Noah Wyle on TIME's 100 Most Influential People (2026)

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Noah Wyle
by LeVar Burton (Emmy-nominated Actor and Director)





Noah Wyle is one of those people who you’d love to hate, except you can’t because he’s such a great guy. He is immensely talented, ridiculously accomplished (just look at his two Emmys for The Pitt, where he’s writer, director, executive producer, and star), handsome, smart, funny—and those are just his most obvious traits.

He wears his compassionate nature as effortlessly as he does his easy sense of humor. A rapier wit. A natty dresser. A great listener. When he says, “Let me know if there’s anything I can do,” he genuinely means it. Countless are the times I have considered myself fortunate to call him my friend. He is simply one of my favorite human beings on the planet.

Chief among his enviable traits is probably his humility. I’m willing to wager good money that upon reading this, he’ll have a difficult time taking it all in. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying he’s a saint. I don’t know if he’s eligible—but for Noah, we should probably go look up the rules.

https://time.com/collection/100-most...026/noah-wyle/