Chris Noth

Chris Noth
Noth at "Once Upon A Tea Cup" in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on February 9, 2008
Born	Christopher David Noth November 13, 1954 (1954-11-13) (age 56) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Other names	Christopher Noth
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present

Christopher David "Chris" Noth (born November 13, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for long-running television roles as Det. Mike Logan on the police procedural and legal drama television series, Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and as Big on Sex and the City. For the latter role, he has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award. He is currently starring in The Good Wife on CBS, for which he was also nominated for a Golden Globe.

Early life

Noth was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the youngest of three sons of Jeanne Parr, a former CBS news reporter, and Charles Noth, an insurance salesman.^[1] He is of German descent. Noth's father died when he was nine. During his childhood, Noth traveled with his mother and brothers throughout the United Kingdom, Spain and Yugoslavia.^[2]

Noth spent a part of his undergraduate years at Marlboro College in Vermont,^[3] where he built himself a log cabin.^[4] He earned an MFA from Yale School of Drama where he acted in some 25 plays and was a pupil of acting coach Sanford Meisner.^[2]

Career

Noth played small parts in films including Smithereens (1982) and Baby Boom (1987) before his first starring role in the low-budget 1988 film Jakarta. On television, Noth joined the cast of Hill Street Blues in the sixth season in 1986, where he was billed as "Christopher Noth." He also appeared in Another World. In 1988, he filmed a pilot for the legal/police drama series Law & Order. In 1990, NBC began airing the show, which slowly gained recognition from critics and fans.^[5] Noth was fired from the show in 1995.^[6] Personality differences between Noth and L&O creator/executive producer Dick Wolf settled down long enough to film a TV movie, Exiled: A Law & Order Movie (1998).

In 1998 Noth returned to prime-time television when he took the role of Carrie Bradshaw's enigmatic on-again, off-again boyfriend "Big" on HBO's Sex and the City.^[5] He played the role for six years, during which he also appeared in a small role as Helen Hunt's husband in the hit film Cast Away (2000) and starred in a Broadway revival of The Best Man. In 2001, he played an FBI agent on a three-episode arc of Crossing Jordan, re-uniting him with Law & Order co-star Jill Hennessy. In 2005, Noth returned to the role of Mike Logan on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, joining the show in its fifth season following a guest appearance on a fourth-season episode.^[5] On this spin-off of the original Law & Order, Noth's detective team alternated episodes with Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe's characters. On June 26, 2008, it was announced that Noth was leaving the series, and that Jeff Goldblum would be joining the cast.^[7]

Noth reprised the role of Big for the Sex and the City film, released on May 30, 2008.^[8] and its 2010 sequel. Currently, Noth is starring with Julianna Margulies in the CBS series The Good Wife, which debuted on September 22, 2009. Also in 2009, Noth became the spokesperson for the North American market for the Biotherm line of male skin-care products.^[9]

Currently, Noth stars in the Broadway revival of the play That Championship Season, playing Phil Romano, a role originated by his one-time Law & Order co-star Paul Sorvino.^[10]

Personal life

With Steve Walter, a former student of Berklee College of Music, Noth is co-owner of The Cutting Room, an intimate music venue in New York City that opened in late 1999.^{[11][12][13][14]} Noth met his fiancée Tara Lynn Wilson while she was working at The Cutting Room, and their son, Orion Christopher Noth, was born in January 2008.^[15][16] He also owned the semi-private club The Plumm with Tara Wilson, Noel Ashman, and others.^[17][18]

Noth and Wilson also own Once Upon A Tea Cup, a tea-party themed restaurant franchise with branches in Windsor, Ontario, and London, Ontario.^[19]

He also likes to spend time in the New York beach communities Fire Island and Ocean Beach.

