CBS Corporation

Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: CBS, CBSA S&P 500 Component
Industry	Mass media
Predecessor(s)	Viacom Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Founded	1971 (as Viacom) January 3, 2006 (2006-01-03)[1](as CBS Corp.)
Headquarters	CBS Building, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Area served	United States
Key people	Leslie Moonves (President & CEO) Sumner Redstone (Executive Chairman)
Products	Television, radio, publishing, movies, and Internet
Revenue	US$ 14.245 billion (2011)[2]
Operating income	US$ 02.529 billion (2011)[2]
Net income	US$ 01.305 billion (2011)[2]
Total assets	US$ 26.197 billion (2011)[2]
Total equity	US$ 09.908 billion (2011)[2]
Employees	20,915 (2011)[2]
Parent	National Amusements
Divisions	CBS, CBS Interactive, CBS Outdoor, CBS Radio, CBS Records, CBS Sports Network, CBS Television Distribution, CBS Television Studios, Showtime Networks, Simon & Schuster, The CW Television Network Full list of assets here
Subsidiaries	Westinghouse Licensing Corporation
Website	CBSCorporation.com

CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS, CBSA) is an American mass media corporation focused on commercial broadcasting, publishing, billboards and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. The president and chief executive of the company is Leslie Moonves. Sumner Redstone, owner of National Amusements, is CBS's majority shareholder and serves as executive chairman. The company began trading on the NYSE on January 3, 2006. Until then, the corporation was known as Viacom, and is the legal successor to said company.^[3] A new company, keeping the Viacom name was spun off from CBS. CBS, not Viacom, retains control of over-the-air television (CBS, CW) and radio broadcasting, TV production and distribution, publishing, pay-cable, recording, and outdoor advertising assets formerly owned by the larger company. CBS has its headquarters in CBS Building, Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.^[4]

History[link]

Early years[link]

Viacom was created in 1970 as the television syndication division of CBS, and was spun off in 1971. However, in 1999, Viacom acquired its former parent, by this time also named CBS Corporation, formerly Westinghouse Electric. The prior CBS Corporation also owned CMT and The Nashville Network (now Spike), which remained Viacom properties after the 2005 split, but the prior CBS did not own UPN, Showtime, Paramount Television, Paramount Parks, or Simon and Schuster.

In March 2005, Viacom announced plans of looking into splitting the company into two publicly traded companies, amid issues of the stock price stagnating (although it was alleged that another main force behind the split was the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy, which led to MTV not being allowed to produce any more halftime shows, they had also produced the show for Super Bowl XXXV, the first Super Bowl CBS aired since regaining NFL rights and becoming MTV's corporate sibling.

Old Viacom logo

On June 14, 2005, the Viacom board of directors approved the split of the company into two firms. The CBS Corporation name would be revived for one of the companies, to be headed by longtime television executive (and Viacom co-President) Leslie Moonves, and would include CBS, UPN, Infinity Broadcasting, Viacom Outdoor, Showtime Networks, and Paramount's television studio.

The split was structured such that the "new" Viacom was spun off from the "old" Viacom, which was renamed CBS Corporation. In a sense, this was a repeat of the 1971 spinoff. However, in this case, CBS retained virtually all of the prior firm's broadcast TV assets, including its various syndication companies.

With the split, the two new companies began trading on the NYSE on January 3, 2006.

Transactions during and after the merger[link]

2004[link]

In the interim, Viacom/CBS was involved in a number of transactions. On December 2, 2004 Viacom acquired CBS affiliate KOVR-TV in Sacramento, from Sinclair Broadcast Group. Viacom also acquired two stations in West Palm Beach.

2005[link]

Viacom/CBS has announced it would sell several non-duopoly UPN affiliates, in Indianapolis, Columbus, New Orleans, and Oklahoma City, with possibilities of additional sales.

CBS announced on November 3, 2005, that it would acquire College Sports TV (now CBS Sports Network) for US$325 million. CEO of CSTV Brian Bedol will continue to run that network and report to Leslie Moonves, chairman of CBS. The transaction was completed in January 2006.

