Cast members of the television series "CSI Crime Scene Investigation," Robert David Hall, Eric Szmanda, Paul Guilfoyle, Jorja Fox, William Peterson ,Gary Dourdan, Marg Helgenberger and George Eads (L-R), hold the Actor statuettes they won for outstanding performance by an ensemble cast in television drama series during the 11th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles February 5, 2005. .(UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen) | License Photo

Actor George Eads, who stars in the CBS drama series "CSI," arrives for the CBS Summer Press Tour Party at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles July 19, 2005. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen) | License Photo

George Eads is leaving the CBS police drama, "CSI" after 14 season. Here Eads is pictured at the premiere of the motion picture thriller "Gutshot Straight", at the Zanuck Theatre at Fox Studios in Los Angeles on August 12, 2013. The crime story follows Eads’s Jack, a poker player who takes on Lang and Levine brothers in the Vegas underworld, with AnnaLynne McCord playing a femme fatale involved in the treachery. UPI/Danny Moloshok | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Actor George Eads is reportedly leaving CBS' police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation after 14 seasons on the show

According to TV Guide, the 47-year-old actor will exit the series after the end of the current season. His departure was described as "amicable" and his character's retreat will reportedly "be connected to the resolution of the Gig Harbor Killer case."


Eads has played crime scene investigator Nick Stokes since the show's pilot aired in 2000 and has appeared is the vast majority of the show's episodes. He was supposed to be the only original cast member left on the show after Paul Guilfoyle announced his departure from the show in March.

The details of Nick Stokes's exit story have not yet been revealed.

CSI airs Sundays at 10 p.m.