The Good Wife
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Josh Charles
Will Gardner
Josh Charles was born Joshua Aaron Charles in Baltimore, Maryland on the 15th of September 1971. The son of Allan, an advertising executive, and Laura, a gossip columnist, Josh and his brother Jeff were raised in the bustling city of Baltimore. Josh's career in the entertainment industry has roots going all the way back to when he was eight years old and allegedly began performing stand up comedy. As a teenager, Josh worked for a performing arts company in New York called Stagedoor Manor. It was his success with them that earnt him his film debut in Hairspray (1988) and the role that put him in the public eye, Knox Overstreet in Dead Poets Society. In 1998, after several dormant years, Josh was cast in one of the leading roles in Aaron Sorkin's television dramedy Sports Night as the character Dan Rydell. The show ran for two years on ABC until it was sadly canceled even though it had won several awards and had been critically acclaimed. Following Sports Night's cancellation, Josh became involved on the Broadway circuit. In 2004, he appeared in Distance from here and finally in 2006 he appeared in The well-appointed room.moreless -
Christine Baranski
Diane Lockhart
Known for her work on the stage, silver and small screen, Christine Baranski has secured her fame in the spotlight. An alumni of Juilliard, Christine made her mark on Broadway by starring in such plays as The Real Thing, Hurlyburly, The House of Blue Leaves, Rumors, Regrets Only and Follies. Christine's theater work also garnered her a Tony win. Christine might be best-known by television lovers by her supporting role as Cybill Shepherd's hard-drinking friend Maryanne on the long-running sitcom Cybill. Also accomplished in film work, Christine can be recognized by her praised roles in such films as The Birdcage, Chicago and Cruel Intentions. Christine is a proud parent and wife, and continues her work on the stage today.moreless -
Julianna Margulies
Alicia Florrick
Julianna was born in Spring Valley, New York (just outside New York City), on June 8, 1966. She is the youngest of three daughters. Her father, Paul, is an advertising writer, and her mother, Francesca, is a former dancer with the American Ballet Theater. They divorced when Julianna was still a child. Shortly after she was born, Margulies and her family lived in Paris for two years before relocating to England. When she was five they returned to Spring Valley, where Julianna attended Green Meadow School. Five years later they moved back to England. At age 14, Margulies began high school in New Hampshire. She later attended Sarah Lawrence College. She majored in art history, spent her junior year abroad in Florence, Italy, and appeared in several plays before graduating with a B.A. in liberal arts. While looking for acting jobs in New York, Margulies waited tables for a year until winning a role as a prostitute looking to go straight in Out for Justice. Eventually, she supported herself by appearing in regional theater productions, at the Yale Repertory Theatre and the Asolo Theatre in Florida, as well as in national TV commercials. She guest-starred in a 1993 episode of NBC's Law & Order and then filmed Philly Heat, a pilot from Tom Fontana. Fontana later cast her in small recurring role as a waitress and violinist in his NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street. In 1994 she landed the role of nurse Carol Hathaway on NBC's medical drama ER. She left the series after six seasons. Many roles have followed, including critically acclaimed performances in The Mists of Avalon (2001) and The Grid (2004), both made-for-TV productions, and a memorable recurring role as Julianna Skiff during the 2006 season of the HBO series The Sopranos. On the big screen she has opted for more obscure roles in many independent films, though in 2006 she portrayed flight attendant Claire Miller opposite Samuel L. Jackson in the much-hyped Snakes on a Plane.moreless -
Matt Czuchry
Cary Agos
Before he became an actor, Matt was a popular guy. He played NCAA tennis, and captained his college team. Matt impressed the WB execs so much in his short stint on Young Americans in 2000, that they gave him a call again when they needed someone to play the rich, arrogant Logan on Gilmore Girls - oddly enough, Logan is a complete opposite to his character Sean, the poor townie on Young Americans. It just goes to show the capability that Matt has as an actor, playing two completely different roles to perfection.moreless -
Archie Panjabi
Kalinda Sharma
