{"id":182620,"date":"2025-07-24T05:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T05:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/24\/11-actors-were-considered-to-play-leroy-jethro-gibbs-on-ncis-before-mark-harmon-was-cast-including-two-oscar-winners\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T05:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T05:02:07","slug":"11-actors-were-considered-to-play-leroy-jethro-gibbs-on-ncis-before-mark-harmon-was-cast-including-two-oscar-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/24\/11-actors-were-considered-to-play-leroy-jethro-gibbs-on-ncis-before-mark-harmon-was-cast-including-two-oscar-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Actors Were Considered to Play Leroy Jethro Gibbs on \u2018NCIS\u2019 Before Mark Harmon Was Cast (Including Two Oscar Winners!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to picture anyone other than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/mark-harmon\/\" title=\"Mark Harmon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mark Harmon<\/strong><\/a> playing Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ncis\/\" title=\"Ncis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>NCIS<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, but several other very talent actors were also considered for the role!<\/p>\n<p>The 73-year-old Emmy-nominated actor played the iconic character on the <em>JAG<\/em> spinoff series for 19 seasons, becoming the second to last original series regular to depart the show. <\/p>\n<p>In a recent feature from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/ncis-oral-history-cbs-1235593222\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/ncis-oral-history-cbs-1235593222\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em> on the long-running and hit CBS drama series, creators <strong>Donald P. Bellisario<\/strong> and <strong>Don McGill<\/strong>, as well as several executives revealed that there were other names before <strong>Mark<\/strong>\u2018s who were mentioned for the part.<\/p>\n<p>Find out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/03\/04\/austin-stowell-lands-ncis-origins-role-as-young-gibbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who will be playing Gibbs<\/a> in an upcoming <em>NCIS: Origins<\/em> prequel series!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Head inside to see the 11 major stars who were once considered for the role of Gibbs on NCIS\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"page-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/07\/24\/11-actors-were-considered-to-play-leroy-jethro-gibbs-on-ncis-before-mark-harmon-was-cast-including-two-oscar-winners\/2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"nextpage-link\">Continue \u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/07\/24\/11-actors-were-considered-to-play-leroy-jethro-gibbs-on-ncis-before-mark-harmon-was-cast-including-two-oscar-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard to picture anyone other than Mark Harmon playing Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs on NCIS, but several other very talent actors were also considered for the role! 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