Chris Noth Biography

NAME: Christopher David Noth

OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor

BIRTH DATE: November 13, 1954 (Age: 57)

EDUCATION: Marlboro College, Yale School of Drama

PLACE OF BIRTH: Madison, Wisconsin

Actor. Born November 13, 1954, in Madison, Wisconsin, Noth grew up in Connecticut, England, Yugoslavia, and Spain. His father, an insurance salesman, died when he was eight years old, and his mother, Jeanne Parr, worked as a television news reporter for CBS, pioneering the field for women.

Noth claims to have been a screw-up in grade school, but his time at the alternative Marlboro College in Vermont, where he began acting, served as an artistic inspiration. Following his college graduation in 1978, Noth studied acting with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, and after appearing in several stage productions, he made his feature film debut in Smithereens (1982), playing a transvestite prostitute.

mposing in stature, Chris Noth was readily identified with his roles as Detective Mike Logan on the long-running series “Law & Order” (NBC, 1990-10) and, perhaps even more famously, as the charming rogue Mr. Big on “Sex and the City” (HBO, 1998-2004). But his resume also included stage, screen and television work going back as far as 1982. Stereotypically tall, dark and handsome, Noth brought a commanding screen presence with charm to spare, and throughout his career made a specialty out of playing direct, sometimes even callous characters but all the while with a twinkle in his eye, making the actor irresistible to both female and male viewers throughout his career.