Anna Daniels
The man behind Mike Franks is actor Muse Watson, who has kept himself quite busy in front of cameras since his time on NCIS came to such a fateful end. It might surprise you to find out, however, that Watson was already a well-respected character actor before he ever even appeared on the CBS drama. In fact, Watson has amassed a handful of memorable roles in the course of his now decades-long career — most notably appearing on TV series like Walker, Texas Ranger and Prison Break. But it’s far more likely that all the ’90s kids out there recognize Watson as the murderous, hook-loving Ben Willis from the 1997 horror hit I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Just as his career was strong before NCIS, it remained that way after he left. Watson has indeed continued to book acting gigs in the wake of his NCIS departure, though he’s also slowed his professional role a bit since he’s now in his 70s. Watson’s first post-Mike Franks gig came in the 2019 horror flick The Dead Ones, which found four outcast teens facing off against an evil band of masked villains dressed like The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Watson will follow that movie with another small-screen venture, appearing on a sci-fi fantasy mini-series entitled Diary of a Lunatic before playing a pastor in the faith-based spoof comedy Christian Movie. After that, Watson will appear in the slavery drama Jubilee, and we can only assume he’ll continue to keep scoring film and TV roles for many years to come.
Written by: Looper
