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Anthony D. "Tony" DiNozzo Jr.〔Season 3, Episode 9 "Frame Up"〕 is a fictional character and protagonist from the CBS TV series ''NCIS'' portrayed by American actor Michael Weatherly. An original character created by producer Donald P. Bellisario, he is one of three characters to appear in every episode of the series, the others being Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs and Abby Sciuto. He has made a guest appearance in the spin-off ''NCIS: New Orleans'' to aid the New Orleans field office when a Navy officer on a port visit is found dead from bubonic plague and has also appeared in the spin-off, NCIS: Los Angeles, guest-starring in the Season 7 episode, "Blame It on Rio". Tony is scripted as the senior field agent of the fictional Major Case Response Team (MCRT) led by Gibbs. A former police detective, he is athletic and charismatic—at least, when not being snarky/smarmy—he describes himself as a former jock, and often leads crime scene investigations; when not at work he is a movie buff. Over the course of the show, he carries a few storylines, namely an undercover assignment that carries through Season 4 and into Season 5. In general overview, he is renowned for providing comic relief for an otherwise serious drama show, regularly spouting movie trivia, and, especially in the early seasons, being a womanizer who fears commitment. His relationship with Cote de Pablo's character, Mossad officer turned NCIS agent Ziva David, who is introduced in the third season, later becomes fundamental to his subtle shift in attitude. The character drew mixed reactions from the audience. According to Bellisario, Tony was often criticized by the female audience at the beginning of the show's run for his chauvinism.〔 This softened after Weatherly decided to tone down that aspect of his portrayal, and afterwards the character was better received.〔 Critics continued to be both amused and annoyed by his "charming goofball"〔 persona, and his "will they/won't they" relationship with Ziva later became popular among viewers. By 2011, Weatherly was listed among the top 10 most popular actors on primetime television, according to Q Score.〔 ==Character creation and casting== Michael Weatherly was cast for the role of Tony DiNozzo in 2003. Series creator Don Bellisario related the events that led to Weatherly being selected: "I liked him from the first moment I met him. I first met him in Australia, where he was doing the Natalie Wood story, and he was playing RJ. And the agents called me, or the casting director called me, and said, 'I would like you to meet Michael Weatherly.' And I was on my last day down there, and I said, 'Yeah, I'm going home tomorrow. You know, I'll meet him when he comes back to the States. I'm going out to dinner with my family tonight. I just don't have the time.' I received a phone call from Michael, and Michael knows how to flatter you. He started off by saying, "Oh, I love ''Magnum, P.I.''...' And then he started telling me all the things he knew about Magnum, P.I. And I said, 'Look, if you want to go to dinner with me and my wife and two of my boys, you're welcome.' Well, that ended up to be a three hour dinner. It might have gone longer. I liked him so much that I cast him in the show after that meeting." On another occasion, Bellisario stated, "I can't say enough about Michael Weatherly...He started out on ''NCIS'' () a character who was just very unlikable to some women because he was just such a chauvinist, and he has gradually over the () changed. Taken his character and softened it." Weatherly said that he had initially been reluctant to join a JAG spin-off and explained, "But I went and had this dinner with Don Bellisario in Australia and his personality, his storytelling and his presence and everything kind of won me over." He later commented, "I got very lucky with Don Bellisario. He directed two of the first three episodes, and he really pushed me to try things and experiment and some of the wacky comedy came out of that. And it was kind of unexpected and I didn't really know what I was going to find." At another point, Weatherly said, "It's kind of fun to play a total dinosaur in terms of sexual politics...The shallow end of the philosophical pool is obviously where Tony paddles around." In the same interview, actress Cote de Pablo (who portrays character Ziva David) added, "There's something deeper about that character. We always talk about the superficial element and the things that make us laugh. But he wouldn't be doing what he does if he wasn't really good at it. It's a complex character, and that's why people love it." Weatherly has since directed the 2011 episode "One Last Score" and the 2013 episode "Seek". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthony DiNozzo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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