Chris Noth

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Chris Noth as Mr. Big on Sex and the City

Christopher David Noth (born November 13, 1954 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an actor in American film, stage and television. He is best known for two long-running television roles: as Detective Mike Logan on Law & Order, and as "Mr. Big" on Sex and the City.

Noth (which rhymes with both) is a name with its origins in the European area of Alsace-Lorraine (on the border of France and Germany). The youngest of three sons whose father, Charles Noth, died when he was eight, the young Chris traveled throughout the United Kingdom, Serbian and Montenegro, and Spain with his mother, CBS News reporter Jeanne Parr.

After graduating from college, Noth (who studied with acting coach Sanford Neisner and got his MFA from Yale where he acted in 25 plays), made his film debut the low-budget film Jakarta. (He has referred to Indonesia as his "spiritual home" and spent time living there after the film wrapped in 1988). He also had small parts in films such as Smithereens and Baby Boom and on TV series such as Hill Street Blues and Another World.

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Noth, as Detective Mike Logan in the opening credits to Law & Order.

In 1988, he filmed a pilot for the dramatic legal/cop series Law & Order. In 1990, NBC began airing the show, which slowly gained recognition from critics and fans. The darkly handsome Noth's intense portrayal of the cocky, troubled Det. Mike Logan made him the most popular actor on the show, so viewers were stunned when producers fired him in 1995.

Frequent personality clashes between Noth and the writers were cited; both sides remained cool toward each other but warmed up long enough to film a Logan-dominated TV movie, Exiled: A Law & Order Movie (1998).

Noth scored a strong comeback in 1998 when he began the role of Carrie Bradshaw's enigmatic on-again/off-again boyfriend "Mr. Big" on HBO's cultural phenomenon, Sex and the City. Noth 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.

Noth co-owns a New York City nightclub called The Cutting Room. He often can be found on the NYC party scene, or in the local gossip rags. His long list of female friends includes actress Winona Ryder and supermodel Beverly Johnson, with whom he had an extremely volatile relationship that ended in litigation.

In 2005, Noth returned to the role of Mike Logan. Starting with the 2005-2006 season of Law & Order spinoff Criminal Intent, he has played one half of a detective team which alternates episode-appearances with the original detective team (played by Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe).

Filmography

• The Perfect Man (2005) -- Uncle Ben
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) TV Series -- Det. Mike Logan (2005-)
• Tooth Fairy (2004) -- Dad
• Mr 3000 (2004) -- Schiembri
• Bad Apple (2004) (TV) -- Tozzi
• This Is Your Country (2003) (TV) -- Host
• Julius Caesar (2002) (mini) -- Pompey
• Searching for Paradise (2002) -- Michael De Santis
• The Glass House (2001/I) -- Uncle Jack
• The Judge (2001/I) (TV) -- Paul Madriani
• Double Whammy (2001) -- Chick Dimitri
• Cast Away (2000) -- Jerry Lovett
• The Acting Class (2000) -- Martin Ballsac
• Pigeonholed (1999) -- Devon's Father
• A Texas Funeral (1999) -- Clinton
• The Confession (1999) -- Camposo
• Getting to Know You (1999) -- Sonny
• Exiled: A Law & Order Movie (1998) (TV) -- Det. Mike Logan
• The Broken Giant (1998) -- Jack Frey
• Medusa's Child (1997) (TV) -- Tony DiStefano
• Cold Around the Heart (1997) -- T
• The Deli (1997) -- Sal
• Rough Riders (1997) (TV) -- Craig Wadsworth
• Born Free: A New Adventure (1996) (TV) -- Dr. David Thompson
• Abducted: A Father's Love (1996) (TV) -- Larry Coster
• Nothing Lasts Forever (1995) (mini) TV Series -- Dr. Ken Mallory
• Burnzy's Last Call (1995) -- Kevin
• Where Are My Children? (1994) (TV) -- Cliff Vernon
• In the Shadows, Someone's Watching (1993) (TV) (as himself) -- Dr. Ferris
• Naked in New York (1993) -- Jason Brett
• Law & Order (1990) TV Series -- Det. Mike Logan (1990-1995)
• Jakarta (1988) -- Falco
• Baby Boom (1987) -- Yuppie Husband
• I'll Take Manhattan (1987) (mini) TV Series (as himself)
• At Mother's Request (1987) (TV) -- Steve Klein
• Apology (1986) (TV) -- Roy Burnette
• Off Beat (1986) -- Ely Wareham Jr.
• Killer in the Mirror (1986) (TV) -- Johnny Mathews
• Another World (1964) TV Series -- Jimmy (1985)/Dean Whitney (1988)
• Smithereens (1982) -- Prostitute
• Waitress! (1981) -- Bit role
• Cutter's Way (1981) -- Guard at estate gate (uncredited)

External links

• Chris Noth at IMDb
• The Cutting Room