Anybody who has watched tv over the previous few many years has in all probability seen Michael Nouri in one thing earlier than. He is appeared on pulse-pounding dramas like “Damages” and “Yellowstone” and cleaning soap operas corresponding to “All My Kids” and “The Younger and the Stressed.” He is an exceptionally versatile performer, however his portrayal of Eli David is actually one of many extra memorable roles in his profession. Eli is totally ruthless towards Ziva for a lot of his time on the sequence, even making an attempt to border her for against the law to get her to depart the NCIS for Mossad — however to no avail.
It is actually a fancy father-daughter relationship, and that made for participating tv. A number of years earlier than Eli was lastly killed off, Cote de Pablo gave an interview to Spoiler TV in 2010 concerning the concept of getting audiences to grasp this flawed man: “These characters are in a position to justify [their actions] as a result of they arrive from a rustic that is at battle,” she stated. “You be taught to sympathize with [Ziva’s] dad, who’s performed so fantastically by Michael Nouri.” Following Eli’s dying, Ziva units out on a revenge mission to get again at her father’s killer, Ilan Bodnar (Oded Fehr), who’s lastly dispatched with on Season 10, Episode 22, “Revenge.”
Eli informs Ziva’s character lots, and extra concerning the ramifications of their relationship could possibly be explored within the new “NCIS” sequence following Ziva and Tony (Michael Weatherly). Maybe Eli will find yourself leaving the couple with extra issues to cope with, even in dying.