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, Lucas Black as Christopher LaSalle, Zoe McLellan as Meredith Brody and Vanessa Ferlito as Tammy Gregorio. Recurring actors, including Shanley Caswell as Laurel Pride, Rocky Carroll as Leon Vance, and Derek Webster as Raymond Isler, appear intermittently.

Overview

Main characters

Dwayne Cassius Pride

Dwayne Cassius "King" Pride is a New Orleans native and former Jefferson Parish deputy sheriff who runs the NCIS Resident Agency in New Orleans.
Pride 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 Carnaval de la Mort", it is revealed that Pride's father, Cassius, 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 oldest adopted son and assistant Danny's college, Laurel's college, a place for his father, as well as buying a fixer-upper bar, TruTone. On the 100th episode, Dwayne reveals he has a half-brother named Jimmy Boyd by his father. Pride has the second highest arrest record in the history of Jefferson Parish's Sheriffs Office.
Pride joined the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in 1989,
2 years before NCIS's Leroy Jethro Gibbs; both were part of a group of NIS agents known as the "Fed Five" who gained fame for apprehending Spencer Hanlon, A.K.A. "The Privileged Killer". Pride went on to have an illustrious career that took him around the world, including Russia and South Africa, culminating in his return to Louisiana to head up NCIS operations at the United States Marine Corps Support Facility in Algiers, New Orleans before NCIS opened a proper NCIS Resident Agency in New Orleans.
In season 5, S.S.A. Pride, still recovering from gunshot wounds sustained in "Checkmate", accepts a promotion to Special Agent-in-Charge of the NCIS Southeast Field Office, which has an area of responsibility that spans across the states of Georgia and Florida down to the Caribbean and into Central and South America. In "Judgement Call", Pride takes a voluntary demotion, returning to command the New Orleans office in the aftermath of S.S.A. Hannah Khoury's demotion.

Christopher LaSalle

Christopher LaSalle was a
senior NCIS Special Agent. Born in Alabama in 1982, LaSalle was originally a detective with the New Orleans Police Department's Fifth District during Hurricane Katrina and then spent seven years on the NOPD vice squad. He attended the University of Alabama, graduating magna cum laude with a 3.7 GPA. While in college, he worked as the university mascot Big Al. LaSalle lives in the French Quarter. He has two siblings: Cade, who has bipolar disorder, and unnamed sister. He has received multiple commendations for his work at the New Orleans children's hospital. During the first season, he begins a romantic relationship with his high school sweetheart, Savannah, though she is later murdered.
In "Ties That Bind", LaSalle’s father, Beau, died; he made Chris—with whom he had an estranged relationship—executor of his estate and his successor at LaSalle Enterprises.
In the season six episode, "Matthew 5:9", LaSalle was killed after being shot in the abdomen and succumbing to his wounds in the hospital.

Meredith Brody

Meredith Brody is a senior 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. Brody was the youngest Special Agent in the history of NCIS Midwest. During the second season, Brody is alerted to the real circumstances behind her sister's death, and working with Sebastian, she arrests the killer. At the end of season two, Brody begins a relationship with a Homeland Security Agent named Russo, who is revealed to be corrupt. Though Brody kills Russo, she resigns from NCIS after beginning to doubt her own abilities. Her resignation leads to an FBI investigation into the team, who are later cleared of all corruption charges at the behest of her replacement, Gregorio.

Sebastian Lund

Sebastian Lund is originally a Jefferson Parish forensic specialist, and Dr. Wade's lab assistant, though he later attends FLETC and joins Pride's team as a Forensics Agent. Sebastian is a hardened conspiracy theorist, and is somewhat socially awkward. In season one, it is revealed that he is in a relationship with a woman named Melissa. Also in Season one, Lund reveals that one of his accomplishments is "beating Super Mario Bros. 2 in 8 1/2 minutes", a time two seconds ahead of the world record at the time. 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. In season three, he becomes the fifth member of Pride's team after graduating from FLETC. Pride, similarly, contacted Director Vance to note how worried he was about Sebastian's abilities in the field, but also added that he believed he deserved a chance to prove himself. Over time, Sebastian has shown he is capable of handling himself in the field, looking to Tim McGee as a role model due to their similar backgrounds. He is often regularly partnered up with Gregorio, both being the newest members of the team and supported each other in firefights.

Loretta Wade

Loretta Wade is the Coroner 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 during her tenure at NCIS. In season three, Loretta is hurt by Sebastian's decision to leave the coroner's office, though she later comes to accept his decision.
In "Second Line", it is mentioned that Loretta has more than once been asked to join the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office or even run for the position of Orleans Parish Coroner.

Sonja Percy

Sonja Percy is a NCIS Special Agent and former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 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. In season three, it is revealed that LaSalle was initially unsure of Percy's addition to the team; similarly, Percy is hesitant of Gregorio's arrival, though they come to respect each other. During season two, Percy and LaSalle begin a flirtation, and Gregorio initially believes they are in a relationship.
In episode 19 of season 4, Percy resigns from NCIS to accept a position at the FBI.

Patton Plame

Patton Plame, nicknamed "Triple P", is an NCIS investigative computer specialist. According to Brody, he was previously employed by United States Cyber Command. LaSalle refers to Plame as a "hacker" despite Patton insisting that he is an investigative computer specialist who is "too legit to quit". Plame is skilled in computer programming, cryptography, security hacking, and is paraplegic. He has been married and divorced three times. He gave himself the nickname "Double P" in the early part of Season 1, much to Sebastian's dismay, who rejects the idea that a person can award themselves their own character nickname. However, in the Season 1 episode "Careful What You Wish For", Patton announces to Sebastian that he has upped his nickname to "Triple P", with the third "P" standing for "Perfection". He then asks Pride and LaSalle if he added a third "P" to his name, what would they like it to stand for, "Passionate" or "Playful"? They never answer.

Tammy Gregorio

Tamara "Tammy" Gregorio 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. After she was dismissed from the FBI, Gregorio officially joins NCIS and is now on Pride's team; with her former boss - Deputy Director Isler - lobbying for her approval.
Gregorio's ex-husband Ethan McKinley disappeared after embezzling $80 million in Katrina relief funds. However, in season 3 episode "Overdrive", it was revealed that she had a relationship with Assistant U.S. Attorney Hannah Lee, making her the first main LGBT character in the franchise. When her ex-husband returns in episode 18, "Slay the Dragon", she tells him that she is a lesbian.
In season 3 episode 14 "Pandora's Box " Gregorio reveals that she is a lawyer by profession, and joined the FBI after graduating from law school.

Hannah Khoury

Hannah Khoury is a former NCIS Senior Field Agent. After Pride is promoted to Special Agent in Charge, she transfers to the New Orleans field office as a Supervisory Special Agent to replace him as the team's direct supervisor. Hannah is separated from her husband, Ryan; the two have a daughter, Naomi, who is 10 years old in season 5.
In "Judgement Day", Hannah is removed from command of the New Orleans office after a joint operation with the FBI goes sideways, although Pride arranges for her to retain her rank and remain in New Orleans under his command,. She considers resigning in protest, but her daughter's desire for her to remain in New Orleans convinces her to stay. In the event Pride is unavailable, Hannah becomes the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the NCIS: New Orleans team and is also Pride's second-in-command.
In “Stashed” Carter and Hannah spent quite a bit of the episode flirting with each other.
In “Once Upon a Time” it is revealed Hannah and Carter hooked up