS character | |
First appearance | "Internal Affairs" |
Created by | Shane Brennan |
Portrayed by | Rocky Carroll |
Information | |
Occupation | NCIS Director |
Affiliation | Naval Criminal Investigative Service |
Title | Assistant Director Director |
Spouse(s) | Jacqueline "Jackie" Vance (née Thomas) (wife, deceased) |
Children | Kayla Vance (daughter) Jared Vance (son) |
Relatives | Lamar Addison (father-in-law) Michael Thomas (brother-in-law) |
Jimmy Palmer | |
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NCIS character | |
First appearance | "Split Decision" |
Created by | Donald P. Bellisario |
Portrayed by | Brian Dietzen |
Information | |
Occupation | Assistant Medical Examiner |
Affiliation | Naval Criminal Investigative Service |
Title | Medical Examiner |
Spouse(s) | Breena Palmer (née Slater) |
Children | Victoria Elizabeth Palmer (daughter) |
Relatives | Ed Slater (father-in-law) |
NCIS is an American police procedural television series, revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which investigates crimes involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The series was created by Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill as a backdoor pilot with the season eight episodes "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown" of JAG. The series premiered on September 23, 2003 featuring an ensemble cast which has included Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, David McCallum, Sean Murray, Cote de Pablo, Lauren Holly, Rocky Carroll, Brian Dietzen, Emily Wickersham, Wilmer Valderrama, Jennifer Esposito, Duane Henry, and Maria Bello.
Senior Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) was born in Stillwater, Pennsylvania to Jackson and Ann Gibbs. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1976 and became a Scout Sniper. After serving in Panama and Iraq, he retired from the Marine Corps with the rank of Gunnery Sergeant. He joined NIS, which later became NCIS, after his wife Shannon and only daughter Kelly were murdered in 1991. He later travelled to Mexico and murdered the drug dealer responsible, a crime he kept concealed for twenty years. Since then, he has been married and divorced three times, and is single, although he has had a number of romantic relationships since his last divorce.