2006[link]

Announced early in 2006, CBS and DIC Entertainment signed a multi-year deal to provide three hours of programming that meet FCC standards for educational programming. The block would be called "KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS" -- which is also a partnership with America Online's KOL kids service and premiered on September 16, 2006.

Shows included are Sabrina, the Animated Series, Horseland, Madeline, Dance Revolution and many others.^[5] It was originally supposed to be called "CBS's Saturday Morning Secret Slumber Party" but was renamed with KOL's alliance.^[6]

The CW[link]

The CW logo

On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation, and Warner Bros. announced that they were to create a new broadcast network, The CW Television Network. The network officially debuted on September 18, 2006. The network formally debuted on September 20 with the 2 hour premiere of America's Next Top Model.

The network is the result of a merger of The WB (a Warner Brothers holding) and UPN (a CBS Corporation holding). CBS Corporation and Time Warner will each own 50% of the network. Tribune Broadcasting (which previously owned a 25% stake on The WB) and CBS Corporation will contribute its stations as new network affiliates.

Paramount Parks[link]

Three days after the announcement of The CW, on January 27, CBS announced that it was selling its Paramount Parks division. On May 23, 2006, CBS Corp. sold Paramount Parks to the Cedar Fair Entertainment Company. With this acquisition, Cedar Fair becomes the third-largest theme park operator^{[citation needed]}.

On June 30, 2006, Cedar Fair announced that it has completed its acquisition of Paramount Parks from CBS Corporation in a cash transaction valued at US$1.24 billion. The transaction included a 10 year license that allowed Cedar Fair to use the Paramount name in the parks through the 2017 season.^{[citation needed]}

2007[link]

• February 7: CBS announced it was selling seven stations in Providence, Rhode Island, Austin, Texas, Salt Lake City and West Palm Beach, Florida to Cerberus Capital Management for US$185 million.^[7] It sold another station, WFRV-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and its satellite station, WJMN-TV in Escanaba, Michigan, to Liberty Media on February 13, 2007.^[8] News reports estimate the deal at about US$234 million. CBS is swapping the stations and US$170 million in cash for 7.59 million shares of CBS common stock held by Liberty Media.
• February 26: CBS announced that it will invest in Electric Sheep, which is a virtual world content developer. CBS hired Electric Sheep to develop some projects, including the creation of "The L-Word in Second Life". CBS also shot a commercial within the virtual world Second Life so to promote its show "Two and a Half Men." Another project that Electric Sheep is working on for CBS is a Star Trek-themed area in Second Life. By investing in Electric Sheep, CBS hopes to expand its activity "beyond the living room".^[9]
• March 20: CBS/CSTV announced it had acquired an online high school sports network, MaxPreps.^[10]
• April 12: CBS Corporation announces the creation of the CBS Interactive Audience Network.^[11]
• May 30: CBS Interactive announced that it had bought Last.fm for £140 million.^[12]

2008[link]

• May 15: CBS Interactive announced that it had agreed to buy CNET Networks for $1.8 billion, with the deal due to close in the third quarter of 2008.^[13] During the July 2nd noon broadcast, KYW-TV, a CBS owned-and-operated station in Philadelphia, announced that its parent acquired CNET and was putting it under CBS Interactive.^[14]

Corporate governance[link]

CBS Corporation's headquarters is in the CBS Building in New York City

The board of directors of CBS Corp. include:

• David R. Andelman
• Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
• William S. Cohen
• Gary L. Countryman
• Charles K. Gifford
• Leonard Goldberg
• Bruce S. Gordon
• Linda M. Griego
• Arnold Kopelson
• Leslie Moonves
• Doug Morris
• Shari Redstone (non-executive Vice-Chair)
• Sumner Redstone (Chairman)
• Frederic V. Salerno

Assets[link]

Accounting Ratios[link]

See also[link]

	New York City portal
	Companies portal

• Viacom (1971–2005), the prior name of the post-2005 CBS Corporation.
• CBS Corporation (1997), an old instance of the company, purchased by the old Viacom in 1999,
• Viacom, the current Viacom, broke off in 2005.
• CBS Television Stations, the holding company that assumes operation of CBS Corp.'s television stations.
• Concentration of media ownership and Media conglomerate
• MTV Networks/BET Networks, part of the new Viacom corporation.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• SEC filing (Form S-4) relating to split

