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| David Hyde Pierce will recur in The Good Wife. |
Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor David Hyde Pierce will join the critically acclaimed drama
The Good Wife in a recurring role during the show's upcoming sixth season. Pierce will play a highly respected cable news legal commentator who is so disgusted by the corruption and murder rate in Chicago that he decides to run for office in order to affect change. The role will mark Pierce's first appearance in a television series since "Frasier" ended its run in 2004.
A veteran of the stage and screen, Pierce's television credits include
Frasier, for which he earned four Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Dr. Niles Crane, and Norman Lear's political satire
The Powers That Be. His feature credits include
Little Man Tate,
Sleepless in Seattle,
Nixon,
Full Frontal and
A Bug's Life and
Wet, Hot, American Summer.
