Oscar-nominated actor
Elliott Gould will guest-star in the second episode of
CSI's upcoming season, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
Gould will play an old-school casino mogul who crosses paths with the team when one of his casinos becomes the crime scene. The episode will be particularly important for Catherine (
Marg Helgenberger), whose father, Sam Braun, was also a casino boss.
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"We will find out more about the legacy Sam left Catherine in that episode," executive producer Carol Mendelsohn says.
Gould, 71, received an Oscar nod for 1969's swinging dramedy
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and has appeared in dozens of other films, including Robert Altman's
M*A*S*H and the
Ocean's Eleven trilogy, in which he also played a former casino kingpin. On the small screen, he starred in the 1980s sitcom
E/R and recurred as Ross and Monica's father on
Friends.
Season 11 of
CSI premieres Thursday, Sept. 23 at 9/8c on CBS.