Biography
Big on "Sex and the City" (HBO, 1998-2004). Learning his craft in Yale's drama program and on the stages of New York City and Los Angeles, the young actor found work on various television series, including a recurring turn on the seminal police ensemble drama "Hill Street Blues" (NBC, 1981-87) in 1986. After a series of forgettable made-for-TV movies, Noth landed his career-making role on "Law & Order," which he maintained for five years …
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Career Milestones
| 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 | ||
1979 | Had early stage credit, appearing in the Manhattan Theatre Club's "Just a Little Bit Less Than Normal" | |
1982 | Feature acting debut, "Smithereens"; played a transvestite prostitute | |
1985 | Had the title role in a production of "Hamlet" directed by Zoe Caldwell at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut (date approximate) | |
1986 | Appeared in the feature "Off Beat" | |
1986 | Featured in the drama "Apology" (aired on HBO) | |
1986 | Made TV-movie debut with a supporting part in the Ann Jillian as twins thriller "Killer in the Mirror" (ABC) | |
1986 | TV acting debut, playing a misguided young police officer in the "Look Homeward Ninja" episode of "Hill Street Blues" (NBC) | |
1987 | Appeared in the true crime miniseries "At Mother's Request" | |
1987 | Had a cameo in "Baby Boom" as a yuppie customer of a country store | |
1989 | Debut leading role in a feature film, "Jakarta," the first English-language film shot in Indonesia with a native company | |
1990 | Made TV series debut as regular Detective Mike Logan on NBC's acclaimed crime drama "Law & Order" | |
1990 | Played the role of Sergius in a production of George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man" staged at the Roundabout Theater | |
1993 | Starred in the NBC TV-movie, "In the Shadows, Someone's Watching" | |
1994 | Co-starred in "Where Are My Children?" a fact-based ABC telefilm | |
1995 | Featured in the CBS miniseries "Sidney Sheldon's 'Nothing Lasts Forever'" | |
1995 | Guest starrred on an episode of NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street," as Detective Logan in a "Law & Order" crossover | |
1996 | 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) | |
1997 | Co-starred in the Spanish-American War-set historical miniseries "Rough Riders" (TNT) | |
1997 | Guest starred as a rapist recently released from prison on an episode of "Touched By an Angel" | |
1998 | 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" | |
1998 | Reprised his "Law & Order" character in the NBC TV-movie "Exiled" | |
1999 | Acted in the drama feature "Texas Funeral," co-starring Robert Patrick and Joanne Whaley | |
1999 | Cast in the 1999 independent drama "Searching for Paradise" (released on video in 2003). | |
2000 | Made Broadway debut as star of the revival of Gore Vidal's "The Best Man" | |
2001 | Starred in and produced the NBC movie "Steve Martini's The Judge" | |
2005 | Cast opposite Hilary Duff and Heather Locklear in the romantic comedy "The Perfect Man" | |
2005 | 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 | |
2008 | Reprised the role of 'Mr. Big' (John James Preston) for "Sex and the City: The Movie" | |
2009 | Cast as a disgraced politician, opposite Julianna Margulies, in the CBS drama "The Good Wife" | |
2009 | Co-starred in the indie comedy, "My One and Only," loosely based on a story about George Hamilton's early life | |
2010 | Reprised his role of 'Mr. Big' (John James Preston) for "Sex and the City 2" | |
2011 | Joined an all star cast for the revival of Broadway's "That Championship Season" | |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television ("The Good Wife") | |
Awards
1995 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Law & Order |
1996 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Law & Order |
1999 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Sex and the City |
2010 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in The Good Wife |
2011 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Good Wife |