Paul Guilfoyle, who has played Captain Jim Brass on all 14 seasons of the procedural, will exit the drama this season, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.
Guilfoyle is one of only two actors who has been with CSI from the start as a series regular (George Eads is the other). His final appearance will be in the May 7 season 14 finale. Sources say producers made the call to end the character's storyline. The actor, who found out late last week that he wouldn't be returning to the series, made what sources say was an emotional farewell speech during Friday's final day of production on the CSI set.
"Paul made Capt. Brass a standout character," CSI exec producers Carol Mendelsohn and Don McGill said in a statement to THR. "He is not just an original cast member, he is an original. In a show about forensics, fans always looked forward to the handcuffs coming out, and Capt. Brass putting his spin on the crime of the week, just as Paul Guilfoyle put his indelible stamp on the character and the show. He will be missed."
Guilfoyle is one of only two actors who has been with CSI from the start as a series regular (George Eads is the other). His final appearance will be in the May 7 season 14 finale. Sources say producers made the call to end the character's storyline. The actor, who found out late last week that he wouldn't be returning to the series, made what sources say was an emotional farewell speech during Friday's final day of production on the CSI set.
"Paul made Capt. Brass a standout character," CSI exec producers Carol Mendelsohn and Don McGill said in a statement to THR. "He is not just an original cast member, he is an original. In a show about forensics, fans always looked forward to the handcuffs coming out, and Capt. Brass putting his spin on the crime of the week, just as Paul Guilfoyle put his indelible stamp on the character and the show. He will be missed."
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