Michael Sheen is a new addition for the third season. He'll interact quite a bit with Rose Leslie's character, but Sheen had previous ties to Christine Baranski—when he was dating Sarah Silverman she told the world he named his private parts after Baranski.
"In the middle of shooting that scene, he looked at me and said, ‘You know, I never said that about my penis. He said, ‘It was Sarah, my then-girlfriend,'" Baranski told EW. "And I said, ‘It's fine. However I'm associated with you is an honor, Michael.'"
Delroy Lindo returns for his third season as named partner at the fictional firm.
Rose Leslie is back as the scandal-prone Maia Rindell. Her character has survived tangles with the feds, but can she handle Michael Sheen's character?
After his character beat deportation, Nyambi Nyambi's character returns as the firm's first investigator.
Cush Jumbo's character is now a single mom with big work ambitions. She's got the support of her ex's mother, played by Andrea Martin.
Now an investigator at the firm, Sarah Steele's character takes on even more responsibilities in the new season.
Audra McDonald's character contends with scandal, both personal and professional, in the new season.
Michael Boatman's character is still the conservative voice at the firm, but he's got bigger ambitions than making name partner.
Christine Baranski returns for her 10th season as Diane Lockhart. She's still struggling with the reality that Donald Trump is president, working on her marriage and just trying to keep it all together in a crazy world.