Filmography

• Cutter's Way (1981) – Guard at estate gate (uncredited)
• Waitress! (1981) – Bit role
• Smithereens (1982) – Prostitute
• Another World (1984) TV Series – Jimmy (1985)/Dean Whitney (1988)
• Killer in the Mirror (1986) (TV) – Johnny Mathews
• Off Beat (1986) – Ely Wareham Jr.
• Apology (1986) (TV) – Roy Burnette
• At Mother's Request (1987) (TV) – Steve Klein
• I'll Take Manhattan (1987) (mini) TV Series
• Baby Boom (1987) – Yuppie Husband
• Jakarta (1988) – Falco
• Monsters (1989) (TV) – The Devil (1 episode)
• Law & Order (1990) TV Series – Det. Mike Logan (1990–1995)
• Naked in New York (1993) – Jason Brett
• With Harmful Intent (1993) (TV) – Dr. Ferris
• Where Are My Children? (1994) (TV) – Cliff Vernon
• Burnzy's Last Call (1995) – Kevin
• Nothing Lasts Forever (1995) (mini) TV Series – Dr. Ken Mallory
• Abducted: A Father's Love (1996) (TV) – Larry Coster
• Born Free: A New Adventure (1996) (TV) – Dr. David Thompson
• Rough Riders (1997) (TV) – Craig Wadsworth
• The Deli (1997) – Sal
• Cold Around the Heart (1997) – T
• Medusa's Child (1997) (TV) – Tony DiStefano
• Sex And The City (1998) TV Series - Mr. Big (1998–2004; Regular Role, Seasons 1–6 - 41 episodes)
• The Broken Giant (1998) – Jack Frey
• Exiled: A Law & Order Movie (1998) (TV) – Det. Mike Logan
• Getting to Know You (1999) – Sonny
• The Confession (1999) – Camposo
• A Texas Funeral (1999) – Clinton
• Pigeonholed (1999) – Devon's Father
• The Acting Class (2000) – Martin Ballsac
• Cast Away (2000) – Jerry Spaulding
• Double Whammy (2001) – Chick Dimitri
• The Judge (2001/I) (TV) – Paul Madriani
• The Glass House (2001/I) – Uncle Jack
• Searching for Paradise (2002) – Michael De Santis
• Julius Caesar (2002) (mini) – Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
• This Is Your Country (2003) (TV) – Host
• Bad Apple (2004) (TV) – Mike Tozzi
• Mr 3000 (2004) – Schiembri
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) TV Series – Det. Mike Logan (2005–2008)
• The Perfect Man (2005) – Ben Cooper
• Sex and the City: The Movie (2008) - Big
• Frame of Mind (2008) – Steve Lynde
• My One and Only (2009) - Harlan
• The Good Wife (2009–Present) TV Series - Peter Florrick
• Tooth Fairy (2010)
• Sex and the City 2 (2010) - Big
• Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010) - Lex Luthor
• Sure Fire Hit (2010) - Tony

References

1. ^ filmreference.com: Chris Noth Biography (1954?-) Retrieved 21 June 2010
2. ^ ^{a b} Starpulse.com Retrieved 21 June 2010
3. ^ Yahoo Movies Retrieved 21 June 2010
4. ^ TV Guide Retrieved 21 June 2010
5. ^ ^{a b c} Stated in interview on Inside the Actors Studio
6. ^ Vancouver Sun Retrieved 21 June 2010
7. ^ "Jeff Goldblum Has 'Criminal Intent,'Chris Noth leaving 'Law & Order' series". Zap2it. http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-jeffgodlblumlandocriminalintent,0,2869315.story. Retrieved 2008-06-26. 
8. ^ Yahoo news: "More 'Sex' puts Big on big screen" Retrieved 21 June 2010^{[dead link]}
9. ^ Cosmetics mag Retrieved 21 June 2010
10. ^ Broadwayworld.Com
11. ^ Cutting Room web site Retrieved 21 June 2010
12. ^ boston.com traverl articles Retrieved 21 June 2010
13. ^ Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 21 June 2010
14. ^ Lee, Linda (May 12, 2002). "GOOD COMPANY; There's a Party (and a Host) Somewhere Around Here". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/12/style/good-company-there-s-a-party-and-a-host-somewhere-around-here.html. Retrieved April 29, 2010. 
15. ^ Chris Noth & His Girlfriend Have a Boy people.com retrieved 21 June 2010
16. ^ Baltimore Sun Retrieved 21 June 2010
17. ^ Cityfile: Chris Noth Retrieved 2010-05-30
18. ^ Chris Noth Biography - Yahoo! Movies Retrieved 2010-05-30
19. ^ Once Upon A Tea Cup Retrieved 21 June 2010

External links

• Chris Noth at the Internet Movie Database

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Date of birth	13 November 1954
Place of birth	Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
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