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Michael Chiklis
Chiklis, May 2007
Born	Michael Charles Chiklis (1963-08-30) August 30, 1963 (age 48) Lowell, Massachusetts United States
Occupation	actor, voice actor, director and television producer
Years active	1989 – present
Spouse	Michelle Morán (1992–present)
Website
http://www.michaelchiklis.com/

Michael Charles Chiklis (born August 30, 1963) is an American actor, voice actor, director and television producer. Some of the previous roles for which he is best known include Commissioner Tony Scali on the ABC police drama The Commish, LAPD Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield, the Thing in the Fantastic Four film series, and Jim Powell on the ABC science-fiction comedy-drama No Ordinary Family.

Early life[link]

Chiklis was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the son of Charlie Chiklis, who runs a hair/beauty salon, and Katherine, a hospital administrative aide^[1] from whom Chiklis has been described as inheriting his acting ability.^[2] Chiklis' father is a second-generation Greek American (his paternal ancestors came from Lesbos Island)^[3] and his mother is of Greek and Irish descent.^[4] Chiklis grew up in Andover, Massachusetts and began entertaining his family with celebrity imitations when he was five years old. As a child, Chiklis appeared in regional theater productions and became a member of the Actors' Equity Association at age thirteen. He later attended Boston University College of Fine Arts, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

At age 20, Chiklis shaved his head to look like he had male-pattern baldness for his role as a 65-year-old man in You Can't Take It With You. Instead of using powder on his head (as he did on his face), he used greasepaint, and he failed to remove it properly at the end of each day. This killed the hair follicles on his head, essentially shaping his career in many ways. Chiklis has said in an NPR interview that this was a very traumatic experience as a young actor, and is the reason he wore a hairpiece in Wired.

Career[link]

After graduation, Chiklis moved to New York City with high ambitions, but he struggled for several years before being cast in the role of John Belushi in the controversial biopic Wired in 1989. The film was panned in general and flopped at the box office. He also guest starred in several popular television series such as Miami Vice, L.A. Law, Murphy Brown, and Seinfeld alongside bit parts in films like Nixon.

Chiklis' first successful role was in The Commish, a police comedy/drama that ran from 1991-1996 on ABC. Chiklis played Anthony "Tony" J. Scali, a police commissioner in a small city in upstate New York. A stern but lovable father figure, Chiklis' character had an easygoing style, smart wit, and an unorthodox approach to parenthood and police work. After The Commish, Chiklis starred in the short-lived and critically panned NBC sitcom Daddio.

After playing Curly Howard in a television movie about the Three Stooges, Chiklis decided to reinvent his image. With his wife's help, he spent six months on an extensive workout regimen and shaved his head. He turned up to audition for The Shield looking nothing like the pudgy, friendly character of The Commish. Winning over creator Shawn Ryan, Chiklis nabbed the leading role of the show's anti-hero, LAPD Detective Vic Mackey. Although The Shield was extremely controversial because of its violent content, Chiklis' performance was highly praised. His first major recognition came when he won the 2002 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series for the role. Chiklis received a Golden Globe Award that same year for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series-Drama as well. Between 2004 and 2005, he was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Series but did not win. Chiklis later parodied his role as Vic Mackey in "Monstourage," an episode of Robot Chicken. The skit involved Mackey accidentally switching places with Ben Grimm.

Since 2000, Chiklis has taken up a number of voice roles, voicing Chihiro's father, Akio, in the English dub of Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away and Roman/King Webster in the direct-to-video feature The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina. He has also performed in several episodes of Family Guy and had a voice role in Heavy Gear: The Animated Series.

In 2005, he starred in Fantastic Four as Thing and reprised the role in its 2007 sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Being a fan of the comic book series, he had dreamed of playing the character if ever there was a Fantastic Four movie being produced. Chiklis was often praised for his performance in a film that otherwise earned mixed reviews.

Chiklis had a role in the 2008 film Eagle Eye as the United States Secretary of Defense.

