Tony Axelrod

Tony Axelrod is a minor recurring character who first appeared in Mr. Scratch.

Background
Axelrod became an official for the National Security Administration and supervised several of its lower-level employees, including those who handled the computers. He somehow became familiar with Hotch and Garcia, the latter apparently after he considered giving her a job at the agency. No other details have been revealed about Axelrod's life.

Mr. Scratch
After one of Axelford's employees, Peter Lewis, hacks into the BAU headquarters and accesses sensitive information in the witness protection database, Hotch calls Axelrod and instructs him to meet him in the building parking lot. Upon arriving, he is asked by him for assistance in identifying the hacker. He quickly denies that any of his employees are responsible for the hack, but Hotch intimidates him by building a detailed description of the unsub. Axelrod immediately deduces who the hacker is from the given information. Knowing that he could get fired for giving the name, he writes Peter's name down on a notepaper and gives it to him, all the while pretending to shoot his request down. As Hotch leaves, Axelford says, "Tell Penelope I said hi."

Internal Affairs
Axelrod will reappear in the episode.

Appearances

 * Season Ten
 * "Mr. Scratch"
 * Season Eleven
 * "Internal Affairs"