JAG (TV Series) - Cast Overview

Cast Overview

David James Elliott stars as LT/LCDR/CDR/CAPT Harmon "Harm" Rabb, Jr., JAGC, USN, a judge advocate (military lawyer),

LTJG/CDR Caitlin Pike, JAGC, USN, played by Andrea Parker, who left the series following the two-part pilot where she was Rabb's partner, but later returned to guest star three more times (twice in Season 1 and once in Season 6).

LTJG Meg Austin, JAGC, USN, played by Tracey Needham, was Rabb's partner for the remainder of Season 1 and in archive footage in one Season 3 and one Season 9 episode.

Rabb's final, long-term partner was LtCol Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie, USMC (played by Catherine Bell).

John M. Jackson played RADM A.J. Chegwidden, Judge Advocate General of the US Navy, coming in as a mid-season replacement during season 1 and remaining until the end of season 9. Chegwidden is both a former SEAL and a former surface-warfare officer, having commanded a destroyer before becoming a Judge Advocate.

Other cast members included LCDR Bud Roberts (played by Patrick Labyorteaux), first a Public Affairs Officer (PAO) on the aircraft carrier USS Seahawk (CVN-65), then transferred to JAG studying law at night, and later after finishing his Bar examination he became a junior judge advocate at JAG. While on an assignment to the Seahawk, he met his future wife, LT Harriet Simms, played by Karri Turner, who would eventually come to be the administrative aide (TDY from the Naval Inspector General's Office) who held the office together. Bud's clumsiness, both physical and verbal, and geeky interests (he's a Trekkie, fascinated by the paranormal, and a computer expert), together with his wife's maternal nature, were a frequent source of comic relief. His clumsiness was played down as the series went on. Bud lost the lower half of his right leg in Afghanistan in the last episode of season 7, while attempting the heroic rescue of an Afghan boy playing in a mine field. For his actions, he received the Purple Heart and later was able to return to limited active duty with a prosthetic leg. For all he was comic relief much of the time, the esteem in which he is held is reflected in the fact that Admiral Chegwidden "went to the mat" with the Bureau of Personnel and the Secretary of the Navy to get Bud promoted and retained on active duty when BuPers wanted to medically discharge him after Bud lost his leg.

Nanci Chambers, real-life spouse of David James Elliott, played LT Loren Singer. Singer was consumed by her continual want to further her career at the expense of those around her. She often clashed with the other characters. In Season 7's "Guilt," Singer hurt Harriet by using the death of her baby Sarah to discredit her testimony in court. In a later episode, however, Harriet got a measure of revenge by punching out Singer. Singer was murdered, with suspicion falling on Harm, who was eventually cleared (the two-part story detailing the investigation into Singer's murder was used as the pilot for the spin-off NCIS).

Trevor Goddard played Royal Australian Navy Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby from 1998–2001, originally an exchange officer during season 4; Brumby was at one point engaged to Sarah MacKenzie. After Goddard's death in 2003, the series paid tribute to him by reshowing a scene from an episode where the cast and crew sang Waltzing Matilda, an Australian folk song, as Brumby was leaving a bar where a going away party for him was taking place.

Scott Lawrence played CMDR Sturgis Turner from 2001–2005, an academy classmate of Harm's originally assigned to the submarine service before becoming a JAG lawyer. Initially Turner and Rabb are shown as friends, although Turner does seem to have difficulty fitting in to the JAG culture. In the final season, Turner and Rabb have a falling out, occasionally exchanging heated words.