Austin Stowell
Austin Stowell will be stepping into the shoes of Leroy Jethro Gibbs in 1991. The actor is most known for Secret Life of the American Teenager and, most recently, Peacock’s A Friend of the Family. Other credits include Public Morals, Three Women, Bridge of Spies, Whiplash, Swallow, and The Hating Game.
Mariel Molino
Mariel Molino will play a new character in the franchise, Special Agent Lala Dominguez. According to Deadline, she is “a former Marine who navigates her 1990s male-dominated field with a steely resolve and a dark sense of humor. When a tormented Leroy Jethro Gibbs joins her team, the ensuing story between these two enigmatic outsiders is filled with sparks and turns that will keep the audience guessing.”
Molino is most known for The Watchful Eye, Promised Land, The Shade, and Dead Man’s Switch, as well as Spanish-language projects Papis Muy Padres, El Juego De Las Llaves, and Narcos: Mexico.
Kyle Schmid
Kyle Schmid also has some big shoes to fill. Taking over the role from Muse Watson, the actor will play Special Agent Michael “Mike” Franks. Via Entertainment Weekly, Franks is described as “a true born-and-raised Texan with a strong mustache and an even stronger will.”
Schmid, who is expecting a baby with wife Caity Lotz, is best known for Six, Copper, Being Human, Accused, CSI: Cyber, Death Row, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Pacifier, and more.
Tyla Abercrumbie
Tyla Abercrumbie will also be playing a new role in the franchise, Field Operation Support Officer Mary Jo. According to Deadline, she is “both a product of her time and the lifeblood of the Camp Pendleton office. With all the acronyms floating around the agency, this mama bear has wryly dubbed herself “HSIC”: Head Secretary in Charge. If you want to know where the bodies are buried, Mary Jo’s the one to ask.”
Abercrumbie is most known for The Chi, which just returned for Season 6. Other credits include Utopia, Proven Innocent, We Grown Now, The Big Leap, The Mob Doctor, The Porter, and more.
Diany Rodriguez
After it was reported that Vera Strickland would be making a return to the NCIS franchise, rumors were proven to be true when Diany Rodriguez was cast as the special agent. Taking over for Roma Maffia, Rodriguez’s portrayal will see “a no-nonsense, sharp-witted Brooklynite who’s tough as nails and never minces words. She’s spent her entire career being underestimated by misogynistic morons (as she calls them), but if it’s a fight those good ol’ boys are looking for, then it’s a fight they’re going to get.”
Rodriguez is most known for The Blacklist, The Outsider, and Ray Donovan. Other credits include Twisted Metal, Thirty Candles, The In Between, California Dreaming, The Suicide Squad, The Purge, Manifest, and more.
Daniel Bellomy
Daniel Bellomy will be recurring as a new character, Special Agent Granville “Granny” Dawson, “a young probationary agent, who’s cutting his teeth as the Evidence Custodian’s assistant, all the while itching to work his way up the ranks to field agent,” according to Deadline.
He is most known for Power Book II: Ghost, Blue Bloods, Suits, and A Matter of Time. Other credits include FBI: International, The Crew Has It, The Good Fight, Paint, Outcast, The Deuce, and more.
Caleb Martin Foote
Caleb Martin Foote will also be recurring as a new character, Special Agent Benjamin “Randy” Randolf. He is “the agency’s all too lovable golden boy. He’s been tasked with showing the newly minted Agent Gibbs the ropes, so thankfully, this father of young twins is practiced in patience,” according to Deadline.
Foote is most known for Made for Love, The Kids Are Alright, American Horror Story, and American Crime Story. Other credits include A Locker Room Nightmare, Riptide, and Present Day, among others.
Robert Taylor
Longmire star Robert Taylor will be recurring as Gibbs’ father, Jackson Gibbs, originally played by the late Ralph Waite. Taylor is also known for Bones, Days of Our Lives, Kickin’ It, All My Children, Murder, She Wrote, Silver City, and The Pursuit of Happiness, among others.
Patrick Fischler
American Fiction star Patrick Fischler will be recurring as new character NCIS Special Agent in Charge Cliff Walker. He “oversees the fledgling NIS Pendleton Office. Constantly seeing his little-known agency pushed aside by bigger fish, Walker puts his career on the line to earn NIS Pendleton the respect it deserves,” according to Deadline.
Fischler can also be seen in Mad Men, Happy!, Mulholland Drive, Lost: The Story of the Oceanic 6, The Mill, The Lincoln Lawyer, Barry, Night Shift, Once Upon a Time, and more.
Julian Black Antelope
Last but certainly not least, Julian Black Antelope will be recurring as Chief Medical Examiner Kai Blackrock. He “is at the top of his game, working out of the busy San Diego County M.E.’s Office. Though he appears unflappable, Blackrock’s complicated ties to NIS force him to face his own vulnerabilities,” according to Deadline.
Antelope can be seen in Prey, the upcoming Hulu series Washington Black, Debris, Hold the Dark, Tribal, Joe Pickett, Thunderbird, Don’t Say Its Name, The Flash, and more.