Editing Chris Noth (section)

===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" />