James Brass is a fictional character portrayed by Paul Guilfoyle on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and its sequel CSI: Vegas.
30 Facts About Jim Brass
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Jim Brass made his first screen appearance in the show's pilot, broadcast on October 6,2000.
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Jim Brass returned for the series finale, Immortality, and appeared in two episodes of CSI: Vegas.
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Jim Brass appeared in two episodes of the first season of the sequel CSI: Vegas.
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On March 24,2014 it was announced that Jim Brass would be leaving CSI: Crime Scene Investigation by the end of season 14.
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Jim Brass putting his spin on the crime of the week, just as Paul Guilfoyle put his indelible stamp on the character and the show.
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Jim Brass enlisted in the United States Marine Corps fresh out of high school and did two tours of duty in the Vietnam War.
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Jim Brass graduated from Seton Hall University with a degree in history.
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Jim Brass spent 20 years working his way up to homicide detective in Newark, New Jersey.
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Jim Brass transferred out of New Jersey in the 1990s and came to Las Vegas.
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Jim Brass made it clear he was not for sale and said he was not invited to any more gatherings after that.
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Jim Brass had a fling with former officer Ann-Marie Tolsom, his name later turning up on a list of those who had had physical relations with her when she was believed killed by her ex-husband.
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Jim Brass used to have Grissom's job as the supervisor of the CSI team.
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Jim Brass was then given the position as a homicide detective, usually serving as the legal muscle for the CSI team and the one who does most of the arresting and interrogating of suspects.
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Jim Brass is shown to favor heavy-caliber weaponry including a Heckler and Koch USP.
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Jim Brass later is stunned and guilt-ridden to realize that he was actually the one that killed the officer.
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Later at the officer's funeral, his widow approached, and when Jim Brass tried to explain how sorry he was, she told him that she knew it was not his fault.
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Jim Brass has a good working relationship with other members of the team.
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Jim Brass gets on Grissom's case for not drawing his firearm, even in appropriate situations.
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Jim Brass is close friends with former night shift supervisor Gil Grissom.
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Jim Brass had some disagreements with Langston over dealing with serial killer Nate Haskell in Season 10.
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When Warrick is murdered, Jim Brass is visibly upset, especially after his ill-timed statement to Warrick immediately before his murder about how lucky he was.
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Jim Brass does have to occasionally chastise her when she becomes overzealous and runs into a scene before the officers have a chance to secure it.
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Jim Brass sees shades of himself in her when he notices her popping cough drops at a scene, presumably to hide the smell of alcohol on her breath.
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When Nick is abducted and buried alive, Jim Brass pulls out all the stops to ensure Nick is safely found.
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Jim Brass doesn't have much interaction with him early in the series, but once Sanders crosses from lab tech to CSI, they begin working more cases together, and they have a mutual respect.
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Jim Brass has an estranged daughter, Ellie Rebecca Jim Brass, who is not biologically his.
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Jim Brass is shot by William Cutler, a wanted suspect in a triple homicide.
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Jim Brass is emotionally distraught and calls Ellie's mother, who flies to Las Vegas and badgers her ex-husband to find Ellie.
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Jim Brass, when realizing that Ellie is the killer, walks heartbroken right up to the gun she is pointing at him, but Ellie does not pull the trigger; Jim Brass takes the gun from her and Ellie is arrested.