George Eads

About

George Coleman Eads III (born March 1, 1967) is an American actor, known for his role as Nick Stokes on the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He later starred as Jack Dalton on the CBS action-adventure series MacGyver for three seasons.

Eads attended Belton High School in Belton, Texas. Eads graduated from Texas Tech University (1989) with a degree in marketing. In college, he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Prior to beginning an acting career, Eads worked as a copy machine salesman, as well as selling first aid and safety supplies for Cintas.

Eads drove to Los Angeles in a pickup truck borrowed from his stepfather, to pursue his acting career. Eads got his big break on the primetime soap opera Savannah, in which he played the conniving Travis Peterson and later Travis’s twin brother, Nick Corelli.
Eads guest-starred as paramedic Greg Powell on ER in 1997 and worked on several television films such as Crowned and Dangerous (1997).
In 2000, Eads became one of the lead characters of the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, in which he portrayed forensic scientist Nick Stokes.
Parallel to CSI, Eads…