"Martha Plimpton won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal as Patti Nyholm. In 2013, Carrie Preston won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for playing Elsbeth Tascioni. Nathan Lane was nominated for his guest role as Clarke Hayden. In 2014, Julianna Margulies won her second Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work on ""The Good Wife"" with the winning episode ""The Last Call"". On December 12, 2013, the series received three Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Television"
"season. She had a minor role in ""The Darwin Awards"" (2007). In 2008, Margulies starred in the legal series ""Canterbury's Law,"" a Fox mid-season replacement show. She played the title character, Elizabeth Canterbury, a lawyer described as a ""tough-minded defense attorney who isn't afraid to push boundaries in order to protect innocent clients."" She was also credited as a producer of the show. The series was severely affected by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike; it was cancelled by the network after only six episodes. In 2009, Margulies began starring in the CBS legal drama ""The Good Wife."" She"
"Canterbury's Law Canterbury's Law is an American legal drama television series, which aired from March 10 to April 18, 2008 as a mid-season replacement on Fox. The show was created by Dave Erickson and executive produced by Denis Leary, Jim Serpico, Walon Green, John Kane, and Mike Figgis, who also directed the pilot. The series revolved around Elizabeth Canterbury (portrayed by Julianna Margulies), a rebellious defense attorney willing to bend the law if it protects the wrongfully accused. A rising star, she puts her career on the line to take on risky and unpopular cases, even when they take a"
"""Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling"" (1986) and ""Harlem Knights"", which also co-starred Eddie Murphy, Redd Foxx and Della Reese, and guest roles on TV series such as ""The Dukes of Hazzard"", ""The Paper Chase"", """", ""Family Matters"", ""NYPD Blue"", ""Quantum Leap"", ""Arli$$"", ""ER"", ""Chicago Hope"", and ""JAG"", just to mention a few. For ""ER"", the long-running medical drama which aired on NBC, Genovese appeared in a recurring role as Officer Al Grabarsky, where he appeared opposite his real life wife, Crawford, who was as cast regular as Nurse Lydia Wright, his character's girlfriend. He appeared in twelve episodes"
"of actor Andre Braugher, played Mary Pembleton, the spouse of Braugher's detective counterpart character. Brabson auditioned for the role shortly after Braugher was cast in the series, and Braugher said of their on-screen pairing, ""We have an instant rapport that we don't have to create."" Michael Willis made his first of several appearances as defense attorney Darin Russom in the first season. Willis also later appeared in ""The Wire"" as the corrupt property developer Andy Krawczyk. Lee Tergesen played Officer Chris Thormann, a patrolman who is shot in the head and blinded. His wife, Eva Thormann, was portrayed by Edie"
"series ""The Good Wife"" as David Lee, a senior attorney, a role that soon became part of the recurring ensemble. He was promoted to series regular at the start of the fifth season in September 2013. Zach Grenier Zach Grenier is an American film, television and stage actor. Grenier's mother, who was of Polish descent, met his father when he was working as a sound engineer at WBNX in the Bronx. He was a regular cast member on from 1997 to 1998. He appeared in the first season of the television show ""24"" as Carl Webb, played Andy Cramed, the"
"in Manhattan. Julianna Margulies Julianna Luisa Margulies (; born June 8, 1966) is an American actress and producer. After several small television roles, Margulies achieved wide recognition for her role as Carol Hathaway on NBC's long-running medical drama ""ER"", for which she won an Emmy Award. She also voiced Neera in ""Dinosaur"" (2000) and appeared in the miniseries ""The Mists of Avalon"" (2001). In 2009, she took on the lead role of Alicia Florrick in the American legal drama ""The Good Wife"" on CBS. Her performance on that show has garnered acclaim: she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding"
"Carnegie Mellon University, where he graduated from in 1979. John Wells (filmmaker) John Marcum Wells (born May 28, 1956) is an American theater, film and television producer, writer and director. He is best known for his role as executive producer and showrunner of the television series ""ER"", ""Third Watch"", ""The West Wing"", ""Southland"", ""Shameless"", ""Animal Kingdom"" and ""American Woman"". His company, John Wells Productions, is currently based at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California. Wells is also a labor leader, and served as president of the Writers Guild of America, West from 1999 to 2001 and again from 2009 to"
