Editing Chris Noth (section)

==Career==

===Theatre===
Noth "did [[off-off Broadway]] and was a bad waiter in a dozen different restaurants for five years."<ref name="chitrib-19930929" /> He was fired from a number of restaurants, once for forgetting to return Governor [[Hugh Carey]]'s credit card with the bill, and settled into cater-waitering bar mitzvahs and weddings.<ref name="backstage-20040211" /><ref name="ysda2015p29" />{{sfn|Douglas|2017|loc=time 34:14}} Noth got his [[Actors' Equity]] membership while at the [[Circle Repertory Company#Projects|Circle Rep Lab]].{{sfn|Douglas|2017|loc=time 36:38}} In [[Circle Repertory Company]]'s 1980 production of ''Innocent Thoughts, Harmless Intentions'' he played soldier James "Duke" Wade in an Alaskan army [[outpost (military)|outpost]] in 1951–52, part of what the ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'' called a "convincing squad of Actors' Equity [[enlisted men]]" in a play that was "impressively acted".<ref>{{cite book |last=Heuer |first=John |date=1980 |title=Innocent Thoughts, Harmless Intentions |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6CW-reTHXcQC&pg=PA3 |publisher=Dramatists Play Service, Inc. |page=3 |isbn=0822205718}}
* {{cite web |last=Beaufort |first=John |title=One of the Off Broadway's season's funniest; Innocent Thoughts, Harmless Intentions Drama by John Heuer. Directed by B. Rodney Marriott. |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1980/0312/031207.html |website=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |date=March 12, 1980}}
* {{cite news |last=Gusso |first=Mel |title=Stage: Circle Rep Offers A Drama About a Loner; Pianist Replaces Rodney At Crawdaddy The Cast  |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/03/08/archives/stage-circle-rep-offers-a-drama-about-a-loner-pianist-replaces.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 8, 1980}}</ref> He auditioned for [[Juilliard School|Juilliard]] and [[Yale University]] and was accepted by both.<ref name="ysda2015p31">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Barry Jay |date=Fall 2015 |title=Christopher Noth...on a role |url=https://issuu.com/yalerep/docs/ysd_annual_magazine_2015/32 |magazine=Yale School of Drama Annual Alumni Magazine 2015 |via=[[issuu]] |publisher=[[Yale School of Drama]] | pages=31 |volume=LVV |access-date=January 6, 2020}}</ref> He chose the shorter three-year degree at [[Yale School of Drama]], where he got a scholarship.<ref name="backstage-20040211" /><ref name="ysda2015p31" />

Noth acted in 25 or more plays while studying at Yale School of Drama,<ref name="tvg" /><ref name="wetvLNO">{{cite web |title=Law & Order -- Chris Noth |url=https://www.wetv.com/shows/law-order/cast/detective-mike-logan |website=[[WEtv]] |access-date=January 27, 2020}}</ref> attending classes during the day and acting in plays at night.<ref name="broadway-20081110" /> Noth's first-year acting project at Yale was the [[Maxim Gorky]] play ''[[The Lower Depths]]'' in 1982–1983.<ref name="ysda2015p29" /><ref name="nyt-20001112" /> In 1984, [[Frank Rich]] of ''The New York Times'' wrote that of the supporting cast, only Noth's and [[Ray Aranha]]'s performances "leaves firm impressions" in the world premiere of the [[Wole Soyinka]] political satire ''A Play of Giants'' at [[Yale Repertory Theatre]], where Noth played a sculptor creating a portrait of African dictators gathered at a [[United Nations]] embassy.<ref name="nyt-19841211">{{cite news |title=STAGE: 'A PLAY OF GIANTS' BY SOYINKA |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/11/arts/stage-a-play-of-giants-by-soyinka.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |last1=Rich |first1=Frank |author-link1=Frank Rich |date=December 11, 1984}}</ref> In 1985, Noth acted in Keith Reddin's ''Rum and Coke'' at Yale Repertory Theatre, a play about the orchestration of the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]].<ref>{{cite web |title=A #tbt from the Yale Rep archives |url=https://www.facebook.com/yalerep/photos/a.418028506383/10155482794751384/?type=3  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/42441466383/10155482794751384 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|publisher=[[Yale Repertory Theatre]] |date=August 30, 2018 |quote=Christopher Noth...in Keith Reddin's RUM AND COKE...1985. |via=[[Facebook]]}}{{cbignore}}
* {{cite news |title='Rum and Coke,' A New Play by Keith Reddin, Opens Off-Broadway |url=https://apnews.com/6dad29672727ca42c91a127cf6029aad |work=[[Associated Press]] |last1=Kuchwara |first1=Michael |date=January 27, 1986}}
</ref> By Noth's third year, he signed with an agent who saw him in a YSD production of [[Brendan Behan]]'s ''[[The Hostage (play)|The Hostage]]''.<ref name="ysda2015p31" /> Noth was also in [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' and [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre]]'' at YSD.<ref name="ydn-20080418">{{cite web |last1=Gunnison |first1=Liz |title=TV star talks |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2003/04/18/tv-star-talks/ |website=[[Yale Daily News]] |date=April 18, 2003}}</ref>

