<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Tara Lynn Wilson (m . 2012) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Christopher David Noth (/ noʊθ / NOHTH; born November 13, 1954) is an American actor . He is known for his television roles as Detective Mike Logan on Law & Order (1990--95), Big on Sex and the City (1998--2004), and Peter Florrick on The Good Wife (2009--16). He reprised his role of Mike Logan on Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005--08), and reprised his role of Big in the films, Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010). He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television for Sex and the City in 1999 and for The Good Wife in 2010 . Chris Noth also studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City . </P> <P> Noth was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the youngest of three sons of Jeanne L. Parr (March 30, 1924--May 20, 2016), later a CBS News correspondent, and Charles James Noth, an insurance salesman turned marketing - company executive who died after a car accident in 1966 . </P>

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