Timothy "Tim" McGee | |
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NCIS character | |
![]() Sean Murray as Tim McGee in a promotional photo for NCIS.
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First appearance | "Sub Rosa" |
Portrayed by | Sean Murray |
Information | |
Full name | Timothy Farragut McGee |
Aliases | Thom E. Gemcity, Elf Lord |
Gender | Male |
Family | Admiral John McGee (father, deceased) Unnamed mother Sarah McGee (sister) Penelope Langston (grandmother) |
Significant other(s) | Delilah Fielding (fiancée) |
Nationality | American |
Career at NCIS | |
Position |
Special Agent
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Rank | Senior field agent |
Special Agent
Timothy "Tim" Farragut McGee (/mæˈɡiː/ ma-GEE or /məˈɡiː/ mə-GEE) is a fictional character from the CBS television series NCIS. He is portrayed by Sean Murray. McGee specializes in cybersecurity and computer crime, and is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and MIT.
Prior to joining the main cast during the series' second season which also saw him being added to the opening credits, Murray appeared as a guest star in eight episodes of NCIS (season 1).
McGee was born in Bethesda, Maryland on September 13, 1978 to an Irish American family. He spent his childhood in Alameda, California, as his father was a naval officer stationed there. His parents bought him his first car the day he turned sixteen – a 1984 Camaro Z28 5-speed. However, he crashed into a bus while trying to figure out how to use the windshield wipers. He got a student pass the day he got out of traction. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Science degree in computer forensics from MIT. His college GPA was 3.9, he failed a fencing class in his Sophomore year. He worked for a time at the NCIS field office in Norfolk, Virginia before being transferred to the headquarters in the Washington Navy Yard which was made permanent at the end of the episode "See No Evil".