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'', '' Madam Secretary'' and ''

The Good Wife ''The Good Wife'' is an American legal and political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 8, 2016. It focuses on Alicia Florrick, the wife of the Cook County State's Attorney, who returns to her career in ...

''. On NBC, he has appeared ''

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'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and ''

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''. Other television appearances include ''

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'', '' Daredevil'', '' Madoff'', '' The Path'', ''

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'', '' Mr. Robot'', and '' Younger''. On ABC, he appeared as the President in the pilot episode of the television series ''

'' in September 2016. On film, he has been seen in '' Brother to Brother'' (2004), '' The Only Living Boy in New York'', ''

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'', and '' United 93''. Bekins has appeared on Broadway in '' Love! Valour! Compassion'', ''Tartuffe : Born Again'', and '' Happy New Year''. Off Broadway he has been seen in productions such as ''Somewhere Fun'', ''Too Much Sun'', ''The Chaos Theories'', ''

The Normal Heart ''The Normal Heart'' is a largely autobiographical play by Larry Kramer. It focuses on the rise of the HIV/ AIDS epidemic in New York City between 1981 and 1984, as seen through the eyes of writer/activist Ned Weeks, the gay founder of a p ...

'', ''Birdy'', and ''Patient A''.

Filmography

Film

Television

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* * 1954 births Living people American male film actors American male soap opera actors American male television actors Male actors from Los Angeles County, California 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors {{US-screen-actor-1950s-stub