"Babungo, Cameroon. On September 17, 1994, he married Desiree DaCosta, with whom he has four children, Paris, Brielle, Blake and Lexi Underwood. Blair Underwood Blair Erwin Underwood (born August 25, 1964) is an American television, film, and stage actor and director. He played headstrong attorney Jonathan Rollins on the NBC legal drama ""L.A. Law"" for seven years. He has received two Golden Globe Award nominations, three NAACP Image Awards and one Grammy Award. In recent years, he has appeared as Andrew Garner on ""Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."", ""The New Adventures of Old Christine"", ""Dirty Sexy Money"" and ""In Treatment"", NBC's ""The"
"Julianna Margulies Julianna Luisa Margulies (; born June 8, 1966) is an American actress and producer. After several small television roles, Margulies achieved wide recognition for her role as Carol Hathaway on NBC's long-running medical drama ""ER"", for which she won an Emmy Award. She also voiced Neera in ""Dinosaur"" (2000) and appeared in the miniseries ""The Mists of Avalon"" (2001). In 2009, she took on the lead role of Alicia Florrick in the American legal drama ""The Good Wife"" on CBS. Her performance on that show has garnered acclaim: she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress"
"Gary Cole Gary Michael Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American actor and voice actor. Cole began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. On television, he has had starring roles in the series ""Midnight Caller"", ""American Gothic"", ""Crusade"", ""The Good Wife"", ""Veep"" and, most recently, ""Chicago Fire"". In film, Cole has appeared in ""The Brady Bunch Movie"", ""One Hour Photo"", ""Office Space"", """", and """". Cole is also known for voicing the title character of ""Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law"", and was the voice of Dr. James Timothy Possible on ""Kim Possible""."
"Graham Phillips (actor) Graham David Phillips (born April 14, 1993) is an American actor and singer. Beginning his acting career at the age of nine, Phillips is known for a variety of film, stage and television roles; as Jordan Baxter in the Universal Pictures feature film ""Evan Almighty"", Evan Goldman in the Broadway musical ""13"", Ben Tennyson in """", Zach Florrick on the CBS television series ""The Good Wife"" and Ethan Shaw in the Netflix Original ""XOXO"". He played Nick St. Clair in ""Riverdale"". He also played Austin in the 2018 movie ""Blockers"". Phillips was born in Orange County, California,"
"guest appearances by actors Alan Cumming and Gary Cole. Some commentators suggested Cummings' character, Eli Gold, was based on White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Both are political operatives from Chicago noted for bullying tactics and their use of foul language. If ""The Good Wife"" had not been successful and the first season was not renewed beyond its first 13 episodes, creators Robert and Michelle King planned to end their final episode with a scene in which Peter returns home and greets his emotionally conflicted wife; because the season was continued, it ultimately became the opening scene of ""Bang""."
"Andy Umberger Andy Umberger is an American actor who spent the early part of his career in New York City, where he was primarily a stage actor and appeared in three Broadway shows: ""City Of Angels"", ""Passion"" and ""Company"". Since moving to Los Angeles in the late 90s, he has had supporting roles in over 15 films and has guest starred on over 60 television shows, with recurring roles on 10 different series, including: ""Mad Men"", ""Weeds"", ""Boston Legal"", ""The West Wing"", ""Desperate Housewives"", ""ER"", and as D'Hoffryn on ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"". He is one of only five actors"
"one bringing the action forward from 1961 to 1989 and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the other following its protagonist, Edward Wilson, up to the present day. In September 2012, it was announced that Showtime is developing the sequel as a television series, with Eric Roth as executive producer/writer and Robert De Niro directing the pilot. The Good Shepherd (film) The Good Shepherd is a 2006 spy film produced and directed by Robert De Niro and starring Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie and De Niro, with an extensive supporting cast. Although it is a fictional film loosely based on real"
"Cast of ER ""ER"" is an American drama series that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 until April 2, 2009. The series featured a large ensemble cast that changed dramatically over its long run. The main cast was augmented by a wealth of recurring characters and award-winning guest stars. The original starring cast consisted of Anthony Edwards as Dr. Mark Greene, George Clooney as Dr. Douglas ""Doug"" Ross, Sherry Stringfield as Dr. Susan Lewis, Noah Wyle as medical student (later Dr.) John Carter, and Eriq La Salle as Dr. Peter Benton. Julianna Margulies guest starred in the pilot as"
"2014. In 2011, he began playing his current role as the Mayor of Portland, Oregon, in the IFC comedy ""Portlandia"". After the end of the short-lived 2012 series ""Made in Jersey"" where he starred as lawyer Donovan Stark, he was cast as a guest star in ""The Good Wife"". In 2013 and 2014 he appeared as prosecutor Josh Perotti in four episodes of ""The Good Wife"". In 2014 and 2015 he appeared in a recurring role on ""Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."" television series as Calvin Zabo / The Doctor. In 2015, he voiced the main character's father in the Pixar"
