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Actor Brian Dietzen feels fortunate for the longevity of NCIS
WHATSON Sep 21, 2018 by Scott Campbell Renfrew Mercury
A dead body surprised Brian Dietzen.
Well, not exactly.
“There’s this one time I went into this autopsy room and I looked at the dead body. The camera crew was not in there, yet. It was low-lit a little bit. I saw this body on this table and thought, “My gosh. This is amazing what they are doing with these bodies. They look so real.
“I walked up and his eyes opened. I almost jumped out of my skin. The actor took it upon himself to come in there and lay down on the table. Nobody else was in there. I don’t think I let it show … besides the girlish shrieking,” he said with a laugh.
“It’s a little surreal when you sign on to a show … I mean every actor hopes they are going have a TV show that goes for 16 seasons.”
Brian Dietzen
NCIS returns for an amazing 16th season. It airs Tuesdays on Global and CBS at 8 p.m. The success has led to the spinoffs of NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans. NCIS premièred in 2003 and is co-created by Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill. The concept was initially introduced on JAG.
Only two U.S. scripted prime-time series (still in production during this writing) have aired more episodes than NCIS. This distinction goes to The Simpsons and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
“It’s a little surreal when you sign on to a show … I mean every actor hopes they are going have a TV show that goes for 16 seasons,” said Dietzen. “I think the overall feeling is being pretty fortunate. It doesn’t come around everyday.”
START
“I fell in love with acting right away,” added Dietzen. “I was a little kid and I really liked all these things that I got to be. The army guy, policeman and scientist. You are playing make-believe. When you are an actor you can kind of do all of that … what I told my mom and dad early on. I don’t think they thought I was really serious about it until I declared theatre as my major. They were very supportive of me after that.”
NCIS stands for Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Mark Harmon plays Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Harmon’s been involved since the JAG introduction. Dietzen’s been filling the shoes of Dr. Jimmy Palmer, in some capacity, since the first season. He started out as assistant to the chief medical examiner and more recently, the acting chief medical examiner.
Can a favourite episode exist out of so many seasons? It’s a tough choice, but something recent does stand out.
“One of my favourites was about a year-and-a-half ago,” said Dietzen. “We did this episode called ‘Keep Going.’ It was about Jimmy Palmer out on a ledge. He was trying to talk down a kid, who was suicidal. Getting to shoot that was probably one of the greatest joys while working on the set of NCIS. It was an absolute blast. I got to do some wonderful scenes with some really good actors. And while we were shooting the show, my beloved Chicago Cubs happened to be winning the World Series.”
Dietzen played a lot of baseball growing up in Chicago, then Colorado. He even played shortstop for an NCIS team, which included a lot of the crew. He has now shifted to the sport of golf with his son, but obviously, the love for baseball remains.
STORIES
NCIS had a special consultant on the show, Craig Harvey, who worked as a medical examiner for Los Angeles County. Every couple years, Dietzen and David McCallum (Dr. Donald ‘Ducky’ Mallard), would go and sit in on a few autopsies.
“It was important to us to keep a scope of what is real,” said Dietzen. “What it feels like, smells like, and get some sense memory to what is going on, when you are doing an autopsy.
“You realize (the medical examiners, the technicians, etc.) have to continue normal everyday conversation. If they go to work every day and mourn every loss that comes across their table as if it is one of their own … they wouldn’t be able to do their job. So, some of that is real camaraderie between Jimmy and Ducky, that we try to express over the years. We wanted to show the respect to those on their table, but they also need to keep living in order to do their job.”
The success of NCIS has allowed Diezten to branch out. He has taken up writing, producing and work on a documentary. In the future, he’s hoping to shoot a feature film script, which he wrote. At some point in his career he would love to try being a director. Maybe even on NCIS.
Dietzen believes the lasting appeal of NCIS comes down to two things. First, is the love of characters and the combination of the actors and writers forming who the people are, and their points of view.
“Secondly, it feels really good at the end of the episode. Most of the time they get the bad guy. Justice prevailed. Good wins. And in an uncertain world, uncertain times … feels like bad guys do get away with stuff. A lot of shows, don’t get me wrong, there are really good shows — the anti-hero prevails or the bad guys win. The show enjoys its status where the good guy wins. I like that. It’s a reason for some of our success.”
