Whatever happened to Noah Wyle

Of the countless young actors who came and went throughout the '90s, Noah Wyle seemed more primed than most for long-term success rather than flash-in-the-pan popularity. He didn't sport traditional leading man looks (and was therefore never pegged as a teen idol sort). He seemed maybe a touch less ambitious than most, eschewing leading man roles in favor "supporting player" parts among ensemble casts. That "supporting player" factor almost certainly played a part in how Wyle chose some of his early film roles, particularly his turn as a fresh-faced corporal opposite Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men and his portrayal of a jazz-loving Hitler Youth leader in 1993's WWII misfire Swing Kids.

A year after Swing Kids danced into theaters, Wyle landed another supporting role in an ensemble cast, this one as a young doctor learning the ropes in a Chicago-set medical drama, ER. The show would become one of the biggest TV series of the '90s, and it made an overnight star of Wyle and pretty much every other member of the cast. It also seemed to set the young actor on the path to superstardom. While that level of notoriety has always eluded Wyle, he's still been working steadily in and out of the Hollywood spotlight for a couple of decades now. Here's a look at what Noah Wyle has been up to since leaving ER behind.