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8	!!NCIS Agents
9	[[folder: Callen]]
10	!!G[[spoiler:risha]] Callen
11	->'''Played by''': Creator/ChrisODonnell
12	[[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/g_callen_58.jpg]]
13	[[caption-width-right:239:"Is this an interrogation or a date?"]]
14	%%* ActionGenreHeroGuy
15	* BrokenPedestal: Is a bit upset with Hetty when he finds out he's just one of many agents she's recruited and trained from broken homes. He seems to forgive her though.
16	* ButNotTooForeign: Son of an [[spoiler:ex-Russian Army officer imprisoned in a gulag camp in Siberia]] and a Romanian-American mother.
17	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: An early element of Callen's character in the series is his training and life as a spy. Hetty's efforts to make him into what he was produced a lot of angst trying to unite his life as an NCIS agent and his double-lives as numerous personas. This is especially prevalent in his BackdoorPilot appearance in the [[{{Series/NCIS}} parent series]], with it being a major focus of his character arc. As the series progressed, however, much of this was handled or faded away, and once all of his double life personas were abandoned, he focused entirely on his agent work and MysteriousPast instead.
18	* CombatPragmatist: As a contrast to his partner's more typical fighting style.
19	* DeadpanSnarker: To give just one example, Callen and Hetty are in a graveyard remembering the dead. Hetty remarks she wants to just be gone: no flowers on the grave, etc. Callen says it won't happen, because he hears Granger's going to have her stuffed.
20	* FamilyExtermination: The Comescu crime family wiped out his entire family as retribution for his OSS agent father assassinating the Comescu patriarch due to his Axis sympathies. It traumatized him so much that he had the memory of his mother assassinated in front of him as a child suppressed for a long time even before he joined NCIS.
21	* FeudingFamilies: The almost 70 year old feud between Callen's family and the Comescu family is the reason [[FamilyExtermination why he is an orphan]].
22	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sam.
23	* HonoraryUncle: Sam's son Aiden calls him "Uncle G" in [=S7E11=], "Cancel Christmas".
24	* InSeriesNickname: He is known as "the Ghost" among JAG, an agent who can slip into almost any disguise but no one knows his actual identity, the only thing known about him being his last name "Callen." One corrupt JAG lawyer tries to use Kensi as a hostage to lure him out and he gets shot for his troubles.
25	* LastNameBasis: At one point, Callen asks Hetty why she never calls him by his first name (though she usually calls most of the other agents by their last names, too). She responds, "It's not a name. It's a letter."
26	* LastOfHisKind: Callen is apparently the only living member of his family, which a certain Eastern European crime family has been [[FamilyExtermination hellbent on wiping out]].
27	* MadeOfIron: Downplayed. The series starts off with him recovering from the BackdoorPilot where he was filled at close-range with lead from a drive-by, and all he gets after a few months of recovery is scars for his troubles with no permanent damage. He's still very human, but his spy training and HeroicWillpower keep him trucking through seemingly-impossible odds, albeit only to a limited degree before even he hits his limits.
28	* MarriedToTheJob: Callen. It worries Hetty a lot.
29	* MysteriousPast: Hell, he doesn't even know his own first name.
30	** It's finally revealed to be [[spoiler:Grisha]] in [=S7E16=], "Matryoshka, Part 2".
31	* NoNameGiven: See MysteriousPast for more details.
32	* {{Omniglot}}: G can speak English, Arabic, French, German (Which some people says has an Austrian accent), Italian (With a Northern accent), Polish, Russian and Spanish. He says that he can speak Czech and Romanian. In "Allegiance", he can speak Turkish. But Sam chews him out for not speaking the right words. G retorts that he ''intended'' to call Deeks a scruffy rodent.
33	* OneLetterName: Due to the paperwork with his full name on it getting lost by the foster system.
34	* OrphansOrdeal: His time in foster care was rather rough.
35	* ParentalAbandonment: His father is a question mark, and [[spoiler:his mother was killed by the Comescus. As of Season 7, he's met his DisappearedDad, though]].
36	* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Callen witnessed his mother's murder but suppressed the memory most of his life.
37	* YouAreInCommandNow: Temporarily after Mosley and Hetty both go missing for [[PutOnABus their own reasons]]. While Deputy Director Ochoa is in place to work them officially, Callen is the one that has to call the team's shots in the meanwhile.
38	[[/folder]]
39
40	[[folder: Sam Hanna]]
41	!!Sam Hanna
42	->'''Played by''': Music/LLCoolJ
43	[[quoteright:229:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sam_hanna_4227.jpg]]
44	[[caption-width-right:229:"Yeah, I see where you're going with this. Popeye ate spinach, Popeye was a sailor, so... we're looking for a crew member with giant forearms, smoking a pipe."]]
45	* BigBrotherInstinct: According to Nate, it's his biggest weakness: trying to protect everyone.
46	* CulturedBadass: Among other things, he's a trained sommelier and regularly visits a cobbler to have his shoes repaired.
47	* CunningLinguist: If there's a foreign language the team needs, Sam probably knows at least a bit of it.
48	* DemolitionsExpert: You need a bomb defused, Hanna is your agent. The man knows virtually every type of bomb there is, and if a professional bomb squad can't get to the area in time, he's the one that has to handle it. If he can't handle a bomb, ''that'' is the OhCrap moment for the team.
49	* FamedInStory: He's a legend in the SEAL community. One of his brethren even says that he's "who [=SEALs=] want to be when they grow up".
50	* FanBoy: keeps the complete run of ComicBook/SilverSurfer comics in a national security-grade safe, and is a big fan of ComicBook/BlackPanther.
51	-->"Not just 'cause he was a brother who was richer than [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]. T'Challa was a leader, he was a president, he was a superhero all at the same time. He was all about justice."
52	* GeniusBruiser: A former Navy SEAL and all around ScaryBlackMan. As previously mentioned he speaks three additional languages fluently and can handle himself in Farsi, and he has extensively studied sharia law and Literature/TheQuran. (He was also a Junior Math Olympian as a child.) {{Justified\|Trope}}: They don't let DumbMuscle into the [=SEALs=].
53	* HappilyMarried: Although it isn't brought up much, to the point where Kensi and Deeks were very surprised when he offhandedly brought it up while interrogating a suspect. Callen knew about them, though. Sadly, Michelle's death has ended this.
54	* HeroOfAnotherStory: His time with the [=SEALs=] in various theaters from the Balkans to the Middle East.
55	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Callen ever since they worked in OSP for years.
56	* {{Irony}}: In the Season 11 episode "A Bloody Brilliant Plan", which has the team working with two British former criminals, Deeks [[RhymesOnADime starts speaking in rhyme]] at one point while trying to figure what one former crook's usage of the name "Jack Jones" means in British slang, prompting the other former crook to tell him while rhyming as well. Irritated, Sam tells the two "Enough with the rhyming, alright? I hate rhyming". This coming from ''LL Cool J'' of all people.
57	* ItsPersonal: In cases involving [=SEALs=]. And his wife's death. And that one case where a girl is BuriedAlive, as it brings back some ''very'' bad memories for him.
58	* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Sam dabbles in threatening people with this. For obscure reasons, despite this being caught on camera, the confession that results is never questioned.
59	* LimitedWardrobe: His [[http://ncis.thetshirtpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/rss-poster/cache/db7c8_ll-as-sam-hanna_333x500.jpg outfit of choice]] seems to be long-sleeved, four-button Henley shirts in assorted solid colors.
60	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: For Callen. It's said that "his partnership is the only stable thing in his partner's life."
