NCIS - Backstage Filming epi. 134
Mark at Sundance - by Aaron
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Aaron Kuns met Mark at Sundance Festival "Mark Harmon who plays Leroy Jethro Gibbs on NCIS playfully hit me in the stomach and ribbed me for taking so many pictures. :) Loved it" .. by Aaron KunsThanks Aaron ;-)
Ten.com.au Interview
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
NCIS: Mark HarmonExtended Interview with NCIS Star Mark Harmon who plays Special Agent Leroy Gibbs
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NCIS Saddles Up
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
"NCIS" agents Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and Anthony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) mount up and head out when a fellow agent is gunned down!It isn't exactly 'Blazing Saddles,' but DiNozzo does lend some humor to the investigation in the "South by Southwest" episode, which takes the two into the desert on horseback, accompanied by Sheriff Clay Boyd (Lance Henriksen).
And Abby (Pauley Perrette) feels responsible for the agent's death.
Wisconsin State Journal
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
Norvell was chatting with someone on the set when Mark Harmon, the star of "NCIS," appeared...Moe: Madison native fits right in on 'NCIS'
Doug Moe
It didn't take Aaron Norvell long to feel comfortable on the set of the hit CBS series "NCIS."Norvell, who has a guest role on Tuesday night's episode, which airs at 7 p.m. on WISC-TV (Ch. 3), is a Madison native who played football at Memorial High School and the University of Wisconsin.
Norvell was chatting with someone on the set when Mark Harmon, the star of "NCIS," appeared in front of Norvell and said with a grin, "Your brother is a great coach!"
Prior to becoming an actor, Harmon played quarterback in college for UCLA. Naturally, he follows the Bruins' fortunes today. Jay Norvell -- Aaron's older brother -- was UCLA's offensive coordinator in 2007.
Aaron quickly agreed with Harmon's assessment of Jay's coaching talents. And then the two actors were off and running in a sports conversation.
"We got a chance to talk football a long time," Norvell, 38, was saying Thursday, by telephone from California. Among the topics: Jay's recent move from UCLA to Oklahoma, where as assistant offensive coordinator he helped take the Sooners and their no-huddle offense to the 2009 national championship game.
Aaron plays a uniformed cop in Tuesday night's episode, and he shares a scene with Harmon, who stars as Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. "NCIS" stands for Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which is the primary law enforcement and counter-intelligence arm of the United States Department of the Navy.
"I play cops and military guys in my sleep," Norvell said, and he's speaking with the experience of someone in the Hollywood trenches.
Norvell was chatting with someone on the set when Mark Harmon, the star of "NCIS," appeared in front of Norvell and said with a grin, "Your brother is a great coach!"
Prior to becoming an actor, Harmon played quarterback in college for UCLA. Naturally, he follows the Bruins' fortunes today. Jay Norvell -- Aaron's older brother -- was UCLA's offensive coordinator in 2007.
Aaron quickly agreed with Harmon's assessment of Jay's coaching talents. And then the two actors were off and running in a sports conversation.
"We got a chance to talk football a long time," Norvell, 38, was saying Thursday, by telephone from California. Among the topics: Jay's recent move from UCLA to Oklahoma, where as assistant offensive coordinator he helped take the Sooners and their no-huddle offense to the 2009 national championship game.
Aaron plays a uniformed cop in Tuesday night's episode, and he shares a scene with Harmon, who stars as Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. "NCIS" stands for Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which is the primary law enforcement and counter-intelligence arm of the United States Department of the Navy.
"I play cops and military guys in my sleep," Norvell said, and he's speaking with the experience of someone in the Hollywood trenches.
Norvell has spent a decade there, on and off, auditioning for movies, shows and commercials, getting his share of parts, getting rejected, making contacts, learning the ropes. Somebody once called Hollywood a place where you can die of encouragement, but Norvell is a survivor.
He got the "NCIS" part when the casting director called in December and asked him to read for it. They knew each other because Norvell had auditioned for the "NCIS" pilot episode several years ago. He didn't get that part but he got the one that airs Tuesday.
Lately, Norvell's phone has been ringing pretty consistently. He has a role in the "Transformers" sequel due in June. It's titled "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and it's directed by Michael Bay. It shot in New Mexico last summer. "They didn't kill me," Norvell said with a chuckle, noting that his character will be available should the franchise yield a third movie.
In the past week Norvell has taken calls from a producer of the NBC show "Chuck" and another that offered potential commercial work with the retailer Marshall's.
He also -- to stay in shape and draw a regular check -- teaches what he calls "boot camps" every morning on Hermosa Beach, south of Los Angeles. Norvell guides 30 students through wind sprints and assorted tortures that he said he learned on the practice field in Madison.
"I use everything Coach Cosgrove taught me," Norvell said.
Kevin Cosgrove was the inside linebackers coach when Norvell played for the Badgers in the early 1990s.
