Noah Strausser Speer Wyle (pronounced Wy-lee) (born June 4, 1971 in Hollywood, California) is an American film, television, and theatre actor. He is best known for his roles as Dr. John Carter in ER and as Tom Mason in Falling Skies. He has also played Steve Jobs in the 1999 Bio Pic Pirates of Silicon Valley, Dr. Kenneth Monnitoff in the Cult Classic Donnie Darko, and Flynn Carsen in The Librarian franchise.
He appeared in:
- Lust in the Dust (1985) as Young Man (uncredited)
- A Few Good Men (1992) as Corporal Jeffrey Barnes
- Swing Kids (1993) as Emil Lutz
- ER (1994-2006, 2009) as John Carter
- Friends (1995) as Dr. Jeffrey Rosen
- The Larry Sanders Show (1995) as himself
- Sesame Street (1995) as Dr. Colburn
- Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) as Steve Jobs
- Fail Safe (2000) as Buck
- Donnie Darko (2001) as Dr. Kenneth Monnitoff
- White Oleander (2002) as Mark Oleander
- Enough (2002) as Robbie
- The Librarian series (2004, 2006, 2008) as Flynn Carsen
- The Librarians (2014-2018)
- W. (2008) as Don Evans
- Falling Skies (2011-2015) as Tom Mason
- Lab Rats (2013) as Dr. Evans
- Phineas and Ferb (2014) as Martin the News Vendor (voice)
- Drunk History (2015) as Thomas Nast
- Angie Tribeca (2016) as Lewis Alcindor
- Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House (2017) as John Stanley Pottinger
- The Red Line (2019) as Daniel Calder
- Leverage: Redemption (2021-present) as Harry Wilson
Tropes:
- Badass Bookworm: In The Librarian and Falling Skies.
- Large Ham: Can certainly bring it - especially in The Librarians 2014, or Leverage: Redemption...or Lab Rats.
- Endearingly Dorky: Often cast as such characters.
- Production Posse: His two major projects (ER and Falling Skies) are produced by Steven Spielberg.
- Star-Making Role: As Dr. John Carter.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: He's 6'1, and many of his characters are emphasized as a bonafide Chick Magnet.