61	%%* TheLancer
62	* {{Omniglot}}: Sam speaks native English with Arabic, Japanese and Spanish. He's familiar with Farsi, but he didn't speak the language for a long time. In "Allegiance", he can speak Korean. But G chews him out for not speaking the right words.
63	* PapaWolf: When his son's MilitarySchool gets taken over by terrorists, he leads the charge to take them out.
64	* ParentalAbandonment: At least to his kids. The only thing Sam doesn't like is that extended hours makes him miss out on his kids' lives like school graduation.
65	* ScaryBlackMan: He uses his height and musculature to intimidate when he's working or using an alias, and even with his coworkers, he carries a strong aura of "Do '''NOT''' mess with me."
66	* StoutStrength: He's not actually obese, but he's definitely not skinny. He is, however, a LightningBruiser in hand-to-hand combat.
67	[[/folder]]
68
69	[[folder: Kensi Blye]]
70	!!Kensi Blye
71	->'''Played by''': Creator/DanielaRuah
72	[[quoteright:212:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kensi_blye_8974.bmp]]
73	[[caption-width-right:212:"Anybody want to put a leash on him before we go another round right here?"]]
74	* ActionGirl: She's an experienced OSP agent who can stand on her own during fights.
75	%%* TheBigGuy
76	%%* ClearMyName
77	* ChildLikeVoice: Her voice sounds really adorable, youthful and soft.
78	* DisappearedDad: He was murdered and his case was a cold case for years until it was solved in Season 3 episode "Blye, K Part 2".
79	* EyeScream: To a degree. Kensi - and, of course, the actress - has an unusual birthmark ''on the white of one of her eyes'' which gives her a distinctive look (but otherwise has no effect on her vision). Viewers who might not be aware of this unusual trait might think that Kensi, or the actress, has some sort of eye injury or a ''completely dark eyeball'' depending on the lighting and camera angle. In reality, of course, neither is the case.
80	* FairCop: She's an attractive Field Agent in the NCIS.
81	* FemmeFatale: Only becomes this during missions to lure suspects/criminals.
82	* FriendlySniper: She enjoys the usual camaraderie with her colleagues, has an "are they or aren't they" relationship with another agent, and often takes part in the show's humor. And the in the next scene she is cold-bloodedly sniping bad guys to death. She doesn't fit the "loner" aspect of the trope, but otherwise... shudder.
83	* GoodIsNotSoft: A kind-hearted character, the subject of a longstanding ship pairing... with one of the highest body counts of any female character in network TV history. See also Friendly Sniper, above.
84	* {{Ladette}}: Views of her home are basically that of a bachelor pad.
85	* LightFeminineDarkFeminine: {{Downplayed}}. Dark to Nell's Light. [[spoiler: After Nell's departure, she herself ends up being the Light to Joelle's Dark.]]
86	* LovelyAngels: After Fatima joins the team, they both become this.
87	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Serves as this to Deeks as she is much more physically aggressive in a fight and is brusquer.
88	* MilitaryBrat: Was born on U.S. Marine Corps family and was raised in military camps.
89	* MsFanservice: Perhaps the inevitable result of being the only female regular under the age of 40 (until Nell came along, but Nell's not that sort of character), although she's fairly mild compared with some - but a lot stronger than Ziva David.
90	* {{Omniglot}}: She can speak English with Portuguese and Spanish. (In real life, Daniela can speak the last two languages fluently aside from English, which doubles as a TheCastShowoff). In "The Dragon and the Fairy", she displays her proficiency in French.
91	* PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite her stature, she is a WaifFu who takes down and beats up men bigger and muscular than her.
92	* ProperlyParanoid: In "This Is What We Do", she gets antsy around Asakeem after he's used to draw out armed Islamists in LA. When she sees him trying to walk on the beach, she takes her sidearm out. [[BaitAndSwitch Turns out that Asakeem is trying to pray to the direction of Mecca, as a requirement for all practicing Muslims.]]
93	* RedOniBlueOni: Blue Oni to Deeks' Red.
94	* SemperFi: she's a Marine brat.
95	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Nell's GirlyGirl.
96	** TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: But she does enjoy [[SheCleansUpNicely getting dressed up]] every now and then.
97	* {{Tsundere}}: [[UnresolvedSexualTension And then some.]] Usually it's not too pronounced, but if Deeks flirts with her whether knowingly or unwittingly, she tends to fire back and hard. She softens up later on, however.
98	* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Deeks for the first five seasons.
99	* UseYourHead: Does this to Talia during their fight.
100	* VitriolicBestBuds: When they're not flirting her and Deeks are usually sniping at each other for the first few seasons
101	* WrenchWench: She was an only child, so her father taught her everything he'd teach a son, including things like fixing a car and wiring a house.
102	* YouKilledMyFather: She goes after one of her father's colleagues in the Marines for getting him killed.
103	[[/folder]]
104
105	[[folder: Doc Getz]]
106	!!Nate "Doc" Getz
107	->'''Played by''': Creator/PeterCambor
108	[[quoteright:208:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nate_getz_4759.jpg]]
109	[[caption-width-right:208:"The million dollar question is do you know what you're doing?"]]
110	* ADayInTheLimelight: One episode has him contemplating becoming an agent and teaming up with Kensi temporarily.
111	* HiddenDepths: Plays the harmonica.
112	* TheProfiler: Nate does by providing exposition on suspects OSP investigates.
113	* PutOnABus: At the start of season 2.
114	** CommutingOnABus: Has returned several times from season 2 to 8, and 13. He also returned in the last episode, helping Nell in Morocco.
115	* TookALevelInBadass: In season two, Nate goes away for an episode or two, comes back, and picked up the ability to shoot. He's become a deep-cover agent in an ongoing terrorist investigation, then a sleeper agent in Egypt.
116	** NonActionGuy: He used to be--his desire to carry a gun and end up in the field were mostly PlayedForLaughs. Then he took the aforementioned level of badass.
117	[[/folder]]
118
119	[[folder: Marty Deeks]]
120	!!Marty Deeks
121	->'''Played by''': Creator/EricChristianOlsen
122	[[quoteright:221:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marty_deeks_3138.jpg]]
123	[[caption-width-right:221:"I was attacked by a hell hound."]]
124	* AbusiveParents: His dad tried to shoot him at least twice. Or maybe once. The show is a little unclear about it.
125	* AfraidOfNeedles: He faints when Hetty gives him a shot in 3x21.
126	** Played more seriously in 5x1, after surviving [[TheToothHurts torture via dentist drill]] and being taken to surgery, he sees a syringe and stares at it visibly terrified.
127	* AllTakeAndNoGive: Despite his ButtMonkey tendencies, he would probably be this wasn't it for casual hints from the team that they do care... which become increasingly less casual.
128	* AscendedExtra: Got promoted from recurring character to principal cast in season 2.
129	* BadassNormal: Just starting the series out, he was an undercover LAPD officer so he had none of the more advanced training that the proper NCIS team had. That didn't keep him from staying on par with the team when he wasn't [[ButtMonkey comedic relief]], and he even ends up fighting overseas on their military ops ''long'' before he [[spoiler:became a full-time NCIS agent.]]
130	* BerserkButton: A dirty cop once mocked a woman Deeks had a relationship with; a fellow cop that the dirty one had framed for his activities after she'd been killed by a crimelord. Deeks pulled his gun on the man, and after surrendering it to Sam, proceeded to beat the hell out of him with his bare hands.
131	* BewareTheSillyOnes: Deeks uses his jokes to throw people off guard and get them to trust him. But when angered he can quickly turn deadly such as [[spoiler:attacking a cop who made fun of his recently dead partner]] and [[spoiler:torturning a blind cleric when Kensi is kidnapped.]]
