NCIS LA’s Fatima Namazi star pays tribute to colleague following death

Terrence O’Hara died on December 5 in Los Angeles, USA, following a five-year battle with cancer, his family confirmed. O’Hara was best known for directing dozens of episodes of the CBS crime drama NCIS and its spin-offs NCIS Los Angeles and NCIS New Orleans. While a number of the show’s stars have paid tribute in the weeks after, NCIS LA star Medalion Rahimi took time out of filming recently to share her own heartfelt words. 

O’Hara directed a total of 29 episodes of NCIS LA before his death last year.

These included the second episode of season one as well as the season four and five premieres. 

Rahimi shared a behind-the-scenes snap alongside O’Hara from one of the episodes the two worked on to pay tribute to him.

The NCIS LA star began in a post on her Instagram stories: “Terrence O’Hara was a great director, a wonderful father (and) an incredible man.

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O’Hara accrued 56 directing credits for his work on the flagship drama as well as four credits for NOLA.

His CV also boasts a number of stints on some of the USA’s biggest and best-loved TV series.

According to IMDb, O’Hara took his spot behind the camera for half a dozen episodes of NBC’s James Spader-led drama, The Blacklist. 

Elsewhere, O’Hara worked alongside the likes of David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby and Elizabeth Tulloch on Grimm.