NCIS: Origins features young NCIS characters: See Gibbs, Franks and Strickland!!!!!

Mark Harmon portrayed Leroy Jethro Gibbs for 18 seasons on CBS’ hit drama “NCIS.” In the prequel series, “NCIS: Origins,” the younger version of Gibbs is played by Austin Stowell. Explore all the before-and-after transformations of your favorite “NCIS” characters in “Origins.”

In Mark Harmon’s final episode as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, which aired in October 2021, the “NCIS” chief bid farewell to his career and retired to a peaceful life of fly-fishing in Alaska.

Longtime friends Mike Franks (Muse Watson) and Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) share a peaceful moment while fishing in “NCIS” Season 10.

When the producers of “NCIS: Origins” tried to reach Austin Stowell to inform him that he had landed the role of young Gibbs, he was deep in the woods with poor reception—a moment that was fittingly Gibbs-like.

Austin Stowell as Gibbs in the “NCIS: Origins” premiere.

Mike Franks, the mentor to Gibbs, was portrayed by Muse Watson in 19 episodes of “NCIS.”
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“Origins” tells the prequel story of the long-standing relationship between Mike Franks (Muse Watson) and Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) on “NCIS.”

Young Mike Franks is played by Kyle Schmid in “NCIS: Origins.”

Mike Franks (Kyle Schmid) prepares for an interrogation alongside Mary Jo Hayes (Tyla Abercrombie) in “NCIS: Origins.”

NCIS Special Agent Vera Strickland (Roma Maffia) speaks with Gibbs (Mark Harmon) in Season 11 of “NCIS”

Diany Rodriguez is pictured exclusively as young Vera Strickland in this photo from “NCIS: Origins.”

Diany Rodriguez stars as Vera Strickland in the “NCIS: Origins” premiere alongside Kyle Schmid as her future partner, Mike Franks. Rodriguez is no stranger to the “NCIS” franchise, having previously appeared as DHS Agent Garcia in a 2017 episode of “NCIS: New Orleans.”

In “NCIS: Origins,” new character Cecilia “Lala” Dominguez (Mariel Molino) is seen alongside Vera Strickland (Diany Rodriguez). Executive producer Gina Lucita Monreal notes, “There weren’t many female agents in 1991, so Lala and Vera really hold down the fort. We’ll explore how they navigate what was predominantly a man’s world.”