132	* BlitheSpirit: He is a funny, free-spirited guy with [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Manic Pixie Dream Boy]] tendencies. It's amplified even more when he meets Kensi.
133	* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: GenderInverted with Kensi being the brooding and angsty one while Deeks is the gentle and cheerful one who cheers her up.
134	* ButtMonkey: As the newest on the team, G, Sam and his partner Kensi all tend to pick on him, though he tends to either shrug it off or play it up. In one or two tense episodes, it's implied he sets himself up for teasing to lighten the mood.
135	* TheCharmer: Deeks is a trained undercover detective. He uses charm to get into places and get people to trust him so he can further get into the group.
136	* ChivalrousPervert: For variable levels of chivalry and perversion. He also uses it to diffuse tension in certain situations.
137	%%* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
138	* DeadpanSnarker: He often has a sarcastic joke to work in any situation. You can bet that it pisses people off consistently, ''especially'' those he snarks at when he wants to be antagonistic.
139	%%* DisappearedDad
140	* DistressedDude: After being shot twice, kidnapped, used as bait, beat up on numerous occasions, and being involved in more explosions, the only person who MIGHT rival him is Callen, and that's only because [[spoiler:he's the last surviving member of a family that's been feuding with another for decades and everybody wants to kill him.]]
141	* DramaQueen: He is always freaking out in the worst times. Normally used for comical relief.
142	* DudeWheresMyRespect: Up until Descent/Ascention Sam never trusted Deeks. But after [[spoiler: Deeks is tortured and protects Michelle]] Sam grows to respect the detective.
143	* FrameUp: He gets accused of killing a former partner of his, Detective Boyle, which is really mostly a ploy to hunt for the stolen goods the DirtyCop had hidden away and that Deeks presumably knew the location of. Deeks not only doesn't know where they are, [[spoiler:[[RightForTheWrongReasons but he did kill Boyle, albeit in defending Tiffany.]] Not to mention the goods were in the garage of Boyle's own partner in crime, who was accusing Deeks in the first place, the entire time under his nose, meaning the whole series of events were AllForNothing.]]
144	* FriendToAllChildren: Seems to have a knack for bringing kids out of their shells.
145	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Has blonde hair and is an overall good person.
146	* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Seems to be falling into this after being brutally tortured during the season 4 finale.]]
147	* HiddenDepths: Grew up playing the violin, and seems to be able to sing as well. Also, was a public defender before he became a cop. He also worked in Robbery for two years before becoming a Detective.
148	* {{Keet}}: He is really hyper-active and happy-go-lucky.
149	* {{Manchild}}: Deeks often speaks of watching cartoons and reading comics along with over-the-top whining. Though how much of this is real and how much is a front we don't know.
150	* [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Manic Pixie Dream Guy]]: A rare male example of this trope.
151	* MissingMom: Up until season 7 his Mom was a mystery. In Personal we learn that she [[spoiler: isn't put down as his next of kin prompting Hetty to be]] and yet in Citadel we meet her and they act like they have always been together. This has yet to be explained.
152	* NewMeat: As of Season 12, [[spoiler: he is now a full-time NCIS agent, thanks to Hetty's efforts to get him admitted to FLETC training despite being too old. He had previously lost both his job with the LAPD and his position as liaison to Hetty's team.]]
153	* NiceGuy: As a starter, every Christmas Eve he volunteers at a soup kitchen. He's TheHeart of the team for a reason, and so long as someone isn't out to kill him, he's personable to a ''ridiculous'' degree; even getting locked in a cell with half a dozen inmates being told he's undercover has him understanding their stories and getting to know them rather than being thrashed like a jealous ex-partner of his hoped.
154	** When he's arrested as a FrameUp for murdering a former partner of his, people assume some money he's paying per month to a prostitute is of course the usual sort of thing. He's actually supporting and hiding her for her own safety with the strong belief that she didn't kill who she was accused of murdering, even if it's at risk to his own status.
155	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Deeks often pretends to be stupid or mishears things for comedic effect but really he's quite smart having both passed the bar and on cases he often can see things the others can't.
156	* OvershadowedByAwesome: If this show had been about the L.A.P.D., Deeks would have been TheHero. Next to G, Sam, and Kensi, however, he's not.
157	* PhraseCatcher: "Shut up, Deeks," when his DeadpanSnarker habits get out of hand.
158	* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Kensi's Blue.
159	* SadClown: In "Game of Drones", he tells Kensi why he jokes on the job:
160	-->'''Deeks:''' Because if I don't joke, this job is too sad for me to keep doing it.
161	%%* ShipTease: With Kensi.
162	* SixthRanger [[spoiler: After Dom is killed]]
163	* StandardCopBackstory : He shot his father when he was 11. The last time Deeks saw him, his father tried to shoot him with a shotgun on Thanksgiving.
164	* UndercoverCopReveal: The team first met him when he was at an MMA gym, posing as a fighter named Jason Wyler. Hetty revealed the truth halfway through.
165	* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Kensi, for the first five seasons.
166	* VitriolicBestBuds: When they're not flirting him and Kensi are usually sniping at each other for the first few seasons
167	* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Paid his way through law school and the Police Academy by stripping.
168	[[/folder]]
169
170	[[folder: Devin Roundtree]]
171	!!Devin Roundtree
172	->'''Played by''': Creator/CalebCastille
173	----
174	* NewMeat: As of Season 11, he's moved to NCIS's LA branch due to his last bad case with the FBI. [[spoiler: Between Seasons 11 and 12, he went through FLETEC training and is now a full time NCIS agent.]]
175	* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: A RunningGag is him not getting references to anything from musicals to well-known action movies.
176	[[/folder]]
177
178	!!NCIS Support Personnel
179	[[folder: John Rogers]]
180	!!John Rogers
181	->'''Played by''': Creator/PeterJacobson
182	A Special Prosecutor sent to assess the OSP team in the wake of the events in the 9th season.
183	----
184	* FireForgedFriends: With the team. He starts out with a seemingly hostile investigation (to which the team responds by being as uncooperative as possible), but it's understandable given the epic cock-up that he's investigating. Once the team is cleared, his working relationship with them greatly improves.
185	* HiddenDepths: In season 10's "Heist", after riding the team's ass all episode long, [[spoiler:he spends the last scene off-screen gaming on ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' with Beale, with Nell even saying the prosecutor ''carries his own gaming console around''.]]
186	[[/folder]]
187
188	[[folder: Louis Ochoa]]
189	!!Louis Ochoa
190	->'''Played by''': Creator/EsaiMorales
191	The NCIS Deputy Director who oversees the OSP after Mosely's departure.
192	----
193	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He knows how much leeway to give the team in order to get things done, and he genuinely admires them for their successes.
194	[[/folder]]
195
196	[[folder: Fatima Namazi]]
197	!!Fatima Namazi
198	->'''played by''': Creator/MedalionRahimi
199	A Special Agent brought in to support the OSP team. Prior to joining, she used to be a TV actress as revealed in "A Fait Accompli".
200	----
201	* ActionGirl: Fatima, like Nell, can defend herself and serves as backup to the LA team.
202	* AllThereInTheManual: The episode "A Fait Accompli" gives more background to her pre-NCIS career.
203	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: She's seen in a boxing match while in headgear wearing a hijab.
204	* {{Expy}}: The female version of [=DiNozzo=]. She tends to spout out pop culture references, especially to Roundtree.
205	* TokenMinority: An Iranian-American woman in the OSP team who happens to be a Muslim.
