"Law & Order" star Chris Noth will play an American...

"Law & Order" star Chris Noth will play an American general on "Tyrant." Credit: Getty Images for Vandal / Jamie McCarthy

When “The Good Wife” finishes its seven-season run on May 8, recurring guest Chris Noth will be joining the FX series “Tyrant.” The cable network announced Monday that former “Law & Order” and “Sex and the City” star Noth will play American Gen. William Cogswell, posted to the fictional Middle Eastern nation of Abbudin to help support provisional president Bassam “Barry” Al-Fayeed (Adam Rayner) and reignite a romance with Leila (Moran Atias), wife of Al-Fayeed’s ousted brother. The 10-episode third season of “Tyrant” airs later this year.

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