Nick Stokes

Nick Stokes, played by George Eads on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, is an average-height man with a slim yet muscular build.Physical TraitsBuild: Average height with a fit, athletic frame that allows him to run and chase suspects easily. He bulked up slightly in later seasons (13 and 14). Hair: Naturally dark brown and usually kept short and spiky. His hair changes across seasons: he shaved his head completely in seasons 5, 7, and 11 (and parts of 9), sported messier hair in season 6, and briefly wore a beard and longer styles.Facial Hair: Mostly clean-shaven, though he famously grew an ill-advised mustache in Season 6 and a full beard in Season 14.

Clothing and StyleShirts: Wears dark-colored, fitted shirts, including blacks, grays, and dark blues. Prefers long-sleeved button-downs or pullovers, sometimes layering a t-shirt underneath.Accessories: Frequently wears a wristwatch with a large leather band on his left wrist and occasionally a silver ring on his right middle finger. He also wears his CSI ID badge on a chain around his neck.

Nick Stokes is a warm, friendly, and deeply empathetic crime scene investigator on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.Core Personality TraitsEmpathetic and Caring: He feels deep emotion for victims. He often lets his heart guide his work.Friendly and Open: He has a cheerful and polite attitude. He gets along easily with his coworkers.Strong Moral Compass: He acts as the conscience of the team. He cares deeply about justice and doing what is right.Loyal Friend: He forms strong bonds with his peers, especially Warrick Brown, and supports his team through hard times.Strengths and VulnerabilitiesProtective with Children: He hates seeing kids get hurt. His own painful childhood makes it hard for him to investigate child abuse cases.

Nick has a natural empathy with the people affected by the crimes he investigates, especially those involving children. Other members of the team believe that it is better to maintain an emotional distance. This difference in outlook is a source of much comment and occasionally raised voices.

In Overload (S2E3), Nick confessed to Catherine that he was molested by a last-minute baby sitter when he was nine, but never told anyone. He makes a statement that there are some people that you're supposed to be able to trust, and he also mentions that the case involving a deceased child who was killed by his mother and psychiatrist had made it personal for him.

Nick is chivalrous; while interviewing two girls at a wedding, he took off his jacket and gave it to one of the interviewees, ending up with the victim's blood on his shirt. (Rashomama, S6E21).

Nick can become emotional under intense stress: he nearly cried when being held at gunpoint (Who Are You?, S1E6), and was on the verge of committing suicide when buried alive in a glass coffin (Grave Danger, S5E23-24). He broke down once again when discussing the death of the victim with Raymond Langston, and how he should have seen the danger signs over the year he had known her, and done something to prevent it (Turn, Turn, Turn, S9E16).

After he was shot in the left shoulder by Jekyll, when standing off against Alex McCann, he not only emptied the magazine of his gun, but proceeded to scarcely reload. He was eventually calmed by Catherine.

Nick changed after he was buried alive (Grave Danger, S5E23-24). He lost his temper and physically grabbed and intimidated a suspect he believed had knowledge of where a young girl was hidden (Gum Drops, S6E5). Afterwards, Sara told Nick that she believed that six months ago, he wouldn't have lost control in the room with the suspect like that.

Nick suffers emotional scars as the show goes on, aforementioned traumas caused changes, making him one of, if not the most traumatized CSI of the three continuities. He can be extremely soft-hearted. In Play Dead (S13E5), Nick got very close with a German Shepard he was working with to solve the murder of the dog's owner, with Nick adopting the dog at the end of the episode and sometimes brought him in the lab.