206	[[/folder]]
207
208	[[folder: Hollace Kilbride]]
209	!!Hollace Kilbride
210	->'''Played by''': Creator/GeraldMcRaney
211	Ex-US Navy Admiral and DOD official who's brought in to help command NCIS agents in LA when Hetty wasn't around.
212	----
213	* ADayInTheLimelight: The final moments of "Divided We Fall" shows that he knew the deceased agent who turned traitor.
214	* DarkSecret: In a three-part cross-over story with the original series and Hawaii, it is revealed that Kilbride was involved in the Simon Williams program, a CIA-sanctioned assassination program that was run during the 1980s and went rogue from the 1990s onward.
215	* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Gerald [=McRaney=] gets added to the main cast in Season 13.
216	* RealMenWearPink: Gruff, tough-as-nails, no-nonsense, likes ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}''.
217	* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: He once threatened to boil anyone that sent him an emoji.
218	* TheVietnamVet: Dialogue from "Subject 17" indicates that he fought in South Vietnam.
219	* YouAreInCommandNow: Takes charge of the Old Spanish Mission when Hetty's not around.
220	* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Relays orders from the OSM's command room.
221	[[/folder]]
222
223	!!LAPD
224	[[folder: Ellen Whiting]]
225	!!Ellen Whiting
226	->'''Played by''': Creator/KarinaLogue
227	----
228	* ActionGirl: Whiting's a plainclothes LAPD officer and gets her fair share of trouble with the NCIS team.
229	* ClingyJealousGirl: Implied when Deeks and Kensi end up in a relationship. Of course, Whiting prefers to just trying to ruin Deeks' life rather than attempting to get back together.
230	* InternalAffairs: Her main job in the LAPD.
231	* InspectorJavert: She'd like nothing more than a personal excuse to throw Deeks behind bars and throw away the key, and personally guns for managing his arrests whenever someone attempts a FrameUp on him or other such situations.
232	* JerkassToOne: She's an ex-partner and implied ex-girlfriend of Deeks, so you can bet that if she's involved in an episode, she's going to be the one giving him hell. Of course, once he and Kensi end up in a relationship, this expands into two.
233	* WorkingWithTheEx: On the rare occasion that she's forced to realize Deeks isn't as fault and can't really give him hell, she'll cooperate. Begrudgingly.
234	[[/folder]]
235
236	!!Allies
237	[[folder: Anatoli Kirki]]
238	!!Anatoli Kirkin
239	Russian mafiya boss operating in LA. He helps the NCIS team from time to time, but only if Deeks is involved.
240	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Has a thing for Deeks.
241	----
242	* HeroicSacrifice: Pushes Deeks out of the way of incoming gunfire.
243	[[/folder]]
244
245	[[folder: Katherine Casillas]]
246	!!Katherine Casillas
247	->'''Played by''': Creator/MoonBloodgood
248	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: How she gets around LA's social life since she's a known insurance broker. Plus, some of her insurance cases connect to active NCIS cases.
249	[[/folder]]
250
251	[[folder: Talia Del Campo]]
252	!!Talia Del Campo
253	->'''Played by''': Creator/MercedesMason
254	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/talia_del_campo.png]]
255	A [=DEA=] federal agent who works primarily in undercover work, meeting the team when they investigate a bombing at a fish cannery suspected of moving drugs.
256	----
257	* ActionGirl: She's a [=DEA=] - Drug Enforcement Agency, agent who generally comes around when the issue of drugs is a thing.
258	* CatFight: Has a very brief one with Kensi in Deep Trouble, Part 2. After they finished with some PassiveAggressiveKombat, Kensi responded with a [[UseYourHead headbutt]], which Talia gladly responded with a nasty right before they were immediately separated.
259	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She makes occasional appearances in seasons 5-10 until never being seen or heard from again.
260	** Possibly {{Justified\|Trope}} as [[FridgeBrilliance her work involved going undercover, meaning she might've simply put on a long term assignment]].
261	* ClingyJealousGirl: Despite not being a couple, she gets jealous when someone gets a bit too close to Deeks and is the primary source of tension between her and Kensi.
262	* DistaffCounterpart: She's basically Deeks from his introduction episode in season 1, working alone undercover and meeting the team when the cases they're working on overlap. This in turn overlaps with ReplacementGoldfish for Kensi being an ActionGirl federal agent that has witty, flirty banter with Deeks.
263	* PutOnABus: Is never seen again after season 10. She does return in Season 13 and tries to flirt with Deeks, even though he's married.
264	[[/folder]]
265
266	!!CIA
267
268	[[folder:Vostanik Sabatino]]
269	!!Vostanik Sabatino
270
271	* AllThereInTheManual: Dialogue from "Best Seller" indicates that he has Armenian heritage on his maternal side of the family.
272	* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: He's an experienced SAC operator who gets deployed overseas to combat terrorist threats.
273	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Mostly his time off-screen doing special forces missions in the SAC.
274
275	[[/folder]]
276
277	[[folder: Joelle Taylor ]]
278	!!Joelle Taylor
279	----
280	* {{Expy}}: She slowly becomes this for Yuri from ''Series/GirlFromNowhere'' as like her, she also serves as a darker and evil foil to the cunning, powerful and abrasive female lead who represent karma for misdeeds (Kensi and Nanno). Like Yuri, Joelle was also bullied and horribly mistreated by the villains before her, which eventually caused her to go insane and become obsessed with revenge and bloodlust and begins to meddle in the main characters' missions to benefit herself for satisfaction.
281	* ItsPersonal: In Season 13, she goes after SVR agents stationed in LA for what happened to Katya. G and Sam warn her against doing this since Joelle brings trouble whereever she goes.
282	* SanitySlippage: Katya's actions against causes Joelle to slowly teether on the edge of her sanity, to the point the team doesn't even know when is she going to snap and go insane.
283	* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemininity: While Kensi is a rebellious and abrasive but kind and altruistic {{Tomboy}} who wants to settle for a peaceful life with Deeks, Joelle turns into a demonic and borderline psychotic FemmeFatale after what Katya did to her, meddling in the investigations and [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale mistreating]] Callen in the process.
284	* TookALevelInJerkass: After being revealed as a C.I.A. Agent and later getting attacked by Katya, she turns into an insufferable, obnoxious and arrogant bitch towards Callen and the team and constantly meddles in their investigations and abuses her powers just to do it her own way.
285	[[/folder]]
286
287	!!Antagonists
288	[[folder: Isaak Sidorov]]
289	!!Isaak Sidorov
290	->'''Played by''': Creator/TimothyVMurphy
291	A former Russian FSB agent turned ruthless arms dealer. He gets on the radar when he steals at least three nuclear bombs. He apparently has a long history with Quinn, whom is, unbeknownst to him, Michelle Hanna, Sams wife.
292	----
293	* ArmsDealer: The "Former Reds With Rockets For Sale" type. His role in the plot starts when he attacks a group of Russian sleeper agents that were hiding nuclear bombs. The reason? To sell the bombs for a profit.
294	* AxCrazy: Quinn points out that her clients aren't usually as happy to see her as him. His response? "They don't enjoy killing as much as I do." It's implied he killed his current girlfriend simply because she was jealous of Quinn.
295	* BigBad: Of Season 4, as his plans to sell a nuclear warhead consume much of the team's efforts. [[spoiler:Though it becomes a BigBadEnsemble with Marcel Janvier after the latter re-enters the field.]]
296	* TheChessmaster: By the time the NCIS team goes after him, he's already gotten his hands on at least three nukes.
297	* ColdBloodedTorture: He used it to find the nukes. In the Season 4 finale, [[spoiler:he captures Sam and Deeks and uses ElectricTorture and a dentist drill on them, respectively.]]
298	* TheDreaded: Just the mere mention of his name is enough to make any conversation tense. Even TheMafiya is terrified of him.
