CBS says Academy Award-winning actress Linda Hunt is joining the cast of the new fall drama "NCIS: Los Angeles." AP Staff <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - CBS says Academy Award-winning actress Linda Hunt is joining the cast of the new fall drama "NCIS: Los Angeles."</p> <p>The network said Friday that Hunt will play a tough, efficient department manager who gets government investigators the electronics and other crime-fighting tools they need.</p> <p>"NCIS: Los Angeles" is a spinoff of the long-running CBS drama "NCIS." The new show stars Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J as members of a Naval Criminal Investigative Service division that goes after criminals who pose a threat to national security.</p> <p>Hunt won an Oscar for her role in 1982's "The Year of Living Dangerously." Her TV credits include "The Practice" and "Without a Trace."</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><em>Copyright (2009) Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.</em></span>&nbsp;</p> tv 2009-06-19T23:27:27Z 538 Oscar winner joins LL Cool J and Chris O'Donnell in the spinoff 2038-01-01T00:00:00Z false 1189 false false false false false false false false false false 2009-6-19-linda-hunt-joining-cast-of-ncis-los-angeles 2009-06-19T19:26:00Z Linda Hunt joining cast of 'NCIS: Los Angeles' published Eastern Time (US & Canada) http://tinyurl.com/n7uty9 2009-09-01T03:48:24Z false 12 34