- He has played the same character (Detective Mike Logan) on three different series: Law & Order (1990), Homicide: Life on the Street (1993), and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001).
- He toured Vietnam with singer Nanci Griffith to support the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation's campaign against land mines.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mother, Jeanne Parr, was a television news reporter (European correspondent) for CBS.
- Grew up in Stamford, Connecticut. His father died when he was young. Got into delinquent-styled trouble while he was young.
- Co-owns The Cutting Room, a lounge and music club in New York City's Flatiron District, with Steve Walter, a Berklee College of Music alumnus. Since opening in 1999, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sheryl Crow, and Norah Jones are among the many people who have performed there.
- Along with Jerry Orbach, Dann Florek, and Fred 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.
- 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.
- His character Mike Logan on Law & Order (1990) was Irish-American. In real life, Chris's father was of German and Irish descent, while Chris's mother's ancestry is Irish, German, and English. 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".
- His father, Charles J. Noth (died March 1966), grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, where he lived with his wife and children in 1962, and was an insurance salesman.
- 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) in 1998.
- Attended Vermont's Marlboro College before going to the Yale School of Drama.
- His brother made a few appearances on Law & Order (1990) as a court clerk. He also has a sister. Both are married.
- He spent three years as an undergraduate at Marlboro College in southern Vermont.
- Ranked #8 on Tropopkin's Top 25 Most Intriguing People [Issue #100]
- Currently starring in "Farragut North" at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. (July 2009)
- Was a guest at Sarah Jessica Parker's 40th birthday party.
- He won the World Theater Award 2001- Best Broadway Debut for "Best Man".
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