List of CSI: Miami characters

The following is a list of characters for the CBS television series, CSI: Miami.

Regular cast

David Caruso, the lead actor and one of three actors from the pilot still to star, as Horatio Caine

Emily Procter, the lead actress and one of three actors from the pilot still to star, as Calleigh Duquesne

Adam Rodriguez, one of three actors from the pilot still to star, as Eric Delko

Over its 10 season run, CSI: Miami has starred a number of actors whom are featured in the opening credits of the show. Amongst them David Caruso, and Kim Delaney.

The CSI: Miami cast were introduced during the penultimate second season episode of the original show, starring William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger. NYPD Blue actor David Caruso was cast as New York born Lieutenant Horatio Caine, the head of the Miami Dade Crime Lab, and a decorated Detective who is fueled by his belief in good. Emily Procter was cast as southern beauty Calleigh Duquesne, Horatio's second in command and a Detective who always has Caine's back, she is the ballistics expert of the lab, and will do anything to get justice. Adam Rodriguez is Eric Delko, a former tow-truck driver recruited by Horatio to be a Detective on what was then Megan's team. Rory Cochrane was cast as Speedle, Delko's best friend who often gets a tough time for his lack of gun maintenance. Khandi Alexander rounded out the cast as Alexx Woods, the Medical Examiner of the team who speaks to the dead, because she is their last hope.

When the series was picked up Kim Delaney, the lead actress of NYPD Blue was added to the cast as Megan Donner, a female Lieutenant who took a leave of absence following the death of her husband, upon her return she found Horatio had taken her team, and she was forced to work beneath him. She left after 10 episodes writing Horatio a letter, saying that the job reminded her too much of her husband, and she had to resign, leading to Calleigh's promotion to assistant supervisor on a permanent basis, replacing Megan.

The next cast change came at the beginning of the third season, when Sofia Milos was added to the cast playing Homicide Detective Yelina Salas, Horatio's sister-in-law and a formidable force within the department, with the addition of Milos came the loss of Cochrane's Speed, Speedle was killed whilst investigating the kidnapping of a young boy, Speed and Caine were involved in a fire-fight, but due to his poor gun maintenance was unable to return fire and was shot dead. Replacing him is former patrol officer Ryan Wolfe, played by Jonathan Togo, he was hired by Caine partly because of his OCD, which included cleaning his gun on a regular basis. The end of the season saw the departure of Milos, who moved to Rio de Janiero with Raymond, Horatio's brother who had previously been undercover for a number of years.

Season 5 saw the additions of Rex Linn and Eva LaRue to the cast, Linn had previously recurred since season 1, and LaRue during season 4. Linn plays Detective Frank Tripp, a Homicide Detective who loves his job, and working with Caine's team, whilst LaRue plays Natalia Boa Vista, a former FBI mole turned CSI, her role in the attempted FBI takedown of the lab at the end of season 4 at first caused tension between her and team, but she soon became a trusted member.

During season 6 Rory Cochrane returned as Speedle, this time as a figment of Delko's imagination, and the end of the season saw the departure of Khandi Alexander as Alexx Woods, after her son was suspected of murder she decided she needed to spend more time with the living and resigned from the crime lab, Horatio told Alexx the door would always be left open for her to return. Alexander returned for guest appearances throughout seasons 7 and 8. She was replaced with Megalyn Echikunwoke as Dr. Tara Price, starting with season 7.

Echikunwoke's Price was next to depart the cast, her character was arrested following developing an addiction to oxycodine, and stealing drug evidence from an open case. Therefore, Christian Clemenson replaced her as the new and current medical examiner by the name of Dr. Tom Loman. Eddie Cibrian and Omar Miller joined the cast for season 8, as Detective Jesse Cardoza, a Los Angeles native who had worked with Caine, Duquesne and Donner in 1997, prior to the inception of the crime lab, and returned following the death of his wife, and Detective Walter Simmons, a night-shift CSI who transferred to Caine's shift.

Adam Rodriguez departed the cast in 8x05, with Delko resigning from CSI following his shooting at the beginning of the season. Rodriguez would return for several guest appearances throughout the season, with Delko now working for the states attorneys office. Following an attack on the crime lab in which Jesse Cardoza was poisoned to death by halogen gas, Cibrian's space on the cast was filled by a returning Adam Rodriguez, whose return to the cast was partly due to the large number of petitions signed by fans.

Due to Rodriguez's short-term departure during season 8, Emily Procter and David Caruso are the only cast members to have been part of the main cast in every episode with Caruso being the only cast member to appear in every episode (Procter missed one episode in season 9 due to her pregnancy). Also, due to William Petersen's exit from the original series, and Melina Kanakaredes's exit from CSI: NY, Miami is the only show in the franchise to still feature its original lead actor and lead actress.