In the wake of Bernard Madoff scandal, Chiklis is developing a series at FX about a similar investment scheme. The project, called House of Cards, concerns a group committing an elaborate scam similar to the Madoff fraud. Chiklis had been developing the project since February 2008 after he and his wife became victims of a Ponzi scheme themselves. Cards will likely center on the leader of the scheme, with Chiklis planning to executive produce but not star.^[5]

Chiklis most recently starred in the ABC television series No Ordinary Family, which premiered on September 28, 2010,^[6] as part of the 2010-11 television season^[7] and ended in April, 2011.^[8]

Personal life[link]

Chiklis married Michelle Epstein on June 21, 1992, and they have two daughters, Autumn, born on October 9, 1993, and Odessa, born in 1999.^[9] Autumn played Vic Mackey's daughter Cassidy on The Shield.

He attended Andover High School, the same high school as his good friend Jay Leno.

A lifelong comic book fan, he rarely turns down an autograph request from children.^[10] In fact, according to the DVD commentary for the Fantastic Four film, his voice has been going hoarse from doing The Thing's voice so many times; in Chiklis's own words:

How do you say "no" to an 8 year old?

Chiklis is a fan of both the Boston Red Sox and the Boston Bruins, was interviewed for the HBO documentary The Curse of the Bambino about the Red Sox's long struggle to win the World Series, and narrated the video introduction of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX.

He is also an accomplished musician, specializing in drums and vocals but also playing guitar and bass. A member of several performing bands in the Boston area such as The Surgeon General, Best Kept Secret and Double Talk.

In 2011, Michael Chiklis and his band MCB released their first single "Til I Come Home." This powerful rock ballad is a tribute to soldiers who long for the day when they come home to loved ones. The song has been critically acclaimed world wide. MCB's prior music was another single, Make Me High written for the independent film High School starring Chiklis, Adrien Brody, Colin Hanks and Matt Bush, single released spring 2011.

Philanthropy[link]

Chiklis has participated in celebrity Texas Hold 'Em tournaments to benefit comedian Brad Garrett's charity foundation, Maximum Hope.^[11] Michael has worked closely with many different charities over the years including The Children's Lifesaving Foundation, The Alzheimer's Foundation, Autism Speaks and the Revlon Run Walk benefiting breast cancer research.

Awards and nominations[link]

Primetime Emmy Awards

• 2002 Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
• 2003 Nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Golden Globe Awards

• 2002 Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series
• 2003 Nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series
• 2004 Nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series

Satellite Awards

• 2002 Nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series
• 2003 Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series

Screen Actors Guild Awards

• 2003 Nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Ewwy Awards

• 2009 Nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series

Filmography[link]

• Miami Vice (1989)
• B.L. Stryker (1989)
• Wired (1989)
• Wiseguy (1989)
• The Rain Killer (1990)
• Murphy Brown (1990)
• L.A. Law (1990–1991)
• The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1991)
• Seinfeld (1991)
• Nixon (1995)
• The Commish (1991–1996)
• Body and Soul (1998)
• Touched by an Angel (1998)
• Taxman (1998)
• Soldier (1998)
• Carlo's Wake (1999)
• St. Michael's Crossing (1999)
• Last Request (1999)
• Do Not Disturb (1999)
• The Three Stooges (2000)
• Daddio (2000)
• Family Guy (2000–2001) (voice)
• Heavy Gear: The Animated Series (2001)
• Spirited Away (2001) (voice)
• The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (2002) (voice)
• The Shield (2002–2008)
• Fantastic Four (2005)
• Stuart Little: The Animated Series (2006)
• Rise: Blood Hunter (2007)
• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
• Eagle Eye (2008)
• Robot Chicken (2008) (voice)
• The Legend of Secret Pass (2008) (voice)
• No Ordinary Family (2010–2011)
• High School (2010)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Michael Chiklis at the Internet Movie Database
• Exclusive interview from Maxim.com

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Mark Harmon
Born	Thomas Mark Harmon (1951-09-02) September 2, 1951 (age 60) Burbank, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1973–present
Spouse	Pam Dawber (m. March 21, 1987 – present)[1]
Children	Two sons (Sean and Ty)
Mark Harmon UCLA Bruins — No. 7 Quarterback 1972–1973 Major: Communications Date of birth: (1951-09-02) September 2, 1951 (age 60) Place of birth: Burbank, California Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight: 185 lb (84 kg) Career history High school: Harvard School for Boys Los Angeles, California  College(s): UCLA (1972–1973) Pierce College (1970–1971) Career highlights and awards 1971 National Junior College Athletic Association All-American 1973 National Football Foundation Award for All-Round Excellence 2010 Pierce College Athletic Hall of Fame

