Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Played by: Mark HarmonBio
Leroy Jethro Gibbs is the special agent in charge on NCIS.
Gibbs joined the United States Marine Corps instead of attending college. He became a Scout Sniper.
In his free time, he is occasionally shown in his basement building a boat, which he named after his daughter.
Gibbs' age has never been revealed, but it was shown that he was born in rural Stillwater, Pennsylvania. His father, Jackson Gibbs, owns a store (the Stillwater General Store) in the same town.
It has been mentioned in the episode "Frame Up" that Gibbs' father was possibly in the United States Army Air Force because Gibbs refers to a pin-up on his father's P-51 Mustang.
He is named after his father's friend, Leroy Jethro, who was his business partner in the store after having worked together in the coal mines. The younger Gibbs left Stillwater in 1976 at the approximate age of 18-20 and, according to his own statements, did not return for over 30 years.
At NCIS, Gibbs is portrayed as a consummate organizer, disciplined and demanding. These traits often put him in a stand-off with other authorities when pressure is being asserted at his team.
He remains a Marine reservist.
Before the time in which NCIS is set, Gibbs travelled extensively on operations, particularly in Eastern Europe, demonstrated by many flashbacks, many including Director Jenny Shepard.
Gibbs displays a continuous urgency about the investigation he pursues, specifically when being given technical information about, complex subject matter.
The typical response to such information is "Give it to me in English", thus forcing the expert to get to the point, as well as making it easy on the audience.
Gibbs has been married three times and had one daughter named Kelly.
Pictures
Clip
Quotes
Tony: Morning, Boss!
McGee: This isn't what it looks like, Boss.
Gibbs: Well, what is it, Tim?
McGee: Erm...a joke...I think. A really bad, practical joke.
Gibbs: I'm not laughing. (Gibbs turns and heads for his desk) Lose your gal-pal. (To everyone) Grab your gear. Got a dead Marine in Springfield.
(McGee tries effortlessly to hide the blow-up doll as the rest of the team head for the elevator)
(After McGee has opened a parcel containing a blow up doll) McGee: Erm…real funny, Tony. Tony: (Laughs) You think I did this? Ziva: I would not put it...
January 20th, 2012 4:04 PM
Gibbs has 3 ex-wives but has been married 4 times. Shannon and Kelly,1st wife and daughter than mysterious ex wife #1, Diane, and mysterious ex-wife #3
Rank: New User
August 22nd, 2011 4:54 PM
As far as I know, Mark Harmon is still married to Pam Dawber. His son appeared as the young Jethro when he joined the Marines, and met Shannon. Although he is about 62, he is still VERY sexy. His smile and his eyes just light up any scene he is in. I love the intensity and loyalty he (Gibbs) displays for his team members. The casting for his show is perfect, except Rena Sofer is very annoying. Michael Weatherly (DiNozzo) is a very good looking man, too. And Ducky is perfect! I remember the episode when Kate asked Gibbs what Ducky looked like when he was young, and he said Illya Kuriakin (I'm sure I misspelled that), which was the character David McCallum played on Man from U.N.C.L.E. Funny.
August 9th, 2011 8:54 PM
i whatched gibbs on the tv with my dad and he is amazing what he can do. i hope his daughter can appear on the show that will be awsome. so are abby and gibbs boy and girl friend or they just friend on th show.
August 4th, 2011 5:38 PM
I am big fan of Mark Harmon,especially as Liroy Jethro Gibbs, but aren't we all...? He's one hell of a man and when on ncis appears any scene with gubbs and beatiful woman I get thrill, he makes simple smile any gestures so full of this ectricity, this unbearable tension that I have to take a deep breath
Can anyone put a valid link to some online movie when I could watch The Deliberate Stranger with MArk Harmon portraying Ted Bundy? I really would like to see this movie DELIBERATELY for Harmon
May 13th, 2011 12:57 PM
This show works so well because it is so well written. I watch the reruns instead of any other show that is on at the time just for those reasons. Please do not tamper with this so very sucessful combination of cast and of writers.
Rank: New User
April 1st, 2011 2:32 AM
Love Gibbs, don't get rid of him. We started watching because of Mark Harmon, don't see why we should stop? Don't like the new Agent, It didnt take her long to bed Tony. And the relationship with that horrid lawyer (Sofer?) No, she's not right for Gibbs, another Hollis. Women who try to be tougher and mouthier are not attractive and based on Gibbs women like his wife Shannon and Jenny, Gibbs isnt attracted to women like that. The sign of a show dying is when the main characters start hooking up. The show's about solving crimes not who's sleeping with who. Ever think of Gibbs and Abby? Now there's sexual tension there, he's always touching her, leaning into her and kissing her. And she just lights up when he's around...soo not father and daughter if you look at thier scenes together. When she asks him to tell her she's like a daughter to him, he shoudl have told he can't because she's so much more than that to him. You blew your chance at a perfect woman for Gibbs by offing Jenny Sheppa
March 25th, 2011 3:56 PM
Regardless of how many times Gibbs has been married, we probably wouldn't care for him so much if he was currently married on the show. I love him just the way he is but wouldn't care if he has a few romantic episodes as long as he doesn't make the same mistake again and get married.
Rank: New User
March 10th, 2011 3:07 AM
Gibbs and the rest of the cast are very good...Wish we in Europe could see all the episodes as fast as you in the US...We have to wait for the DVD to come out!!
February 25th, 2011 3:44 PM
Actually... Jethro was married four times. After his first wife Shannon was murdered by Hernandez, he married three other women. All three of them are in episodes of NCIS, as is Shannon's mother; Jethro's Mother-In-Law. She murdered a man that proposed t oher.
December 15th, 2010 1:58 PM
I love Mark Harmon, ever since I saw in the movie "The Deliberate Stranger" in which he portayed serial killer Ted Bundy. I also remember when he was married to Pam Dawber of "Mork and Mindy" with Robin Williams!
He is THE favorite character in this cast, but I can't leave out the others, since they are a TEAM! Whatever his age, Mark is still as SSSSSIZZLING and SSSSSEXY as they come! Keep up the great work NCIS!