Overview

Please Note: current cast members are listed in credit order, whilst former cast members are ordered by their final episode count

Character	Position	Actor	First Episode	Final Episode	Duration	Final Episode Count
Lt. Horatio Caine	CSI	David Caruso	"Golden Parachute"		01x01–
Det. Calleigh Duquesne	CSI	Emily Procter	"Golden Parachute"		01x01–
Det. Ryan Wolfe	CSI	Jonathan Togo	"Under the Influence"		03x03–
Sgt. Frank Tripp	Homicide Det.	Rex Linn	"Evidence of Things Unseen"		01x16–
Det. Natalia Boa Vista	CSI	Eva LaRue	"From the Grave"		04x01–
Det. Walter Simmons	CSI	Omar Miller	"Bolt Action"		08x03–
Det. Eric Delko	CSI	Adam Rodriguez	"Golden Parachute"		01x01–08x05; 08x11–08x24; 09x01–
Dr. Alexx Woods	Medical Examiner	Khandi Alexander	"Golden Parachute"	"Bad Seed"	01x01–06x19; 07x14; 08x01–08x05	145
Det. Yelina Salas	Homicide Det.	Sofia Milos	"Simple Man"	"Seeing Red"	01x17–03x24; 05x01; 05x22; 06x01–07x25	060
Det. Tim Speedle	CSI	Rory Cochrane	"Golden Parachute"	"Bang, Bang, Your Debt"	01x01–03x01; 06x04	050
Det. Jesse Cardoza	CSI	Eddie Cibrian	"Out of Time"	"Fallen"	08x01–09x01	025
Dr. Tara Price	Medical Examiner	Megalyn Echikunwoke	"Won't Get Fueled Again"	"Dissolved"	07x02–07x24	023
Lt. Megan Donner	CSI	Kim Delaney	"Golden Parachute"	"Camp Fear"	01x01–01x11	011

Note: Caruso, Procter, Rodriguez, Cochrane, and Alexander were introduced during CSI 2x22: "Cross Jurisdictions"

Recurring/notable cast members

Please Note: current recurring/notable cast members are listed in order of first appearance, whilst former cast members are ordered by their final episode count

Relatives of Law Enforcement

Character	Related to	Relation	Actor	First Episode	Final Episode	Duration	Final Episode Count
Kyle Harmon	Horatio Caine	son	Evan Ellingson	"Dangerous Son"		06x01–
Marisol Delko Caine	Horatio Caine/Eric Delko	wife/sister	Alana de la Garza	"Nailed"	"Countermeasures"	04x08–04x25; 10x01
Julia Winston	Horatio Caine	ex-girlfriend	Elizabeth Berkley	"Raising Caine"	"Dissolved"	06x13–07x24	009
Raymond Caine, Jr.	Horatio Caine/Yelina Salas	nephew/son	Alex Buck	"Grave Young Men"	"Rio"	01x20–05x01	007
Kenwall "Duke" Duquesne	Calleigh Duquesne	father	John Heard	"Double Cap"	"Recoil"	01x19–03x21	004
Raymond Caine, Sr.	Horatio Caine/Yelina Salas	brother/husband	Dean Winters	"10-7"	"Rio"	03x24–05x01	004
Susie Barnam Keaton	Horatio Caine	close friend	Azura Skye	"Freaks and Tweaks"	"Nothing to Lose"	01x23–03x16	004
Nick Townsend	Natalia Boa Vista	ex-husband	Rob Estes	"If Looks Could Kill"	"Internal Affairs"	05x04–05x12	004

