‘NCIS: Origins’: Austin Stowell Talks ‘Incredible’ Crossover Transition From Mark Harmon’s Gibbs to His Version

NCIS fans were treated to two Gibbs onscreen in the Origins half of the two-part crossover earlier in 2025: Mark Harmon, who has been narrating the prequel as his present-day version lives in Alaska, appeared to kick off the event.

NCIS: Origins‘ opening scene of the crossover caught up with Gibbs in Alaska, where he had been joined by a dog, before what Austin Stowell, who stars as the character in the ’90s, calls an “incredible” transition from Harmon’s to his version. See it below.

“I was there,” Stowell tells TV Insider. “I was there the first time that [Harmon] shot when he was in the opening of Season 1 because I feel like, ‘This is the guy that created the character that he is Gibbs, and so I want to see everything he does. I would like to see the guy who played Gibbs be Gibbs.’” He laughs as he shares that Harmon told him to leave since he had just worked a long day and also had another ahead of him the next day.