A group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) using behavioral analysis and profiling to help investigate crimes and find the suspect known as the unsub.
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Awards:
- Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 24 wins & 32 nominations.
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Series Cast Summary
| Kirsten Vangsness | ... |
Penelope Garcia
(343 episodes, 2005-2024)
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| Matthew Gray Gubler | ... |
Dr. Spencer Reid
(324 episodes, 2005-2020)
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| A.J. Cook | ... |
Jennifer Jareau
(324 episodes, 2005-2024)
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| Joe Mantegna | ... |
David Rossi
(295 episodes, 2007-2024)
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| Thomas Gibson | ... |
Aaron Hotchner
(258 episodes, 2005-2020)
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| Shemar Moore | ... |
Derek Morgan
(255 episodes, 2005-2020)
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| Paget Brewster | ... |
Emily Prentiss
(216 episodes, 2006-2024)
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| Aisha Tyler | ... |
Dr. Tara Lewis
(108 episodes, 2015-2024)
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| Adam Rodriguez | ... |
Luke Alvez
(90 episodes, 2016-2024)
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| Daniel Henney | ... |
Matt Simmons
(49 episodes, 2015-2020)
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| Jeanne Tripplehorn | ... |
Alex Blake
(49 episodes, 2012-2020)
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| Mandy Patinkin | ... |
Jason Gideon
(51 episodes, 2005-2020)
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| Lola Glaudini | ... |
Elle Greenaway
(29 episodes, 2005-2020)
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| Josh Stewart | ... |
William LaMontagne Jr.
(27 episodes, 2007-2023)
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| Jayne Atkinson | ... |
Erin Strauss
(25 episodes, 2007-2020)
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| Jennifer Love Hewitt | ... |
Kate Callahan
(23 episodes, 2014-2015)
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| Cade Owens | ... |
Jack Hotchner
(22 episodes, 2007-2016)
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| Zach Gilford | ... |
Elias Voit
(21 episodes, 2022-2024)
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| Nicholas Brendon | ... |
Kevin Lynch
(21 episodes, 2007-2014)
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| Brian Appel | ... |
Agent Anderson
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(19 episodes, 2005-2020)
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| Ryan-James Hatanaka | ... |
Tyler Green
(18 episodes, 2022-2024)
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| Damon Gupton | ... |
Stephen Walker
(15 episodes, 2016-2017)
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| Meredith Monroe | ... |
Haley Hotchner
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(15 episodes, 2005-2013)
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| Mekhai Andersen | ... |
Henry LaMontagne
(14 episodes, 2009-2023)
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| Rachel Nichols | ... |
Ashley Seaver
(13 episodes, 2010-2011)
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| Nicole Pacent | ... |
Rebecca Wilson
(13 episodes, 2022-2024)
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| Gina Garcia-Sharp | ... |
Evidence Tech Gina
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(11 episodes, 2006-2020)
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| Rochelle Aytes | ... |
Savannah Hayes
(10 episodes, 2013-2016)
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| Jane Lynch | ... |
Diana Reid
(11 episodes, 2006-2020)
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| Nicholas D'Agosto | ... |
Deputy Director Doug Bailey
(8 episodes, 2022-2024)
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| Meta Golding | ... |
Jordan Todd
(8 episodes, 2008-2009)
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| Kiele Sanchez | ... |
Sydney Voit
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(8 episodes, 2022-2024)
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| Kelly Frye | ... |
Kristy Simmons
(8 episodes, 2017-2020)
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| Gail O'Grady | ... |
Krystall Richards
(7 episodes, 2018-2023)
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| Bellamy Young | ... |
Beth Clemmons
(8 episodes, 2011-2013)
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| C. Thomas Howell | ... |
George Foyet
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(7 episodes, 2009-2020)
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| Michael Mosley | ... |
Everett Lynch
(6 episodes, 2019-2020)
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| Timothy V. Murphy | ... |
Ian Doyle
(6 episodes, 2011)
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| Bodhi Elfman | ... |
Peter Lewis
(6 episodes, 2015-2017)
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| Esai Morales | ... |
Section Chief Mateo Cruz
(6 episodes, 2013-2015)
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| Hailey Sole | ... |
Meg Callahan
(6 episodes, 2014-2015)
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| Teresa Huang | ... |
Dr. Weiss
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(6 episodes, 2013-2018)
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| Beth Riesgraf | ... |
Dr. Maeve Donovan
(6 episodes, 2012-2020)
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| Molly Baker | ... |
Jessica Brooks
(6 episodes, 2006-2015)
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| Harold Perrineau | ... |
Calvin Shaw
(5 episodes, 2017)
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| Richard T. Jones | ... |
Officer Lionel Wilkins
(5 episodes, 2017)
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| Liana Liberato | ... |
Jade Waters
(5 episodes, 2024)
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| Sebastian Roché | ... |
Clyde Easter
(5 episodes, 2011-2012)
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| Allison Nordahl | ... |
Hollie Voit
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(5 episodes, 2022-2024)
