NCIS: Los Angeles season 8

The eighth season of NCIS: Los Angeles, premiered on CBS on Sunday, September 25, 2016 with a two-episode premiere and concluded on May 14, 2017. The season contained 24 episodes. For the 2016-17 U.S. television season, the eighth season of NCIS: Los Angeles ranked #11 with an average of 12.51 million viewers and in the 18–49 demographic ranked 43rd with a 1.8/6 Rating/Share.

Main

 * Chris O'Donnell as Grisha "G." Callen, NCIS Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) of the Office of Special Projects (OSP) in Los Angeles
 * Daniela Ruah as Kensi Blye, NCIS Junior Special Agent
 * Eric Christian Olsen as Marty Deeks, LAPD Detective and NCIS Liaison
 * Barrett Foa as Eric Beale, NCIS Technical Operator
 * Renée Felice Smith as Nell Jones, NCIS Special Agent and Intelligence Analyst
 * Miguel Ferrer as Owen Granger, NCIS Assistant Director (episodes 1–16)
 * Linda Hunt as Henrietta Lange, NCIS Supervisory Special Agent and Operations Manager
 * LL Cool J as Sam Hanna, NCIS Senior Agent, second in command

Recurring

 * Vyto Ruginis as Arkady Kolcheck, Anna's father
 * Peter Cambor as Nate Getz, NCIS Special Agent
 * Erik Palladino as CIA Officer Vostanik Sabatino
 * Aunjanue Ellis as Michelle Hanna, "Quinn", Sam's wife
 * Jeronimo Spinx as NCIS Agent Thompson
 * Elizabeth Bogush as Joelle Taylor, CIA Agent
 * Bar Paly as Anastasia "Anna" Kolcheck, Arkady's daughter
 * India de Beaufort as Alexandra Reynolds
 * Jackson Hurst as Undersecretary of Defense Corbin Duggan
 * Lisa Maley as Sue Chen
 * Anslem Richardson as Tahir Khaled
 * Kurt Yaeger as Sullivan / CIA Officer Ferris
 * Adam Bartley as Carl Brown
 * Tom Winter as Nassir, NCIS Special Agent
 * Salvator Xuereb as Randall Sharov
 * Sammy Sheik as Ahmed Han Asakeem
 * John M. Jackson as Rear Admiral A. J. Chegwidden, JAGC, USN (Ret.)
 * Pamela Reed as Roberta Deeks, Deeks' mother
 * Karina Logue as LAPD Detective Ellen Whiting

Guest appearances

 * Salem Mikhael as Ben Mir (Episode 3)
 * Laura Harring as Julia Feldman (episodes 4 & 10)
 * Byron Mann as Zhang Kiu (episode 4)
 * Daniel Marin as Carlos Gutierrez (episode 4)
 * TJ Ramini as John Martin / Tobin Shaked (episode 6)
 * James Sayess as Gabriel Mir (episode 3)
 * Daniel J. Travanti as Nikita Aleksandr Reznikov / Garrison, Callen's father (episodes 9 & 16)
 * Soufiane El Khalidy as Sayid Lajani (episode 8)
 * Eddie George as Byron Brown (episode 12)
 * Marsha Thomason as Secret Service Special Agent Nicole Deschamps (episode 12)
 * Martin Mull as Eddie O'Boyle (episode 12)
 * Debra Jo Rupp as Ginger O'Boyle (episode 12)
 * Azie Tesfai as King (episode 17)
 * Bruce Thomas as LA District Attorney Frank Gibson (episode 17)
 * Lester Speight as Max "Champ" Champion (episode 17)
 * Scott Grimes as Digital Forensics Specialist Dave Flynn (episode 18; last seen in season 4 episodes "Red" and "Red-2")
 * David Fumero as Air Marshal Miguel Salazar (episode 19)
 * James Remar as Admiral Sterling Bridges (episodes 21 & 22)
 * Carl Lumbly as Charles Langston (episodes 21 & 22)
 * Jennifer Jalene as LAPD Detective Lisa Mayne (episode 23)
 * Alyssa Diaz as Jasmine Garcia
 * David Paul Olsen as Tom Olsen, Sam’s former SEAL buddy (episode 23)