‘Major Crimes’ Turns 10: Where’s the Cast Now?
A decade ago now — on August 13, 2012 — TNT’s police procedural The Closer ended and the spinoff Major Crimes began, with Mary McDonnell’s Sharon Rayder taking over for Kyra Sedgwick’s Brenda Leigh Johnson as head of the Major Crimes Division and many stars of The Closer reprising their LAPD roles on the new show.
Major Crimes debuted with basic cable’s most-watched series premiere of all time up to that point and aired six seasons before wrapping up in 2018. So, what have the cast members done since? Read on to find out…
Mary McDonnell (Sharon Raydor)
McDonnell recently guest-starred on Veronica Mars, recurred on Rebel, and voiced Lady Zerbst in the Netflix movie The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf. Soon, you’ll see her back on Netflix in The Fall of the House of Usher, the latest horror series from Mike Flanagan of The Haunting of Hill House fame.
G.W. Bailey (Louie Provenza)
Bailey returned to the screen in the 2020 short film Til Life Do Us Part, and he recently served as executive director of the Sunshine Kids Foundation, which organizes events and activities for children with cancer.
Tony Denison (Andy Flynn)
Denison, who’s also famous for the ‘80s NBC drama Crime Story, recently recurred as Vic Callan, Wilson Bethel’s onscreen dad, in the CBS-turned-OWN legal drama All Rise.
Michael Paul Chan (Mike Tao)
As he took guest-starring roles on The Good Fight and MacGyver, Chan also recurred as Yee Austin in recent installments of the Fox medical drama The Resident. Coming up, he’ll recur as rocket mechanic Walt in the Apple TV+ sci-fi series Hello Tomorrow!, as Deadline reports.
Raymond Cruz (Julio Sanchez)
Following Major Crimes, Cruz returned to his Breaking Bad role of Tuco Salamanca for Better Call Saul, playing the drug kingpin in four episodes of the AMC prequel series. More recently, he guest-starred in episodes of Get Shorty and Madam Secretary and appeared in the 2019 film The Curse of Llorona.
Phillip P. Keene
Keene has appeared on screen a couple times since the end of Major Crimes — appearing, for example, in the 2019 Lifetime movie Her Secret Family Killer. This past October, he posted an anniversary ode to his husband, Major Crimes creator James Duff, on Facebook: “Our journeys here both long and hard/Me the waif and you the bard/Have joined our hearts and souls together/From then to now/Until forever.”
Kearran Giovanni (Amy Sykes)
Giovanni recurred in All Rise like Denison, playing prosecutor Kiara Foster last year. And she recurred in The Resident like Chan, playing fitness teacher Andrea Braydon between 2019 and 2020. Her other recurring parts include roles in the BET period drama American Soul and the CW action series Walker.
Graham Patrick Martin (Rusty Beck)
After Major Crimes, Martin played Orr in all six episodes of the Hulu limited series Catch-22. He also guest-starred in recent episodes of All Rise, The Rookie, S.W.A.T., and NCIS: Los Angeles. And he and Justice Smith co-headlined the 2020 short film Query.
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I never understood this cancellation by TNT. One of their best shows, large viewership and excellent stories. Bring it back!
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Very disappointed this show was canceled
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I've never understood why Major Crimes was cancelled. Many of us thought it would be back until they killed off Sharon Raydor.
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She did die in Major Crimes, about three episodes before the last episode.
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G.W. Bailey has been the executive director of sunshine kids for about 25 years now not just the last 10 he's been involved with it for decades
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I loved this show, and still watch it in reruns..I agree with a lot of posters on here to revive the show, but how do you bring Sharon Raydor back from the dead?
And GW Bailey and Tony Dennison are like in their 80s at this time..If they can bring it back with Cruz's character Lt. Julio Sanchez, and have buzz in his squad, now as a detective, and Rusty Beck as an ADA, and Sykes, Dr. Morales, Tao and the 2 newbies from the last few episodes, then we may have a show.
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The best show ever! Miss this show more than any other show. Why do they cancel the best ones.
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In the age of reboots and revivals, this is a show that needs to come back! Hands down, the stupidest cancellation EVER! #RebootMajorCrimes
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I'm glad so many of the actors are portraying a myriad of characters (not like the old days, when stars were typecast!) And, I guess the wording should've been that Bailey has continued working with and for, the Sunshine charity... As someone mentioned, this is a long-standing set of events for him!
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Great show!
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BRING IT BACK! Best show ever!
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One of the very best Crime shows.
Makes no sense why it was canceled. watching the entire 6 seasons over .Not to mention it got good ratings .Time For a Reboot !!!!
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Still don’t understand why they cancelled this fantastic show. Bring back this great cast and I’m sure they can work in a reason where Sharon Raydor didn’t really die
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I Loved Loved this show. So sad when they killed off Sharon. Such a great show and loved all the different characters. ❤️❤️
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I never understood cancelling the t.v show.i miss them all love them all .
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Bring Back Major Crimes or Spin it off into a 2.0
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TNT is pretty much out of the drama business it seems so they figured they had enough episodes of MC's for syndication .. Animal Kingdom I believe is one of their last and that's done the end of this month.. now they'll be sports and reruns...
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Loved him in Mannequin
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Good to hear I am not the only on
Person interested in a return. Can't figure out why such an great program was canceled.
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what a great idea! And let’s not forget, by now Rusty could have graduated law school, perhaps Provenza got bored w retirement and could consult for PD. Andy could work with him if he’s retired too. Those 2 are wonderful together! I never ever understood this cancellation either. Loved loved loved this show and would soooo welcome a reboot with these folks. Excellent storylines with wonderful characters.
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They didn’t kill off Brenda at the end of The Closer. Loved both shows, with Major Crimes taking over where The Closer ended. Bring Brenda back along with her friend Gabriel who drove her around everywhere, along with her “husband” Fritz, who was also in Major Crimes. I’ve watched the reruns of both series many times. It would be great to see the story continue with the old and new together. Is it possible…or an impossible dream?
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