After graduating with an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] in 1985,<ref name=tvg /> Noth told his agent he would not do television and went on the theater circuit.<ref name="ap-19920710"/> His preference to work in theater informed his decision to live in New York instead of Los Angeles.<ref name="ydn-20080418" /> However, roles were slow to come and he decided he could do television to survive.<ref name="nj-20100523" /><ref name="ysda2015p31" /> In 1986, while working on the TV series ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' in Los Angeles, Noth heard that [[Zoe Caldwell]] would be directing ''[[Hamlet]]'' at the [[American Shakespeare Festival]] at [[Stratford, Connecticut]] and successfully auditioned for the title role.<ref name="broadway-20081110">{{cite news |title=Chris Noth|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/11269/chris-noth/ |work=[[Broadway.com]] |last1=Henderson |first1=Kathy |date=November 10, 2008}}</ref> The play was performed for student groups in the spring season that year and Noth felt the enthusiastic response of students from the inner cities to Hamlet's [[Soliloquy|soliloquies]] made it one of his greatest experiences.<ref name="ap-19920710" /><ref name="nyt-19860511">{{cite news |title=THEATER; FOR TWO SUMMER THEATERS, A CONTRAST IN FORTUNES |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/11/nyregion/theater-for-two-summer-theaters-a-contrast-in-fortunes.html |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York City|last1=Klein |first1=Alvin |date=May 11, 1986}}</ref> In the 1988/89 season of [[Milwaukee Repertory Theater]], he played a murderous bandit in the experimental Chilean play ''The Torch''.<ref name="nydn-20000908" /><ref>{{cite web |title=1988–1989: The Torch |url=https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/mkerep/id/1040 |website=Milwaukee Repertory Theater Photographic History |publisher=[[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee#Libraries|University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries]] |quote=Christopher Noth as El Hachon. |access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref> In April 1989, Noth played "[[bohemianism|bohemian]]--out of place, angry with the world" Frank Shabata in Darrah Cloud's adaption of the [[Willa Cather]] novel ''[[O Pioneers!]]'' in the Other Season at [[Seattle Repertory Theatre]], co-produced by [[Women's Project]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Miles |editor1-first=Julia |title=Playwriting Women : 7 Plays from the Women's Project |publisher=[[Heinemann (publisher)|Heinemann]] |location=Portsmouth, New Hampshire|year=1993 |isbn=0435086170 |pages=55, 56 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZA1aAAAAMAAJ&q=shabata+%22christopher+noth%22}}
* {{cite news|last=Rousuck |first=J. Wynn |title='O PIONEERS!' PLOWS FERTILE GROUND |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1990-11-18-1990322099-story.html |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |publisher=[[Tribune Publishing]]|location=Baltimore, Maryland|date=November 18, 1990 |quote="After nearly three years of work, including workshops in New York and Seattle..."}}
</ref> He also appeared in [[George Bernard Shaw]] play ''[[Arms and the Man]]'' at the [[Roundabout Theatre]] in 1989 as Sergius Saranoff. ''The New York Times'' wrote that Noth's acting "captures the strutting buffoon in the character" but lost "the more pitiable side", while ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'' wrote if "Noth's swaggering Sergius were any more Sergius-like, he would burst out of his uniform".<ref name="nyt-19890605">{{cite news |title=Review/Theater; Shaw's Mockery of Victorian Society |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/05/theater/review-theater-shaw-s-mockery-of-victorian-society.html |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York City|last1=Hampton |first1=Wilborn |date=June 5, 1989 }}</ref><ref name="csm-19890619">{{cite web |last1=Beaufort |first1=John |title=Shaw's Anti-Heroic, Anti-War Relic Is Anti-Climactic Today |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1989/0619/larm.html|website=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |publisher=[[Christian Science Publishing Society]]|location=Boston, Massachusetts|date=June 19, 1989}}</ref> Noth acted in plays for [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club]] and L.A.'s [[Mark Taper Forum]].<ref name="backstage-20040211" />

