alan cumming played eli gold on the good wife.
alan cumming played eli gold on the good wife.
who plays eli gold on the good wife?
alan cumming
bullet::::- eli gold (alan cumming), peter florrick's campaign strategist and crisis manager: eli consults for peter when he considers a return to office. his style of management is to be blunt, often rude. eli is politically astute and does not waste time with niceties. eli is separated from his wife, vanessa gold, who has political aspirations of her own, and has a daughter, marissa, who is similarly outspoken like her mother and shares a healthy relationship with her father. eli believes that securing the support of peter's wife alicia is crucial to any ambitions he may harbor, and he quickly realizes that alicia is no pushover and his usual wife-coddling techniques will not work. he mostly seems to respect the boundaries alicia sets up, particularly where they concern her children zach and grace. as a top political consultant who is also an expert in damage control, eli has talks with diane lockhart and will gardner about joining their firm in some way. eli seems genuinely invested in peter florrick and respects both him and alicia, although she is often a frustrating enigma to him. he has a brief shot at romance with natalie flores, a student who worked in the past as a nanny for wendy scott-carr. eli leaks details to the press of natalie's status as an illegal immigrant but as he comes to know her he is seen to regret this and later helps her get a job as an intern at lockhart & gardner. cumming's portrayal of gold has been compared to rahm emanuel. he became a main character in season two. eli is jewish, but not very religious. he does, however, request the sabbath off. in season 5 peter asks him to be his chief of staff, which position eli accepts.
the good wife
bullet::::- ed cunningham – after his football career, he became a football analyst for tnn (now known as paramount network) calling games for the arena football league with eli gold as his broadcast partner.









































bullet::::- eli gold – best known for his work calling nascar, also radio "voice of the crimson tide".









































bullet::::- john jurkovic – former nfl player who called af2's arena cup 2001 with eli gold on tnn.









































bullet::::- mark may – former nfl player who called afl games, replacing ed cunningham, as well as af2's arena cup 2000 with eli gold on tnn sports. (now with espn.)
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