Broadway's Michael Cerveris Lands Recurring Role on CBS' THE GOOD WIFE

According to Deadline, Tony winner Michael Cerveris has landed a recurring role on CBS' hit drama THE GOOD WIFE, starring Julianna Margulies.

Cerveris will take on the role of "James Castro, the charming and well-liked Cook County state's attorney."

Cerveris has starred on Broadway in The Who's Tommy, Titanic: The Musical, Assassins, Sweeney Todd, Cymbeline, and Assasins. He has been nominated for Tony Award four times. His first nomination was for his Broadway debut in 1993, for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for The Who's Tommy. Cerveris was nominated again in 2006 for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for Sweeney Todd. He won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as John Wilkes Booth in the revival of the Stephen Sondheim/ John Weidman musical Assassins. He was nominated for the 2007 Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Tony Award for his performance as composer Kurt Weill in LoveMusik. He has appeared off-Broadway in The Apple Tree, King Lear, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and the upcoming Road Show at The Public Theater. In addition to "Fringe" Cerveris has appeared on the television shows "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", "Quantum Leap" and the TV movie "The American Embassy." He most recently appeared in Fun Home at the Public Theater.

THE GOOD WIFE, which was nominated for a 2014 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series, Drama and named one of AFI's Top Television Shows of 2013, stars Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick, a wife and mother who reinvents her life following her husband's sex and political corruption scandal. Four years into her tenure at the law firm of Lockhart/Gardner, Alicia accepted a prestigious partner offer from her bosses, Diane Lockhart, Will Gardner and David Lee. However, a mutual attraction with Will left Alicia conflicted after she agreed to renew her vows with her husband, Peter, who has won the gubernatorial election with the help of campaign manager Eli Gold. After much thought, Alicia decided to leave Lockhart/Gardner to start a new firm with her colleague, Cary Agos, who is unable to convince investigator Kalinda Sharma to join them. Although she hoped to leave on good terms, her plans were discovered and she was fired from Lockhart/Gardner, leading to bad blood and a bitter feud between the two firms. Now Alicia must find a way to balance her evolving career, her new position as First Lady of Illinois and her roles as a wife and mother to her teenage children, Zach and Grace. Emboldened by the prospect of taking control of her future, Alicia bravely ventures into unknown territory.

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