Mark Harmon (born September 2, 1951) is an American actor. Since the mid 1970s, he has appeared in a variety of television, film and stage roles following a brief career as a collegiate football player with the UCLA Bruins. Since 2003, Harmon has starred as Leroy Jethro Gibbs in the hit CBS series NCIS.

Early life[link]

Harmon was born Thomas Mark Harmon in Burbank, California. His father was University of Michigan football All-American and Heisman Trophy winner, Tom Harmon. His mother was actress and artist, Elyse Knox (née Elsie Lillian Kornbrath).^[2] Harmon has two older sisters, actress and painter Kristin Nelson, the former wife of singer Ricky Nelson, and actress-model Kelly Harmon, who was once married to car magnate John DeLorean.

After attending Los Angeles Pierce College as a student and quarterback, Harmon transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, and following in his father's athletic footsteps was the starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins football team in 1972 and 1973.^[3][4] In UCLA's 1972 season he engineered a stunning upset of the two-time defending national champion, Nebraska Cornhuskers.^[5][6] He received the National Football Foundation Award for All-Round Excellence in 1973.^[3][7] In his two years as quarterback in coach Pepper Rodgers' wishbone offense, UCLA won 17 games and lost only 5. He graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Communication cum laude in 1974.

Career[link]

Mark Harmon in 2009 portraying Special Agent Gibbs in NCIS

Even though he considered "advertising or law" as careers after college,^[8] Harmon became an actor and has spent much of his career portraying law enforcement and medical personnel. Other than athletics/sports appearances, one of his first national TV appearances was with his father Tom Harmon, in a commercial for Kellogg's Product 19 cereal, for which the latter was the longtime TV spokesman. As an actor, his first credit came courtesy of his sister Kristen's in-laws, Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Nelson, in an episode of Ozzie's Girls. This was followed by guest-starring roles on episodes of Adam-12, Police Woman, and Emergency! in mid-1975 ("905-Wild" centered on two L.A. County Animal Control Officers and was a backdoor pilot episode for a series, but did not sell). Producer/creator Jack Webb, who was the packager of both series, later cast Harmon in Sam, a short-lived 1977 series about an LAPD officer and his K-9 partner. Also in 1977, Harmon received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his performance as Robert Dunlap in the TV movie Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years.^[9]

During the mid 1970s, Harmon made guest appearances on shows such as Laverne & Shirley and The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries and had supporting roles in the feature films Comes a Horseman (1978) and Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979). He then landed a co-starring role on the 1979 action series 240-Robert as Deputy Dwayne Thibideaux. The series centered around the missions of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Emergency Services Detail, but was also short-lived.

In 1980, Harmon gained a regular role in the primetime soap opera Flamingo Road, in which he played Fielding Carlisle, the husband of Morgan Fairchild's character. Despite initially good ratings, the series was canceled after two seasons. Following its cancellation, he landed the role of Dr. Robert Caldwell on the prestigious NBC Emmy-winning series St. Elsewhere in 1983. Harmon appeared in the show for almost three seasons before leaving in early 1986 when his character contracted HIV through unprotected heterosexual intercourse, one of the first instances where a major recurring television character contracted the virus (the character's subsequent off-screen death from AIDS would be mentioned two years later). In the mid 1980s, Harmon also became the spokesperson for Coors Regular beer, appearing in television commercials for them.^[10]

Harmon's career reached several other high points in 1986. In January, he was named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive. Following his departure from St. Elsewhere in February, he played the lead in the TV movies Prince of Bel Air and The Deliberate Stranger (in which he played serial killer Ted Bundy). With his career blossoming, he gained a role in the 1986 theatrical film Let's Get Harry and the lead role in the 1987 comedy Summer School (co-starring Kirstie Alley). Returning briefly to episodic television in 1987, Harmon had a limited engagement on the series Moonlighting, playing Cybill Shepherd's love interest Sam Crawford for four episodes. He then starred in the 1987 TV movie After The Promise. In 1988, he co-starred with Sean Connery and Meg Ryan in the 1988 feature film The Presidio, and also opposite Jodie Foster in the film Stealing Home. Despite several high profile roles, Harmon's film career never gathered momentum and, after a muted reception to his 1989 comedy Worth Winning, he returned to television, appearing in various television movies.