Norvell was raised in Orchard Ridge, and he laughed when I told him I was sitting in a house about three blocks from Ridgewood Pool.
"I grew up on Gilbert Road," he said. "I terrorized Ridgewood Pool."
After Madison Memorial, Norvell first went to Iowa -- where Jay starred -- but he was told he couldn't play football because he has only one kidney, the result of being struck by a motorcycle when he was a child.
He came home, and UW doctors cleared him to play. Barry Alvarez nicknamed him "Scrapper," a nickname that still fits.
Norvell played pro football in Europe for a few years after college, then took a job working for the Fiesta Bowl in Phoenix. But he missed the spotlight, and soon he was doing stand-up comedy in Phoenix, which led to his getting an agent, and that led him to Los Angeles and acting.
With one year off -- he tried his hand at being an agent himself, a sports agent -- Aaron Norvell has been at it ever since.
"I'm still pitching myself," he said, and a measure of his success can be found Tuesday night on CBS.
He got the "NCIS" part when the casting director called in December and asked him to read for it. They knew each other because Norvell had auditioned for the "NCIS" pilot episode several years ago. He didn't get that part but he got the one that airs Tuesday.
Lately, Norvell's phone has been ringing pretty consistently. He has a role in the "Transformers" sequel due in June. It's titled "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and it's directed by Michael Bay. It shot in New Mexico last summer. "They didn't kill me," Norvell said with a chuckle, noting that his character will be available should the franchise yield a third movie.
In the past week Norvell has taken calls from a producer of the NBC show "Chuck" and another that offered potential commercial work with the retailer Marshall's.
He also -- to stay in shape and draw a regular check -- teaches what he calls "boot camps" every morning on Hermosa Beach, south of Los Angeles. Norvell guides 30 students through wind sprints and assorted tortures that he said he learned on the practice field in Madison.
"I use everything Coach Cosgrove taught me," Norvell said.
Kevin Cosgrove was the inside linebackers coach when Norvell played for the Badgers in the early 1990s.
Norvell was raised in Orchard Ridge, and he laughed when I told him I was sitting in a house about three blocks from Ridgewood Pool.
"I grew up on Gilbert Road," he said. "I terrorized Ridgewood Pool."
After Madison Memorial, Norvell first went to Iowa -- where Jay starred -- but he was told he couldn't play football because he has only one kidney, the result of being struck by a motorcycle when he was a child.
He came home, and UW doctors cleared him to play. Barry Alvarez nicknamed him "Scrapper," a nickname that still fits.
Norvell played pro football in Europe for a few years after college, then took a job working for the Fiesta Bowl in Phoenix. But he missed the spotlight, and soon he was doing stand-up comedy in Phoenix, which led to his getting an agent, and that led him to Los Angeles and acting.
With one year off -- he tried his hand at being an agent himself, a sports agent -- Aaron Norvell has been at it ever since.
"I'm still pitching myself," he said, and a measure of his success can be found Tuesday night on CBS.
Mark and Stevo
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
New Image. Mark and Stevo at Sundance Film Festival 2009Thanks Stevo ;-)
Pictures Media Studio at Sundance Film Festival
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Mark Harmon pose in the Moving Pictures Media Studio at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Thanks Jess :-)
Images: Sinfactory Media/Corbis
Images: Sinfactory Media/Corbis
Mark Harmon "the spine" of NCIS
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
WHEN Mark Harmon is told NCIS co-star Michael Weatherly describes him as "the spine of the show", he gives a dismissive snort.
“He said that? Well, you take everything Weatherly says with a grain of salt,'' he says with a laugh.
“I don't think of myself as the number one actor on the show; it's an ensemble,'' he says.
But most people would agree with Weatherly, who says that without Harmon - who plays NCIS boss, special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs - ”it's a show about jellyfish. We need our spine''.
But Harmon is having none of it, describing himself as”just an actor for hire''.
If there is one theme during the interview, it is Harmon's self-effacing responses as he continually downplays his pivotal role in the series.
Obviously, he is doing something right. NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) spun off from another military-based procedural, JAG. It is in its sixth year and enjoying unprecedented US ratings success.
“It was a hit in Australia and Europe before it really took off here,'' Harmon says.” You guys obviously have a better sense of humour.
“But we always believed in the show. We are 135 episodes down the line and we still think it's a good idea.''
This year, Harmon has been given a producer's credit, though typically he refuses to acknowledge his input.
"There's really nothing different, it's a title the agents worry about more than me,'' he says. “It’s always been the same _ we get together and talk about how thing are going, making sure everyone stays happy.''
Things were reportedly not that happy a few years ago when stories began circulating that that Harmon was clashing heavily with series creator Donald Bellisario and threatening to quit.
Bellisario has since stepped down as show-runner (a US TV industry term referring to the person who is responsible for the day-to-day operation of a television series), although he still writes scripts.
Not surprisingly, Harmon hoses down the reports.
