Jeffrey Dean Morgan Joins Julianna Margulies' 'The Good Wife' Season 7

Jeffrey Dean Morgan has just joined the seventh season of The Good Wife!

The 49-year-old actor will take on the role of Alex, a calm, experienced hourly investigator, who is just hired by Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies).

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“We’ve loved and admired Jeffrey Dean Morgan for years, and we were thrilled to hear that Julianna did too, so it was a no-brainer to ask him to join our troupe,” executive producers Robert and Michelle King shared in a press release.

Mark your calendars, The Good Wife returns on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 9 p.m. ET on CBS.