After turning up his nose at doing television, Noah Wyle’s career has been, well, mostly television. The Emmy-winning actor has gone from ER to Leverage: Redemption to now The Pitt on the 2026 TV schedule, and many more, with several films under his belt. He’s done a lot on the big and small screens, but there were actually a couple of roles he had to turn down because of ER, and this includes a reunion with George Clooney.
Even though Wyle starred on ER as Dr. John Carter for most of ER’s 15-season run, Clooney bowed out at the end of Season 5 as Dr. Doug Ross to pursue his film career. While there have definitely been some actors who have made film and television work together, sometimes it’s easier to balance one and not the other, like what Clooney did.
