George Eads

I'll be honest — George Eads is one of those actors who made a procedural drama genuinely watchable just by showing up. As Nick Stokes on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, he brought a warm, grounded Texas-boy energy to a show that could have easily been all cold lab lighting and technobabble. Nick was the guy you actually rooted for — the one who got buried alive and punched through it, literally. Eads held that role for fifteen seasons, which is no small feat. Then he pivoted to MacGyver as Jack Dalton, the wisecracking ex-operative sidekick, and honestly? He was the best thing about that reboot. He's not a flashy actor, but he's a reliable, likable one, and that's rarer than it sounds.

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Name (English)

George Eads

Name (Japanese)

ジョージ・イーズ

Reading

じょーじ・いーず

Born

March 1, 1967 (age 59)

Origin

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Goat

High school

Belton High School

University

Texas Tech University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Eads
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365030

Tags

• Texas
• actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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