More Chris Noth Bios & Profiles
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Biography #2 (for The Perfect Man)
HRIS NOTH is an accomplished graduate of the Yale School of Drama that continues to build upon a versatile career in film, television and on stage.Some of his screen ventures include Robert Zemeckis' Cast Away, starring Tom Hanks; Tom DiCillo's Double Whammy, with Denis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley; and the independent film Searching for Paradise. His additional film credits include Texas Funeral, Getting to Know You, The Broken Giant, Cold Around the Heart, Naked in New York, The Confession and Mr. 3,000.
Noth received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance as Mr. Big on HBO's Sex and the City and was Detective Mike Logan on Law & Order for five seasons. He recently starred and executive-produced the TNT Original film Bad Apple, as well as starring as Roman general Pompey in the TNT epic miniseries Caesar, opposite Christopher Walken and the late Richard Harris. His other telefilms include Exiled, TNT's Rough Riders and Abducted: A Father's Love.
This fall, Noth returns to Detective Mike Logan, the Law & Order character he originated, when he joins the cast of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, which enters its fifth season on NBC. Criminal Intent is the third installment of Dick Wolf's popular franchise (Law & Order is the second longest-running drama series in the history of television), which also includes Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and the newest addition, Law & Order: Trial By Jury. Noth's Detective Logan will partner with Detective Carolyn Barek (played by Annabella Sciorra), working in tandem with the Major Case Squad's Detectives Goren (Vincent D'Onofrio) and Eames (Kathryn Erbe), who employ a psychological approach, attempting to enter the minds of the criminals, when crime solving.
Noth enjoyed a successful Broadway run of the revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Man, starring opposite Charles Durning and Michael Learned. His most recent New York performance was Christopher Shinn's What Didn't Happen at Playwright's Horizons. He has also performed at the American Shakespeare Festival in Connecticut; New York's Manhattan Club, Circle Rep, La Mama and the Roundabout Theater; the Seattle Repertory Theater; and the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.
Bio courtesy Universal Pictures for "The Perfect Man" (19-Jun-2005)
Biography #3 (for Sex and the City)
Chris Noth has received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance as Mr. Big and has made a lasting impression on Sex and the City audiences.Noth is an alumni of the Yale School of Drama. His training as an actor comes from a rich tradition of theater along with fellow graduates Sam Waterston, Sigourney Weaver, and Meryl Streep.
On stage, Noth has performed at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut as well as at New York's Manhattan Theatre Club, Circle Rep, La Mama, The Roundabout Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theater and the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. His range as a stage actor extends from the role of Hamlet, in a production directed by Zoe Caldwell to the southern drama of the Pulitzer prize-winning The Kentucky Cycle to the word play of George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
Recently Noth returned to the stage playing a successful novelist in Chistopher Shinn's What Didn't Happen. In 2001, he completed a successful Broadway run of Gore Vidal's The Best Man. In the role of Senator Joe Cantwell, Noth starred opposite Charles Durning, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth Ashley, Christine Ebersole and Michael Learned.
Prior to his role as Sex and the City's Mr. Big, on television, Noth was best known as Detective Mike Logan on Law & Order for five seasons. He appeared in the made-for-television movies Exiled, Rough Riders, Where Are My Children?, Abducted: A Father's Love and The Judge also starring Lolita Davidovich, Sonia Braga and Edward James Olmos. Next up, Noth stars as the Roman general Pompey in TNT epic mini-series Caesar opposite Christopher Walken and the late Richard Harris.
His credits include the independent films Texas Funeral, Getting to Know You, The Broken Giant, Cold Around the Heart, Naked in New York and The Confession.
Noth was also featured in the Academy Award nominated Robert Zemeckis film Cast Away starring Tom Hanks and Helen Hunt; the thriller The Glass House directed by Daniel Sackheim with Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane and Stellan Skarsgard; the independent film Searching for Paradise directed by Myra Paci featuring Jeremy Davies, Josef Sommer and Mary Louise Wilson; and more recently in Tom DiCillo's Double Whammy opposite Denis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley.
Bio courtesy HBO for "Sex and the City" (11-Nov-2003)