In 1997, Noth played an opera composer in the [[Romulus Linney (playwright)|Romulus Linney]] play ''Patronage'' at [[Ensemble Studio Theatre]]'s 20th Annual Festival of New One-Act Plays.<ref name="nyt-19970528"/> ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote "the actors are so good that they may have put more flesh on the characters than even Mr. Linney intended" and that Noth and co-star [[Dana Reeve]] were "amusingly synchronized as they purred in unison...to the strains of [[Schubert]]".<ref name="nyt-19970528">{{cite news |title=Adultery and Regrets, in One-Acts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/28/arts/adultery-and-regrets-in-one-acts.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Marks |first1=Peter |date=May 28, 1997}}</ref> Linney became friends with Noth when they worked together on ''Patronage'' and Noth encouraged him to write a play about [[Delmore Schwartz]]<ref name=lat-20020726 /> as Noth "is a poet himself and loves the poetry of Delmore Schwartz", according to Linney.<ref name="linney-200404">{{cite journal |last1=McGregor |first1=Michael |title=Profiles: Romulus Linney: Under the Radar |journal=[[American Theatre (magazine)|American Theatre]] |date=April 2004 |volume=21 |issue=4 |page=67 |id={{ProQuest|220588389}} }}</ref> Noth performed in the 2002 [[staged reading]] of Linney's play ''Klonsky and Schwartz'' at the [[Eugene O'Neill Theater Center]]'s annual Playwrights Conference<ref name=lat-20020726>{{cite web |last1=Kuchwara |first1=Michael |title=At the O'Neill Center, the Process Is the Thing |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-26-et-kuchwara26-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=July 26, 2002}}</ref> and helped [[workshop production|workshop]] the play at the 2003 [[Last Frontier Theatre Conference]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Klonsky and Schwartz |url=https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/exhibits/show/romulus-linney/history-plays/klonsky-and-schwartz |website=Romulus Linney - Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections |publisher=[[Appalachian State University]] |access-date=February 7, 2020}}</ref> In 1998, while working on ''Sex and the City'' before its TV debut, Noth did his first [[radio play]] as fortune-hunter Morris Townsend in the [[Voice of America]] production of ''[[The Heiress (1947 play)|The Heiress]]'', an adaptation of the [[Henry James]] novel ''[[Washington Square (novel)|Washington Square]]'', opposite [[Amy Irving]] in the title role.<ref name="wp-19980218">{{cite news |last1=Fisher |first1=Marc |title=TUNING IN TO THE DRAMA OF YESTERYEAR |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/02/18/tuning-in-to-the-drama-of-yesteryear/5d861382-c509-4bda-8851-1bc095bb5173/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 18, 1998}}</ref>

In 2000, Noth made his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut<ref name="backstage-20010529" /> in a revival of [[Gore Vidal]]'s 1960  play ''[[The Best Man (play)|The Best Man]]'' at [[Virginia Theatre]] as the conniving Senator Joseph Cantwell.<ref name="nydn-20000908">{{cite web |last1=Connelly |first1=Sheryl |title=BEST MAN FOR THE JOB Chris Noth brings some serious charm to Broadway |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/best-man-job-chris-noth-brings-serious-charm-broadway-article-1.883178 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=August 13, 2000}}</ref><ref name="variety-20000918">{{cite web |last1=Isherwood |first1=Charles |title=Gore Vidal's The Best Man |url=https://variety.com/2000/legit/reviews/gore-vidal-s-the-best-man-2-1200464222/ |website=Variety |date=September 18, 2000}}</ref><ref name="nyt-20000918">{{cite news |title=THEATER REVIEW; A Timeless Morality Tale Cloaked in Politics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/18/theater/theater-review-a-timeless-morality-tale-cloaked-in-politics.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |last=Brantley |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Brantley |date=September 18, 2000}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote that Noth "plays the role capably but without the seething edge required"<ref name="variety-20000918" /> and ''The New York Times'' wrote Noth "never gives Cantwell the all-consuming, compulsive drive" and the "variations on Nixonian tics..have the imposed feeling of a director's suggestions."<ref name="nyt-20000918" /> A few months later ''The New York Times'' wrote the cast's performances improved significantly with Noth improving the most, having "achieved a fine balance between [[editorial cartoon]] and [[Neuroticism|neurotic]] case study as the Nixonian man who would be president."<ref name="nyt-20001229">{{cite news |title=THEATER GUIDE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/29/movies/theater-guide.html?pagewanted=3 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |last=Brantley |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Brantley |date=December 20, 2000 |page=3 |quote=GORE VIDAL'S 'THE BEST MAN.'}}</ref> The revival went on to win a [[Drama Desk Award]] and [[Outer Critics Circle Award]] for outstanding revival of a play and was nominated for [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play]].<ref name="playbill-bestman2000">{{cite web |title=The Best Man Broadway @ Virginia Theatre |url=http://www.playbill.com/production/the-best-man-virginia-theatre-vault-0000005233 |website=[[Playbill]] |access-date=January 19, 2020}}</ref> In the 2002 premiere of [[Christopher Shinn]]'s play ''What Didn't Happen'' at [[Playwrights Horizons]], Noth's portrayal of Peter was described as "an enjoyably robust portrait" by ''The New York Times'' and "an endearing, minor-key star turn" by ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''.<ref name="nyt-20021211">{{cite news |title=THEATER REVIEW; Eloquent Silences Among the Words |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/11/theater/theater-review-eloquent-silences-among-the-words.html |newspaper=The New York Times |last=Brantley |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Brantley |date=December 11, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What Didn't Happen |url=https://variety.com/2002/legit/reviews/what-didn-t-happen-1200544425/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |last1=Isherwood |first1=Charles |authorlink=Charles Isherwood|date=December 10, 2002}}</ref>

