The actor posted on X that "sadly my days of playing Will LaMontagne Jr. are over," adding "You guys have been the very best."
Stewart (pictured) first appeared as a recurring character on the CBS original drama Criminal Minds in season two as NOPD Detective William LaMontagne Jr. He appeared in at least one episode every season. In the two-part season seven finale, Will married Special Agent J.J. Jareau (A.J. Cook). He appeared in nine of the ten episodes in the first season of Criminal Minds: Evolution, at one point revealing to J.J. that he was afraid he had cancer.
“It’s based on a true-life illness that we wanted to honor,” showrunner Erica Messer told Deadline’s sister pub TVLine in a previous interview. “We wanted to plant that seed now.” She went on to say, fortunately Will just had an inflamed thyroid, so “next [season], hopefully, he’s going to be OK,” Messer said. “But” — and that but looms very large now — “he’s not necessarily out of the woods forever.”
The second season of Criminal Minds: Evolution starts this year.
We reached out to series reps for comment on Stewart's social media post.
Criminal Minds: Evolution is an extension of CBS' original series that ran from 2005-2020. In the first season, the FBI's elite team of criminal profilers must deal with an UnSub who has used the pandemic to build a network of other serial killers. When the world opens up again and the network becomes operational, the team must hunt them down, one kill at a time.
Original cast members continuing in their roles include Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez and Paget Brewster. Zach Gilford participated in the first season as a recurring guest actor.
Criminal Minds: Evolution is produced by ABC Signature and CBS Studios. Messer is showrunner and executive producer. Breen Frazier, Chris Barbour, Glenn Kershaw and Mark Gordon also executive produce.
No sadly, my days of playing Will LaMontagne Jr. are over.
— Josh Stewart (@J0SHSTEWART) January 17, 2024
You guys have been the absolute best.
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