Coming just behind "Law & Order: SVU," the CBS procedural "NCIS" ranks as the second
longest-running current American TV drama as it approaches two decades on the air — with
no signs of stopping.
But some of its cast members' real-life relationships have lasted even longer!
Here's everything you need to know about the love lives of your favorite "NCIS" stars.
Sean Murray, the actor "NCIS" fans know best as Timothy McGee, is married to his wife Carrie
Murray, the founder of Business Relationship Alliance — or BRA — which, according to
her bio, is described as,
"A network of powerful women devoted to advancing female-owned businesses by providing the community,
collaboration, mentorship, empowerment and support needed to flourish as an entrepreneur."
Carrie earned a bachelor's degree in social work from San Francisco State University,
with a focus on domestic violence, and she went on to work as a court advocate before
earning a masters' degree from Antioch University, focusing on social justice.
After becoming a teacher, an administrator, and a principal at a Los Angeles public charter
school, Carrie founded her own school, Prestique Academy of Innovation and Technology, in 2011.
And after she noticed that a few fellow "mompreneurs" experienced many of the same struggles, Carrie
started weekly networking meetings that ultimately evolved into the Business Relationship Alliance.
"This has actually been kind of a motif that's reappeared, my daughter and my son, Caitlyn
and River, in Hawaii at the beach."
As noted by People, Sean and Carrie have two children, River and Caitlyn.
And the couple showed off their home, decked out for Halloween, in a 2020 Apartment Therapy
feature.
Referencing Sean's role in the Disney film "Hocus Pocus," Carrie quipped,
"I married Thackery Binx — of course I decorate for Halloween!"
David McCallum — who plays Donald "Ducky" Mallard on "NCIS" — married former model
Katherine Carpenter, all the way back in 1967.
The two have a son and a daughter, and by 2015, they also had eight grandchildren.
McCallum spoke with the Los Angeles Times and joked,
"We have six boys in New York and two girls here.
I keep the boys and the girls on different coasts so I can keep them straight."
The actor was previously married to the late British actress Jill Ireland, with whom he
had two sons and a daughter.
Ireland even joined McCallum on screen in "The Man from UNCLE," playing three characters
in the spy drama.
Ireland went on to marry McCallum's "The Great Escape" co-star Charles Bronson, but McCallum
bears no ill will.
He told the Daily Record in 2016,
"I never hated him, Charlie was always a good friend.
I find that when problems come along, worrying about them and getting anxious and negative
is quite unnecessary.
You can solve them, usually amicably.
That's what happened."
Brian Dietzen, who has played Jimmy Palmer on "NCIS" since 2004, is married to Kelly,
who is a midwife.
They tied the knot in the early 2000s and have a son and a daughter together.
Dietzen raved about their shared marital bliss as he remarked on his peers' ambivalence to
marrying in their 30s, telling the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
"A lot of my friends are in that place.
I'm one of the few who's married, but I can tell them: It's awesome."
The actor waxed romantic over his wife in an April 2021 Instagram post, writing,
"First hiatus hike was in Big Bear with the best person I know.
Here's to many, many more.
Love you Kel."
Dietzen often gives fans glimpses into his family life via Twitter, too.
He posted in March 2021,
"GRAMMYs fun fact: When Cardi B performs 'WAP,' it's even more entertaining to watch your
teenage kids squirm.
Loving it.
Dad Win."
"What's one thing you're most proud of?"
"My kids."
Mark Harmon, who plays Leroy Jethro Gibbs on "NCIS," married "Mork & Mindy" star Pam
Dawber in 1987, and they've been together ever since.
Harmon told People in 2019,
"We were both in our thirties when we got married, so hopefully [we did] the stupid
stuff […] earlier.
That's probably the closest I have to what the key [to success] is."
Dawber, who also starred on the 1980s sitcom "My Sister Sam," stepped out of the spotlight
after tying the knot with Harmon, telling Entertainment Tonight in 2016,
"I don't think two people can work all the time in show business and stay married.
I did everything you can do in this business, and then I had children and it's like, 'I'm
not going to chase this fame thing.'"
"If I gain strength from anyone or anything, it's my family."
Harmon and Dawber have two sons together, Sean and Ty, the former of whom has played
young Gibbs on "NCIS."
It appears that the CBS drama really is a family business; Dawber guest-starred in Season
18 as investigative journalist Marcie Warren.
But despite the chemistry the two share, Dawber assured Entertainment Weekly ahead of time
that her scenes with her husband were, quote, "not going to be romantic."
Michael Weatherly, who starred as Anthony DiNozzo on "NCIS" from 2003 to 2016, married
Bojana Jankovic in 2009.
Jankovic is a physician specializing in integrative and internal medicine, and before starting
her own practice, she was a primary care physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Group and a co-founder
of the therapeutics startup WellStart Health.
The couple welcomed daughter Olivia in 2012 and son Liam the following year.
But long before starting a family, Weatherly was previously engaged to his "Dark Angel"
costar Jessica Alba.
The actress told Cosmo of their split in 2005,
"It just didn't work out.
I was so young, 18, when I started dating him.
I was a virgin.
I knew I wanted to be in love with the first person I slept with.
[…] I wanted to be really careful that he was going to be in love with me and wasn't
just going to leave me.
It's really, really, really difficult to have the same occupation as the person you're with
— especially when you're both actors."
Luckily, when it comes to their own families, things seem to have worked out well for both
Alba and Weatherly.
