The following is a list of characters from the CBS crime drama television series, CSI: NY . It follows New York criminalists (identified as "the Crime Scene Investigators") working for the New York Police Department (NYPD) as they use physical evidence to solve murders.
Actor | Character | Occupation | First Episode | Final Episode | Seasons | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||
Gary Sinise | Mac Taylor | Criminalistics Director NYPD Day Shift Supervisor Head CSI Detective 1st Grade | "Blink" 1 2 3 | "Today is Life" | Main | |||||||||
Melina Kanakaredes | Stella Bonasera | NYPD Day Shift Assistant Supervisor CSI Detective 1st Grade | "Blink" 1 | "Vacation Getaway" | Main | |||||||||
Carmine Giovinazzo | Danny Messer | NYPD Day Shift CSI Detective 2nd Grade | "Blink" 1 | "Today is Life" | Main | |||||||||
Vanessa Ferlito | Aiden Burn | NYPD Day Shift CSI Detective 3rd Grade | "Blink" 1 | "Heroes" | Main | |||||||||
Hill Harper | Dr. Sheldon Hawkes | Former New York County Medical Examiner/ NYPD CSI Detective 3rd Grade | "Blink" 1 | "Today is Life" | Main | |||||||||
Eddie Cahill | Don Flack | NYPD Day Shift Homicide Detective 1st Grade | "Blink" | "Today is Life" | Main | |||||||||
Anna Belknap | Lindsay Monroe Messer | NYPD Day Shift CSI Detective 3rd Grade | "Zoo York" | "Today is Life" | Main | |||||||||
Robert Joy | Dr. Sid Hammerback | New York County Chief Medical Examiner | "Dancing with the Fishes" | "Today is Life" | Recurring | Main | ||||||||
A. J. Buckley | Adam Ross | NYPD Day Shift CSI Lab Technician | "Bad Beat" | "Today is Life" | Recurring | Main | ||||||||
Sela Ward | Jo Danville | NYPD Day Shift Assistant Supervisor CSI Detective 1st Grade | "The 34th Floor" | "Today is Life" | Main |
1 ^ Character first introduced during CSI: Miami episode 2.23 "MIA/NYC NonStop".
2 ^ Also in CSI: Miami episode 4.07 "Felony Flight".
3 ^ Also in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode 13.13 "In Vino Veritas".
CSI: NY has cast a number of celebrity guest stars, [18] including:
In 2009, guest star Ed Asner received an Emmy nomination for his role in episode 5.22, "Yahrzeit". [21]
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural drama television series that ran from September 23, 2002 until April 8, 2012, on CBS. Featuring David Caruso as Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Emily Procter as Detective Calleigh Duquesne, and Adam Rodriguez as Detective Eric Delko, the series is the first direct spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, "transplanting the same template and trickery—gory crimes, procedural plot and dazzling graphics—into [a new city] while retaining the essence of the original idea".
CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004, to February 22, 2013, for a total of nine seasons and 197 original episodes. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators" as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths, as well as other crimes. The series is an indirect spin-off from the veteran series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and a direct spin-off from CSI: Miami, during an episode in which several of the CSI: NY characters made their first appearances. It is the third series in the CSI franchise.
Gilbert Arthur Grissom, Ph.D. is a fictional character portrayed by William Petersen on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and its sequel, CSI: Vegas. Grissom is a forensic entomologist and for the series' first nine seasons, a CSI Level III Supervisor employed by the Las Vegas Police Department. He appeared in 193 episodes of the original series, where he was succeeded by Raymond Langston and later D.B. Russell. Grissom returned in the sequel series, CSI: Vegas, in 2021.
Catherine Willows is a fictional character, portrayed by Marg Helgenberger, from the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and its sequel, CSI: Vegas. Helgenberger made her franchise debut in the first-season episode "Pilot". Helgenberger received several award nominations for her portrayal of Catherine, including two Primetime Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Award nominations.
Donald Flack Jr. is a fictional character on the CBS television series, CSI: NY. He is portrayed by Eddie Cahill.
Dr. Sid Hammerback is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: NY, portrayed by Robert Joy.