Noth played Colonel Thayer in a 2005 staged reading of a revival of another Gore Vidal play, the 1961 drama ''On the March to the Sea'', presented by Theater Previews at Duke at [[Duke University]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Kenneth |title=World Premiere Revision of Gore Vidal's On the March to the Sea Gets Starry Concert-Style Run in NC |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/world-premiere-revision-of-gore-vidals-on-the-march-to-the-sea-gets-starry-concert-style-run-in-nc-com-124258 |website=[[Playbill (magazine)|Playbill]] |date=February 18, 2005}}</ref><ref name="var-20050301">{{cite web |last1=Page |first1=Robert C. III|title=On the March to the Sea |url=https://variety.com/2005/legit/reviews/on-the-march-to-the-sea-1200527513/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 1, 2005}}</ref> According to reviews of his portrayal, "Noth effectively conveys a jaded, command soldier tired of war, sometimes ruthless, yet often philosophical and sympathetic",<ref name="var-20050301" /> a contradictory character "beautifully evoked" as "fully and pitiably human" and comparable to [[Stanley Kowalski]] in his "deliberate malice";<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ross |first1=Scott |title=REVIEW: Theater Previews at Duke: Gore Vidal's On the March to the Sea Is an Invigorating Civil War Drama |url=https://cvnc.org/reviews/2005/022005/March.html |website=Classical Voice of North Carolina |access-date=February 7, 2020}}</ref> although Noth "followed the script" when it occasionally turned melodramatic.<ref>{{cite web |last=Woods |first=Byron |title=Forgiving Frame; Problematic Picture |url=https://indyweek.com/news/archives/forgiving-frame-problematic-picture/ |website=[[Indyweek]] |date=March 9, 2005}}</ref> Noth received glowing reviews as petty criminal "Teach" in [[David Mamet]]'s play ''[[American Buffalo (play)|American Buffalo]]'' at the 2005 [[Berkshire Theatre Festival]].<ref name="broadway-20081110" /><ref name="var-20050801">{{cite web |last1=Rizzo |first1=Frank |title=American Buffalo |url=https://variety.com/2005/legit/reviews/american-buffalo-8-1117927801/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=August 1, 2005}}</ref> In 2008, Noth portrayed Paul Zara in [[Beau Willimon]]'s Off-Broadway debut play ''[[Farragut North (play)|Farragut North]]'' staged by the [[Atlantic Theatre Company]].<ref name="playbill-20081112">{{cite web |title=Farragut North, Timely Play About a U.S. Political Campaign, Opens Nov. 12 |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/farragut-north-timely-play-about-a-us-political-campaign-opens-nov-12-com-155097 |website=[[Playbill (magazine)|Playbill]] |last1=Jones |first1=Kenneth |date=November 12, 2008}}</ref><ref name="nyt-20081113" /> The play had its world premiere in the week after the [[2008 United States presidential election]] and ''The New York Times'' critic [[Ben Brantley]] wrote that he "enjoyed Mr. Noth's weary, bluff, stiff-jointed Paul."<ref name="nyt-20081113">{{cite news |title=Those Who Traffic in Spin Can Get Caught in the Cycle |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/theater/reviews/13farr.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |last=Brantley |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Brantley |date=November 13, 2008}}</ref><ref name="timeout-20081119">{{cite web |title=Farragut North |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/farragut-north |work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |last1=Feldman |first1=Adam |date=November 19, 2008 |access-date=January 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127014201/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/farragut-north |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2009, Noth reprised the role in the play's West coast debut at the [[Geffen Playhouse]] opposite [[Chris Pine]].<ref name="ocreg-20080618">{{cite web |title=Chris Noth marks N.Y.-L.A. move with stage role |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2009/06/18/chris-noth-marks-ny-la-move-with-stage-role/ |work=[[OC Register]] |last1=Hodgins |first1=Paul |date=June 18, 2009}}</ref><ref name="lat-20080625">{{cite web |title=Review: 'Farragut North' at the Geffen Playhouse |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/06/review-farragut-north-at-the-geffen-playhouse.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |last1=McNulty |first1=Charles |author-link=Charles McNulty |date=June 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127014134/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/06/review-farragut-north-at-the-geffen-playhouse.html|archive-date=January 27, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Sex and the City 2'' director [[Michael Patrick King]] demanded Noth lose the weight he gained for his role in the play before filming began.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bundy |first1=Brill |title='Sex and the City 2': Chris Noth too big for 'Big'|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-mobile-dishrag-story-052010-story.html |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=May 20, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Lane |first1=Laura |title='SATC 2' Star Chris Noth Dishes on Getting in Shape |url=https://okmagazine.com/news/satc-2-star-chris-noth-dishes-getting-shape/ |magazine=[[OK!]] |date=May 15, 2010}}</ref>

In 2011, Noth starred in a Broadway revival of the 1972 play ''[[That Championship Season]]'', playing Phil Romano.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/Cox_Gaffigan_Noth_Patric_Sutherland_to_Star_in_THE_CHAMPIONSHIP_SEASON_20101102|title=Cox, Gaffigan, Noth, Patric & Sutherland to Star in THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON}}</ref> In 2019 Noth appeared with [[Isabelle Huppert]] in an [[Off-Broadway]] production of [[Florian Zeller]]'s ''The Mother''.<ref name= "mother">{{cite news |last=Brantley |first=Ben |authorlink=Ben Brantley|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/11/theater/review-the-mother-isabelle-huppert.html |title=Review: Isabelle Huppert Is a Nightmare to Remember in 'The Mother' |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 11, 2019 |access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref>

