Alan Cumming Set for 3 More Seasons of THE GOOD WIFE

By: Apr. 18, 2011
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According to Deadline.com, Tony winner Alan Cumming has signed on for three more seasons of CBS' 'The Good Wife.' Cumming, who stars as campaign manager Eli Gold in the series, will become a series regular.

Cumming has starred as the Emcee in Cabaret on Broadway, Boris Grishenko in GoldenEye, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United, Mr. Elton in Emma, and Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy. He has also appeared in independent films like The Anniversary Party, which he co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in; and Ali Selim's Sweet Land, for which he won an Independent Spirit award as producer. His London stage appearances include Hamlet, the Maniac in Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist, for which he received an Olivier award, the lead in Martin Sherman's Bent, and as Dionysus in The National Theatre of Scotland's The Bacchae. On Broadway he has appeared as Mac the Knife in The Threepenny Opera, the Emcee in Cabaret, for which he won the Tony in 1998, and "Design for Living". Cumming also introduces "Masterpiece Mystery" for PBS.

The Good Wife is an American legal drama that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009. The series was created by Robert King and Michelle King, and stars Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski, Archie Panjabi, and Josh Charles. It airs Tuesdays at 10PM on CBS.

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