Criminal Minds Cast: Then and Now

Leaving at the back of a legacy. Criminal Minds is back with a revival on Paramount+ titled Criminal Minds: Evolution — however fanatics have watched the cast change on and off screen because the procedural first debuted.

In 2005, audience had been presented to a group of legal profilers who work for the FBI as individuals of its Behavioral Analysis Unit. The crime drama, which was created by Teen Wolf‘s Jeff Davis, explored other fictional instances and confirmed how behavioral research helped the staff locate their unknown topics.

The first season of Criminal Minds starred Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A. J. Cook and Kirsten Vangsness. After two seasons at the show, Patinkin announced his departure and later offered a reason for the decision.

“The largest public mistake I ever made was once that I chose to do Criminal Minds within the first position. I assumed it was once something very other,” he said right through an interview with New York Magazine in September 2012. “I by no means idea they were going to kill and rape most of these girls every evening, every day, week after week, yr after 12 months.”

Patinkin recalled struggling with the subject material, announcing, “It was once very damaging to my soul and my personality.”

At the time, the Princess Bride actor famous that he didn’t judge viewers who enjoyed the procedural. “I’m no longer making a judgment at the style [of people who watch crime procedurals],” Patinkin, who joined Homeland after his go out from the CBS show, added. “But I’m involved in regards to the impact it has. Audiences far and wide the world use this programming as their bedtime tale. This isn’t what you want to be dreaming about.”

Over the years, Criminal Minds continued to see cast changes until it wrapped up in 2020. The police drama used to be later picked up for a revival which incorporated the return of Joe Mantegna, Cook, Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez and Paget Brewster. The Paramount+ series will even introduce Zach Gilford within the function of the first season’s villain.

Ahead of the revival’s debut in November 2022, Gilford opened up about joining such a memorable franchise.

“Because it’s on Paramount+, instead of CBS, they’re doing it a bit other. They want to make the same show, however in a fairly different manner and they want me to be part of doing that. So, I believe I’m cocky sufficient to assume I will do not anything the enthusiasts are going to hate,” the Friday Night Lights alum instructed Nerds and Beyond at the time. “I’ve watched the display and I love the show, so I feel I perceive the enchantment of it.”

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Gilford persisted: “I have much recognize for the fanatics of this show and what this show has been, and I think being directed through the cast individuals and how collaborative the writers are, optimistically I don’t stick out like a sore thumb.”

Scroll down to see then and now footage of the Criminal Minds cast individuals:

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