George Eads : Role - Nick Stokes
Birthday : 1 March 1967
Birth Place : Fort Worth, Texas, US
Birth Name : George Coleman Eads III
Height : 5′11″
Gender : Male
Recent Role : Nick Stokes on CSI
George Eads was born on 1 March 1967 in Fort Worth, Texas, US. He is the son of Arthur Coleman “Cappy” Eads and Vivian Baker. He was raised in Belton, Texas. His sister Angela Eads Tekell is an attorney in Waco, Texas. He has a stepfather, who is a gynecologist. He earned a degree in marketing from the Texas Tech University. He had attended the Belton High School, before this. When he was in the Texas Tech University, he became a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He was into the sales of copy machines, first aid and safety supplies.
He borrowed a pick-up truck from his stepfather in which he traveled to his dreamland, Los Angeles, with an ambition to become an actor. When in Los Angeles, he drove only during the day, because of the broken headlights of the pickup.
He earned a major break on the primetime soap opera ‘Savannah‘. His character died in the pilot episode itself, but he continued to appear in the flashbacks. He then returned on the series, as the identical twin of his dead character. He appeared in a guest role for ‘ER‘ and in a regular role in ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation‘. He has also appeared on TV for his roles in ‘Evel Knievel’, ‘Monte Walsh’, ‘Second String’, ‘Grapevine’, ‘The Spring’, ‘Crowned and Dangerous’ and ‘The Ultimate Lie’.
He was caught in a controversy, when he and his co-star, Jorda Fox, were fired out of the ‘CSI‘ series in 2004. He came hours after the scheduled time on the first day of the fifth season’s filming, saying that he just overslept. After a few weeks, the dispute was resolved and both of them were inducted back in the series, but they did not get the increased pay like the other cast members.
In another controversy in 2006, he earned unfavorable reactions from the press, in Australia, where he was to appear at the Logies. His publicist called the organizers two hours before, to say that Eads did not like the red carpets. Eads also had some alleged flings with the local stars of soap operas.
He won the Screen Actors Guild Award - 2005 for the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’ and earned the nomination for the same in 2002-2004. He was a nominee for the Teens Choice Award in 2006 under the category of TV-Choice Actor for ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’.
Role in CSI
George Eads plays “Nick Stokes” in ‘CSI’ tv show. He works at Dallas crime laboratory for one year as CSI level 1 and then is transferred to the Las Vegas crime laboratory. He is a specialist in hair and fiber analysis.
