‘The Good Doctor’ Star Hill Harper Will Run For Senate

It seems to be a tradition for fan-favorite doctors to leave medical shows to pursue political careers. WHO doesn’t remember where they were when it was announced that Kal Penn would leave behind his promising medical career Home working with Barack Obama? It changed us as a nation.

The good doctor‘Hill Harper is the latest TV documentary to trade in his stethoscope for one of those fancy American flag pins. Harper is running to secure the Democratic nomination for Michigan’s open Senate seat. Looks like he’s not a doctor anymore, good or not.

“Hill Harper is convinced that there is a crisis in American democracy: too often, government works only for the rich and powerful while the rest of us struggle to find a voice,” the spokesperson said. -Harper’s word. told TVLine. “Hill is dedicating his full-time efforts to solving this problem, and he is running for the U.S. Senate as an active union member to give workers a greater voice in Congress. »

Harper has played Dr. Marcus Andrews since the first season of the medical drama, which also stars Freddie Highmore. Even if he wasn’t Really being a doctor, he studied at Brown and Harvard Law, so he probably knows a thing or two about… things. It’s good that Harper is now taking the time to try another path. There will always be more doctor shows on television. Grey’s Anatomy said it very clearly.

(Via TVLine)