Chris Noth

Cast opposite Hilary Duff and Heather Locklear in the romantic comedy "The Perfect Man"

Guest-starred on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" as police Detective Mike Logan, his character from 1990-95 on "Law & Order"; Joined the cast as a regular in fall 2005; left show in 2008

Starred in and produced the NBC movie "Steve Martini's The Judge"

Made Broadway debut as star of the revival of Gore Vidal's "The Best Man"

Acted in the drama feature "Texas Funeral," co-starring Robert Patrick and Joanne Whaley

Cast in the 1999 independent drama "Searching for Paradise" (released on video in 2003).

Had recurring role as Mr Big, the attractive and charming but emotionally distant love interest of New York columnist Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) in the HBO comedy series "Sex and the City"

Reprised his "Law & Order" character in the NBC TV-movie "Exiled"

Co-starred in the Spanish-American War-set historical miniseries "Rough Riders" (TNT)

Guest starred as a rapist recently released from prison on an episode of "Touched By an Angel"

Played the father of a teenager who seeks to return a captured lion to the wilds of Africa in "Born Free: A New Adventure" (ABC)

Featured in the CBS miniseries "Sidney Sheldon's 'Nothing Lasts Forever'"

Guest starrred on an episode of NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street," as Detective Logan in a "Law & Order" crossover

Co-starred in "Where Are My Children?" a fact-based ABC telefilm

Starred in the NBC TV-movie, "In the Shadows, Someone's Watching"

Made TV series debut as regular Detective Mike Logan on NBC's acclaimed crime drama "Law & Order"

Played the role of Sergius in a production of George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man" staged at the Roundabout Theater

Debut leading role in a feature film, "Jakarta," the first English-language film shot in Indonesia with a native company

Appeared in the true crime miniseries "At Mother's Request"

Had a cameo in "Baby Boom" as a yuppie customer of a country store

Appeared in the feature "Off Beat"

Featured in the drama "Apology" (aired on HBO)

Made TV-movie debut with a supporting part in the Ann Jillian as twins thriller "Killer in the Mirror" (ABC)

TV acting debut, playing a misguided young police officer in the "Look Homeward Ninja" episode of "Hill Street Blues" (NBC)

Had the title role in a production of "Hamlet" directed by Zoe Caldwell at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut (date approximate)

Feature acting debut, "Smithereens"; played a transvestite prostitute

Had early stage credit, appearing in the Manhattan Theatre Club's "Just a Little Bit Less Than Normal"

Acted in productions at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, La Mama Etc., The Circle Repertory Theater, and the Mark Taper Forum, where he acted in the original staging of "The Kentucky Cycle" as part of the Plays in Progress series

Raised in Connecticut, England, Yugoslavia and Spain

Reprised the character of 'Mr. Big' (John James Preston) for "Sex and the City: The Movie"