The actor plays a younger version of the character at the beginning of his career in 1991.

Of course,Harmon made his debut as Gibbs inJAG,but even those episodes were in 2003.

Stowell’s Gibbs is at a very different place in his life and career.

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He is eons away from the person he was in 2003.

He was 52 when he started playing Gibbs, while the character was 49.

Hopefully, CBS will renew theNCISshow, and Stowell will continue Gibbs' legacy for many birthdays to come.

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Mark Harmon looking to the side as Gibbs while Austin Stowell is young Gibbs inside a car in Origins

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