Meet the Real-Life Partners of the NCIS Cast (Including the Couple Who Have Been Married for Nearly 40 Years!)
NCIS might be about solving military-related crimes, but audiences have stuck around for 22 seasons because of the show’s cast of characters (and their love stories).
Fans mourned alongside Anthony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) when Kate Todd (Sasha Alexander) was killed in season 2, and rejoiced when he and Ziva David (Cote de Pablo) finally became an item in season 10. Meanwhile, viewers spent years rooting for a Tim McGee (Sean Murray) and Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette) romance before he married Delilah Fielding (Margo Harshman) in season 14.
More recently, fans were devastated when Ellie Bishop (Emily Wickersham) betrayed Nick Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) in season 18, and they’re now watching the love story between him and Robin Knight (Lilan Bowden) unfold in season 22 — with new episodes airing every Monday on CBS.
Off-screen, many of the NCIS cast members (past and present) have maintained long-lasting relationships. Mark Harmon, who left the show in 2021, has been married to Pam Dawber since 1987, while Brian Dietzen and his wife, Kelly Dietzen, have been going strong since 2004.
Here’s everything to know about the real-life partners of the NCIS cast.
Mark Harmon, who played special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs on NCIS from 2003 to 2021, has been married to his wife, Pam Dawber, for nearly four decades.
“I’m proud to be married, and I’m proud of who I’m married to,” Harmon told PEOPLE in 2019. “I’m just so proud of her.”
The couple, who wed in 1987, share two sons: Sean and Ty. Notably, Sean has appeared in several NCIS episodes as a younger version of Gibbs.