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| Mia Coleman | ... |
Harlow Voit
(5 episodes, 2022-2024)
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Production Companies
- Touchstone Television
- Paramount Network Television
- The Mark Gordon Company
- ABC Signature
- ABC Signature
- CBS Paramount Network Television
- CBS Studios
- CBS Television Studios
- CBS Television Studios
- Paramount+
Distributors
- CBS (2020) (United States) (tv)
- CTV Television Network (2005) (Canada) (tv)
- Disney-ABC Domestic Television (2005) (United States) (tv)
- 7 Network (2006) (Australia) (tv)
- AXN (2006) (Hungary) (tv)
- Five (2006) (United Kingdom) (tv) (syndication)
- LivingTV (2006) (United Kingdom) (tv)
- RTL Klub Televízió (2006) (Hungary) (tv) (repeats)
- Sat.1 (2006) (Germany) (tv)
- Buena Vista International (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 1)
- Disney-ABC International Television (2007) (World-wide) (tv)
- Kanal 2 (2007) (Estonia) (tv)
- Veronica (Netherlands) (tv)
- Virgin 1 (2007) (United Kingdom) (tv) (repeats)
- WOWOW (2007) (Japan) (tv)
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 1)
- Cool TV (2008) (Hungary) (tv) (repeats)
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 2)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (United States) (DVD) (season 4)
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 3)
- Fox TV (2010) (Turkey) (tv)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (2010) (United States) (DVD) (season 5)
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 4)
- British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) (2011) (United Kingdom) (tv) (Sky Living)
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 5 and 6)
- Turkish Radio & Television (TRT) (2015) (Turkey) (tv)
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Turkey) (DVD) (ABC Studios)
- Disney+ (2021) (Singapore) (video) (VOD)
- Disney+ (2021) (United Kingdom) (video) (VOD) (Star)
- Disney+ (2022) (Non-US) (video) (VOD) (Star)
- Disney+ (2022) (Singapore) (video) (VOD)
- DiziMax (Turkey) (tv)
- Nelonen (Finland) (tv)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (2017) (United States) (DVD) (season 12)
- Paramount+ (2022) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Vijftv (Belgium) (tv)
- Walt Disney Television (United States) ((all media))
Special Effects
- Hydraulx (visual effects)
- Ingenuity Studios (visual effects)
- Look Effects (digital visual effects)
Other Companies
- Executive Assurance (security)
- 24/7 Studio Equipment (condors and cranes provided by)
- Aero Mock-Ups (aircraft mock-up rental)
- Affinity Artists Agency (talent agency)
- All Balloons All The Time (balloon decor)
- Avon Studio Transportation (transportation)
- Central Casting (extras casting)
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment (cranes and dollies)
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment (remote camera systems)
- Cinema Vehicles (picture vehicle supplier)
- Cineverse (camera eqipment provided by)
- Creature Effects (special props)
- Direct Tools & Fasteners (expendables)
- DogManic Productions & Recording Studios (ADR Recording Services)
- Ernst Leitz Wetzlar (manufacturer: Leitz SUMMICRON-C lenses)
- Filmtools (expendables)
- Framepool (stock footage)
- Inter Video (computer equipment)
- Keslow Camera (camera equipment provided by)
- Khaos Digital (video playback services)
- LCW Props (prop rentals)
- LCW Props (set equipment)
- Location Junkies (layout board)
- Marshall/Plumb Research Associates (script research)
- Micdi Productions (music editorial)
- Micdi Productions (post-production sound services)
- Monster Picture Crane (stunt rigging crane)
- Movie Movers (trailers)
- Ohana Camera Expendables (camera expendables)
- Pacific Studios II (chromatrans background)
- Pictorvision (Eclipse Aerial Camera System)
- Post Modern Sound (ADR recording facility)
- Runway (post-production)
- Savvy Site Reps (Location Services)
- Shine (main titles)
- Sigloch Military / Tactical (swat casting and technical services)
- SoundWorks Houston (additional adr)
- Star Waggons (cast trailers)
- Technicolor (post-production services and sound)
- Widget Post Production (ADR recording facility)
- Wild Rabbit Productions (drone services)
Storyline
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Based in Quantico, Virginia, the Behavioral Analysis Unit (B.A.U.) is a subsection of the F.B.I. Called in by local Police departments to assist in solving crimes of a serial and/or extremely violent nature where the perpetrator is unknown (referred to by the Unit as the unknown subject or "unsub" for short), the B.A.U. uses the controversial scientific art of profiling to track and apprehend the unsub. Profiling entails coming up with basic characteristics of the unsub and the victims (referred to as the victimology), using evidence from the case and matching that information to historic precedents and psychological analyses as a means to solve the case. Because of the nature of the work conducted by the B.A.U. - the work being time consuming and psychologically demanding - its members are fiercely loyal to the Unit and to its other members. Also because of the work's overall demanding nature, not many members of the B.A.U. have been able to maintain a happy or stable family life. Written by Huggo |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Most of the playful banter between Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore) and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) stemmed from the way the actor and actress talked to each other in real life. See more » |
| Goofs | A flashback scene shows that Morgan was involved in Garcia's recruitment. But an earlier flashback scene showed their first interaction as occurring when Garcia was already hired. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The Messenger (2009). See more » |
| Quotes |
Special Agent Derek Morgan:
So tell me, what does keep young Dr. Reid awake at night? Wait, let me guess. Memorizing some obscure textbook? No, no, no. Working on cold fusion? No, I got it, I got it, I got it. Watching Star Trek and laughing at all the physics mistakes? Dr. Spencer Reid: Actually, there aren't that many scientific errors in Star Trek, especially considering how long ago it was made. There are certain improbabilities, but not that many outright errors. Special Agent Derek Morgan: Right. See more » |