CSI is a media franchise of American television series created by Anthony E. Zuiker. The first three CSI series follow the work of forensic scientists as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious deaths, while the fourth series, CSI: Cyber, emphasizes behavioral psychology and how it can be applied to cyber forensics.
"MIA/NYC NonStop" is the twenty-third episode in the second season of the American crime drama CSI: Miami and also served as backdoor pilot for the spin-off CSI: NY. The episode aired on May 17, 2004 on CBS.
The first season of CSI: NY originally aired on CBS between September 2004 and May 2005. It consisted of 23 episodes. Its regular time slot was Wednesdays at 10pm/9c.
The second season of CSI: NY originally aired on CBS between September 2005 and May 2006. It consisted of 24 episodes. Its regular time slot continued on Wednesdays at 10pm/9c. The season introduced a new regular character, Lindsay Monroe, after regular Aiden Burn was fired. Vanessa Ferlito, who played Burn, wanted to leave the series to pursue her film career.
The third season of CSI: NY originally aired on CBS between September 2006 and May 2007. It consisted of 24 episodes. Its regular time slot continued on Wednesdays at 10pm/9c.
The fourth season of CSI: NY originally aired on CBS between September 2007 and May 2008. It consisted of 21 episodes, only 14 of which were completed before the Writer's Strike. Seven more episodes were made after the strike, and they began airing in April 2008. Its regular time slot continued on Wednesdays at 10pm/9c.
The fifth season of CSI: NY originally aired on CBS between September 2008 and May 2009. It consisted of 25 episodes. Its regular time slot continued on Wednesdays at 10pm/9c. The premiere, "Veritas", concluded the story from the previous season's cliffhanger finale, "Hostage".
The sixth season of CSI: NY originally aired on CBS between September 2009 and May 2010. It consisted of 23 episodes. Its regular time slot continued on Wednesdays at 10pm/9c. The premiere, "Epilogue", concluded the story from the previous season's cliffhanger finale, "Pay Up".
"CSI: Trilogy" is a three-part crossover of the American police procedural television franchise CSI that aired on CBS from November 9 to 12, 2009. The seventh episodes of the 2009–2010 season had continuing stories with Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Raymond Langston in all three. The episodes are the CSI: Miami episode "Bone Voyage" broadcast on November 9, the CSI: NY episode "Hammer Down" broadcast on November 11, and the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "The Lost Girls" broadcast on November 12. In the story, Raymond's search for a lost girl turns into a race as he discovers she is part of a black market human trafficking ring and has been forced to become a surrogate mother. As she travels from Miami to New York to Las Vegas, he works with the other CSIs to find her.
The seventh season of CSI: NY originally aired on CBS between September 2010 and May 2011. It consisted of 22 episodes. Its regular time slot moved to Fridays at 9pm/8c. The premiere, "The 34th Floor", concluded the story from the previous season's cliffhanger finale, "Vacation Getaway".
The thirteenth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit debuted on NBC on September 21, 2011, and concluded on May 23, 2012. With Law & Order: LA and Law & Order: Criminal Intent having ended in July 2011 and June 2011 respectively, this season of Law & Order: SVU was the first to be broadcast without any other running U.S. Law & Order series, a position the series has held until the nineteenth season, when Law & Order True Crime premiered.
The eighth season of CSI: NY originally aired on CBS between September 2011 and May 2012. It consisted of 18 episodes. Its regular time slot continued on Fridays at 9pm/8c.
The ninth and final season of CSI: NY originally aired on CBS between September 2012 and February 2013. It is the shortest season of CSI: NY, consisting of only 17 episodes. Its regular time slot on Fridays moved to 8pm/7c for the first two episodes, then back to 9pm/8c beginning with the third episode. On May 10, 2013, CBS canceled the show, making it the second series in the CSI franchise to end.
"Unspoken" is an episode of American crime drama CSI: NY. The episode aired on October 19, 2012 on CBS. The episode is unique because there isn't any dialogue within the first half of the episode, but there is a soundtrack from American punk rock band Green Day, consisting of songs from the group's ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré! album trilogy. The episode was well received by critics and was watched by 9.48 million viewers. The episode has a politician being shot, the shooter dumping the gun, children finding it and one of them dying. It also has Mac Taylor's struggles after his shooting in the previous season.