Noah Wyle missed out on roles in 'Saving Private Ryan' and other films: Couldn’t get out of ‘ER'

Hollywood actor Noah Wyle said he couldn't be a part of projects such as "Saving Private Ryan” and “Good Night, and Good Luck" as he was busy shooting for the medical series "ER".Wyle made his acting debut in 1984 with "Lust in the Dust", but it was in 1994 when he was cast as the medical student John Carter in the hit NBC medical drama series "ER", which served as a breakthrough role for the actor.Asked about the roles he missed, the actor said there have been several. "Yeah, tons... We talked about a couple of them, actually. ‘Good Night, and Good Luck,’ George (Clooney) offered me a part in that. I couldn’t get out of ‘ER’ to do it. I was offered the part of Private Ryan in ‘Saving Private Ryan,’ couldn’t get out of ‘ER’ to do it," he said on the Still Here Hollywood podcast."Saving Private Ryan" released in 1998 and revolves around Captain John Miller, who is assigned the task of searching for Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have already been killed in the war. It featured Matt Damon."Good Night, and Good Luck" released in 2005 and featured

George Clooney

."I almost am glad that I didn’t do them, because, you know, those guys made those parts...Matt Damon was Private Ryan. There were two. I got offered the part of 'Upham', which was

Jeremy Davies

’ part, and he was so phenomenal in that I couldn’t imagine doing anything close to what he did," he added.The actor currently features in HBO's drama series "The Pitt".