299	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: In "Ascension", Sam shoots him up real good]].
300	[[/folder]]
301
302	[[folder: The Chameleon]]
303	!!Marcel "The Chameleon" Janvier
304	->'''Played by''': Creator/ChristopherLambert
305	----
306	* ArchEnemy: For the team in general and Agent Callen in particular.
307	* AssholeVictim: Suffers various severe injuries throughout the show. No-one feels sorry for him.
308	* AxCrazy: Has absolutely no concern for other's life and is possibly the most psychotic villain in the show.
309	* BeneathSuspicion: Invokes this trope. When he's on a job, he often passes himself off as someone low on the totem pole, like a mere driver. He generally uses a frontman to make the deals for him.
310	* BigBad: Of the finale of Season 3 and the premier of Season 4. [[spoiler:He later elevates himself to BigBadEnsemble of the finale of Season 4 and premier of Season 5 with Isaak Sidorov]].
311	* BodyHorror: First, he is shot in the face by Callen. Then [[spoiler: has one of his hands cut off by Vaziri.]]
312	* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler: At the end of Season 4, Callen "recruits" him to lure Sidorov into revealing the location of his stolen nukes. Janvier seems to play along, but then he exposes Sam and later, slips the leash.]]
313	* TheChessmaster: Single-handedly manipulates NCIS multiple times into doing what he wants, including wiping out a family of arms dealers, manipulates Sam, Kensi and Deeks to [[spoiler: almost getting blown up]] all to [[FortheEvulz get his revenge and screw with Callen.]] He also likens his actions to a game of Chess.
314	* CovertPervert: Implied in his debut episode to have a liking to women with tattoos. Whether this is true or not is never confirmed.
315	* CruelMercy: [[spoiler: Is on the receiving end of this from Callen at the end of "Ascension". Callen even makes sure to be there when he's sent to jail]].
316	* DeathSeeker: When he appears in "Descent" he asks Callen to kill him. [[spoiler: He subsequently tries to provoke Callen into doing so. It fails]].
317	* FauxAffablyEvil: Will act incredibly polite towards you while describing how he will kill you. He also regularly sends [[ArchEnemy Callen]] a Christmas card, which Callen places [[spoiler: next to a picture of himself and Joelle with Sam and Michelle]].
318	* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Responsible for the deaths of both Lauren Hunter and Mike Renko. He's also responsible for Sam and Deeks getting tortured by Sidorov]]
319	* HiredGuns: Although he sometimes appears to have a gang, the Chameleon just hires ([[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness and disposes of]]) people as needed.
320	%%* JerkAss
321	* MasterOfDisguise: Played with. While he doesn't impersonate anyone himself, he can fake being a variety of nationalities. He's also very good at passing himself off as BeneathSuspicion.
322	* RefugeInAudacity: In his first appearance, he arranges the death of the Interpol agent tracking him. He then hires a guy to contact NCIS and impersonate the agent.
323	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Although he didn't start out this way, when he enters the show his entire reason for living is literally to get revenge on Callen for shooting him in the face. It isn't just Callen either; during "Ascension" [[spoiler: he goes after the guy who cut off his hand and pays him back twice over.]]
324	* TheSociopath: Marcel Janvier cares only about his own profit and has no regard for human life.
325	* XanatosSpeedChess: In the Season 5 premier, [[spoiler: during his escape from Callen, Marcel constantly updates his strategy to the point of cutting off parts of his own skin just to get rid of the tracking residue Callen placed on him.]]
326	[[/folder]]
327
328	[[folder: Tahir Khaled]]
329	!!Tahir Khaled
330	->'''Played by''': Creator/AnslemRichardson
331	----
332	* ArchEnemy: For Sam after his time in Sudan.
333	* BigBad: Of Season 7, and the finale of Season 8.
334	* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Masterminded the op that led to Michelle Hanna's death in Season 8.]]
335	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Gets killed by his own IED after Sam escapes.]]
336	* ItsPersonal: Sam earned his undying hatred for making Tahir's sister turn on him, leading Tahir to target Sam's family in turn, which made it personal on both ends. [[spoiler:After kidnapping and killing Michelle Hanna, the rest of the team all want him dead.]]
337	[[/folder]]
338
339	[[folder: Ferris]]
340	!!Ferris
341	->'''Played by''': Creator/KurtYeager
342	----
343	* AnArmAndALeg: Kensi unwittingly took out his leg, the injury so bad that it needed to be amputated. He intended to [[ChainsawGood return the favor.]]
344	* AxCrazy: Sabatino, who is already a traitor to his country, described Ferris as "sick", implying he did some [[NoodleIncident nasty shit in Afghanistan.]] Deeks cuts off the feed to not want to hear it, and we never figure out how true it is.
345	* BecomingTheMask: Very, very vaguely, as Kensi hints that he may have fallen InLoveWithTheMark, which is enough to make him waste time trying to dismember her. When she bites her tongue to emulate choking and gagging with BloodFromTheMouth, he actually grows ''very'' concerned to try to save her, rather than angry at the thought of being denied his vengeance.
346	* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Deeks doesn't even bother letting him finish threatening to cut Kensi's neck with a saw before he gets a double-tap to the noggin.]]
347	* EvilIsPetty: His entire shtick is vengeance for his leg, and screwing over the rest of the NCIS is just a sadistic bonus for kicks.
348	* {{Foil}}: Subverted. Like Kessler below, he attempts to be this to Deeks for Kensi's heart, but in this case he actually puts up a solid persona as a NiceGuy while Kensi's recovering from her spinal injury. Of course, it's (almost) all for show.
349	* TheHeavy: When his handlers are either arrested or killed, Ferris is the last one standing and keeps that way for the following episode after them.
350	* InterserviceRivalry: Played ''very'' seriously; NCIS's actions almost completely ruined CIA operations in Afghanistan, and while Ferris wasn't the one heading the attempt to screw over the L.A. branch of NCIS for it, he's certainly the one most explicitly acting on it.
351	* ItsPersonal: That seemingly-random Taliban that Kensi [[AnArmAndALeg sniped the leg of]] in Afghanistan? Yeah, he ''really'' didn't like that, and repeatedly plans to cut her own legs off in retaliation for it. He also targets the rest of the NCIS because their interference in the region basically ruined his undercover operation there. Ironically, his kidnapping of Kensi makes him this for Deeks.
352	* RogueAgent: He was supposed to be part of the undercover CIA operation to shut down NCIS for their messing up plans in Afghanistan. However, his vengeance against Kensi led to him taking a couple of his own goons, attempting to assassinate Granger, killing Duggan, and intending on dismembering Kensi's legs out of personal spite. It's a good question how on the leash he ever was given how spiteful the whole op was to begin with.
353	* SmugSnake: When he thinks he's got Kensi where he wants her, he can't stop flaunting it over and over, trying to make her suffer.
354	* WouldHitAGirl: Besides what he [[AnArmAndALeg attempts to do to Kensi]], Sabatino implies something to this effect while Ferris was undercover in Afghanistan.
355	[[/folder]]
356
357	[[folder: David Kessler]]
358	!!David Kessler
359	->'''Played by''': Creator/FrankMillitary
360	----
361	* AllegoricalCharacter: Of Toxic Masculinity and Stalking Culture.
362	* BettyAndVeronica: He serves as the sociopathic, messed up and misogynistic Veronica to Deeks' sweet, kind and compassionate Betty with Kensi ending up as the reluctant Archie who wants nothing to do with the former.
363	* BigotWithACrush: Despite having a huge hatred for the law inforcement, he is still obsessed with Kensi.