"in Iraq who had lost an eye in an IED attack and suffered from PTSD. He has starred in a number of commercials, and played a delivery man in a FedEx commercial. He appeared as Lemond Bishop's Lieutenant ""Dexter"" in episodes of ""The Good Wife"". J. D. Williams Darnell ""J.D."" Williams (born May 22, 1978) is an American actor from New Jersey. Best known for his starring roles in the HBO television programs ""Oz"" as Kenny Wangler, ""The Wire"" as Bodie Broadus and ""Pootie Tang"" as Froggy. Williams was born in Newark, New Jersey. He attended Newark Arts High School,"
"CIA agent Jerry Boorman in season 4 of ""Damages"". In 2012, Baker guest-starred in ""Upper West Side Story"", an episode of the TV series ""White Collar""; he also has a recurring role as the father of Katharine McPhee's character Karen Cartwright on the NBC TV series ""Smash"". He appeared in the USA Network miniseries ""Political Animals"" which aired in summer 2012. For his performance as Colin Sweeney on ""The Good Wife"", he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2010, 2012, and 2014. In November 2014 it was announced that Baker"
"those of James Gandolfini on ""The Sopranos"" or Bryan Cranston on ""Breaking Bad"", writing that ""Margulies' performance sometimes put Alicia in that Tony Soprano/Walter White/Don Draper category of cable anti-heroes."" For her performance, Margulies won a Critics' Choice Television Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Television Critics Association Award. Alicia Florrick Alicia Florrick (née Cavanaugh) is the lead character of CBS television series ""The Good Wife"" and is portrayed by Julianna Margulies, who has received positive reviews for her performance, winning two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in"
"Matt Czuchry Matthew Charles Czuchry (; born May 20, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for roles such as that of Logan Huntzberger on The WB television series ""Gilmore Girls"" (2005–07), Cary Agos on the CBS television drama ""The Good Wife"" (2009–16), and currently as Dr. Conrad Hawkins, the title character, on the Fox medical drama series ""The Resident"" (2018–present). Czuchry was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and grew up in Johnson City, Tennessee. His father, Andrew Czuchry, is a professor at East Tennessee State University, and his mother, Sandra, is a homemaker. He is of Ukrainian descent"
"made recurring appearances as DS Bernie Duckworth in ""Juliet Bravo"" and DCI Rees in ""The Bill"". Other TV show appearances include ""Bergerac"", ""Boon"", ""Birds of a Feather"", ""Casualty"", ""Doctors"", ""Heartbeat"", ""Holby City"", ""Inspector Morse"", ""Jonathan Creek"", ""Lovejoy"", ""Poriot"" and Prime Suspect in which he also played a policeman. In 2010 he played the Master of Ceremonies in Chris Shepherd's award winning film Bad Night for the Blues. In 2013 he appeared as Valco boss Martin Shell in the third series if Sky One's ""Trollied"". Lloyd McGuire Lloyd McGuire (born in Birmingham, Warwickshire) is an English actor who has appeared in"
"that May and ""Homicide: Life on the Street"" would succeed it on Thursdays in the fall. However, ""ER"" tested so well that Warner Bros. executives campaigned network president Warren Littlefield to give that series the prized Thursday slot. The series ended in 1994, although a one-off reunion show, """", aired in 2002, and featured most of the main cast from the series (except Smits, Underwood, Donohoe, and Spencer). Reruns were shown on Lifetime and later A&E during the 1990s and 2000s. Because of its popularity, ""L.A. Law"" had great influence on how Americans viewed the law and lawyers. ""The New"
"Blair Underwood Blair Erwin Underwood (born August 25, 1964) is an American television, film, and stage actor and director. He played headstrong attorney Jonathan Rollins on the NBC legal drama ""L.A. Law"" for seven years. He has received two Golden Globe Award nominations, three NAACP Image Awards and one Grammy Award. In recent years, he has appeared as Andrew Garner on ""Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."", ""The New Adventures of Old Christine"", ""Dirty Sexy Money"" and ""In Treatment"", NBC's ""The Event"". , and ABC's Quantico. Underwood was born in Tacoma, Washington, the son of Marilyn Ann Scales, an interior decorator, and Frank"
"The Sandman. In 2007 he appeared on an episode of ""Burn Notice"". In 2011, Bauer appeared on the show ""Breaking Bad"" playing Mexican drug lord Don Eladio. He stars with Julianne Michelle in the feature film ""Awakened"", a supernatural thriller touching on Life After Death, a Supernova Media motion picture. More recently, Bauer appeared as ex-Mossad agent turned private investigator ""Avi"" in the Showtime series ""Ray Donovan"". Bauer also reprised his ""Breaking Bad"" role in AMC's prequel ""Better Call Saul"". In addition, he played El Santo in the American version of ""Queen of the South"". Bauer married actress Melanie Griffith."
