Shane Brennan confirmed that Rocky Carroll's character of Leon Vance, Director of NCIS, will appear in as many as ten episodes during the first season.Īs of episode 13, Missing, Adam Jamal Craig is no longer billed as a series regular. The final cast change occurred in late May when Academy Award winning actress Linda Hunt was cast to portray Henrietta Lange, the Operations Manager for the Office of Special Projects. The second change to the cast occurred when Adam Jamal Crag was cast as the 'Probie' Special Agent Dominic Vail after the pilot episodes had aired. The first change made to the cast occurred when Louise Lombard, who had played the role of Special Agent in Charge Lara Macy, was released from her contract because her character had received a negative reaction from the viewers and was written out of series.
Several changes were made to the cast during the period between the airing of the two pilot episodes in the spring of 2009, and the series premiere on 22 September 2009.
