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

Noth, the youngest of three sons, was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Jeanne Parr, a former CBS news reporter, and Charles Noth, an insurance salesman.^[1] Noth's father died when Noth was eight. During his childhood, Noth traveled throughout the United Kingdom, Serbia, and Spain with his mother.

Noth's undergraduate (poetry-writing) years were spent at Marlboro College in Vermont, where he built himself a log cabin. He earned an MFA from Yale School of Drama (where he acted in some twenty-five plays) and was a pupil of acting coach Sanford Meisner.

Noth as Det. Mike Logan on Law & Order

Noth made his film debut in 1988 in the low-budget Jakarta. He also had small parts in films such as Smithereens (1982) and Baby Boom (1987), and on TV series such as Hill Street Blues and 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.^[2] Noth was fired from the show in 1995.^{[citation needed]} With his departure, the show went on to become a top ten hit in its seventh season.^{[citation needed]} Personality differences between Noth and Wolf settled down long enough^{[citation needed]} to film a Logan-centric TV movie, Exiled: A Law & Order Movie (1998).

Noth scored a strong comeback in 1998 when he took on the role of Carrie Bradshaw's enigmatic on-again, off-again boyfriend "Mr. Big" on HBO's Sex and the City.^[2] 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. In 2001, he played an FBI agent on a couple of episodes 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.^[2] On this spin-off of the original Law & Order, Noth's detective team alternates episodes with Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe's characters. Noth's addition to the series did little to enhance the show's ratings as his episodes routinely scored lower than D'Onofrio's.^{[citation needed]} Soon after Noth joined the show, the show began a swift decline, resulting in its being moved from NBC to the NBC-owned USA Network for its seventh season.^{[citation needed]}

Noth will reprise the role of Mr. Big for the Sex and the City movie, scheduled to be released in 2008.^[3]

Noth co-owns the New York City nightclubs The Cutting Room^[4] and the Plumm. He and his longtime girlfriend Tara Wilson are expecting a baby sometime in 2008.^{[citation needed]}

• 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 (Movie) (1988) – Falco
• 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)
• 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) – Dr. Jerry Lovett
• 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
• Tooth Fairy (2004) – Dad
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) TV Series – Det. Mike Logan (2005–)
• The Perfect Man (2005) – Ben Cooper
• Frame of Mind (2007) – Steve Lynde
• Sex and the City: The Movie (2008) - Mr. Big

• Chris Noth at the Internet Movie Database
• ChrisNoth.net
• Archive of the original Sex and the City newspaper columns