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Noah Wyle |
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Birth Name: Noah Strausser Speer Wyle
Born: June 4, 1971
Place of Birth: Ceaders of Lebanon Hospital in Hollywood, California, USA |
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Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 6' 2" |
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Noah was born in Hollywood, California, as one of six children of an electrical engineer and an orthopedic head nurse. He participated in a theater arts program at Northwestern University during high school and appeared in various high school plays. After graduation, Noah learned from acting teacher Larry Moss while living in a small aapartment on Hollywood Boulevard. His first parts were in a min-series and a featuring in the movie Crooked Hearts (1991). |
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Pictures of Noah |
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Noah had early support for his acting ambitions from his step-father, film restorationist James C. Katz. He had small parts in high school productions (and won an award for a play that he wrote). He participated in a Northwestern University theater program, and was hooked on acting rather than college after high school.
His first part was at age 17, in Blind Faith (1990) and after a few good roles he hit a dry spell for two years.
Then came A Few Good Men (1992), followed by another dry spell in which a return to restaurant work looked like a good option. Television shows seemed possible but Noah steered clear of these because of the 5-year contract commitment. Soon, the script for the pilot of "ER" (1994) came and the part of Dr. Carter looked very good. Three auditions later he had the role of beloved Dr. John Truman Carter III where he has remained for 10 years. |
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Filmography
"Faith" (Made for TV) 1990
"Crooked Hearts" 1991
"A Few Good Men" 1992
"Swing Kids" 1993
"There Goes My Baby" 1993
"Guinevere" (made for TV) 1994
"The Myth of Fingerprints" 1997
"Pirates of Silicone Valley" 1999
"Can't Stop Dancing" 1999
"Fail Safe" (made for TV) 2000
"Donnie Darko" 2001
"Scenes of the Crime" 2001
"White Oleander" 2002
"Enough" 2002 |
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Emmy nominee Noah Wyle remember the first and last time he donated blood, at least until the moment he blacked out. "I decided to give some blood in high school and I recall a woman bending over me who said, 'This is my first time doing this,' and that was all I needed to hear before I passed out. I remember waking up in the back of the bloodmobile." As a result, Noah can identify with a patient's fear of needles, especially when he began playing a first-time doctor who still had much to learn about medicine. "I wouldn't want to be Dr. Carter's patient," he says of Carter's early years, "He's extremely well-meaning and eager to do a good job and be noticed for doing a good job, but he's a klutz who is easily overcome by pressure." |
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He was born and raised in Hollywood along with his six brothers and sisters. He developed a genuine interest in acting after his junior year of high school while participating in a theater-arts program at Northwestern University. He soon learned that even high school actors could "kiss pretty girls and smoke cigarettes," which was more than enough for him, at the time. During this time he acted and directed in a production of Jean-Paul Sarte's "No Exit." After graduation, he discovered nobler reasons for acting,found a seedy apartment on Hollywood Boulevard and began studying with Larry Moss. Wyle scored his first professional role in the NBC miniseries "Blind Faith" and followed that with his first feature film, Crooked Hearts, in which he played a son in a dysfunctional family. In 1990, he worked in another feature, There Goes My Baby. Considering the ease with which he secured those roles, he assumed he would be acting full-time. He was mistaken - he remained unemployed for the next year. After appearing in several local plays in Los Angeles, he was cast in the box-office hit A Few Good Men, in which he played US Marine Corporal Owen Barnes who testified in court. He also appeared in the feature Swing Kids as a leader in the Hitler Youth, and in the upcoming The Myth of Fingerprints with Roy Sheider and Blythe Danner. Additionally, he starred as Lancelot opposite Sheryl Lee in the TV movie "Guinevere of Camelot." However, his best known for his acting as Dr. Carter on NBC's ER. |
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It was on the set of The Myth of Fingerprints that he met Tracy Warbin, a Hollywood make-up artist. On Valentine's Day 1999, Noah decided to propose to her in a very romantic way. He set up a scavenger hunt throughout the day which ultimately led her to a romantic picnic that he had arranged entirely on his own. They were married May 6, 2000. They also have welcomed their first child, Owen Strausser Wyle, into the happy family in November 2002. They reside in San Ysidro, California on a ranch previosuly owned by Bo Derek.
In his leisure, Noah enjoys basketball, traveling, photography, and going to the movies as well as collecting baseball cards, antiques, and anything pertaining to the Biblical Noah's Ark. |
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Noah Fun Facts:
~ In July 1999, Noah went on stage and gave a speech at the MacWorld computer trade show posing as Apple Computer interim chief Steve Jobs. Jobs invited Noah for this joke after seeing his portrayal in Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999).
~ Last name is pronounced "why-lee."
~ His least favorite scene on ER was his mouth-to-snout resusitation of a dog.
~ His all-time favorite scene is his Emmy-nominated scene where he stood in a dark room reading to legendary actor and acting couch Sanford Meisner in what is probably the last work Mr. Meisner was filmed in.
~ Educated at Thatcher School (California) and Northwestern University.
~ He is the Artistic Director of The Blank Theatre Company. |
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Charities Noah is associated with:
~ Doctors of the World
~ Project Angel Food
~ The Skin Cancer Foundation
~ Catalog for Giving
~ National spokeperson for Cover the Uninsured Week |
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