"in ""Coronation Street"", playing reformed killer, Ed Jacks. He played PC Larry 'Tiger' Barton in the BBC television drama ""Merseybeat"", and had a minor role as a fireman in the comedy series, ""One Foot in the Grave"". He also played the role of PC Nick Shaw in the early episodes of ""The Bill"". In the summer of 2009, Walker landed the role of Police Sergeant Hollins in the BBC Soap opera ""Doctors"". Rob is the husband of Karen Hollins, and father to Jack Hollins and Imogen Hollins. In May 2010, just before the British Soap Awards 2010 he appeared on"
"""ER"" to have been with the show since its inception (1994) when he left after its eleventh season (2005). His performances on the show earned him Emmy Award nominations in each of its first five seasons. As part of an ensemble he was nominated several times for the Screen Actors Guild Award, he was recognized with three Golden Globe nominations as ""Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television"" and won the 2001 TV Guide Award for ""Supporting Actor in a Drama Series"". Wyle left the series at the end of the eleventh season, although"
"who starred alongside the ensemble. Wendy Hughes (Carol Blythe), Ami Brabson (Mary Pembleton) and Željko Ivanek (Ed Danvers) are the most notable, with the first appearing in Season 1, and the other two appearing in Seasons 1–6 and Seasons 1–7 respectively. Clayton LeBouef played Colonel George Barnfather throughout the run. Ralph Tabakin played Dr. Scheiner in all seven seasons. The recurring cast also included: Gerald F. Gough as Col. Burt Granger (seasons 1–3); Lee Tergesen as Officer Chris Thormann (seasons 1, 3 and 5); Sean Whitesell as Dr. Eli Devilbiss (seasons 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7); Michael Willis as"
"John Wells (filmmaker) John Marcum Wells (born May 28, 1956) is an American theater, film and television producer, writer and director. He is best known for his role as executive producer and showrunner of the television series ""ER"", ""Third Watch"", ""The West Wing"", ""Southland"", ""Shameless"", ""Animal Kingdom"" and ""American Woman"". His company, John Wells Productions, is currently based at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California. Wells is also a labor leader, and served as president of the Writers Guild of America, West from 1999 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2011. Wells was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the son"
"alongside Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, and Noah Wyle, on the hit NBC medical drama ""ER"" from 1994 to 1999. After leaving the series in 1999, he made a cameo appearance in the 6th season and returned for a guest spot in the show's final season. For his work on the series, Clooney received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1995 and 1996. He also earned three Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 1995, 1996, and 1997 (losing to co-star Anthony Edwards). Clooney began appearing in films"
"a crime lord in """". However, he was removed from the final film after being unable to return to set during the film's re-shoots. Paul Bettany was cast in his place, with the character being reworked from a motion-capture alien to a human. Michael K. Williams Michael Kenneth Williams (born November 22, 1966) is an American actor. He played Omar Little on the HBO drama series ""The Wire"" and Albert ""Chalky"" White on the HBO series ""Boardwalk Empire"". He was also acclaimed for his role as Jack Gee, husband of Bessie Smith, in the HBO telefilm biopic ""Bessie"". He has"
"the film adaptation of Tucker Max's ""I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell"". From September 11 to October 28, 2007, Czuchry performed in Wendy Wasserstein's play ""Third"" opposite Christine Lahti at the Geffen Playhouse. Matt Czuchry Matthew Charles Czuchry (; born May 20, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for roles such as that of Logan Huntzberger on The WB television series ""Gilmore Girls"" (2005–07), Cary Agos on the CBS television drama ""The Good Wife"" (2009–16), and currently as Dr. Conrad Hawkins, the title character, on the Fox medical drama series ""The Resident"" (2018–present). Czuchry was born in"
"hear his reasoning or logic; Chester Fields (Keith Robinson), a congressman's son who wants to distance himself from his political family; and Molly McConnell (Trieste Dunn), a headstrong individual who's not afraid to switch sides, even if it's against Elizabeth. Frank Angstrom (James McCaffrey) is a private investigator with whom Elizabeth has a sometime affair. Jocko Sims was originally cast as Chester Fields but the role was re-cast in June 2007. Linus Roache was also replaced by Aidan Quinn in August 2007 after the former landed a regular starring role in ""Law & Order"". Canterbury's Law Canterbury's Law is an"