1. Noah Strausser Speer Wyle is an American actor, producer, director, and writer.
29 Facts About Noah Wyle
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Noah Wyle started his career as John Carter in the NBC medical drama ER, earning nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and five Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Noah Wyle has since starred as Harry Wilson in Leverage: Redemption and Dr Michael "Robby" Robinavitch in the Max medical drama The Pitt.
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Noah Wyle is known for his roles as Flynn Carsen in The Librarian franchise and Tom Mason in the television series Falling Skies.
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Noah Wyle, the middle of three children, was born in Los Angeles, the son of Marjorie, a registered orthopedic head nurse, and Stephen Noah Wyle, an electrical engineer and entrepreneur.
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Noah Wyle's father was Jewish, whereas his mother was Episcopalian, and he was raised "fairly nondenominationally", around both faiths.
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Edith R Wyle was an expressionist painter who created The Egg and The Eye, a cafe and shop in the Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles.
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Noah Wyle was educated at The Thacher School in Ojai, California, and graduated with the class of 1989.
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Noah Wyle participated in a Theatre Arts program at Northwestern University after his junior year of high school and appeared in high school plays, even winning an award for a play he wrote.
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Noah Wyle studied with acting teacher Larry Moss while living in a small apartment on Hollywood Boulevard.
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Noah Wyle was first seen in the Paul Bartel 1985 film Lust in the Dust as an extra in the local gang running the small town of Chili Verde.
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Noah Wyle appeared in the feature Swing Kids as Emil Lutz, a leader in the Hitler Youth, and in the independent movie The Myth of Fingerprints with Roy Scheider, Blythe Danner, and Julianne Moore.
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Noah Wyle was the youngest member when he joined the cast.
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Noah Wyle was the only major cast member of ER to have been with the show since its inception when he left after its eleventh season.
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Noah Wyle left the series at the end of season 11, although he returned in guest appearances for a four-episode arc during season 12.
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Noah Wyle stated that he left because he wanted to spend more time with his family and friends and to make room for the upcoming generation.
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In 2009 Noah Wyle returned to ER during its fifteenth and final season for five episodes, including the series finale.
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Noah Wyle has appeared in the most episodes of ER, 254, five more than Laura Innes.
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Noah Wyle has played Steve Jobs in the Emmy-nominated Pirates of Silicon Valley.
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Noah Wyle opened the 1999 NY Macworld Expo keynote, initially posing as Apple Inc.
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Noah Wyle has appeared in several feature films, including White Oleander opposite Renee Zellweger, Enough opposite Jennifer Lopez, the independent feature Donnie Darko, as the President's interpreter in the 2000 live-television production of Fail Safe, and in the independent film The Californians.
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Noah Wyle starred in the film The Librarian: Quest for the Spear, launching what would become The Librarian franchise.
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Noah Wyle starred as Harry Wilson in Leverage: Redemption, a revival of Leverage.
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Noah Wyle received newfound attention returning to the medical drama genre, playing Dr Michael "Robby" Robinavitch in the Max series The Pitt.
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Noah Wyle met his first wife, make-up artist Tracy Warbin, on the set of The Myth of Fingerprints.
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Noah Wyle devotes much of his free time to the international non-profit organization Doctors of the World and to his work as a member of the Human Rights Watch Council.
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Noah Wyle recently acquired Second Stage Theater in Hollywood, where the company has mounted numerous successful productions.
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Noah Wyle was the spokesperson for the Cover the Uninsured campaign in 2004, which had as Honorary Co-Chairs former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.
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The campaign includes several events among different communities, health and enrollment fairs, press conferences, and business seminars all over the US Additionally, Noah Wyle is a supporter of animal rights and a spokesman for the World Wildlife Fund, dedicated to protecting and conserving wildlife for future generations.