===Film and television===
Noth played small parts in films, including ''[[Smithereens (film)|Smithereens]]'' (1982) and ''[[Baby Boom (film)|Baby Boom]]'' (1987) before his first starring role in the low-budget 1988 film ''[[:id:Peluru dan Wanita|Peluru dan Wanita]] (Bullets & Women)'' in Indonesia. Noth joined the cast of ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' in the sixth season in 1986, where he was billed as "Christopher Noth." He also appeared in ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]''.

Noth filmed [[Everybody's Favorite Bagman|a pilot]] for the legal/police drama series ''[[Law & Order]]'' in 1988, playing [[NYPD]] homicide detective [[Mike Logan (Law & Order)|Mike Logan]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Communications|first=Emmis|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_pV0EAAAAMBAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_pV0EAAAAMBAJ/page/n138 117]|title=Los Angeles Magazine|date=2002|publisher=Emmis Communications|location=Los Angeles, California|language=en}}</ref> In 1990, [[NBC]] began airing ''Law & Order''. Noth was fired from the show in 1995, due largely to creative friction with series creator [[Dick Wolf]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=cb48974b-3f02-40bc-a25b-c74d21261f7f|title=Actor Chris Noth has love-hate relationship with Law & Order|newspaper=[[Vancouver Sun]]|location=Canada|date=June 13, 2008|access-date=June 21, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822002939/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=cb48974b-3f02-40bc-a25b-c74d21261f7f |archive-date=August 22, 2012|via=canada.com }}</ref> He reprised the role of Logan in 1998 for the ''Law & Order'' television film, ''[[Exiled: A Law & Order Movie]]''.<ref name="chitrib-19981103">{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Allan |title=Murder, He Wrote |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-11-03-9811030071-story.html |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=November 3, 1998}}</ref>

In 1995, Noth had a supporting role in a CBS miniseries adaptation of the [[Sidney Sheldon]] novel ''Nothing Lasts Forever'' where he and [[Vanessa Williams]] portrayed lovers who are [[medical residents]] in a San Francisco hospital.<ref name="variety-19951102">{{cite magazine |last1=Sandler |first1=Adam |title=Sidney Sheldon's Nothing Lasts Forever |url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/reviews/sidney-sheldon-s-nothing-lasts-forever-1200443969/ |magazine=Variety |date=November 2, 1995}}</ref><ref name="chitrib-19951103">{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Steve |title=Once is Not Enough |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-11-03-9511030155-story.html |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=November 3, 1995}}</ref><ref name="baltsun-199511">{{cite news |last1=Duffy |first1=Mike |title=TV preview: 'Nothing Lasts Forever' |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1995-11-05-1995309108-story.html |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=November 3, 1995}}</ref> Noth appeared in a 1997 episode of the TV series ''[[Touched by an Angel]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Tucker |first1=Ken |author-link=Ken Tucker |title=Touched By an Angel |url=https://ew.com/article/1997/06/13/touched-angel-2/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=June 13, 1997}}
* {{cite magazine |title=Touched By an Angel Season 3, Episode 23 |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/touched-by-an-angel/episode-23-season-3/full-moon/100551/ |magazine=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=January 29, 2020}}</ref> In the 1997 television mini-series ''[[Rough Riders (miniseries)|Rough Riders]]'' on [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] he portrayed [[Craig Wadsworth]], a member of the [[1st United States Volunteer Cavalry]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaltenbach |first1=Chris |title='Rough Riders' loses track of story in thickets of detail TV: Miniseries about Teddy Roosevelt and the Spanish-American War needs to cut to the chase. |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-07-19-1997200097-story.html |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=July 19, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Boedeker |first1=Hal |title='ROUGHRIDERS' SAGA IS A LOT MORE BULL THAN 'BULLY' |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1997-07-20-9707180830-story.html |newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |date=July 20, 1997}}</ref>

