{"id":253825,"date":"2025-12-27T09:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T09:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/253825\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T09:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T09:52:09","slug":"criminal-minds-season-19-cast-updates-8-returning-stars-1-new-actor-plus-why-a-beloved-favorite-might-not-be-back-a-j-cook-adam-rodriguez-aisha-tyler-criminal-minds-eg-ex-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/253825\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Criminal Minds\u2019 Season 19 Cast Updates: 8 Returning Stars &#038; 1 New Actor, Plus Why a Beloved Favorite Might Not Be Back | A.J. Cook, Adam Rodriguez, Aisha Tyler, Criminal Minds, EG, Extended, Jeri Ryan, Joe Mantegna, Kirsten Vangsness, Matthew Gray Gubler, Paget Brewster, Paramount Plus, Ryan-James Hatanaka, Slideshow, Television, Zach Gilford | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos | Just Jared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"page-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/26\/criminal-minds-season-19-cast-updates-8-returning-stars-1-new-actor-plus-why-a-beloved-favorite-might-not-be-back-2\/\" alt=\"&#039;Criminal Minds&#039; Season 19 Cast Updates: 8 Returning Stars &amp; 1 New Actor, Plus Why a Beloved Favorite Might Not Be Back\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab First<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/26\/criminal-minds-season-19-cast-updates-8-returning-stars-1-new-actor-plus-why-a-beloved-favorite-might-not-be-back-2\/4\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab Previous <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/26\/criminal-minds-season-19-cast-updates-8-returning-stars-1-new-actor-plus-why-a-beloved-favorite-might-not-be-back-2\/6\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Continue \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/zach-criminal.jpg\" alt=\"Zach Gilford photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Zach Gilford \u2013 RETURNING CAST MEMBER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/zach-gilford\/\" title=\"Zach Gilford\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Zach Gilford<\/strong><\/a> joined the cast as a recurring guest star in season one of Evolution. He plays \u201cElias Voit, an operations analyst for a global cyber-security firm who has a dark side and an obsession with death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Will be back for season four of Evolution!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more we talked, we thought we had one more season to really explore some other stuff with him and the team,\u201d showrunner and executive producer <strong>Erica Messer<\/strong> told <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/criminal-minds-season-18-ending-explained-11767923\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/ew.com\/criminal-minds-season-18-ending-explained-11767923&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EW<\/a>. \u201cYou\u2019re going to see him in every episode of season 19. He is a prisoner again, but in a very different way than he was in season 17. He will be a resource for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ryan-criminal.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan-James\" hatanaka=\"\" photo=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Ryan-James Hatanaka \u2013 RETURNING CAST MEMBER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ryan-james-hatanaka\/\" title=\"Ryan James Hatanaka\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ryan James Hatanaka<\/strong><\/a> was promoted to series regular in season two of Evolution, playing the role of Tyler.<\/p>\n<p>Will be back for season four of Evolution!<\/p>\n<p class=\"page-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/26\/criminal-minds-season-19-cast-updates-8-returning-stars-1-new-actor-plus-why-a-beloved-favorite-might-not-be-back-2\/\" alt=\"&#039;Criminal Minds&#039; Season 19 Cast Updates: 8 Returning Stars &amp; 1 New Actor, Plus Why a Beloved Favorite Might Not Be Back\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab First<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/26\/criminal-minds-season-19-cast-updates-8-returning-stars-1-new-actor-plus-why-a-beloved-favorite-might-not-be-back-2\/4\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab Previous <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/26\/criminal-minds-season-19-cast-updates-8-returning-stars-1-new-actor-plus-why-a-beloved-favorite-might-not-be-back-2\/6\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Continue \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPhotos: CBS, Getty\t\t\tPosted to: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/a-j-cook\/\" title=\"View all posts in A.J. Cook\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A.J. Cook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/adam-rodriguez\/\" title=\"View all posts in Adam Rodriguez\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Rodriguez<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/aisha-tyler\/\" title=\"View all posts in Aisha Tyler\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aisha Tyler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/criminal-minds\/\" title=\"View all posts in Criminal Minds\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Criminal Minds<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/eg\/\" title=\"View all posts in EG\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EG<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/extended\/\" title=\"View all posts in Extended\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Extended<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jeri-ryan\/\" title=\"View all posts in Jeri Ryan\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeri Ryan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/joe-mantegna\/\" title=\"View all posts in Joe Mantegna\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Mantegna<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kirsten-vangsness\/\" title=\"View all posts in Kirsten Vangsness\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kirsten Vangsness<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/matthew-gray-gubler\/\" title=\"View all posts in Matthew Gray Gubler\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Gray Gubler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/paget-brewster\/\" title=\"View all posts in Paget Brewster\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paget Brewster<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/paramount-plus\/\" title=\"View all posts in Paramount Plus\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paramount Plus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ryan-james-hatanaka\/\" title=\"View all posts in Ryan-James Hatanaka\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan-James Hatanaka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/slideshow\/\" title=\"View all posts in Slideshow\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slideshow<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/television\/\" title=\"View all posts in Television\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Television<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/zach-gilford\/\" title=\"View all posts in Zach Gilford\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Gilford<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00ab First\u00ab Previous Continue \u00bb Zach Gilford \u2013 RETURNING CAST MEMBER Zach Gilford joined the cast as a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[18,117,19,17,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-253825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115790922019373459","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}