The new season of NCIS starts on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. on Global.
www.insideottawavalley.com/whatson-story/8917380-actor-brian-dietzen-feels-fortunate-for-the-longevity-of-ncis/
WHATSON Sep 21, 2018 by Scott Campbell Renfrew Mercury
A dead body surprised Brian Dietzen.
Well, not exactly.
“There’s this one time I went into this autopsy room and I looked at the dead body. The camera crew was not in there, yet. It was low-lit a little bit. I saw this body on this table and thought, “My gosh. This is amazing what they are doing with these bodies. They look so real.
“I walked up and his eyes opened. I almost jumped out of my skin. The actor took it upon himself to come in there and lay down on the table. Nobody else was in there. I don’t think I let it show … besides the girlish shrieking,” he said with a laugh.
“It’s a little surreal when you sign on to a show … I mean every actor hopes they are going have a TV show that goes for 16 seasons.”
Brian Dietzen
NCIS returns for an amazing 16th season. It airs Tuesdays on Global and CBS at 8 p.m. The success has led to the spinoffs of NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans. NCIS premièred in 2003 and is co-created by Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill. The concept was initially introduced on JAG.
Only two U.S. scripted prime-time series (still in production during this writing) have aired more episodes than NCIS. This distinction goes to The Simpsons and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
“It’s a little surreal when you sign on to a show … I mean every actor hopes they are going have a TV show that goes for 16 seasons,” said Dietzen. “I think the overall feeling is being pretty fortunate. It doesn’t come around everyday.”
START
“I fell in love with acting right away,” added Dietzen. “I was a little kid and I really liked all these things that I got to be. The army guy, policeman and scientist. You are playing make-believe. When you are an actor you can kind of do all of that … what I told my mom and dad early on. I don’t think they thought I was really serious about it until I declared theatre as my major. They were very supportive of me after that.”
NCIS stands for Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Mark Harmon plays Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Harmon’s been involved since the JAG introduction. Dietzen’s been filling the shoes of Dr. Jimmy Palmer, in some capacity, since the first season. He started out as assistant to the chief medical examiner and more recently, the acting chief medical examiner.
Can a favourite episode exist out of so many seasons? It’s a tough choice, but something recent does stand out.
“One of my favourites was about a year-and-a-half ago,” said Dietzen. “We did this episode called ‘Keep Going.’ It was about Jimmy Palmer out on a ledge. He was trying to talk down a kid, who was suicidal. Getting to shoot that was probably one of the greatest joys while working on the set of NCIS. It was an absolute blast. I got to do some wonderful scenes with some really good actors. And while we were shooting the show, my beloved Chicago Cubs happened to be winning the World Series.”
Dietzen played a lot of baseball growing up in Chicago, then Colorado. He even played shortstop for an NCIS team, which included a lot of the crew. He has now shifted to the sport of golf with his son, but obviously, the love for baseball remains.
STORIES
NCIS had a special consultant on the show, Craig Harvey, who worked as a medical examiner for Los Angeles County. Every couple years, Dietzen and David McCallum (Dr. Donald ‘Ducky’ Mallard), would go and sit in on a few autopsies.
“It was important to us to keep a scope of what is real,” said Dietzen. “What it feels like, smells like, and get some sense memory to what is going on, when you are doing an autopsy.
“You realize (the medical examiners, the technicians, etc.) have to continue normal everyday conversation. If they go to work every day and mourn every loss that comes across their table as if it is one of their own … they wouldn’t be able to do their job. So, some of that is real camaraderie between Jimmy and Ducky, that we try to express over the years. We wanted to show the respect to those on their table, but they also need to keep living in order to do their job.”
The success of NCIS has allowed Diezten to branch out. He has taken up writing, producing and work on a documentary. In the future, he’s hoping to shoot a feature film script, which he wrote. At some point in his career he would love to try being a director. Maybe even on NCIS.
Dietzen believes the lasting appeal of NCIS comes down to two things. First, is the love of characters and the combination of the actors and writers forming who the people are, and their points of view.
“Secondly, it feels really good at the end of the episode. Most of the time they get the bad guy. Justice prevailed. Good wins. And in an uncertain world, uncertain times … feels like bad guys do get away with stuff. A lot of shows, don’t get me wrong, there are really good shows — the anti-hero prevails or the bad guys win. The show enjoys its status where the good guy wins. I like that. It’s a reason for some of our success.”
The new season of NCIS starts on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. on Global.
www.insideottawavalley.com/whatson-story/8917380-actor-brian-dietzen-feels-fortunate-for-the-longevity-of-ncis/