From 1998 to 2004, Noth took the role of [[Carrie Bradshaw]]'s on-again, off-again boyfriend "[[Mr. Big (Sex and the City)|Big]]" on [[HBO]]'s ''[[Sex and the City]]''.<ref name="chitrib-20020213">{{cite news |last1=Thiem |first1=Rebecca |title=Mr. Big as metaphor for all the bad boys |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-02-13-0202130297-story.html |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=February 13, 2002}}</ref><ref name="hollywoodreporter-20181119" /> The role established Noth as a romantic comedian<ref name="ysda2015p31" /> and he reprised it for the 2008 ''[[Sex and the City (film)|Sex and the City]]'' film and its [[Sex and the City 2|2010 sequel]].<ref name="hollywoodreporter-20181119">{{cite magazine |last1=Real |first1=Evan |title='Sex and the City' Planned to Kill Off Mr. Big Early in Third Film |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sex-city-3-movie-featured-death-mr-big-1162689|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=November 19, 2018}}</ref> He had a small role as [[Helen Hunt]]'s husband in the film ''[[Cast Away]]'' (2000) starring [[Tom Hanks]].<ref name="nydn-20000908" /><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Chris Noth |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/chris-noth/ |magazine=[[Us Weekly]] |access-date=January 20, 2020}}</ref> In 2001, he played an [[FBI]] agent on a three-episode arc of ''[[Crossing Jordan]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2001-11-19-0111160862-story.html|title=CROSSING JORDAN GETS BIG BOOST FROM NOTH|last=Jicha|first=Tom|website=Sun-Sentinel.com|date=November 19, 2001 |language=en-US|access-date=April 13, 2020}}</ref>

From 2005 to 2008, 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. On this spin-off of the original ''Law & Order'', Noth's detective team alternated episodes with [[Vincent D'Onofrio]] and [[Kathryn Erbe]]'s characters.<ref name="actors">Stated in interview on ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]''</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Richard|last=Huff|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/chris-noth-jeff-goldblum-law-order-article-1.298438|title=Chris Noth out, Jeff Goldblum in on 'Law & Order'|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=June 26, 2008|access-date=October 14, 2018}}</ref> In the 2005 [[rom-com]] film, ''[[The Perfect Man (2005 film)|The Perfect Man]]'', Noth's portrayal of the romance expert from whom [[Hilary Duff]]'s lead character models a secret admirer for her mother was described as "appealing in a thinly written role" by ''Variety''.<ref name="var-20050615">{{cite magazine |last1=Leydon |first1=Joe |title=The Perfect Man |url=https://variety.com/2005/film/markets-festivals/the-perfect-man-2-1200525096/|magazine=Variety |date=June 16, 2005}}</ref><ref name="des-20050617">{{cite news |last1=Vice |first1=Jeff |title=Film review: 'Perfect Man' has lots of flaws |url= https://www.deseret.com/2005/6/17/20090900/film-review-perfect-man-has-lots-of-flaws/|newspaper=[[Deseret News]] |date=June 17, 2005}}</ref>

In the [[CBS]] series ''[[The Good Wife]]'' (2009–2016), Noth portrayed Peter Florrick, disgraced and resurrected politician husband of the title character portrayed by [[Julianna Margulies]].<ref name="ysda2015p31-2">{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Barry Jay |date=Fall 2015 |title=Christopher Noth...on a role |url=https://issuu.com/yalerep/docs/ysd_annual_magazine_2015/32 |magazine=Yale School of Drama Annual Alumni Magazine 2015 |via=[[issuu]] |publisher=[[Yale School of Drama]] | pages=31–32 |volume=LVV |access-date=January 6, 2020}}</ref><ref name="hollywoodreporter-20160525" /> Noth was not a full-time regular on the series, leaving him time to do plays and [[indie films]].<ref name="nj-20100523" /><ref name="hollywoodreporter-20160525">{{cite magazine |last1=Stanhope |first1=Kate |title='The Good Wife' Star on Peter and Alicia's Complicated Marriage and Possible Happy Ending |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/good-wife-chris-noth-interview-878379|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 25, 2016}}</ref> In 2009, Noth guest-starred as an authoritarian military man in the film ''[[My One and Only (film)|My One and Only]]'' starring [[Renée Zellweger]] as a woman searching for a spouse.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Felperin |first1=Lesie |title=My One and Only |url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/my-one-and-only-1200473667/|magazine=Variety |date=February 12, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Oshinsky |first1=Matthew |title='My One and Only' movie review: Only the lonely, or in this case, George Hamilton |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/2009/08/my_one_and_only_movie_review_o.html |publisher=[[New Jersey Advance Media]] |date=August 20, 2009}}</ref>