Harmon's next regular television role would be as Chicago police detective Dickie Cobb for two seasons (1991–1993) on the NBC series Reasonable Doubts. In 1993, he appeared in one episode in the role of a rodeo clown on the CBS comedy/western series Harts of the West with future cast mate Sean Murray, who plays McGee on NCIS.

In 1995, Harmon starred in the ABC series Charlie Grace, in which he portrayed a private investigator. The series lasted only one season, after which he returned to ensemble medical shows on the series Chicago Hope, in which he played Dr. Jack McNeil from 1996-2000. He also portrayed astronaut Wally Schirra in one episode of the 1998 mini-series From the Earth to the Moon.

In May 2002, he portrayed Secret Service Special Agent Simon Donovan on The West Wing in a four-episode story arc. The role gained him his second Emmy Award nomination, exactly 25 years after his first nomination.^[9] Harmon appeared in a guest starring role in two episodes of JAG in April 2003, which introduced the character of NCIS agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs; since 2003, Harmon has starred as Gibbs in the CBS drama NCIS. During his time on the show, he was reunited with three of his former Chicago Hope co-stars, Rocky Carroll, Lauren Holly, and Jayne Brook. Also in 2003, Harmon had a supporting role in the remake of the comedy film Freaky Friday.

Harmon also starred in several stage productions in Los Angeles and Toronto. At the Cast Theatre in Los Angeles he performed in Wrestlers and The Wager. In the late eighties he was part of the cast of the Canadian premier of Key Exchange. Several productions of Love Letters provided him the opportunity to play alongside wife Pam Dawber.^[1]

Awards and nominations[link]

Primetime Emmy Awards

• 1977: Nominated, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie - Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
• 2002: Nominated, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series - The West Wing

Golden Globe Awards

• 1986: Nominated, Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film - The Deliberate Stranger
• 1987: Nominated, Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film - After The Promise
• 1991: Nominated, Best Actor in a Television Series Drama - Reasonable Doubts
• 1992: Nominated, Best Actor in a Television Series Drama - Reasonable Doubts

Screen Actors Guild Awards

• 1996: Nominated, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Chicago Hope
• 1997: Nominated, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Chicago Hope

People's Choice Awards

• 2010: Nominated, Favorite TV Drama Actor - NCIS
• 2011: Nominated, Favorite TV Crime Fighter - NCIS

Personal life[link]

He worked as a carpenter before making a success of his acting career.^[11] On NCIS, his carpentry skills are alluded to through Gibbs' (his character) hobby of building boats in his basement.

Harmon has been married to actress Pam Dawber since March 21, 1987. The couple have two sons; Sean Thomas Harmon (born April 25, 1988, who played a young Gibbs in NCIS Season 6 Episode 4 and Episode 15, Season 7 Episode 16, Season 9 Episode 8 and 15), and Ty Christian Harmon (born June 25, 1992).^[12] Harmon was the brother-in-law of Ricky Nelson and is the uncle of actress Tracy Nelson and singers Matthew and Gunnar Nelson of the pop duo Nelson. Harmon dated singer Karen Carpenter in the 1970s.^[13]

In 1987, Harmon filed for custody of his nephew Sam based on grounds that his sister Kris was incapable of good parenting. Sam's psychiatrist testified the thirteen-year-old boy depicted his mother as a dragon, complained about her mood swings and how she prevented him from being with his siblings. Harmon later dropped the custody bid.^[14][15]

In 1996, Harmon saved two teenage boys involved in a car accident outside of his home. Harmon used a sledge hammer from his garage to break the window of their burning car, then pulled them free from the flames.^[16]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

Notes

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mark Harmon

• Mark Harmon at the Internet Movie Database
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