Summary
Mark Harmon’s upcoming movie role is a necessary career step away fromNCIScentral character, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, whomhe played for nearly two decades in over 400 episodes. Harmon’s lengthy effort stretches back to when he, a few otheroriginalNCIScharacters, and the concept of the military police procedural were introduced in the legal dramaJAG. What started as a two-part backdoor pilot (JAGseason 8, episodes 20 and 21) burgeoned into a popular, long-running TV series that’s still being made today and inspired the creation of fourNCISspinoff series andan upcomingNCISprequel series.
Mark Harmon is narrating and executive producingNCIS: Origins, which will premiere as part of CBS' Fall 2024-2025 TV season.
In the role of Gibbs, the honorable supervisory special agent in command of a DC-based NCIS team, Harmon was the face ofNCISuntil around season 19. After 18 seasons and a limited appearance in the 19th,Harmon decided to move on fromNCIS, but it did little to break the inextricable link between the actor and the franchise. Harmon’s widely-revered performance and longevity in the original series made ithard to see him as more than Supervisory Special Agent Gibbs. Yet, Harmon boasts an extensive and layered acting career that his new movie role will remind everybody of.
NCIS Star Reflects On Filming With Mark Harmon For Gibbs' Final Scene
NCIS star Sean Murray reflects on filming with Mark Harmon for Leroy Jethro Gibbs' very last scene in the long-running procedural series.
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NCIS is a television series that follows a team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Premiering in 2003, the show explores various cases involving Navy and Marine Corps personnel, ranging from murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines.
Returning As Ryan In Freaky Friday 2 Is A Change Of Pace After Mark Harmon’s NCIS Run
Harmon Is Returning To Family Comedy After A Long Military Police Procedural Stint
Harmon hasn’t been active since leavingNCIS, but he’ll soon be back on-screen, albeit on the big screen, forthe forthcomingFreaky Fridaysequel. 20-plus years afterWalt Disney Pictures' 2003Freaky Fridayadaptation, the cult classic body-swap movieis finally getting a new installment, and much to fans' delight, original stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan will return as the mother/daughter duo, Tess and Anna Coleman. OtheroriginalFreaky Fridaycast membersare slated to return, including Harmon in a role that’s a big change of pace from Special Agent Gibbs.
…ultimately, theFreaky Fridaycharacter will help to rework the general perspective of the actor’s enmeshment with theNCISfranchise.
Harmon will reprise hisFreaky Fridayrole as Ryan Volvo, Tess' fiancé, who later becomes her husband and stepfather to the Coleman children.Harmon’s return forFreaky Fridaymeansthat the actor will likely be navigating light and fluffy family dramaover the more intense crime-handling sequences ofNCIS,in a refreshing reminder of his full breadth of talent. Aside from Ryan being Harmon’s first major role sinceNCIS, he’s also fiercely different from Gibbs, and ultimately, theFreaky Fridaycharacter will help to rework the general perspective of the actor’s enmeshment with theNCISfranchise.
Freaky Friday 2 Will Remind Everyone That Harmon’s Career Was Always More Than NCIS
Harmon Acted In Movies And TV Series Dating Back To 1973 Before NCIS
Even more than disrupting Harmon’s link to theNCISfranchise,the actor’sFreaky Fridayrole will remind audiences of the variety of film and TV characters he played before Gibbs. Harmon has acting credits dating back to 1973 when he featured in a single episode appearance in the sitcomOzzie’s Girlsas Mark Johnson. Consequently, he forged an extensive television career, from short roles in series such asLaverne & Shirley,The Love Boat, andThe West Wingto longer-term roles inSt. Elsewhereas Dr. Robert Caldwell,Reasonable Doubtas Detective Dicky Cobbs, andChicago Hopeas Dr. Jack McNeil.
Harmon wasn’t a stranger to film either and has appeared in or led the cast ofChasing Liberty,Summer School,Local Boys, andThe Last Supper,among others. His career spans across genres as well, showing that he’s just as adept at comedies or romances as he is at the military procedural format. Mark Harmon’s contribution toNCISwill always be iconic, that’s a given, but it’s important to remember thathis acting career is so much more than Supervisory Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