Archie Panjabi, who was born Archana Kaur Punjabi in West London, is a British actress of Sindhi descent most known for her role as Wall Street Journal reporter Asra Nonami in the 2007 Golden Globe nominated drama A Mighty Heart. Archie spent a portion of her childhood in Mumbai where she attended school in Churchgate and in Nariman Point. Even as a child, Panjabi dreamt of one day becoming an actress and coming back to her native town to shoot a film there. After earning her degree in Management Studies at Brunel University in West London in 1996, she wanted to pursue a doctorate degree in management, but then her acting career began to pick up just then. Through the suggestion of EastEnders star Nick Berry, to whom Archie wrote a letter, she found herself an agent to get herself started in the entertainment business. Panjabi made her feature film debut as the soccer-mad teenage tomboy Meenah Khan in the BAFTA-award-winning 1999 British dramedy East is East, which received a standing ovation in the Cannes Film Festival. In 2002, she would appear in another Golden Globe nominated comedy-drama, Bend It Like Beckham where she played Pinky Bhamra, the bride-to-be sister of Jess (Parminder Nagra). In the 2005 Oscar-winning film The Constant Gardner, Archie portrayed Ghita Pearson, the close friend of murder victim Tessa Quayle (Rachel Weisz). In the same year, she would appear as the title character in the critically-acclaimed film, Yasmin, written by Academy-Award-winning screenplay writer Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire). In 2007, Panjabi was cast alongside Angelina Jolie in A Mighty Heart, a film which chronicled the terrifying and unforgettable ordeal of Wall Street journalist Daniel Pearl who was kidnapped and murdered in Karachi, Pakistan in 2002. In the film, she played fellow reporter Asra Q. Nonami, who aided Mariane Pearl (Jolie) in the search for her missing husband. On television, Archie is known as Rita Dhillon in the BBC surreal black comedy series Grease Monkeys and as Megan Sharma in the British fantasy drama Sea of Souls. In 2009, she was tapped for a series regular role in the CBS drama The Good Wife opposite Julianna Margulies.moreless -
Makenzie Vega
Grace Florrick
Makenzie Vega was born on February 10, 1994 in Los Angeles, CA, just two years after her family relocated to California from Florida. She is the sister of actresses Alexa Vega (b. August 27, 1988) of "Spy Kids" Krizia Vega (b. July 1, 1990). She has two half-siblings from her mother and stepfather: a sister named Greylin James (b. 2001) and a brother named Jet James (b. October 4, 2005). Her other half-sister Margaux Vega was born in 1982.moreless -
Graham Phillips
Zach Florrick
Graham Phillips is an American actor who started out acting in Evan Almighty and television series such as Crossing Jordan, Judging Amy, and The King of Queens. -
Alan Cumming
Eli Gold
On the 27th of January 1965, Alan was born in Perthshire in Scotland. His father, Alex, was a forester at Atholl Estate. When Alan was one, the family (mother Mary, dad Alex, and older brother Tom) moved from Dunkeld to Fassfern on the West Coast of Scotland. When he was four, they moved to the East coast, near the town of Carnoustie. Alan went to Monikie Primary School and Carnoustie High School. He achieved 8 'O' Grades and 4 Highers. After briefly working at the publishers, DC Thomson, he went on to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, where he graduated in 1985 with a BA in Dramatic Studies. Alan is currently in a civil partnership with illustrator Grant Schaffer.moreless -
Chris Noth
Peter Florrick
Chris Noth was born in Madison, Wisconsin on 13 November 1954. In his youth, he traveled and lived in England, Yugoslavia, and Spain but never stayed in the same place for too long. Chris studied with Sanford Meisner before attending the Yale School of Drama.
The first time Chris Noth was noticed was in the movie Off Beat in which he played a minor role as Ely Wareham Jr. (the screen brother of Meg Tilly's character). Noth played bit parts for the next four years such as Baby Boom and the TV mini-series I'll Take Manhattan both in 1987, until Wolf Productions offered him a feature role in the TV series Law & Order. Noth played Detective Mike Logan from the summer of '89 to the summer of '95. Noth made this role his own and played it to the brilliance of any great actor. The character Det. Mike Logan is a young cop who is hailed as the "soul" of the series. Through the years, the character Logan was to become a very strong presence due to the talented Noth and the the great story lines in which Logan got into a number of close calls.
Noth was aided by a great cast of characters which included George Dzundza (season one), Paul Sorvino (season two and three), Michael Moriarty (season one to four), Richard Brooks (season one to three), Dann Florek (season one to three), Jill Hennessy (season four to six), and Steven Hill (season one to present). Many characters came and went while Noth starred in Law & Order, but at its peak in season two and three, Noth seemed at home in his role. Chris Noth's and Paul Sorvino's intimidating appearance, (each standing at 6'4" inches tall) made them an excellent "Batman and Robin" partnership together.
