Rising Star Hill Harper Soars to New Heights in Time for CSI:NY Season Premiere

Rising Star Hill Harper Soars to New Heights in Time for CSI:NY Season Premiere

Dr. Sheldon Hawkes Makes a Smooth Transition From Reclusive Crime Lab Coroner to Sexy and Intriguing Field Detective

NEW YORK, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- In addition to the drastic renovation in scenery, fans of the CBS mega hit CSI:NY will notice a major adjustment amongst the cast during the highly anticipated Wednesday, September 28th season premiere (10-11 PM EST). Dr. Sheldon Hawkes, played by Hollywood heartthrob Hill Harper, starts the season out of the coroner's office and joined with the forensic investigative team in the field as a detective. The season premiere, aptly titled "Summer in the City", will showcase the new CSI offices located in a Manhattan high rise which will include sleek labs, a staff break room and new office equipment along with state-of-the-art technology. Previously known as a reclusive and conflicted coroner, Dr. Hawkes' first case will have him working alongside Gary Sense's character Detective Mac Taylor on a fascinating case involving the death of an expert skyscraper climber who plunges to his death before hundreds of witnesses while climbing the Empire State Building.

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Playing the role as a brilliant Ph.D is not a far stretch for the Ivy League graduate. Hill Harper graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University and earned graduate degrees in both law and public administration from Harvard. Also, profoundly affected in his own youth by Rainer Maria Rilke's LETTERS TO A YOUNG POET, Harper was inspired to write a book that would have similar impact on today's young men. LETTERS TO A YOUNG BROTHER will be the first in a series of books intended to provide the frequently regarded "lost generation" with words of encouragement and guidance. LETTERS TO A YOUNG BROTHER, published through Gotham Books, will hit bookshelves nationwide in April 2006.

About CSI:NY:

CSI:NY, a crime drama inspired by the number one drama series, CSI: Crime Investigation, is about forensic investigators who use high-tech science to follow the evidence and solve crimes in the Big Apple.

The team, led by Detective Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) and Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes) includes the ambitious Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo), the conflicted ex-coroner Dr. Sheldon Hawkes (Hill Harper) and the edgy Don Flack (Eddie Cahill), the chameleon Aiden Burn (Vanessa Ferlito). Following the beat of a different drum from their counterparts in Las Vegas ad Miami, the New York CSI's are guided by the same steadfast determination. These skilled investigators follow the evidence they piece together clues and eliminate doubt, to ultimately crack their cases.

CSI:NY is produced by CBS Productions and Alliance Atlantis Communications, in association with Jerry Bruckeimer Television. Jerry Bruckheimer, Anthony E. Zuiker, Jonathan Littman, Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue, Danny Cannon, Andrew Lipsitz and Pam Veasey are the executive producers.

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