In 2012, Noth narrated ''I Didn’t Do It'', a six-part crime documentary series about [[wrongful convictions]] produced by Toronto's Lively Media for [[USA Network (Canadian TV channel)|Discovery Canada]] and [[Investigation Discovery]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Twiss |first1=Jordan |title=Chris Noth to lend voice to "I Didn't Do It" |url=https://realscreen.com/2012/05/29/chris-noth-to-lend-voice-to-i-didnt-do-it/ |website=realscreen.com |date=May 29, 2012}}
* {{cite web |title=Investigation Discovery Follows the Wrongly Convicted In I DIDN'T DO IT, Begin. 11/12|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/-Investigation-Discovery-Follows-the-Wrongly-Convicted-In-I-DIDNT-DO-IT-Begin-1112-20121105 |publisher=[[Broadway.com]] |date=November 12, 2012}}
* {{cite news |last1=Stasi |first1=Linda |title=The truth hurts|url=https://nypost.com/2012/11/10/the-truth-hurts-2/ |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |date=November 10, 2012}}
</ref> and portrayed tycoon [[J. P. Morgan]], who helped finance the ''[[Titanic]]'', in the [[Encore channel]] miniseries ''[[Titanic: Blood and Steel]]''.<ref name="nydn-20121008">{{cite news |last1=Hinckley |first1=David |title=Chris Noth moves up a grade in tycoon land as J.P. Morgan in 'Titanic: Blood and Steel'|url= https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/chris-noth-plays-mr-big-p-morgan-article-1.1176039 |newspaper=New York Daily News|location=New York City |date=October 8, 2012}}</ref><ref name="hollywoodreporter-20121001">{{cite magazine |last1=Nordyke |first1=Kimberly |title='Titanic: Blood and Steel' Preview: Chris Noth Dreams of Building a Boat That Will 'Outlive Us All' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/titanic-blood-and-steel-chris-noth-encore-neve-campbell-375258 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 1, 2012}}</ref> In 2013, he portrayed Anthony Romano, a financier of ''[[Deep Throat (film)|Deep Throat]]'', in the film ''[[Lovelace (film)|Lovelace]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Carlson |first1=Erin |title='Lovelace' Cast Adds Hank Azaria, Chris Noth and Bobby Cannavale |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lovelace-cast-hank-azaria-chris-noth-bobby-cannavale-275737 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name="bbc-2013">{{cite web |last1=Brook |first1=Tom |title=WATCH: Chris Noth: Britain 'Feels Like an Extension of America' These Days |url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/watch-chris-noth-britain-feels-like-an-extension-of-america-these-days |publisher=[[BBC America]] |date=2013}}</ref>  In 2014, Noth played the son-in-law of an aging man, Fred, portrayed by [[Christopher Plummer]] in the film ''[[Elsa & Fred (2014 film)|Elsa & Fred]]''.<ref name="nyt-20141106">{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Steve |title=Love, Not Young, but New and Invigorating |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/07/movies/elsa-fred-stars-shirley-maclaine-and-christopher-plummer.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 6, 2014}}</ref><ref name="variety-20141106">{{cite magazine |last1=Chang |first1=Justin |title=Film Review: 'Elsa & Fred' |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-elsa-fred-1201349827/ |magazine=Variety |date=November 6, 2014}}</ref> In the 2015 film ''[[After the Ball (2015 film)|After the Ball]]'', Noth played a head of a Montreal fashion company.<ref name="seattletimes-20150423">{{cite news |last1=Keogh |first1=Tom |title='After the Ball': Updated Cinderella role fits actress  |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/after-the-ball-updated-cinderella-role-fits-actress/ |newspaper=[[Seattle Times]] |date=April 23, 2015}}</ref><ref name="hollywoodreporter-atb">{{cite magazine  |last1=Scheck |first1=Frank  |title='After the Ball': Film Review  |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/ball-film-review-791413 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=April 26, 2015}}</ref>

In 2016, Noth joined the third season of the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]]/[[Fox 21 Television Studios]] produced series ''[[Tyrant (TV series)|Tyrant]]'' in the regular role of U.S. General William Cogswell who offers military support to the interim president of a fictional [[Middle Eastern]] country that is trying to start a [[social democracy]].<ref name="esquire-20160902" /><ref name="hr-20160314">{{cite magazine |last1=Goldberg |first1=Lesley |title='The Good Wife' Star Chris Noth Joins Cast of FX's 'Tyrant' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/good-wife-star-chris-noth-875180|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 14, 2016}}</ref><ref name="newsday-20160630">{{cite news |last1=Gay |first1=Verne |title='Tyrant' review: Season 3 gets more intrigue|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/tyrant-review-season-3-gets-more-intrigue-1.11990271|newspaper=[[Newsday]]|location=New York City / Long Island |date=June 30, 2016}}</ref> A review of Noth's first ''Tyrant'' episode likened General Cogswell to his Peter Florrick character in ''The Good Wife''.<ref name="newsday-20160630" /> In an interview before the episode aired, Noth said he was "pretty much done with parts that resemble Mr. Big or Peter Florrick",<ref name="diaryofasocialgal-20160627">{{cite web |last1=Small |first1=Heidi |title=Actor Chris Noth: Find out why he's bigger than ever |url=https://diaryofasocialgal.com/profile-going-lipton-with-iconic-actor-chris-noth/ |publisher=DiaryOfASocialGal.com |date=June 27, 2016}}</ref> he was turning to darker roles after years of playing (mostly) good guys on his three hit TV shows.<ref name="esquire-20160902" /> Noth portrayed a sleazy lawyer in the 2016 film ''[[White Girl (2016 film)|White Girl]]''.<ref name="nyt-wg">{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen |authorlink=Stephen Holden |title=Review: 'White Girl,' a Tale of Cocaine, Sex and Privilege |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/02/movies/white-girl-review.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 1, 2016}}</ref><ref name="esquire-20160902">{{cite magazine |last1=Ballard |first1=Jamie |title=Chris Noth Is Not Just the Guy You Know From TV |url= https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/news/a47765/chris-noth-interview-white-girl-tyrant/|magazine=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |date=September 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name="instyle-20160902">{{cite magazine |last1=Belz Ray |first1=Leigh |title=Chris Noth on His Controversial Role in White Girl and Where He Thinks Mr. Big and Peter Florrick Are Now |url=https://www.instyle.com/reviews-coverage/movies/chris-noth-white-girl-mr-big/ |magazine=[[InStyle]] |date=September 26, 2016 |access-date=January 20, 2020 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201153850/https://www.instyle.com/reviews-coverage/movies/chris-noth-white-girl-mr-big |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the 2016 film ''[[Chronically Metropolitan]]'' Noth's portrayal of a philandering professor/novelist was praised by ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' for "infusing his familiar-feeling character with intriguing nuances" and as "very good" by the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.<ref name="hollywoodreporter-20170803">{{cite magazine |last1=Scheck |first1=Frank |title=''Chronically Metropolitan'': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/chronically-metropolitan-1026451 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=August 3, 2017}}</ref><ref name="lat-20170803">{{cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Gary |title=Review: 'Chronically Metropolitan' is Consistently 'Meh' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-chronically-metropolitan-review-20170803-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 2, 2017}}</ref>