Rocky Carroll, who joined "NCIS" as Leon Vance midway through Season 5, has been married
to Gabrielle Bullock for 25 years.
Together, they have a daughter named Elissa.
Bullock is an architect and the head of global diversity in Los Angeles for the architecture
and design firm Perkins+ Will.
She told the outlet,
"I'm an architect, so I lead projects 50% of my time.
The other 50% of the time I'm the firm's director of global diversity.
I lead the strategy, monitor it, lead the diversity council that we have and try to
build a more inclusive culture for the firm."
"I'm one of 500 African American female architects in this country.
I always wanted to be an architect to help my community."
The New York City native graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1984.
At the time, she was the school's second female African-American graduate.
Bullock is also the vice president of the Southern California chapter of the International
Interior Design Association, according to the organization's website.
Despite her success, though, she told the Times with a laugh,
"Google me and you get Rocky Carroll."
On New Year's Day 2020, Wilmer Valderrama — who plays Nick Torres on "NCIS" — proposed
to his now-fiancée, model Amanda Pacheco, in San Diego, California.
Just over a year later, he and Pacheco announced the birth of their daughter, Nakano.
He posted on Instagram in February 2021,
"Life is an ever evolving journey, and for all those times when our path needs a light...often
angels are sent to show us the way and that we can be more.
Straight out of heaven we welcome our first daughter."
Notably, the actor had previously dated singer Demi Lovato from 2010 to 2016, and the pop
star sent her congratulations on his engagement in 2020, telling Harper's Bazaar,
"I'm really happy for him and I wish him nothing but the best."
Maria Bello, who played Jack Sloane for a few seasons before her exit from "NCIS" in
2021, got engaged to 3 Michelin star chef Dominique Crenn in 2019.
"Well, we've just become engaged."
Crenn explained the couple's origin story, saying the actress reached out to her via
Instagram DM to ask for a reservation at Crenn's restaurant.
Crenn said,
"I didn't really know who Maria was, but I'm French, so I don't really follow American
actresses.
I'm like, 'Who is Maria Bello?'"
Nevertheless, Crenn granted a reservation to Bello — who has a son with her ex-boyfriend
Dan McDermott — and the duo remained friends for a year before they took their relationship
to the next level.
When Bello finally told Crenn she was in love with her, the chef disclosed to Bello that
she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Crenn recalled to the outlet,
"She was like, 'I'm really fun around sick people.'
And I'm telling you, she kept her word.
It's one of the most beautiful love stories.
I couldn't even write this for [a] movie; it's so much better."
The actress behind "NCIS" character Kasie Hines, Diona Reasonover is married to actress
and writer Patricia Villetto.
After she was promoted to series regular on the show, she told the New York Post in 2018,
"I don't know why it didn't occur to me that I'd be in the opening credits, so I freaked
out so much.
[Patricia and I] were both like, 'What?!'
Now she won't let me talk during 'NCIS.'
I try to tell her funny stories, like, 'Oh, you know what's funny about this scene?'
And she's like […] 'Don't talk to me; I'm watching my show.'"
Villetto's Second City bio reveals that she graduated from the University of Ulster in
Northern Ireland — where she studied, quote, "acting, playwriting and art of Irish bulls---ing"
— while her Instagram bio touts that she's also a, quote, "writer, director, actor, improviser,
comic, waitress and Dolly Parton lover."
According to her IMDb profile, Villetto has written for projects like "Swamp Talk with
Shrek & Donkey," "Kung Fu Panda," "So Shook," "Mega Man: Fully Charged," "Ben 10," and "Tigtone."
Joe Spano, who has played T.C.
Fornell in more than 50 episodes of "NCIS" so far, is married to Joan Zerrien.
According to At This Stage, Spano and Zerrien met at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California.
He was a founding member of the theater, and she was a box office manager.
The couple has two daughters whom they adopted from China.
Spano even went on to become director of the Southern California chapter of the organization
Families with Children from China.
Spano explained the family's adoption story, telling the outlet,
"We were in a place in our lives, well off, living in a great house and we said to ourselves
what is this for?
We should have kids and take advantage of our great school district.
We saw a television program that outlined the plight of Chinese little girls so we investigated
it.
We decided it wasn't about passing them off as our own.
We wanted […] the opportunity to parent."
Sasha Alexander's husband Edoardo
Sasha Alexander, who portrayed Caitlin Todd across dozens of "NCIS" episodes between 2003
and 2012, tied the knot with Edoardo Ponti in 2007.
And Ponti's mother also happens to be in the biz; she's Oscar-winning Italian icon, Sophia
Loren.
Alexander and Ponti met at film school at USC but didn't start dating until her "NCIS"
days.
The actress told TV Guide in 2012,
"He was always lovely — he had a smile that gave me enormous comfort, even though I didn't
know him.
[…] Eight years later, I'd worked an all-nighter on 'NCIS' and I was sitting in a restaurant
eating breakfast with a hat on, and he walked up to my table and said, 'Sasha, do you remember
me?'"
The couple now has two children.
They welcomed daughter Lucia in 2006 and son Leonardo in 2011.
Ponti is also currently working in showbiz: He wrote and directed the 2020 film "The Life
Ahead," which stars his famous mother.
Sofia Loren also appeared in his films "Between Strangers" and "Human Voice," while his wife
Sasha starred in his film "Coming & Going."
"What is, in your opinion, the secret to the longevity of your career."
"Well, it's my life."
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