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The following is a listing of recurring and minor characters from the CBS television drama, CSI: NY.
[edit] Recurring characters
- New York Medical Examiner Dr. Sid Hammerback (Robert Joy, season 2–present), a medical examiner described as an "off-the-charts genius" who only recently traded in a career as a chef to become medical examiner. He has a habit of overtalking and oversharing, which former ME Hawkes refers to as "going to that creepy place." Despite any eccentricities on his part, Hammerback is extremely perceptive and sincerely cares for the well-being of his coworkers (he invites Mac Taylor to his family's Thanksgiving festivities so Mac would not have to spend the holiday alone, and informs Lindsay that Danny calls her "Montana" because "He has a crush on you"). Hammerback nearly dies from a severe allergic reaction to a meatball hero he ate in episode 317 ("The Ride In") and is saved by the timely intervention of Stella Bonasera. Hammerback, divorced at least once (episode 304, "Hung Out to Dry"), is currently married, with two daughters. One daughter is college age (episode 302, "Not What It Looks Like").
- Laboratory Technician Adam Ross, played by A.J. Buckley (season 2–present), a jack-of-all-trades lab tech originally from Phoenix, Arizona. His specialty is trace evidence. He sometimes accompanies the CSIs to crime scenes to aid in reconstruction or evidence collection. Adam has a severe dislike of snow and cold weather (episode 313, "Obsession"); he remarked that because he was from Phoenix, he considered temperatures below 85 degrees Fahrenheit cold. He admits during "Some Buried Bones" that "[his] father was a bully" after he recognizes a suspect's instinctual flinch as shying from an anticipated strike, which seems to hint that Adam himself had been abused as a child. He also ran a PCR test on Stella's blood to determine if she had contracted HIV from a piece of HIV infected glass at a crime scene that she had accidentally cut herself on.
- NYPD Inspector Stanton Gerrard (Carmen Argenziano, season 3-), a tough cop who takes no guff, has made life difficult for Mac and the team for several months. He apparently harbors a great dislike for Danny in particular, whom he referred to as a "high tech geek with a penchant for committing felonies" and threatening to "beat some sense into him" after Danny tried to examine the evidence of a case he wasn't part of (episode 311, "Raising Shane") He is promoted to chief inspector and uses his position to occasionally interfere with and/or browbeat Mac and his team (episodes 319, "A Daze of Wine and Roaches;" 321, "Past Imperfect"). Gerrard shot and killed suspect who admitted to raping his 17 year old daughter (episode 418, "Admissions").
- Laboratory Technician Zack Shannon (David Julian Hirsh, season 2), a tech in the Trace Lab.
- Shane Casey (Edward Furlong, season 3), a young man embroiled in a case where a serial killer uses the codes and stories found on a series of trendy t-shirts as inspiration for his grisly killings. Shane is believed to be targeting Hawkes and the prosecutors who put his brother, Ian, away for a crime that Shane thought he was innocent of. On the day of the sentencing, Ian hanged himself. Introduced in the fourth episode of season 3, "Hung Out To Dry."[3] In the season 3 episode "Raising Shane," Shane frames Hawkes for a robbery and murder, saying he will give the evidence to clear Hawkes if the team will prove Ian was innocent. He demands to talk to Danny alone, and during this confrontation, Danny brings proof that Ian did indeed commit the crime for which he was arrested. Thoroughly devastated, Shane was then easily arrested for murdering the man he had hired to impersonate Hawkes.
- Reed Garrett (Kyle Gallner, season 3- ), the now-teenaged son of Claire Conrad Taylor, Mac's late wife. Claire had given birth to Reed when she was very young, and had put him up for adoption long before she met Mac. At first, Reed had mistakenly believed that Stella was Claire, having observed the close friendship between Mac and Stella. After he learned the truth, Reed was reluctant to connect with Mac, because Mac is not his biological father. Still, Reed knows that Mac is the only link he has to knowing more about his mother. In "Sweet 16," Mac visits Reed at his home for Thanksgiving, and gives him photos of Claire. Reed and Mac bond further during the events of "Some Buried Bones," in which Reed's friend at college is murdered and Reed himself is assaulted. Reed also learns that the body of his mother has, to date, never been recovered from the World Trade Center site. During season 4, Reed is shown to have become interested in journalism, putting him at odds with Mac while trying to follow a case where a serial killer goes on the loose killing victims in a taxi cab. He is shown getting into the killer's cab at the end of Personal Foul, and his fate is as of yet unclear.
[edit] Former recurring characters
- Doctor Peyton Driscoll (Claire Forlani), joined the cast in the beginning of the third season as a medical examiner originally from London and love interest for Sinise's character [1]. Her character has a past connection with Sheldon Hawkes. In the show's 4th season, she returned to London full time.
- Laboratory Technician Jane Parsons (Sonya Walger, season 1-2), head of the DNA Lab.
- NYPD Homicide Detective 1st Grade Kaile Maka (Kelly Hu, season 1-2), sometimes accompanies the CSIs on investigations.
- Laboratory Technician Leonard Giles (J. Grant Albrecht, season 1), head of the tech lab, former runner now paralyzed from the waist down.
- Laboratory Technician Chad Willingham (Chad Lindberg, season 1), a lab technician.
- New York Medical Examiner Dr. Evan Zao (Ron Yuan, season 2). He was supposed to replace Dr. Hawkes as Medical Examiner after he took field work, but only appeared in 4 episodes.
- New York Medical Examiner Dr. Marty Pino (Jonah Lotan, season 2), who appeared in 3 episodes ("Trapped", "Super Men" and "Run Silent, Run Deep") as a night shift coroner. Most known for wearing a New York Giants football jersey under his scrubs.
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