Chris Noth

Christopher David "Chris" Noth (born November 13, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for two long-running television roles: as Det. Mike Logan on Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and as Mr. Big on Sex and the City. For the latter role, he has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award. He is currently starring in The Good Wife on CBS. Noth was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the youngest of three sons of Jeanne Parr, a former CBS news reporter, and Charles Noth, an insurance salesman. Noth's father died when he was nine. During his childhood, Noth traveled with his mother and brothers throughout the United Kingdom, Yugoslavia, and Spain. Noth spent a part of his undergraduate years 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 25 plays and was a pupil of acting coach Sanford Meisner. Noth played small parts in films including Smithereens (1982) and Baby Boom (1987) before his first starring role in the low-budget 1988 film Jakarta. On television, 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.