List of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders characters
This is a list of characters in the television series Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, an American police procedural drama that premiered March 16, 2016, on CBS in the United States.
Main characters
| Character | Actor | Position | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |||
| Jack Garrett | Gary Sinise | Unit Chief / Senior Supervisory Special Agent | Main | |
| Clara Seger | Alana de la Garza | Linguistics Specialist / Senior Supervisory Special Agent | Main | |
| Matthew "Matt" Simmons | Daniel Henney | Special Operations Agent / Supervisory Special Agent | Main | |
| Russ "Monty" Montgomery | Tyler James Williams | Technical Analyst | Main | |
| Mae Jarvis | Annie Funke | Medical Examiner / Supervisory Special Agent | Main | |
Jack Garrett
Played by former CSI: NY star Gary Sinise, Unit Chief SSA Jack Garrett is a 20-year veteran agent with the FBI. Jack is the Unit Chief of the International Response Team (IRT), which specializes in solving cases that involve American citizens on international soil. Through his job, he shares personal history with Aaron Hotchner and David Rossi of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit and Clara Seger from his own team. In his personal life, Garrett is married to his wife Karen (Sherry Stringfield) and together have two children, a son named Ryan and a daughter named Josie. His son Ryan recently got into the FBI Academy which concerned him, as Ryan would therefore be putting himself in harm's way as an agent. His daughter Josie recently went away to college. Garrett takes his job seriously and hopes to make the world a safer place for his family to live in.
Clara Seger
Played by Alana de la Garza, SSA Clara Seger is a smart, well-traveled and multi-lingual cultural anthropologist and special agent with the IRT. Before rejoining the IRT in 2016, Seger was married to a man named Brad who was a fellow agent and, like her, knew Jack.[1] Seger is fluent in 13 languages, including Thai, French and Creole. In 2013, she took a sabbatical from the FBI after her husband Brad died from unknown causes, which Clara struggled to cope with. She later, reluctantly, returned to the IRT in 2016.[2]
Matthew Simmons
Played by Daniel Henney, SSA Matthew "Matt" Simmons is a Special Operations agent and special agent with the IRT. Simmons is married to his wife Kristy (Kelly Frye) and has a total of four children, including twin boys Jake and David and two daughters, all of them under the age of three. Like Garrett, Simmons' full and fulfilling family life was a deliberate choice. Through his job, Simmons has some prior history with Derek Morgan and JJ of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit. He was a former member of a Special Ops unit, and his experience with the unit allowed him to hone his profiling skills.
Russ Montgomery
Played by Tyler James Williams, Russ "Monty" Montgomery is a technical analyst with the IRT. Monty has some prior history and friendship with Penelope Garcia, the tech analyst of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit. Much like Garcia, he upholds a positive attitude, though he shows it in a different way. In addition to his job as a technical analyst, he liaises with the families of victims on the American homeland while the rest of his group is away.
Mae Jarvis
Played by Annie Funke, Mae Jarvis is a medical examiner and special agent with the FBI's International Response Team (IRT). Young and spunky, Mae has a fun-loving big bro-little sis relationship with Simmons and was in the FBI purely as a medical examiner before being brought onto the IRT as a resident medical examiner to bypass the bureaucratic red tape in various countries.[1] Jarvis was briefly engaged to a man but later called off the wedding due to her devotion to her job with the IRT.
Recurring
Karen Garrett
Played by Sherry Stringfield, Karen Garrett is the wife of Jack Garrett and the mother of their five children.
Josie Garrett
Played by Brittany Uomoleale, Josie Garrett is the middle daughter of Jack and Karen Garrett's five children.
Kristy Simmons
Played by Kelly Frye, Kristy Simmons is the wife of Matthew Simmons and the mother of their four children.
Jake Simmons
Played by Ezra Dewey, Jake Simmons is the son of Matthew and Kristy Simmons and David's twin brother.
David Simmons
Played by Declan Whaley, David Simmons is the son of Matthew and Kristy Simmons and Jakes's twin brother.
Ryan Garrett
Played by Matt Cohen, Ryan Garrett is Jack's and Karen's oldest son who is currently training at the FBI Academy and following in his father's footsteps.
Characters from Criminal Minds
- David Rossi – portrayed by Joe Mantegna
The character of Rossi appeared in the first episode of season one "The Harmful One". In the opening scene of the episode, Rossi is at the FBI firing range with Jack Garrett. - Penelope Garcia – portrayed by Kirsten Vangsness
The character of Garcia appeared in the third episode of season one "Denial". In the opening scene of the episode, Garcia is looking for her octopus coffee mug that Russ Montgomery took.