List of NCIS: New Orleans characters

NCIS: New Orleans is an American television series, executive produced by Gary Glasberg and Mark Harmon. The series features an extensive regular cast, including Scott Bakula as Dwayne Cassius Pride, Zoe McLellan as Meredith Brody, and Lucas Black as Christopher LaSalle. Recurring actors, including Shanley Caswell as Laurel Pride, Rocky Carroll as Leon Vance, and Diane Neal as Abigail Borin, appear intermittently.

Overview

Main cast and characters

Dwayne Cassius Pride

Dwayne Cassius Pride (Scott Bakula) is a Supervisory Special Agent. He is also a New Orleans native and former Jefferson Parish deputy sheriff. He is also a long-time friend of Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the main character of NCIS; both were part of a group of NCIS agents known as the "Fed Five" who gained fame for apprehending Spencer Hanlon, aka "The Privileged Killer". [For years, the Privileged Killer was erroneously believed to be Victor Lourde, who had been framed by a member of the "Fed Five," Dan MacClain. When MacClain is murdered, the teams discover his frame-up and the reason for it. Their investigation leads them to the Hanlon father and son.] He was initially assigned to the Marine Corps Support Facility in Algiers, Louisiana.^[1] He and his now-estranged wife Linda used to live in the Lower Garden District. His daughter, Laurel, is a music major at Louisiana State University. In "Chasing Ghosts" and "Le Carnivale de la Mort", it is revealed that Pride's father, Cassius (Stacy Keach), is incarcerated in the Gretna Correctional Facility. As of the beginning of season two, Dwayne and Linda officially divorced. With the money Dwayne got from selling their home he paid for Dr. Wade's assistant Danny's college, Laurel's college, a place for his father (if he makes parole), as well as buying a fixer-upper bar.^[2][3] Pride has the second highest arrest record in the history of Jefferson Parish's Sheriffs Office.^[4]

Christopher LaSalle

Christopher LaSalle (Lucas Black) is an NCIS Special Agent. He is also a native of Alabama. LaSalle was first a detective out of the New Orleans Police Department's Fifth District at the time of Hurricane Katrina^[1] and then spent seven years on the NOPD vice squad.^[4] He attended the University of Alabama, graduating magna cum laude with a 3.7 GPA. While in college he played the school mascot Big Al. He lives in the French Quarter.^[3] He has an older brother Cade^[5] who has bipolar disorder^[6] and an unnamed sister. He has received multiple commendations for his work at the New Orleans children's hospital.^[4] During the first season, he begins a romantic relationship with his High School sweetheart Savannah, though she is later murdered. After this, LaSalle begins sleeping with numerous women, leaving the team concerned for his well-being.

Meredith Brody

Meredith Brody (Zoe McLellan) is an NCIS Special Agent. During NCIS season eleven, she transferred to Pride's team from the Chicago field office. She has a background in interrogation and claims to have a black belt in aikido. She is a graduate of Michigan State University and had a twin sister, Emily Ann Brody, who was murdered.^[7][8] Brody was the youngest Special Agent in the history of NCIS Midwest.^[4] During the second season, Brody is alerted to the real circumstances behind her sister's death, and working with Sebastian, she arrests the killer.

Sebastian Lund

Sebastian Lund (Rob Kerkovich) is a Jefferson County forensic specialist, and Dr. Wade's lab assistant. Sebastian is a hardened conspiracy theorist, and is somewhat socially awkward. In season one, it is revealed that his in a relationship with a woman named Melissa. In season two, Sebastian helps Meredith Brody uncover the conspiracy surrounding her sister's death. Though the team initially resents Sebastian for enabling Brody, he is later proved to be correct. In 2015, it is revealed that he has been working with Loretta for five years.

Loretta Wade

Loretta Wade (CCH Pounder) is the Chief Medical Examiner of Jefferson Parish. Wade's office is contracted by NCIS for autopsies and forensics. She is a graduate of Harvard University and moved down to New Orleans after completing medical school. In season one, Loretta begins to foster two children who are involved in an NCIS case. Pride later starts a college fund for the children. Loretta is also Brody's landlord.

Sonja Percy

Sonja Percy (Shalita Grant) is a NCIS Special Agent and former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent. While an ATF agent, Percy helped Pride and the team on their pursuit for Baitfish. At the end of the season one finale "My City", she noted a desire to join Pride's team, a transfer that took place before season two. Despite working as an NCIS Special Agent, Sonja continues to participate in undercover operations for outside agencies, most recently the DEA. In season two, Pride tells Sonja that he will not support her if her secrecy begins to put Chris and Meredith at risk, suggesting she is somewhat expendable and that he will not hesitate to remove her from his team if the operation she's part of endangers the team in any way.

Patton Plame

Patton Plame (Daryl "Chill" Mitchell) is an Investigative Computer Specialist assigned to NCIS. According to Brody, he was previously employed by Cyber Command. LaSalle refers to Plame as a "hacker", though he is portrayed as a white-hat. Initially, Plame nicknamed himself "Double P", though in "Careful What You Wish For" he revises this to "Triple P". His car is also nicknamed the "Triple P Mobile". Due to Daryl Mitchell's paralysis, Plame appears in a wheelchair.

Tammy Gregorio

Tammy Gregorio (Vanessa Ferlito) is a Washington FBI Special Agent who first appears as an investigator on a task force assigned to investigate Pride and his team. Brody's unexpected departure increases the attention placed upon the team, and soon Gregorio is seconded to undertake a more thorough investigation. Following the completion of this, Pride requests that she stays on, replacing Brody on a semi-permanent basis.

