Kyle Schmid Joins 'NCIS: Origins' as Young Mike Franks
justjared.comKyle Schmid is joining the NCIS franchise! The 39-year-old has just been cast as a lead, playing young Mike Franks in the upcoming prequel NCIS: Origins, Deadline reports.
Mike Franks was previously portrayed by Muse Watson on the original, flagship series. Keep reading to find out more… The upcoming prequel series will start in 1991, years prior to the events of NCIS and follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs, narrated by Mark Harmon.
In the series, Gibbs starts his career as a newly minted special agent at the fledgling NCIS Camp Pendleton office where he forges his place on a gritty, ragtag team led by NCIS legend Mike Franks.
According to Deadline, “Special Agent Mike Franks is a proud Texan who all but showers in his cowboy boots and sports a perfectly coiffed mustache that’s as thick as his skin.
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