Post by lexie on May 7, 2011 5:06:35 GMT -5
Character Name: Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Model: Mark Harmon
Class: Human
Age: (His age has never been revealed) 40's
Gender: Male
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Ash
Persona: Gibbs is a no-nonsense agent who displays a continuous urgency about the investigation he pursues, specifically when being given technical information about complex subject matter. The typical sarcastic answer "Ya think?" is his preferred retort. He displays a degree of impatience toward high-tech hardware. Gibbs also does not tolerate being interrupted when interrogating a suspect. When he thinks it absolutely necessary, he will turn over command of the team to one of his agents.
Status: Divorced
Known Relatives: Jackson Gibbs (father), Kelly Gibbs (Daughter,deceased)
Residence and Property: House, Car, Weapons (various guns)
Occupation: Supervisory/senior Special Agent (NCIS)
Former Gunnery Sergeant (Marine sniper and Military Police) (USMC)
Languages: English
Talents: Craftsman Ship.
Weaponry: Various Guns, Shotguns, Handguns.
Concept: Gibbs was born in rural Stillwater, Pennsylvania. His father, Jackson Gibbs, owns a store "Stillwater General Store" in the same town. He is named after his father's friend, Leroy Jethro, who was his business partner in the store after having worked together in the coal mines Winslow Mining Company. The younger Gibbs left Stillwater in 1976 at the approximate age of 18-20 and, according to his own statements, did not return for over thirty years. Jethro often provoked violence with defiance to his father, who constantly comes to his unwanted aid with a Winchester rifle or shotgun. He was also known around the area as a delinquent, as said by the new sheriff, one of the other delinquents during his teenage years, stating "Funny, never expected to find you on the same side of the law."
A former Marine Scout Sniper and Military Police NCO, Gibbs is portrayed as a consummate organizer, disciplined and demanding. These traits often put him in a stand-off with other authorities when they exert pressure on his team. it is stated that he is a Marine reservist. Although he has not served as an active Marine in some time, he retains enough of his marksmanship skills to kill Ziva's captors and to out-shoot a professional hit-man; That he is a deadshot marksman is further evidenced in "Hiatus" with flashbacks of him hitting a long-distance headshot of his family's murderer, who was driving a moving vehicle; he hits a kidnapper with a very swift killshot in the forehead---he takes this shot while kneeling from inside a car trunk, with his left hand.
Before the time in which NCIS is set, Gibbs travelled extensively on operations, particularly in Eastern Europe.
Gibbs has been married four times, and divorced three and the fourth deceased.
Gibbs is shown to always have a wooden-hulled sailboat under construction in his basement, which he builds entirely by hand using no power tools.
One of Gibbs' "trademarks" is that he will often slap the members of his team on the back of the head when displeased with their performance, though he does this mainly to DiNozzo as opposed to other members.
When somebody mentions the loss of children and wives, Gibbs rarely comments although he may react slightly.