“There's nothing unusual about a show-runner moving on, especially in a long-running series like ours,'' he says, ending the subject.
But he is quick to assure fans he is not planning on following in the footsteps of William Petersen, who recently quit rival procedural CSI.
“Oh, I'm not going anywhere,'' Harmon says.”The show could go on without me, I'm sure. Anything's possible and anyone's replaceable, but I'll be honouring my contract.''
Harmon is cagey when asked about the show's future. But he finally concedes:”There's be no official word yet, but I think you can back it in.''
He admits he doesn't know much about the new NCIS spin-off.
”I guess it will be like how we started. Some new guys will come in for a couple of episodes and then they will do their own thing. I don't think we will be losing any core cast members. The difference will be that it will be another show set within the NCIS.''
The show has, of course, lost cast members over the years, including Sasha Alexander, Lauren Holly and recently Liza Lapria, whose character agent Michelle Lee is shot by Gibbs.
“The show seems resilient to change,'' Harmon says.” You lose in some ways but gain in others. Losing Sasha was a big thing, but its hard to imagine the show now without Cote (de Pablo).''
by Garry Williams
http://www.news.com.au
February 18, 2009 08:00am
“He said that? Well, you take everything Weatherly says with a grain of salt,'' he says with a laugh.
“I don't think of myself as the number one actor on the show; it's an ensemble,'' he says.
But most people would agree with Weatherly, who says that without Harmon - who plays NCIS boss, special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs - ”it's a show about jellyfish. We need our spine''.
But Harmon is having none of it, describing himself as”just an actor for hire''.
If there is one theme during the interview, it is Harmon's self-effacing responses as he continually downplays his pivotal role in the series.
Obviously, he is doing something right. NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) spun off from another military-based procedural, JAG. It is in its sixth year and enjoying unprecedented US ratings success.
“It was a hit in Australia and Europe before it really took off here,'' Harmon says.” You guys obviously have a better sense of humour.
“But we always believed in the show. We are 135 episodes down the line and we still think it's a good idea.''
This year, Harmon has been given a producer's credit, though typically he refuses to acknowledge his input.
"There's really nothing different, it's a title the agents worry about more than me,'' he says. “It’s always been the same _ we get together and talk about how thing are going, making sure everyone stays happy.''
Things were reportedly not that happy a few years ago when stories began circulating that that Harmon was clashing heavily with series creator Donald Bellisario and threatening to quit.
Bellisario has since stepped down as show-runner (a US TV industry term referring to the person who is responsible for the day-to-day operation of a television series), although he still writes scripts.
Not surprisingly, Harmon hoses down the reports.
“There's nothing unusual about a show-runner moving on, especially in a long-running series like ours,'' he says, ending the subject.
But he is quick to assure fans he is not planning on following in the footsteps of William Petersen, who recently quit rival procedural CSI.
“Oh, I'm not going anywhere,'' Harmon says.”The show could go on without me, I'm sure. Anything's possible and anyone's replaceable, but I'll be honouring my contract.''
Harmon is cagey when asked about the show's future. But he finally concedes:”There's be no official word yet, but I think you can back it in.''
He admits he doesn't know much about the new NCIS spin-off.
”I guess it will be like how we started. Some new guys will come in for a couple of episodes and then they will do their own thing. I don't think we will be losing any core cast members. The difference will be that it will be another show set within the NCIS.''
The show has, of course, lost cast members over the years, including Sasha Alexander, Lauren Holly and recently Liza Lapria, whose character agent Michelle Lee is shot by Gibbs.
“The show seems resilient to change,'' Harmon says.” You lose in some ways but gain in others. Losing Sasha was a big thing, but its hard to imagine the show now without Cote (de Pablo).''
by Garry Williams
http://www.news.com.au
February 18, 2009 08:00am
Mark Harmon on Toys for TotsGibbs - Suspect?
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
No episódios dessa semana de NCIS nos Estados Unidos o suspeito pode ser o próprio Gibbs...Is Gibbs (Mark Harmon) a suspect in the death of a Marine on this week's "NCIS"? A dead body is discovered on a rooftop, and underneath it is a number.
The team is about to track it down, when Gibbs tells them there is no need. It is his service number.
Gibbs has to face demons from his past as he and his team try to unravel the cryptic message on the "Deliverance" episode. Also on Tuesday night's episode, airing at 8 p.m on CBS, the team gets involved with a gang war and tries to track down the murderer.
The team is about to track it down, when Gibbs tells them there is no need. It is his service number.
Gibbs has to face demons from his past as he and his team try to unravel the cryptic message on the "Deliverance" episode. Also on Tuesday night's episode, airing at 8 p.m on CBS, the team gets involved with a gang war and tries to track down the murderer.
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Nova Foto - Sundance
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Nova foto do Mark no Festival de Sundance desse anoconfira:
Thanks Irina ;-)