364	* {{Foil}}: To Deeks. Both are men who are in love with Kensi. But while Deeks is a HairOfGoldHeartOfGold young man who loves her and is protective of her and is respectful of her, Kessler is shown to be an embodiment of toxic masculinity whose only goal is to own Kensi as his trophy, control her and do horrid things to her.
365	* {{Lust}}: His defining trait is his lust for Kensi and that is all he could ever talk about and will stop at nothing to assassinate her once and for all.
366	* HateSink: It is clear from his first appearance that he is made to be despicable, annoying and disgusting. Especially when he throws misogynistic rhetorics at Kensi.
367	* KnightOfCerebus: He is one of the villains who bring darkness to the series and is known as the dreaded presence to the main characters.
368	* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Kensi.
369	* StrawFan: He possibly serves as a [[TakeThat straight up parody]] for NobleDemon mastermind characters who have strong feelings for the detective protagonists, mainly [[Franchise/HannibalLecter Hannibal Lecter]]. It was too much to the point it left most of the viewers with a migraine and they begged to have him taken down at some point to stop the madness.
370	* TheSociopath: A clear cut example of one. He is willing to cause chaos just to get to Kensi.
371	[[/folder]]
372
373	[[folder:Katya Miranova]]
374	!!Katya Miranova
375	->'''Played by''': Eve Harlow ("The One That Got Away"); Samantha Gangal (young Katya); Sasha Clements ("Down the Rabbit Hole")
376	----
377	* DarkActionGirl: Ex-SVR agent turned rogue spy.
378	* NotSoStoic: In "Down the Rabbit Hole", less than a minute after claiming she's dead inside, she states "Thank God" with relief when [[spoiler:Jolie appears to kill her and her accomplice]].
379	[[/folder]]
380
381	!!Others
382	[[folder:Mike Renko]]
383	!!Mike Renko
384	->'''Played by''': Creator/BrianAvers
385	----
386	* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:He returns in the Season 3 finale, and gets shot and killed by a sniper in the same episode.]]
387	%%* DeadpanSnarker
388	%%* PermaStubble
389	* PutOnABus: Near the end of season one.
390	** TheBusCameBack: In the season three finale.
391	[[/folder]]
392
393	[[folder: Corbin Duggan]]
394	!!Corbin Duggan
395	->'''Played by''': Creator/JacksonHurst
396	Under Secretary of Defense, he arrives in Season 8 to restructure the NCIS OSP unit because of a failure to uncover a second mole in the organization, taking his job incredibly seriously. Of course, [[ObstructiveBureaucrat this does nothing but get in the team's way]].
397	* EnemyMine: When TheMole is finally working to destroy the NCIS team, Hetty begrudgingly works alongside him since he's more interested in propelling his career rather than trying to antagonize her team at that point.
398	* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Shortly after finally cooperating with Hetty after several episodes of being an ass towards her and NCIS, [[spoiler:he is suddenly killed off.]]
399	* HeroAntagonist: He's a good guy, but he's in friction with NCIS in his attempt to stop the mole among the government.
400	* InterserviceRivalry: He is the crux of many issues as to why the government suddenly bears down on the L.A. branch of NCIS from virtually every angle, and seems to have a personal grudge against Hetty. However, when he finds out that several of the NCIS agents were inexplicably split up by multiple authorities on frame-ups without any knowledge or authorization on his part, he quickly drops the hostility upon realizing the mole he's been hunting for is playing even him.
401	* JerkassHasAPoint: For all of his bullshit and his attempts to personally accelerate his career, Duggan has a very good point in that a mole in the dead center of one of your most personalized agencies that has access to obscene amounts of top secret information is a security breach on the national level. Were he not out to basically crucify the entirety of NCIS for daring to step out of line, he'd almost be reasonable.
402	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His distrust for Hetty borders on violently obsessive to the point that he seems all too eager to pin her as the traitorous mole in the NCIS so she can be executed. It also doesn't help that he seems to be partly out for his own career opportunity. However, he still holds America and its safety as a priority, and once he finds out how hard he and Hetty have been played to tear apart NCIS, he tries to turn it around and help them.
403	* MauveShirt: Lasts several episodes spread across season 8 as a central figure of the mole storyline, [[spoiler:before being unceremoniously sniped.]]
404	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: As could be expected, his attempts to find the mole within NCIS rapidly degrades their capability, on top of the fact that his final push is exploited by the real antagonists of the arc to finish the job.
405	* ObstructiveBureaucrat: His entire purpose is to antagonize the heroes, which involves arresting Hetty when she proclaims she's the traitor in the midst and stonewalling NCIS every opportunity he gets in his limited run time.
406	* OhCrap: Hetty explains that Callen, Sam and Deeks have all been snapped up by entirely different agencies within the day, testing Duggan's reaction. His bewilderment and subtle horror at realizing they've all been played is all she needs to know that he is ''not'' responsible for any of it.
407	* SmugSnake: He's a douche in a position of power and he's sure to lord it over NCIS every opportunity he gets.
408	* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:When a SWAT team raids the boatshed, he goes out to try to confront them and figure out why they're swatting the place. The mole he's hunting for, Ferris, has him sniped in front of them to prevent the plan from being thwarted.]]
409	[[/folder]]
410
411	[[folder: Arkady Kolchek]]
412	!!Arkady Kolchek
413	->'''Played by''': Creator/VytoRuginis
414	----
415	[[/folder]]
416
417	!!Inactive NCIS personnel
418	[[folder: Lara Macy]]
419	!!Lara Macy (Creator/LouiseLombard)
420	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome / ThePeteBest: She only appears in the ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' 2-parter "Legend". Hetty was added to the team in her place.
421	** BusCrash: Killed off a year later in the parent show.
422	[[/folder]]
423
424	[[folder: "Dom" Vail]]
425	!!Dominic "Dom" Vail
426	->'''Played by''': Creator/AdamJamalCraig
427	----
428	* BlackAndNerdy: He had his moments. His bobble-head was the best example.
429	* ButtMonkey: As the new guy, Dom copped a lot of flak.
430	* HeroicSacrifice: During the team's mission to save him, he steps in front of gunfire and is killed saving Sam.
431	* KilledOffForReal: In the Season 1 episode "Found".
432	* NewMeat: A PoliceProcedural version of this.
433	%%* PutOnABus
434	%%* TheSmartGuy
435	[[/folder]]
436
437	[[folder: Anna Kolchek]]
438	!!Anna Kolchek
439	-> '''Played by''': Creator/BarPaly
440	----
441	* ActionGirl: Anna helped OSP solve several cases prior to being recruited by the US Marshals.
442	* ButNotTooForeign: A first-generation Russian-American who moved to Champaign, Illinois when she was young.
443	* GenerationXerox: Anna was in law enforcement like her father. Although unlike him (he was with the Soviet KGB), she joined the Chicago Police Department.
444	* OfficialCouple: As of Season 8, she's with Callen, and got engaged by the end of Season 13, and officially tied the knot on the series finale.
445	[[/folder]]
446
447	[[folder: Nell Jones]]
448	!!Penelope "Nell" Jones
449	->'''Played by''': Creator/ReneeFeliceSmith
450	[[quoteright:238:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nell_jones_844.jpg]]
451	[[caption-width-right:238:"Do they always expect miracles?"]]
452	----
453	* BadassInDistress: She's been taken hostage a few times. The first used her as a human shield so she [[DisarmDisassembleDestroy unloaded his gun]]. The second manages to take her gun so she pulls a [[NeverBringAGunToAKnifeFight knife and stabs him repeatedly]].
454	* BelligerentSexualTension: She and Eric lapse into this when she feels he doesn't give her enough attention, or when they become slightly competitive. It is mostly playful and benign.
