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Chris Noth: Why is Mr. Big called Mr. Big?

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American actor Christopher David Noth, better known as Chris Noth, is famous for his popular TV series Law & Order, Sex and the City, and The Good Wife.

Christopher was born in a town called Madison in Wisconsin, US.

He is the youngest among three sons of the insurance agent and marketer Charles James Noth and his wife Jeanne L. Parr, a journalist.

At age 12, there was a huge turnaround for the little boy when his father was involved in a terrible car accident and died of his injuries.

He went to Yale School of Drama, where he studied drama for four years. Then started his acting career on television.

Chris Noth has carved a nitch for himself which has made his dream come true.

He has appeared in a lot of films like The Glass House and The Perfect Man. And has simultaneously been associated with the theatre.

In 22009, he had his second breakthrough TV role when he was cast as former State Attorney Peter Florrick, the husband of Alicia Florrick on the CBS legal and political drama ‘The Good Wife.

Chris Noth age, height, birthplace

November 13, 1954, in Madison, Wisconsin, USA (67 years), he is 6 ft 1inc (1.87 m) in height.

Chris Noth top five movies

  1. Getting To Know You (1999)
  2. Cast Away (2000)
  3. Glass House (2001
  4. The Perfect Man (2005)
  5. Sex and the City (2008)

Why is Mr. Big called Mr. Big?

In 2004, Candace Bushell explained to the New York Magazine why he named Chris Noth (Mr. Big)

“He was one of those New York guys with a big personality—you just notice him as soon as he walks in the room,”

“I called him Mr. Big because he was like a big man on campus,” Bushnell said.

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