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Numb3rs
''Numbers'' (stylized as ''NUMB3RS'') is an American crime drama television series that originally aired on CBS from January 23, 2005, to March 12, 2010, with a total of six seasons consisting of 118 episodes. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes ( Rob Morrow) and his brother Charlie Eppes ( David Krumholtz), a college mathematics professor and prodigy, who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI. Brothers Ridley and Tony Scott produced ''Numbers''; its production companies are the Scott brothers' Scott Free Productions and CBS Television Studios (originally Paramount Network Television, and later CBS Paramount Network Television). The show focuses equally on the relationships among Don Eppes, his brother Charlie Eppes, and their father, Alan Eppes ( Judd Hirsch), and on the brothers' efforts to fight crime, usually in Los Angeles. A typical episode begins with a crime, which is subsequently investigated by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Eppes
Charles Edward Eppes, Ph.D., is a fictional character and one of the protagonists of the CBS crime drama ''Numbers''. He is portrayed by David Krumholtz. Eppes is portrayed as a young mathematical genius and professor of applied mathematics at the fictional ''California Institute of Science'', ''CalSci'' (primarily based on Caltech, where some filming and mathematics consulting is done). As a world-class mathematician, Charlie helps his brother Don Eppes solve many of his perplexing FBI cases, sometimes with the help of his best friend, mentor and colleague Larry Fleinhardt, and his on-again/off-again girlfriend, former student and now wife, Amita Ramanujan, who further refines Charlie's approach and helps him stay focused. Charlie has consulted for the National Security Agency (NSA), in part as a cryptanalyst, for nearly five years, having attained TS/SCI security clearance. It was revoked at the end of season four after he transmitted information to Pakistan, but was later re- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Eppes
Donald "Don" Eppes is a fictional character and one of the protagonists of the CBS crime drama ''Numbers''. He is portrayed by Rob Morrow. Don is an FBI Special Agent who runs the FBI Violent Crimes Squad in Los Angeles. Don recruits his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes, to help him and the Bureau solve some of their most difficult cases. Don makes great sacrifices in his personal life in order to devote himself to his career, which to him is more of a way of life than a mere job. More important to him than his work is his family, especially Charlie, even though he doesn't understand his brother's way of looking at the world. Backstory Don is the older son of Alan Eppes and Margaret Mann-Eppes. He was raised in a secular Jewish family. During the Vietnam War, his parents would take him to sit-ins, and he twice watched his father be arrested (as mentioned in the episode "Protest"). When Don became too attached to his toy gun, his parents put him in Little League, hoping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Numbers Episodes
''Numbers'' is an American television series created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton. It premiered on CBS on Sunday, January 23, 2005, at 10:00 pm with its pilot episode then moved to its Friday slot five days later. It remained in that slot for the rest of its run. The series is set in Los Angeles, California, and follows the stories of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) team and a mathematics professor, focusing on relationships between FBI Special Agent in Charge Don Eppes (Rob Morrow), his brother Professor Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz) and their father, Alan Eppes (Judd Hirsch), and on the brothers' efforts to fight crime. A typical episode begins with a crime, which is subsequently investigated by Don's team and mathematically described by Charlie. The insights provided by Charlie's mathematics are almost always crucial to solving the crime. In total, six complete seasons consisting of 118 episodes were broadcast. The first season, a mid-season replaceme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheryl Heuton
Cheryl Heuton is an American television writer and producer. Along with her husband and writing partner Nicolas Falacci, she co-created the television series ''Numb3rs'' (2005–2010). The couple created the show, a mathematics-centered departure from standard-fare Hollywood programming, to combat anti-intellectualism. Falacci and Heuton were awarded the Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science in 2005 and, with ''Numb3rs'', the National Science Board's Public Service Award in 2007. Heuton and Falacci also co-wrote the TV movie ''The Arrangement'' (2013), an adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s story “When the Women Come Out to Dance.” Early life and education Cheryl Heuton grew up in northern San Diego County. She credits her pro-science and pro-mathematics outlook (later demonstrated in her work on ''Numb3rs'') to her upbringing in a “community that had a lot of professors from UCSD in it, and … an early exposure to a lot of science and thinking.” Heuton als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Farr
Diane Farr (born September 7, 1969) is an American actress, producer, and writer. Her television roles have included FBI agent Megan Reeves in '' Numb3rs'', the firefighter Laura Miles in '' Rescue Me'', and the division chief Sharon Leone in '' Fire Country''. Life and career Diane Farr was born on September 7, 1969, in New York City. She is of Irish and Italian descent. Farr studied drama at New York's Stony Brook University, with semesters at Loughborough University in England, graduating ''magna cum laude'' with a joint BA in Theatre from the two universities, Farr has written two books. The first, ''The Girl Code'', was published in 2001 and has been translated into seven languages. It discusses the secret language of single women. Her second book, ''Kissing Outside the Lines'', was published in May 2011 and is a comical memoir of her path to an interracial marriage. Farr also writes for a number of American magazines and has an internationally syndicated newspaper col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Morrow