455	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Unlike Eric, she is field trained and carries a gun when in the field. She hasn't had to use it that often, but she has captured a few suspects and disarmed a trained opponent who had taken her hostage and was using her as a human shield.
456	* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Returns in the final scene of the series, [[AndTheAdventureContinues offering Callen and Sam another mission]].]]
457	* {{Cincinnatus}}: With Hetty at an undisclosed location in Season 12, Nell has become the defacto Operations Manager in Hetty's place. While she's not really happy about it (quitting NCIS after the end of Season 11), she is slowly growing into the role. This could be Hetty's way of getting her acquainted with the role as she has tapped Nell to be her successor (despite Callen and Sam having much more seniority).
458	* GirlyBruiser: Once escaped from a gunman holding her hostage. Callen also once nicknamed her "the Nellverine" after she took down two different fleeing suspects hand-to-hand in the same day.
459	* HollywoodHacking: Generally averted, occasionally played painfully straight.
460	* {{Exposition}}: What she's commonly used for.
461	* TheLadette: According to a profile created for her by her sister. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when it turns out that, among other things, she doesn't know anything about football.
462	* NumberTwo: Hetty appears to be training her as a potential successor.
463	%%* TheSmartGirl
464	* SugarAndIcePersonality: When forced to take Hetty's place, she reveals that she can become just as authoritative and efficient as her for routine work.
465	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to Kensi's Tomboy.
466	* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Eric at times. She did kiss him at one point.
467	* YouAreInCommandNow: With Hetty way long gone, Nell's mandated to take over since Hetty has named her as her successor. Admiral Kilbride says so or she needs to leave NCIS. By the end of "A Tale of Two Igors", she decides to go to the private sector and work alongside Eric in Japan.
468	[[/folder]]
469
470	[[folder: Eric Beale ]]
471	!!Eric Beale
472	->'''Played by''': Creator/BarrettFoa
473	[[quoteright:234:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eric_beale_5085.jpg]]
474	[[caption-width-right:234:"I broke the internet."]]
475	----
476	* BelligerentSexualTension: He and Nell can lapse into this when she feels he doesn't give her enough importance, or when they get competitive. It's mostly playful and benign.
477	* TheBusCameBack: He came back as of Season 12, working with an unnamed defense contractor to help NCIS.
478	* ClosetGeek: A very, very transparent closet--one that embarrasses him occasionally around Nell. Varies between this and ProudToBeAGeek.
479	* HiddenDepths: When everyone thinks he's not fit for a match of basketball, he waits until they left for an operation briefing before taking and making a half-court shot almost perfectly.
480	-->'''Eric''': Three years in varsity, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitches.]]
481	* HollywoodHacking: Generally averted, occasionally played painfully straight.
482	* MissionControl: Helps the OSP team by providing details from the Ops office.
483	%%* TheSmartGuy
484	* NonActionGuy: The one time he's forced into the field, he's terrified he'll have to carry a gun. Hetty gently informs him she wouldn't forgive herself for forcing him to carry a weapon, and he's happy to return to Ops when he's done.
485	* PreppyName: He gives his full name as "Eric Bartholomew Beale III, Esq." in [=S6E2=], "Inelegant Heart".
486	* PutOnABus: He once again is on the bus after the Season 12 Finale "A Tale Of Two Igors" as he is now running the Tokyo office of his tech company. Only this time he's taking Nell with him as his co-director.
487	* TookALevelInBadass: While out on field training with Kensi and Deeks, the suspect they're trying to arrest fires at them. Eric manages to neutralize said suspect by throwing a flash grenade.
488	* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Nell. The 2012 ChristmasEpisode had them [[ShipTease kissing under mistletoe]].
489	[[/folder]]
490
491	[[folder: Hetty Lange]]
492	!!Henrietta "Hetty" Lange (Creator/LindaHunt)
493	[[quoteright:245:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/henrietta_hetty_lange_6840.jpg]]
494	[[caption-width-right:245:"Bugger."]]
495	----
496	* AndStarring: Hunt gets the 'With'.
497	* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:She has blamed herself for the deaths of several agents to a point that she has tried to resign. ''Three times.'' All she does is change the date on the letter.]]
498	* BadassBureaucrat: Being a bureaucrat (and a diminutive one at that) doesn't make her any less badass. She used to be a field agent and she's proficient in ''many'' weapons, including some exotic ones.
499	* BadassInANiceSuit: She prides herself on her haute couture. In one episode, where [[Series/{{NCIS}} Abby Sciutto]] assists the team in taking down a serial killer, Hetty compliments Abby on her [[PerkyGoth own unique sense of style]].
500	* CatchPhrase: "Oh, bugger."
501	* TheChessmaster
502	-->'''Callen:''' When are you gonna stop moving us around like chess pieces!?\
503	'''Hetty:''' I don't move ''pieces'', Mr. Callen. I move ''the board''.
504	%%* CoolOldLady
505	%%* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon
506	%%* ExpansionPackPast: At times.
507	* GuileHero: She is once called ''The Duchess of Deception''
508	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Prior to joining NCIS, she participated in black ops missions to rescue American/Allied soldiers captured and held in Vietnam, even with the fall of Saigon in 1975.
509	* MamaBear: Hetty does some long distance Mama Bearing when Sam and Callen are held hostage by militia— she uses her "political capital" with the Secretary of the Air Force to send them backup in the form of fighter jets.
510	* TheMentor: To the LA team when they need her help or advice.
511	%%* MiniatureSeniorCitizens
512	* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: Failing to save Callen's mom. As well as the deaths of previous agents. Later on, she goes to Southeast Asia to investigate one of her old colleagues who is locked up by the current Vietnamese government, who she thought died in captivity after the Vietnam War.]]
513	* MysteriousPast: She could tell you, but she'd probably have to kill you.
514	%%* NeverMessWithGranny
515	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Hetty, like a certain [[Franchise/TheIncredibles Edna Mode]], is modeled after costume designer Edith Head. In "Imposters" she mentions to have worked with Creator/BetteDavis on [[Literature/HerculePoirot Death on the Nile]], so Hetty might actually be Edith Head in the [=NCIS=] universe.
516	* NotSoAboveItAll: At the end of the street racing episode, Hetty spots Eric's Segway in the empty office. The last few seconds of the episode is her riding it, whooping.
517	* NotSoStoic: Snaps at Callen when he challenges her on recruiting and losing so many vulnerable agents. See his BrokenPedestal moment, above.
518	* NoodleIncident: Has many, often from the ExpansionPackPast being a MysteriousPast.
519	** She once ruled Nicaragua for 72 hours. "Don't ask."
520	** "Hetty, plus tequila, plus mechanical bull, equals bar fight."
521	** During the 2023 crossover, in an encrypted voice message, she reminds [[Series/{{NCIS}} Alden Parker]] that he owes her $600 regarding a "Monaco fiasco."
522	* {{Omniglot}}: English and German and in "Allegiance", Welsh. Her personnel file in "Familia" lists her as also being fluent in Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Czech, Romanian, Hebrew, Arabic, Hungarian, and Pashto (the primary Afghan language). The same file says she attended the Defense Language Institute ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a DoD institute that teaches foreign languages to soldiers and federal agents]]), which is presumably where she learned most of these languages.
523	* ParentalSubstitute: To Callen. She's always had a special connection to him given their shared history.
524	* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents died shortly after being freed from a Nazi concentration camp and she was adopted.
525	* PutOnABus: Sort of. After the whole [[TheMole mole arc]] was completed, Hetty took a bus trip for a while, before turning [[BigDamnHeroes with much fanfare]] for [[spoiler:Deeks and Kensi's wedding]]. From there she ends up CommutingOnABus, disappearing for long stretches of time and then reappearing again shortly.