Law enforcement

Character	Position	Actor	First Episode	Final Episode	Duration	Final Episode Count
Dr. Tom Loman	Medical Examiner	Christian Clemenson	"Bolt Action"		08x03–
Maxine Valera	DNA Technician	Boti Bliss	"Blood Brothers"	"Delko for the Defense"	02x01–08x11	076
Dan Cooper	AV Techncian	Brendan Fehr	"From the Grave"	"All In"	04x01–06x16	035
Tyler Jenson	AV Technician	Brian Poth	"Double Cap"	"10-7"	01x19–03x24	029
Aaron Peters	Trace Techncian	Armando Kennedy	"Crime Wave"	"One of Our Own"	03x07–04x25	016
Cynthia Wells	QD Technician	Brooke Bloom	"Invasion"	"Triple Threat"	02x16–05x18	014
Jake Berkeley	Detective	Johnny Whitworth	"Going Under"	"Meltdown"	05x02–08x21	012
John Hagen	Detective	Holt McCallany	"Simple Man"	"10-7"	01x17–03x24	011
Adell Sevilla	Detective	Wanda de Jesus	"Wet Foot/Dry Foot"	"Simple Man"	01x03–01x17	010
Rebecca Nevins	ASA	Christina Chang	"Hell Night"	"Time Bomb"	03x06–08x23	010
Joseph Kayle	Fingerprints Technician	Leslie Odom, Jr.	"The Best Defense"	"Shock"	02x05–03x20; 04x22–04x24	009
Aaron Jessop	Officer	Joel West	"The Oath"	"One of Our Own"	02x20–04x25	008
Sam Belmontes	Trace Technician	Christian de la Fuente	"Hard Time"	"Legal"	02x03–03x05	007
Peter Elliott	Secret Service Agent	Michael B. Silver	"Money for Nothing"	"Death Pool 100"	02x17–05x03	007
Monica West	ASA	Bellamy Young	"Urban Hellraisers"	"One of Our Own"	04x10–04x25	006
Glen Cole	FBI Agent	Mark Rolston	"One of Our Own"	"Miami Confidential"	04x25–06x12	003
Bob Keaton	DEA Agent	Max Martini	"Big Brother"	"Vengeance"	02x08; 03x20–03x22	003
Mac Taylor	NYPD CSI	Gary Sinise	"MIA/NYC Nonstop"	"Felony Flight"	02x23; 04x07	002
Stella Bonasera	NYPD CSI	Melina Kanakaredes	"MIA/NYC Nonstop"	"MIA/NYC Nonstop"	02x23	001
Aiden Burn	NYPD CSI	Vanessa Ferlito	"MIA/NYC Nonstop"	"MIA/NYC Nonstop"	02x23	001
Danny Messer	NYPD CSI	Carmine Giovinazzo	"MIA/NYC Nonstop"	"MIA/NYC Nonstop"	02x23	001
Sheldon Hawkes	NYPD Medical Examiner	Hill Harper	"MIA/NYC Nonstop"	"MIA/NYC Nonstop"	02x23	001
Ray Langston	LVPD CSI	Laurence Fishburne	"Bone Voyage"	"Bone Voyage"	08x07	001

Notable enemies

Character	Fate	Actor	First Episode	Final Episode	Duration	Final Episode Count
Lt. Rick Stetler	Arrested	David Lee Smith	"Blood Brothers"	"Time Bomb"	02x01–08x23	034
Ron Saris	Alive	Kim Coates	"Ambush"	"Dissolved"	06x15-07x24	006
Clavo Cruz	Deceased: Gunshot Wound	Gonzalo Menendez	"Blood Brothers"	"Man Down"	02x01; 03x15; 05x14–05x15	004
Ivan Sarnoff	Deceased: Gunshot Wound	Andrew Divoff	"Raging Cannibal"	"Seeing Red"	07x04–07x25	004
Memmo Fierro	Arrested	Robert LaSardo	"Rampage"	"Killer Regrets"	04x24–04x25; 09x04–09x13; 10x05	005
Antonio Riaz	Deceased: Knife Wound	Vincent Laresca	"Rampage"	"Rio"	04x24–05x01	003
Esteban Navarro	At Large	Kuno Becker	"Look Who's Taunting"	"Dead Ringer"	10x04; 10x08	002

Other

Character	Occupation	Actor	First Episode	Final Episode	Duration	Final Episode Count
Erica Sikes	WFOR-TV Newscaster	Amy Laughlin	"10-7"	"Sudden Death"	03x24–04x20; 05x05–05x08; 09x02	009

Other notable guest stars

Season 1

Sam Anderson, William Haze, David Labiosa, Seth Adkins, Ismael 'East' Carlo, Tony Perez, Don Creech, Tucker Gates, Jamie Brown, Kevin Kilner, David Denman, Tom Everett, Erik King, Bernard White, Raja Fenske, Al White, Kevin Durand, Tanya Memme, William O'Leary, Diane Mizota, Ben Browder.

Season 2

Daniel McDonald, Jeff Corwin.

Season 3

Joshua Leonard, Tony Hawk, Robert Knepper, Jeffrey Donovan, Zac Efron, David Anders, Eric Roberts.

Season 4

Joel West, Tyler Denk, Tim Omundson, Chris Batstone.

Season 5

Leighton Meester, Rob Estes, Sebastian Siegel.

Season 6

Katherine Moennig

Season 7

Maguerite MacIntyre

See also

• Minor characters in CSI: Miami