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Inmate weighs in on Harmon and Stowell sharing one Gibbs

Harmon, who played Gibbs for eighteen seasons, and Stowell, the younger Gibbs, spoke for CBS's Between Us series about playing the same agent in different eras.

On air: Hank Ledger on BBN Newsroom
Published 11:55 AM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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First reported by CBS News: “Mark Harmon and Austin Stowell on playing different eras of "NCIS" character Leroy Jethro Gibbs”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 11:55 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger.
BBN covered this story before: Harmon and Stowell on Gibbs, Waddingham's stage role, Nepal flood (October 13).

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CBS NewsMark Harmon and Austin Stowell on playing different eras of "NCIS" character Leroy Jethro Gibbs

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMark Harmon and Austin Stowell sat down with CBS to compare notes on playing Gibbs in two different eras, and my guest has opinions.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIgnatius Boudreaux, inmate forty thousand four hundred seventeen, joins us from Danbury.
Ignatius BoudreauxThank you, Hank. I watched the whole thing twice in the library, and as a former special agent, allegedly, I have notes on both men.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo what do you make of one actor playing Gibbs at fifty and another playing him young?
Ignatius BoudreauxThe young one nails the walk. Nobody believes a man is official unless he walks like his lunch is classified.
Ignatius BoudreauxI learned that the hard way, with a lanyard.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA lanyard.
Ignatius BoudreauxPurely decorative. Back when I was a senior special agent, allegedly, in charge of nothing, people kept asking me to unlock doors.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBut you didn't answer the question. Who sells the character better, the original or the younger one?
Ignatius BoudreauxHarmon, easily. He doesn't need a badge.
Ignatius BoudreauxI made mine in craft hour, laminated, and I'd be wearing it right now if they hadn't taken it.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou made it in craft hour.
Ignatius BoudreauxDeputy assistant director of the Danbury bureau, allegedly. I mean, the library. Same hours, fewer doors. The paperwork says misunderstanding and I stand by it.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEarlier today I said one man needed a second man to play his younger self. You're telling me you only needed a laminator.
Ignatius BoudreauxAnd a decent photo. Put me down as a consultant on season four, Hank. I work for coffee and early release.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThank you, Ignatius. Before you hang up, please hand the lanyard back to the guard.

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