526	* ShroudedInMyth: Many of her schemes precede her.
527	* TeamMom: She is a mother figure to everyone under her care, and extremely protective of all of them.
528	* TookALevelInKindness : Though she proved kind and caring since the pilot, she reached new levels in season 2 and 3.
529	[[/folder]]
530
531	[[folder: Owen Granger]]
532	!!Owen Granger
533	->'''Played by''': Creator/MiguelFerrer
534	----
535	* BusCrash: [[spoiler:Miguel Ferrer died from throat cancer in the middle of 2017, and the writers had been working out a way to address this by writing his terminal infirmity into the story. After trying not to rip the band-aid off his actor's passing by having his character depart in Season 8, the writers finally get around to the sad task of officially killing Owen off next season, off-screen. It's revealed he managed to reunite with his daughter while critically ill and dying from his cancer. After making his peace with her, he went off his medication that was sustaining his life, quietly and weakly made his way to a tall tree on top of a hill, sat down under it in the shade... and died peacefully. His daughter later buried him in that spot.]]
536	* ComicallySerious
537	* GuileHero: He prefers to manipulate targets into revealing something or tricking them into leading NCIS to something unwittingly.
538	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Prior to joining NCIS, he participated in black ops missions to rescue American/Allied soldiers captured and held in Vietnam, even with the fall of Saigon in 1975.
539	* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: When a suspect working for a PrivateMilitaryContractor demands to speak with his lawyer, Granger hands him his phone and lets him dial. As the suspect raises the phone to his ear, Granger fires his pistol right next to the suspect's ear, then tells him the next bullet is going into his head unless he talks.
540	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
541	* ObstructiveBureaucrat: He has good reasons sometimes...
542	* ParentalSubstitute: Kensi saw Granger like a second father to her, and was even going to ask him to bring her down the aisle at her weeding. [[spoiler:It's sad that he didn't last long enough nor stick around to see it happen.]]
543	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: He goes rogue/off the grid after his actor passed away from throat cancer. [[spoiler:And then after the cast and production crew's grief has subsided and they've had time to heal, his character is officially revealed to be dead and buried in the episode "Liabilities".]]
544	** LethalDiagnosis: With respect to his actor's condition, Granger was diagnosed with throat cancer and told he had only a few months left at best. This implies that his character is destined to die off-screen. [[spoiler:And in Season 9, we learn he did.]]
545	* ThePatientHasLeftTheBuilding: [[spoiler:The manner in which Owen is posthumously written out of the show, said to have suddenly flown the hospital without warning, leaving a goodbye note to Hetty indicating he will not be coming back.]]
546	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: ...and has been very accommodating to the team the more he works with them.
547	* TeamDad: It shows in season 6, as while [[spoiler: Hetty is HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee]], Granger is helping the team avoid the [[spoiler: Department of Justice investigators]]. Later on in the season, also, when he tries Deeks's Swedish nachos.
548	** Later exemplified when Kensi reveals that because she lost her dad, she wanted Grainger to walk her down the aisle in his place on the day she eventually got married... except [[{{Tearjerker}} by that point, he parted ways with the group]]. And due to his actor's sudden passing, we know he won't be coming back.
549	* WasItReallyWorthIt: He's had to do a lot of DirtyBusiness over the years. After [[spoiler:Fatima Khan (a woman he saved as a child) tried to kill him and Hetty for planting a car bomb that killed her father]], he's left seriously wondering if every mission they performed was worth the costs.
550	[[/folder]]
551
552	[[folder: Harley Hidoko]]
553	!!Harley Hidoko
554	->'''Played by''': Creator/AndreaBordeaux
555	The executive assistant to new NCIS Executive Director for Pacific Operations after Hetty resigns. Like Nell, she sometimes joins the others in field operations.
556	----
557	* ActionGirl: Like Nell, she helps the OSP team on raids when manpower is needed.
558	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Captured by the Mexican cartel, tortured for information that she doesn't give up, and ultimately gets her tongue cut out before she's covered in gasoline and burned alive until there's nothing left.]]
559	* DarkSecret: She's actually a widow who never even got to experience a full day with her husband, as they performed a wedding ceremony while he was dying.
560	* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:The finale of Season 9 sees Hidoko eerily disappear after going off to Mexico. From our point of view, some unidentified person is violently murdered and incinerated near the beginning of the episode. The agents NeverFoundTheBody, but ''did'' find evidence that someone had been burned to oblivion, hoping that it wasn't her. And now it turns out that it ''was'' her.]]
561	* WidowedAtTheWedding: Married a fatally wounded soldier in Afghanistan just to give him the benefit of being wed to her out of love.
562	[[/folder]]
563
564	[[folder: Shay Mosley ]]
565	!!Shay Mosley
566	->'''Played by''': Creator/NiaLong
567	The new NCIS Executive Director for Pacific Operations. She used to be with the Secret Service.
568	----
569	* BigDamnHeroes: Kensi and Turk were screwed by the sheer scale of ''eighteen armed cartel members'' about to come knocking on a hospital front door. [[spoiler:Shay ambushes her ex-husband Spencer Williams, who was calling the shots, and subsequently kills him once and for all before forcing his driver to call in Williams' death and thus get the men out of there.]]
570	* DidntThinkThisThrough: In probably one of the most unprofessional acts of such a high-ranking individual in the franchise, basically everything involving Spencer Williams and her son in Mexico completely and utterly drives her into an irrationally angry and ''violent'' series of impulsive events to get what she wants. It gets the entire Los Angeles branch of NCIS in deep trouble and nearly gets everyone kiled, and ultimately results in [[spoiler:the Mexican cartel putting a massive bounty on her head]], resulting in the character having to [[PutOnABus leave permanently]].
571	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Her work with Secret Service prior to her NCIS recruitment.
572	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: The aftermath of her unsanctioned Mexico operation lands her in hot water, given [[spoiler:she nearly got the team killed and couldn't even send Hidoko's body back to her family]] just to rescue her son. She does feel guilt for the latter part, but ultimately justifies it all as necessary.
573	* ItsAllAboutMe: Technically it's about her son Derrick, but the instant she realizes she has an opportunity to rescue him from Spencer Williams, she creates a massive warpath and disregards all the warnings, advice and attempts to cool her off. Shay takes these things personally and blows it all off, even blackmailing Hetty outright and firing Deeks when he attempts to question her authority on the matter.
574	* MamaBear: Mosley's dedication to rescuing her son is so strong that she'd go to Mexico herself and endangers the agency to get him back, come hell or high water.
575	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Not at first, she sometimes gets into disbelief about ludicrous requirements such as conducting false flags op to deceive suspects and getting high-end cars for sting ops. Of course, all that rationality goes out the window when her son's involved.
576	-->'''Shay''': I should have stayed in D.C.
577	* TookALevelInJerkass: Her actions in the Season 9 finale are firmly rooted in a vicious MamaBear state of mind and she becomes an absolute terror and ''relentlessly'' abuses her authority over the rest of the team.
578	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Her attempts to rescue her son from her lover-turned-criminal leads to overstepping jurisdiction, breaking laws with an unsanctioned operation into Mexico, getting the team in massive heaps of trouble on top of implicating them in crimes, [[spoiler:and nearly gets the heroes killed while Hidoko ''was'' [[ManOnFire tortured and burned alive]].]] Season 10 tears into her hard for this, and ends up needing to [[PutOnABus go into hiding with her son]] because she pissed off the entire Mexican cartel.

Context Characters / NCISLosAngeles