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Christopher David "Chris" Noth (born November 13, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for long-running television roles as Det. Mike Logan on the police procedural and legal drama television series, Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and as 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, for which he was also nominated for a Golden Globe. Noth was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the youngest of three sons of Jeanne Parr, a former CBS news reporter, and Charles Noth, an attorney and... MORE

Christopher David "Chris" Noth (born November 13, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for long-running television roles as Det. Mike Logan on the police procedural and legal drama television series, Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and as 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, for which he was also nominated for a Golden Globe. Noth was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the youngest of three sons of Jeanne Parr, a former CBS news reporter, and Charles Noth, an attorney and insurance salesman. He is of Irish descent. Noth's father died when he was nine. During his childhood, Noth traveled with his mother and brothers throughout the United Kingdom, Spain and Yugoslavia. 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, LESS