Noah Wyle, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, which was recorded on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, is an outstanding actor, writer, director and producer who is best known for two Emmy-winning drama series, with 16 years between them, both set in an emergency room: NBC’s ER (1994-2009) and HBO Max’s The Pitt (2025-).
Over 11 full seasons and a few episodes of two others on ER, Wyle played John Carter, who is introduced as a third-year surgical medical student and departs as an attending physician at Chicago’s Cook County General Hospital. (He still holds the record for most seasons playing a doctor as a TV series regular.) His performance brought him five Emmy nominations and three Golden Globe nominations.
On The Pitt, which has rolled out two seasons so far, with a third already in the works, Wyle plays Michael ‘Robby’ Robinavitch, a PTSD-afflicted senior attending physician at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center. For season one, he received Emmy noms for producing and acting, winning both; Golden Globe noms for producing and acting, winning both; Actor Award noms for ensemble and acting, winning both; Writers Guild Award noms for best drama series and best new series, winning both; Critics Choice Award noms for producing and acting, winning both; and Television Critics Association Award noms for program of the year, achievement in drama, outstanding new program and individual achievement in drama, winning all four.
