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William Louis Petersen (born February 21, 1953) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Gil Grissom in the CBS drama thriller series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award; he was further nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards as a producer of the show. [1]
William Paterson (July 7, 1919 – September 3, 2003) was an actor in American regional theater who also appeared on television and in films. Biography [ edit ]
CSI originally starred William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger alongside an ensemble including George Eads, Gary Dourdan, and Paul Guilfoyle. Jorja Fox joined the cast in episode two of the first season, whilst Eric Szmanda and Robert David Hall recurred throughout the first two seasons of the show before being promoted to regular status starting with the third.
Zuiker originally named the character Gil Sheinbaum, [4] but after he became part of the cast, William Petersen requested the name to be changed. Petersen and Zuiker decided to rename the character "Grissom," after astronaut Gus Grissom, of whom Petersen was a great admirer. [5] The name Gil came from one of the actor's hobbies, fishing. [5]
William Petersen was hospitalized over the weekend amid production on the upcoming series CSI: Vegas.The 68-year-old actor was admitted to the hospital for exhaustion on Friday, ET confirms.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American procedural crime drama TV series that premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. Since then, fifteen seasons have been broadcast. The first season consisted of 23 episodes, including a two-part pilot episode written by series creator Anthony E. Zuiker. Seasons two, three, and four also had 23 episodes ...
The head of drama development at CBS saw potential in the script, and CBS had a pay-or-play contract with actor William Petersen, who said he wanted to do the CSI pilot. CBS executives liked the pilot so much, they decided to include it in their 2000 schedule immediately, airing on Fridays after The Fugitive .
Louise Lombard departed the cast after the first episode of the season, while Jorja Fox signed on for only the first seven episodes. This is the final full season to star Gary Dourdan and William Petersen, and the last season to feature every original main cast member in a starring role. Wallace Langham joined the main cast.