In 1995, Noth's contract was not renewed. This came as a shock to fans of the series as they saw the "heart" (Moriarty) forced out over TV violence and now the "soul". Noth continued to work in movies as well as TV, and in 1996 he starred in the successful TV movie Abducted: A Father's Love (which also starred Peter MacNicol) and in 1998 he became a regular on the smash hit series Sex and the City.moreless -
Mary Beth Peil
Jackie Florrick
After a 20-year career as a professional opera singer, Mary Beth Peil launched an acting career that earned her a Tony nomination and landed her the role as Grams on Dawson's Creek. She is a clasically trained singer who appeared on Broadway in a revival of "The King and I", Born and raised in Davenport, Iowa, Peil majored in opera at Northwestern University and headed to New York after graduation. She began working steadily and soon was under contract with the Metropolitan Opera National Company, performing in operas across the country. The turning point in Peil's career came with a role in the musical Kiss Me Kate. The regional production in Minnesota was a major breakthrough and inspired her to pursue the path of acting. She appeared on Broadway with Yul Brynner in The King and I as Anna, garnering a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in 1985. She has also been honored with several Obie Awards for off-Broadway performances in Paul Rudnick's The Naked Truth, A.R. Gurney's A Cheever Evening and Craig Lucas' Missing Persons. Peil worked with Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek a few years ago playing his mother in the off-Broadway play Finding the Sun, which was written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee. On the big screen, Peil has appeared with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in The Odd Couple II. She has also appeared in Reckless and Jersey Girl.moreless -
Titus Welliver
Glenn Childs
Titus Welliver, born in Connecticut to artist Neil and Norma Welliver. Titus moved to Maine from Pennsylvania at the age of 11, where he attended Oak Grove-Coburn. Titus also studied at Bennington College in Vermont and received a Bachelors degree in Performing Arts from New York University. Titus has held various jobs, ranging from bartending, bouncing, construction and a shoe store clerk to teaching martial arts.moreless -
Michael Ealy
Derrick Bond
Michael is a great young actor in his 20's.He did a lot of shows while being in NYC.Michael has been in several plays such as the Off Broadway hit Joe Fearless (Atlantic Theatre Company), Whoa-Jack (Tribeca Playhouse), the undiscovered hit Mentalk and the 2001 AUDELCO nominated Reality (both by Tupu Kweli Theatre Company).When he moved to LA he began to do appear on tv shows,commercials, and movies. Ealy is proud of the family atmosphere "Barbershop" creates onscreen, and he's even happier that the close feeling among the actors and crew continued on after cameras stopped rolling. "We fought like a family, we laughed like a family, and we celebrated like a family," Ealy recalled. "I remember when we were working on the movie, Eve won a Grammy for 'Let Me Blow Your Mind,' which was her duet with Gwen Stefani. "When she flew back to the set the next day there was a big card that everybody had signed, and we took her out for a party later on the night. We wanted to let her know that she was definitely loved and supported from the cast. I think that meant a lot to her." Of course, every family has a head of the household, and Ealy was happy that this particular one was under the guidance of such gifted entertainers as Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer. "These are the people we used to watch on TV and the big screen in high school and college," Ealy explained. "We were moved by their work then, so to actually find yourself in a project with them years later is exhilarating."moreless -
Robert King (III)
Writer
Robert King is a producer, writer and director. His wife Michelle King is his writing partner, together they created TV shows The Good Wife and In Justice. -
Michelle King (I)
Writer
Michelle King is a producer and writer. Her husband Robert King is her writing partner, together they created TV shows The Good Wife and In Justice. -
Dee Johnson
Writer
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Todd Ellis Kessler
Writer
Todd Ellis Kessler is a producer and writer. Todd has worked on such productions as Kevin Hill, The Good Wife, and Rome. -
Ted Humphrey (I)
Writer
Ted Humphrey is a producer and writer in film and TV. Ted has worked on such productions as Shark, The Unit, and The Good Wife. -
Angela Amato Velez
Writer
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Corinne Brinkerhoff
Writer
Corinne Brinkerhoff is a writer, producer, and does below the line work. Corinne has worked on such productions as The Law Firm, Boston Legal, and The Good Wife. -
Tom Smuts
Writer
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Barry M. Schkolnick
Writer
Barry M. Schkolnick is a writer, producer, consultant, and adviser. Barry has worked on such productions as The Good Wife, Legend of the Seeker, and The Dresden Files. -
Courtney Kemp Agboh
Writer
Courtney Kemp-Agboh is a writer and producer. Courtney has worked on such productions as The Good Wife, The Bernie Mac Show, and Eli Stone. -
Amanda Segel
Writer
Amanda is a writer, producer, actor, and does below the line work in film and TV. She has worked on such productions as Without a Trace, The Good Wife, Nikita, and Big Momma's House. -
Karen Hall
Writer
Karen Hall grew up in south-central Virginia and attended the College of William and Mary, where she majored in English and minored in Religion and spent most of her time in the Department of Theatre and Speech. She studied playwriting under her mentor, Dr.Louis E. Catron, and several of her one act plays were produced by Premiere Theatre. In 1979 she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in television. Since then she has written for and produced many of the most acclaimed television shows of the 1980s and 1990s, and received Emmy nominations for her work on M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues, Moonlighting and The Women of Brewster Place. She has also written for Northern Exposure and I'll Fly Away and is currently working as Executive Producer of Judging Amy. In 1996 Random House published her novel Dark Debts, which was a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. She is a member of the faculty of the Act One Screenwriting Program. She is a member of the Humanitas Foundation Board of Trustees.moreless -
Frank Pierson
Writer
Frank Pierson is the Oscar-winning writer (Dog Day Afternoon) who also wrote, directed and produced for television (principally for Mad Men (2007), Nichols (1971) and Have Gun, Will Travel (1957). -
Charles McDougall
Director
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Paris Barclay
Director
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Scott Ellis (I)
Director
Scott Ellis is a director, producer, actor and does music in film and TV. Scott has worked on such productions as The Good Wife, Weeds, and The Closer. -
Daniel Minahan
Director
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Gloria Muzio
Director
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