Wyle was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People magazine in 2001. Wyle participated in a theater 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. While on ER, Wyle’s estimated salary was $9 million a year.

Noah Wyle Talks Arrest Experience Actor Noah Wyle doesn’t care if he’s famous, or if the cause doesn’t effect him directly: he’ll stand up for what he believes in.Unfortunately for Noah, standing up got him arrested this week!He’s been asked about the whole experience, calling it “slightly surreal,” and said this about his two kids: “I think they’re really proud [...] [link]

Wyle was first seen in the Paul Bartel film Lust in the Dust (a western exploitation/parody which starred Tab Hunter, Lainie Kazan and Divine) as an extra in the local gang running the small town of Chile’ Verde. Recently, Wyle starred in the original film, The Librarian: Quest for the Spear with Sonya Walger and in its sequel The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines opposite Gabrielle Anwar and in the third part of the series The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice alongside Stana Katic. Wyle’s big break came when he was given the pilot script for ER and was cast as medical student John Carter. His performances on the show earned him Emmy Award nominations in each of its first five seasons. As part of an ensemble he was nominated several times for the Screen Actors Guild Award, he was recognized with three Golden Globe nominations as Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television and won the 2001 TV Guide Award for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Wyle has also produced Missouri Waltz at the theatre.

Wyle was educated at The Thacher School in Ojai, California, and graduated with the class of 1989. 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 a Marine jeep driver who testified in court. His performances on the show earned him Emmy Award nominations in each of its first five seasons. Wyle left the series at the end of the eleventh season, although he returned in guest appearances for a four-episode arc during the twelfth season. Wyle has also appeared in the most episodes of ER, 255, 4 more than Laura Innes.* Along with his film and television career, Wyle has also appeared on stage appearing in a 1995 Los Angeles stage production of The 24th Day with Peter Berg.