Chris Noth

Born in Madison, Wisconsin on November 13, 1954, Christopher David Noth traveled extensively through Europe during his youth with his mother, CBS News correspondent Jeanne Parr. He studied under legendary acting coach Sanford Meisner before earning a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale School of Drama in 1985. In 1990, Noth was cast as Detective Mike Logan in Dick Wolf's groundbreaking police procedural "Law & Order." For five foundational seasons, Noth's gritty, passionate, working-class street cop dynamic anchored the fledgling franchise, a role he later reprised for three seasons on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent." In 1998, Noth achieved worldwide cultural fame as "Mr. Big" (John James Preston), the enigmatic, wealthy, charismatic on-and-off romantic partner of Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) in HBO's revolutionary series "Sex and the City," earning a Golden Globe nomination and starring in two blockbuster feature films. From 2009 to 2016, Noth delivered an acclaimed, morally complex performance as disgraced politician Peter Florrick on CBS's critically revered legal drama "The Good Wife," earning his second Golden Globe nomination. A veteran of Broadway theater, Noth remains one of the most recognizable and enduring leading men of modern American television drama.