Trivia and Quotes
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 I don`t know the politics of Hollywood. Am I hungry for great material? Every actor is. How I can get to it, that`s another story. I don`t like "NYPD Blue" (1993) because it tries to pretend it`s a New York show. You know it`s shot in a Hollywood back-lot. It`s so L.A., so un-New York....They all try to talk New York. They all sound stupid. "Law & Order" (1990) is one hundred times more authentic.
I have been walking these [New York] streets and taking subways all of my adult life, and before I was just another face in the crowd. It`s pretty annoying to be suddenly looked at as some exotic bird in the zoo.
[On why he left "Law & Order" (1990)]: "`Law and Order` is completely story-driven and completely characterless, really. If you do that format for five years and you`re an actor, you`re bound to get bored. It wears on you. And it was really wearing on me. But you need a job, and I felt awfully blessed to be in New York City and to be doing a show that was considered intelligent in the world of TV. But hey, five years is enough time."
Trivia
Along with Jerry Orbach, Dann Florek and Fred Dalton Thompson, he is one of four "Law & Order" (1990) cast members who later joined the regular cast of one of the spin-off series. He played Detective Mike Logan in "Law & Order" (1990) from 1990 to 1995 and in "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001) since 2005.
Attended Vermont`s Marlboro College before going to the Yale School of Drama.
Grew up in Stamford, Connecticut. His father died when he was young. Got into delinquent-styled trouble while he was young.
He and his longtime girlfriend, Tara Wilson, welcomed their son, Orion Christopher, on January 18, 2008 in Los Angeles, weighing seven pounds, ten ounces.
He won the World Theater Award 2001- Best Broadway Debut for "Best Man".
His brother made a few appearances on "Law & Order" (1990) as a court clerk.
Met his longtime girlfriend, Tara Wilson, while she was working at The Cutting Room, the New York City lounge and music club that he co-owns.
Was a guest at Sarah Jessica Parker`s 40th birthday party.
Became more well-known as Sarah Jessica Parker`s on-again, off-again romancer Mr. Big in the TV cable hit "Sex and the City" (1998), after becoming a heart-throb playing Detective Mike Logan in "Law & Order" (1990).
Has been confirmed that he will return as detective Mike Logan in a guest appearance on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001) in January, 2005. He last appeared as Mike Logan in the TV movie, Exiled (1998) (TV) in 1998.
He spent three years as an undergraduate at Marlboro College in southern Vermont.
He toured Vietnam with singer Nanci Griffith to support the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation`s campaign against land mines.
His father`s name, Noth, originates from the Strasbourg region of eastern France on the border of Germany--now called Alsace-Lorraine, where the name is properly pronounced "note." In his case, however, it rhymes with "both.".
Is incorrectly believed to be purely Irish-American, like his character "Mike Logan" on "Law & Order" (1990).
Mother, Jeanne Parr, was a television news reporter (European correspondent) for CBS.
Proud owner of a Manhattan bar called "The Cutting Room." So named after the cutting-room floor, where a lot of actors` best performances often end up.
Studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse in Manhattan before graduating from the Yale School of Drama.
Was the last original cast member of "Law & Order" (1990) to leave the series. Although Steven Hill (District Attorney Adam Schiff) is often touted as an original cast member, he did not appear in the series until after its first episode.
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