In 2017, Noth played [[FBI]] agent Don Ackerman on the [[Discovery Channel]]'s series ''[[Manhunt: Unabomber]]'', about the hunt for the [[serial killer]] [[Ted Kaczynski]] and was the narrator for the "Sharks and the City: New York" episode of Discovery channel's ''[[Shark Week]]''.<ref name="vf-20170803">{{cite magazine |last1=Rich |first1=Katey |title=Chris Noth Goes From Shark Week to the Unabomber and Makes It Look Easy |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/07/chris-noth-manhunt-unabomber-shark-week |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=July 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=John |title='Manhunt: Unabomber' review: Poor writing but Sam Worthington is worth watching |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/manhunt-unabomber-review-poor-writing-but-sam-worthington-is-worth-watching-1.13862838 |newspaper=[[Newsday]] |date=August 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Newsome |first1=Brad |title=What's on TV: Tuesday, December 12 2017 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/whats-on-tv-tuesday-december-12-20171201-gzwfiq.html |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|location=Australia| date=December 1, 2017}}</ref> Noth also portrayed FBI agent Frank Novak in ''[[Gone (TV series)|Gone]]'', a 12-episode [[procedural drama]] produced by [[NBC Universal]].<ref name="hr-20161130">{{cite magazine |last1=Roxborough |first1=Scott |title=Chris Noth Procedural 'Gone' Gets First Series Order Under NBCU's European Drama Pact |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chris-noth-starrer-gone-gets-series-order-under-nbcunis-european-drama-pact-951359|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name="tvg-20180612">{{cite magazine |last1=Matthews |first1=Liam |title=Some of Your Law & Order Favorites Are Teaming Up for a New Crime Drama |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/gone-carter-wgn-america/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=June 12, 2018}}</ref><ref name="nyp-20190225">{{cite news |last1=Starr |first1=Michael |title=You probably won't miss 'Gone' if it suddenly goes missing |url=https://nypost.com/2019/02/25/you-probably-wont-miss-gone-if-it-suddenly-goes-missing/ |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> The ''New York Post'' wrote in its review of the show that "Noth, who's always reliable, is fine here, but doesn’t have much to do other than set up each storyline and then bark lots of orders."<ref name="nyp-20190225" /> In 2018, Noth played Jack Robertson in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Arachnids in the UK]]" and returned to the show in 2021 New Year's Day special, "[[Revolution of the Daleks]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Coming Soon, Series 11, Doctor Who |date=October 7, 2018 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06n75pt |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date= October 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BBC One - Doctor Who, Series 11, Arachnids in the UK |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bqn236 |publisher=BBC |access-date=October 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/OEVWuYVUsBs Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20201129212905/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEVWuYVUsBs&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEVWuYVUsBs| title = Revolution of the Daleks: Release Date Trailer|author=Doctor Who | website=[[YouTube]]| date = November 29, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2021, Noth played the lead role of William Bishop in [[CBS]] reboot crime drama series ''[[The Equalizer (2020 TV series)|The Equalizer]]'', which was written by [[Andrew W. Marlowe]] and [[Terri Edda Miller]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/05/chris-noth-cast-queen-latifah-the-equalizer-reboot-cbs-1202929827/|title=Chris Noth Joins Queen Latifah In 'The Equalizer' CBS Series|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=May 8, 2020|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref> The same year, Noth reprised his role as Mr. Big in ''[[And Just Like That...]]'', the ''Sex and the City'' continuation,<ref name="Grdn"/> where he was killed off, leading to a subsequent [[Peloton (exercise equipment company)|Peloton]] advertisement in the role.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carras |first1=Christi |title=Peloton really filmed that snarky Mr. Big 'And Just Like That' commercial in 48 hours |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-12-13/peloton-big-and-just-like-that-sex-and-the-city |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=December 21, 2021 |date=December 13, 2021}}</ref> By the end of the year, he was fired and the ad was pulled due to allegations of sexual assault.<ref name="TVline Madden" />