Nick Stokes

Nicholas "Nick" Stokes is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by George Eads. He made his first screen appearance in the show's pilot, broadcast on October 6, 2000. Nick is Level 3 CSI with the Las Vegas crime lab. He has appeared in 292 episodes. Eads' departure from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was announced in November 2014, and Nick made his exit at the end of the fifteenth and final season.

Character background

Nicholas Stokes was born in Dallas, Texas to Judge Bill Stokes and lawyer Jillian Stokes as the youngest of seven children, with at least one brother. As a child, he showed athletic and academic potential and played football. Overall, he had a happy childhood and a close relationship with his parents. Nick's father calls him "Pancho," and Nick in turn calls his father "Cisco," both characters from the television show, The Cisco Kid. During the conclusion of one episode, Gil Grissom uses the name to calm Nick while rescuing him from a coffin that was rigged with explosives.