Lori Petty and Bobby Moynihan join CBS’ ‘NCIS: Origins’ spinoff series

Lori Petty and Bobby Moynihan have been added to the cast of CBS’ upcoming “NCIS” prequel series “NCIS: Origins.” The thesps will join a cast that also includes Austin Stowell, Kyle Schmid, Tyla Abercrumbie, Michael Molino, Diany Rodriguez and Caleb Foote, with Mark Harmon as narrator.

In the series, Petty plays Dr. Lenora Friedman, “a seasoned pathologist with the San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office. As comfortable with the dead as the living, her passion for the work is infectious.” And Moynihan joins as Woodrow “Woody” Browne, “the vastly overworked senior chemist and director of the NIS Forensic Lab, who compensates for his lack of sleep with an unusual sense of humor.”

“NCIS: Origins” began production last Monday; the show premieres on Monday, October 14 at 9pm ET. The series centers on young Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Stowell, playing the role made famous by Harmon) in 1991, years prior to the events of NCIS. “In the series, Gibbs begins his career as a newly created special agent at NCIS Camp Pendleton’s fledgling office, where he forges his place on a rough, ragtag team led by NCIS legend Mike Franks (Schmid).”

Petty most recently appeared in HBO Max’s “Station Eleven.” She also recurred on Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black,” Bill Burr’s sketch comedy series “Immoral Compass,” Netflix’s comedy “Obliterated,” Pop TV’s “Swedish Dicks” and Fox’s “Gotham.” She is next in the indie film ‘Tonic’. Petty’s credits also include “Point Break,” “A League of Their Own,” “Tank Girl,” “Free Willy” and “Poetic Justice.” On stage, she recently directed the play “Trial” at The American Theater of Actors.

Moynihan, who starred on “Saturday Night Live” for nine seasons, was last seen in Netflix’s “Unfrosted: The Pop Tart Story” (directed by Jerry Seinfeld) and Paramount’s “Imaginary Friends,” directed by John Krasinski. He is next in the movie ‘You’re Cordially Invitationd’, alongside Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon. Moynihan’s other TV credits include ‘Mr. Mayor,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Documentary Now!”, “Drunk History,” “The Simpsons,” “Girls” and “Portlandia.” He is a regular voice actor in series such as ‘We Bare Bears’, ‘DuckTales’, ‘Star Wars Resistance’ and films such as ‘Inside Out’ and ‘Monsters University’. He wrote the children’s book ‘Not all sheep are boring’.