If Noah Wyle wanted to switch professions and become a doctor, I doubt he would have any problem, and I am sure he wouldn’t even have to go to medical school to do it.
After all, with 254 episodes as Dr. John Carter on ER between 1994 and 2005, and now two seasons as Dr. Michael ‘Robby’ Rabinowitz on the smash HBO Max hit The Pitt, he has more than enough experience to qualify. Fortunately for us he just wants to play one on TV rather than clock in at Cedars Sinai.
For his work on ER he received five Emmy nominations for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and was actually the last series regular to depart that show, at least full time, after 11 seasons. But now, with The Pitt, he has turned all his newfound praise and acclaim into actual gold having swept through awards season with wins at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, Actor Awards and more plus two Emmys for Lead Actor in a Drama Series and for the show itself, on which he is also a producer. Now there buzz that more awards will be coming his way for the show’s acclaimed second season, for which he has also written and directed select episodes.
Wyle joins me for this edition of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side to talk about putting his scrubs on again, but for a very different kind of doctor, a very complicated man and demanding medical practitioner in Robby. It is a show and role where he relishes the risks and the challenges.
We talk about it all and much more including his versatile career outside of trauma centers. This includes playing Steve Jobs in Pirates of Silicon Valley, series like The Librarian, Falling Skies and others, plus movies like A Few Good Men, Swing Kids, Donnie Darko, The Myth of Fingerprints and an enormous amount of acting on stage and as director for 20 years of the Blank Theatre Co. in Los Angeles.
To watch our conversation and to get the “actor’s side” of things from Noah Wyle, watch the video above.
