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Detective Lieutenant II Louie Provenza is a fictional character from TNT's television crime drama franchise The Closer/Major Crimes. He appeared on all seven seasons of The Closer and all six seasons of Major Crimes. The character was created by James Duff, and is portrayed by G. W. Bailey.
G. W. Bailey (born August 27, 1944) [1] is an American actor. Although he has appeared in many dramatic roles, he may be best remembered for his "crusty" comedic characters such as Staff Sergeant Luther Rizzo in M*A*S*H (TV series 1979–1983); Lieutenant/Captain Thaddeus Harris in the Police Academy films (1984–1994), and Captain Felix Maxwell in Mannequin (1987).
G. W. Bailey as Louie Provenza, LAPD detective lieutenant, is second-in-command of MCD, and has a curmudgeonly personality, as well as being unmotivated to do work. Tony Denison as Andy Flynn, LAPD detective lieutenant, is transferred from Robbery-Homicide to MCD during season 1.
The Closer‘s cast over its seven-season run included JK Simmons as Will Pope, Corey Reynolds as Sgt. David Gabriel, Robert Gossett as Capt. Russell Taylor, G.W. Bailey as Det. Louie Provenza ...
G. W. Bailey as Detective Lieutenant Louie Provenza, second-in-command of Major Crimes, primary incident commander, and a vocal critic of Capt./Cmdr. Raydor—though the two come to an understanding and learn to work together. One of the LAPD's most senior officers, he is known for his four ex-wives, whom he detests.
Chief Pope joins Provenza and Flynn for a ride along, as "just one of the guys" to see "what you guys do on a daily basis". His day starts badly at the murder scene of an internet dating legend when the first detective on scene, "Richard Tracy", volunteers to log the evidence and Pope accepts. Unfortunately, "Tracy" is a semi-deranged imposter.
Detective Sergeant David Gabriel is a fictional character featured in TNT's The Closer, portrayed by Corey Reynolds. Gabriel was a Sergeant in the Los Angeles Police Department's Priority Homicide Division. He was promoted to Detective during season five. He is seen as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson's right-hand man.
The Closer is an American police procedural television series starring Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Los Angeles Police Department deputy chief.A CIA-trained interrogator originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Brenda has a reputation as a closer—an interrogator who not only solves a case, but also obtains confessions that lead to convictions, thus "closing" the case.