List of CSI: NY characters

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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.

Contents

Main characters

ActorCharacterOccupationFirst EpisodeFinal EpisodeSeasons
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"RecurringMain
A. J. Buckley Adam Ross NYPD Day Shift
CSI Lab Technician
"Bad Beat""Today is Life"RecurringMain
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".

Recurring characters

Crime lab

Technicians

  • Dr. Leonard Giles (played by J. Grant Albrecht in season 1) is a technician in the Toxicology lab. He is a former runner now paralyzed from the waist down.
  • Jane Parsons (played by Sonya Walger in seasons 1–2) is a technician in the DNA lab.
  • Chad Willingham (played by Chad Lindberg in season 1) is a technician in the Ballistics lab.
  • Zack Shannon (played by David Julian Hirsh in season 2) is a tech in the Trace lab.
  • Kendall Novak (played by Bess Wohl in season 4) is a technician in the Trace lab. She has a close relationship with Adam Ross.
  • Haylen Becall (played by Sarah Carter in season 6) is a crime scene cleanup contractor. Despite budget cuts resulting in a hiring freeze, she obtained a New York State Police grant to get her hired as a part-time entry-level lab technician. Adam Ross is afraid she might ultimately replace him. [1] The FBI does a background check on her and when she no longer appears, it is assumed that she was hired by them.

Medical examiners

  • Dr. Evan Zao (played by Ron Yuan in season 2) was supposed to replace Dr. Sheldon Hawkes as Medical Examiner after Hawkes took field work as a CSI, but only appears in the first four episodes of season two. He reveals that during his teenage years, he bussed tables at debutante functions (2.03 "Zoo York").
  • Dr. Marty Pino (played by Jonah Lotan in seasons 2 & 5) appears as a night shift Medical Examiner in season two. He is known for wearing a Giants football jersey under his scrubs. In season five, it is disclosed that Pino became heavily involved in gambling and ran up significant debts and Dr. Sid Hammerback was forced to fire him after Pino was caught forging overtime slips. In episode 5.18 "Point of No Return," Pino's wife, Anabel, is found shot dead. The investigation leads to a drug scheme that Pino was running by creating heroin from the organs of dead drug addicts. In a hostage stand-off, Pino eventually surrenders after being talked down by Hawkes and Sid and is arrested for drug trafficking. [2]
  • Dr. Peyton Driscoll (played by Claire Forlani in seasons 3–4 & 6) joins the team at the beginning of season three as a Medical Examiner originally from London and love interest for Mac. [3] Peyton was previously acquainted with Sheldon Hawkes when he was still in the ME's Office. She feels guilty in episode 3.07 "Murder Sings the Blues" when she accidentally lets it slip to Mac that Hawkes knew a murder victim, which results in Hawkes being reprimanded and kicked off the case. In episode 3.20 "What Schemes May Come," Peyton is assaulted at the morgue by two people who steal one of the bodies she is helping to transport. At the end of episode 3.24 "Snow Day" Peyton and Mac fly to London together to meet her family. She does not return and in season four sends Mac a "Dear John" letter. However, Peyton returns for a visit in episode 6.22 "Point of View". [4] Forlani was expected to return during season seven, however the departure of Melina Kanakaredes and the subsequent casting of Sela Ward changed the producers' intentions.

Police officers

Family and friends

Notable villains

Notable guest stars

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]

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