‘Magnum P.I.’ Ending: Watch the Cast in These Other Screen Roles
It’s time to bid farewell to Magnum P.I. all over again: After getting a second lease on life from NBC for a fifth and final season, the ex-CBS action drama is ending, seemingly for good. But you don’t have to say goodbye to the six main cast members, since they all have extensive filmographies.
Scroll down to see Magnum P.I.’s stars in other roles — all of which are yours for the streaming or purchasing — including one actor’s appearance in a movie musical now playing in theaters.
Magnum P.I., 2-Hour Series Finale, Wednesday, January 3, 9/8c, NBC
Jay Hernandez
Before he landed the part of Thomas Magnum, Hernandez’s most recent series-regular TV job was Fox’s crime drama Gang Related. In that short-lived series — available for purchase online — the actor played Daniel Acosta, childhood best friend of gangster-turned-cop Ryan Lopez (Ramón Rodríguez).
Perdita Weeks
Weeks, who plays Juliet Higgins on Magnum P.I., had a four-episode arc in the Showtime drama Penny Dreadful’s third season, which is streaming on Paramount+ with Showtime. She played Catriona Hartdegen, a thanatologist — a scholar of death — who comes to the aid of Vanessa Ives (Eva Green).
Stephen Hill
Hill, known to Magnum P.I. fans as Theodore “TC” Calvin, has a role in The Color Purple, currently in movie theaters. He plays Henry “Buster” Broadnax, boyfriend of Sofia (Danielle Brooks), in the Warner Bros. screen adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name.
Amy Hill
The actor behind Magnum P.I.’s Teuila “Kumu” Tuileta, this Hill previously had a recurring role as Lourdes Chan — the meddling mother of Josh (Vincent Rodriguez III) and an early supporter of Rebecca (Rachel Bloom, pictured here with Hill) — on The CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. That musical comedy series is currently streaming on Netflix.
Zachary Knighton
Before playing Rick Wright on Magnum P.I., Knighton starred as Dave Rose, food truck owner and ex-fiancé of Alex (Elisha Cuthbert) in the ABC comedy Happy Endings, which is now streaming on Hulu and The Roku Channel.
Tim Kang
Kang was a CBS star long before he landed the part of Detective Gordon Katsumoto on Magnum P.I.: On the network’s procedural The Mentalist, now streaming on Max and The Roku Channel, Kang played federal investigator Kimball Cho in all 151 episodes.
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Will miss magnum PI
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J
That hardly looks like "Higgins," she looks so different with the red hair (and lipstick).
Tim Kang was great in The Mentalist... which itself was a very good show.
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I love Magnum PI. Every time I find a good show it gets canceled. It SUCKS.
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Loved Magnum P.I. HATE they're canceling it. SUCKS!!!!
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I am going to miss it awful. Bring it back.😩😩💖
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The only TV series remake that was as good as the original
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I thought Hawaii 50 was wonderful as well!
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O
Can’t believe it’s ending. Is this really the end…..say it ain’t so.
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R
I didn't like how the show ended. I wanted more. I didn't want it to end at all. Please bring it back on nbc. I can't afford streaming channels.
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What were they thinking? Why can't they leave well enough alone? Everybody loves Magnum PI, but now we aren't crazy about NBC for tricking us into believing that they saved Magnum PI for us. Wow!!!!
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Bring it back!!!
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Hope that a streaming network picks this show up.
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K
Bring back the program. I really miss it.
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We will miss this cast of Magnum PI they did a wonderful job portraying the characters. Could they be brought back for another few years?
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