Robert Alan Morrow (born September 21, 1962) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Dr. Joel Fleischman on '' Northern Exposure'', a role that garnered him three Golden Globe and two Emmy nominations for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series, and later for his role as FBI agent Don Eppes on ''Numbers''. Early life Morrow was born in New Rochelle, New York, the son of Diane Francis (née Markowitz), a dental hygienist, and Murray Morrow, an industrial lighting manufacturer. He is Jewish, and had a Reform Bar Mitzvah. Morrow grew up in Hartsdale, New York. His parents divorced when he was nine years old. He attended Cardigan Mountain School and Edgemont High School and dropped out at the beginning of his senior year to begin his acting career. Career Morrow's film career began when he appeared as an extra at age 18 on ''Saturday Night Live''. He co-starred alongside Johnny Depp in '' Private Resort'' (1985). He later appeared in the Dentyne gum commercials w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judd Hirsch
Judd Seymore Hirsch (born March 15, 1935) is an American actor. He is known for playing Alex Rieger on the television comedy series ''Taxi'' (1978–1983), John Lacey on the NBC series '' Dear John'' (1988–1992), and Alan Eppes on the CBS series ''Numb3rs'' (2005–2010). He is also well known for his career in theatre and for his roles in films such as ''Ordinary People'' (1980), '' Running on Empty'' (1988), ''Independence Day'' (1996), '' A Beautiful Mind'' (2001), '' Independence Day: Resurgence'' (2016), '' Uncut Gems'' (2019), and '' The Fabelmans'' (2022). Hirsch has twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, has twice won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, has won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy, and was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in ''Ordinary People'' (1980) and ''The Fabelmans'' (2022). Early life and education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Krumholtz
David Krumholtz (born May 15, 1978) is an American actor. Krumholtz is best known for portraying Bernard in ''The Santa Clause'' franchise (1994–present), Michael Eckman in '' 10 Things I Hate About You'' (1999), Goldstein in the '' Harold & Kumar'' film trilogy (2004–2011), Charlie Eppes in the CBS drama series ''Numb3rs'' (2005–2010), and Isidor Isaac Rabi in '' Oppenheimer'' (2023). Krumholtz has also had other supporting roles in notable films such as ''Addams Family Values'' (1993), '' The Ice Storm'' (1997), ''Slums of Beverly Hills'' (1998), '' Ray'' (2004), '' Serenity'' (2005), ''Superbad'' (2007), ''Hail, Caesar!'' (2016), ''Sausage Party'' (2016), '' Wonder Wheel'' (2017), and ''The Ballad of Buster Scruggs'' (2018). He also portrayed Harvey Wasserman in the HBO drama series '' The Deuce'' (2017–2019) and Monty Levin in the HBO miniseries ''The Plot Against America'' (2020). Krumholtz made his Broadway debut in the 1992 play '' Conversations with My Father''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alimi Ballard
Alimi Ballard (born ) is an American television actor. He is best known for his role as FBI agent David Sinclair on the CBS police procedural thriller ''Numb3rs'' (2005–2010), as well as the Quizmaster from ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch''. Early life Ballard began acting in high school. He attended Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center in the NE Bronx and participated in their PYT theater program. Career From 1993 to 1996, Ballard portrayed Frankie Hubbard (son of ''All My Children'' supercouple Jesse and Angie) on the ABC daytime soap opera '' Loving'' and its successor series '' The City''. In 1997, he was a regular cast member on the short-lived ABC sitcom '' Arsenio'', which starred Arsenio Hall and Vivica A. Fox. He also portrayed Quizmaster Albert on the ABC/ WB series ''Sabrina, the Teenage Witch'' (1997–99) and Herbal on the Fox series '' Dark Angel'' (2000–01). From 2005 to 2010, Ballard co-starred in the CBS police procedural thriller, ''Numb3rs'', as David Sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navi Rawat
Navlata Rawat (born June 5, 1977) is a former American television and film actress, known for her roles as Theresa Diaz on the drama series ''The O.C.'' and math prodigy Amita Ramanujan on the drama series ''Numb3rs''. Early life Rawat was born in Malibu, California to Claudia (née Littmann) and Rajaji Rawat. Her mother is German and her father is Indian. Her maternal grandfather was Gerhard Littmann, the President of Police (''Polizeipräsident'') of Frankfurt. She was raised in Miami, Florida. She attended Miami Country Day School and is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Career In television, Rawat is best known for her roles as Theresa Diaz on the drama ''The O.C.'' and math prodigy Amita Ramanujan on ''Numb3rs''. She had a guest role as Melanie in the first season of '' 24''. Her work in film includes the science-fiction ''Thoughtcrimes'' (2003), the Project Greenlight film ''Feast'' (2005), and the independent romantic comedy ''Loveless in Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Falacci
Nicolas Falacci is a television writer and producer. Along with his wife and writing partner Cheryl Heuton, he co-created the television series ''Numb3rs'' (2005). Falacci and Heuton won the 2005 Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science award for the show's popularization of mathematics. Falacci also wrote the story and screenplay for the 1991 horror film '' Children of the Night'', starring Karen Black and Peter DeLuise. Filmography * '' Children of the Night'' (1991), writer * ''Numb3rs ''Numbers'' (stylized as ''NUMB3RS'') is an American crime drama television series that originally aired on CBS from January 23, 2005, to March 12, 2010, with a total of six seasons consisting of 118 episodes. The series was created by Nico ...'' (2005), writer and producer * ''The Arrangement'' (2013), writer and producer References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Falacci, Nicolas Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American television writers Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aya Sumika
Aya Sumika (born August 22, 1980) is a former American actress best known for her semi-recurring role (which later turned into a regular role) as FBI Agent Liz Warner in the television series ''Numb3rs''. Personal life Sumika’s father is Caucasian and her mother is Japanese American. She grew up in Seattle, attended the Northwest School, then studied ballet at Juilliard. Sumika and husband Trevor are high school sweethearts who met when she was 15. They married in 2007. Their daughter, Misa, was born in 2012. Their second daughter, Kiyona, was born in 2014. Her home is featured in Apartment Therapy House Tour. Sumika and her husband are co-owners of MIDORI Ribbon, a ribbon-oriented fashion and design company featuring Made in America products. MIDORI is located in Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