Recurring cast and characters

Abigail Borin

Diane Neal reprised the role of Special Agent Abigail Borin (who originated on NCIS) in a recurring capacity.

Abigail Borin (Diane Neal) is a CGIS Special Agent in Charge based out of the capitol. Borin first works with Pride's team when she is tasked with interrogating a smuggler whose crimes took place within Coast Guard jurisdiction. She later investigates a double homicide on-board a research vessel, during which she notes she has been temporarily assigned Agent Afloat status. Borin reunites with Pride to investigate the poisoning of a Naval Commander, and in "Rock-a-Bye Baby", the kidnapping of a young child. Borin expresses a desire to join Pride's team, though she had similarly inquired about the possibility of working with Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Pride's friend who is stationed in Washington D.C.

Laurel Pride

Laurel Pride (Shanley Caswell) is Pride's daughter who is currently a music major at Louisiana State University. Like her father, she plays piano, and is expected to graduate with Honors. Despite having an affectionate relationship with her father, she feels he is too nice to her boyfriends, and as such notes a desire for him to stop developing "bromances" with them. In season one, her boyfriend Orion is injured in an explosion meant to kill Pride. In season two, she is attacked whilst jogging, though the man suffers cardiac arrest and dies. She is taken hostage shortly after, but is able to disarm her female attacker long enough for Sonja Percy to shoot the attacker dead.

Leon Vance

NCIS series regular Rocky Carroll recurs as Agency Director Leon Vance.

Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll) is the Director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, based out of Washington. Though he has little physical interaction with the New Orleans team, he often communicates with them via secure satellite conference. He regards Pride and his agents as one of NCIS's most valuable assets (though he has previously praised both Gibbs' NCIS team, and Callen's Los Angeles team in the same manner). In season two, Vance orders a specialist unit to shadow Pride, who is in fear for his life.

Sasha Broussard

Sasha Broussard (Callie Thorne) is a former member of the New Orleans Broussard crime syndicate, though she claims she is trying to disassociate herself from her family. After she gains the trust of Pride, the team discover she has been assisting Baitfish in his quest to control the entirety of NOLA's criminal enterprises. She is arrested and presumably convicted of her crimes.

Douglas Hamilton

Douglas Hamilton (Steven Weber) first appeared as the New Orleans city councilman of District C. Though he shares a mutual dislike with Dwayne Pride, the two often reconcile their differences in the pursuit of safeguarding New Orleans. In season two, Hamilton ran for the office of the Mayor of New Orleans and was elected after the other candidate was arrested for funneling drugs into Hamilton's district. He and Pride are later taken hostage after Hamilton is implicated in a Cold Case homicide, though he is later exonerated, and the real killer is arrested.

Paul Jenks

Paul Jenks (John Livingston) is a former member of the Broussard Syndicate and Confidential Informant for Dwayne Pride, known as Baitfish. During season one, he teams up with Sasha Broussard to take over the criminal underground of New Orleans left by the downfall of the Syndicate, and is responsible for multiple murders. He is later arrested by Pride's team, but not before assassinating Savannah Kelly. In "How Much Pain Can You Take?", Jenks tells the team that there's a huge storm coming and is killed seconds later after being shot in the head by an unknown sniper who is later revealed to be Jim Messier, Captain with the New Orleans Police Department.

Savannah Kelly

Savannah Kelly (Gillian Alexy) is a long-time love interest of LaSalle, and his "childhood sweetheart". The two reunite after she is revealed to be his brother's therapist, and she and Chris later embark on a romantic relationship. She is murdered by Baitfish in "How Much Pain Can You Take?". Chris takes her death particularly hard, and begins drinking more and seeking affection from multiple women, much to dismay of the team. Gillian Alexy was a member of the proposed regular cast for NCIS: Red, a series not picked up by CBS and which aired during Season 4 of NCIS: Los Angeles.

Minor cast and characters

• Naomi Parsons (Kate Beahan); Naomi is an Australian ADFIS Agent seconded to New Orleans, and a romantic interest for Dwayne Pride.
• Jim Messier (Dylan Walsh); Messier is a Captain with the New Orleans Police Department. In "My City", it is revealed that he was seduced by Sasha Broussard into becoming a mole, which led to him assassinating Baitfish once he was captured by Special Agent Pride and his team. Pride and LaSalle eventually discover a badly beaten Messier at an abandoned motel area with Pride and LaSalle managing to get Messier to safety before the bomb goes off. After being placed under custody, Messier is presumably convicted of his crimes, stripped of his rank as Captain and jailed.
• Cade LaSalle (Clayne Crawford); LaSalle's brother who suffers from bi-polar disorder.
• Danny Malloy (Christopher Meyer); Danny is Loretta's elder foster son and C.J.'s older brother.
• C.J. Malloy (Dani Dare); C.J. is Loretta's younger foster son and Danny's younger brother.
• Cassius Pride (Stacy Keach); Cassius is Pride's incarcerated father.

Crossover cast and characters

As well as Rocky Carroll and Diane Neal, several other NCIS cast members have appeared on NCIS: New Orleans, including:

• Mark Harmon as Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (episodes 1.03, 2.12)
• Michael Weatherly as Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo (episode 1.02)
• Emily Wickersham as Special Agent Eleanor Bishop (episode 2.12)
• Pauley Perrette as Abby Sciuto (episodes 1.02, 2.12)
• David McCallum as Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard (episodes 1.01, 2.12)
• Leslie Hope as Secretary of the Navy Sarah Porter (episode 2.03)
• Meredith Eaton as Carol Wilson (episode 1.02)
• Joe Spano as FBI Special Agent T. C. Fornell (episode 1.05)

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