He was cancelled - unfairly he always claimed - at the height of Hollywood's #MeToo movement.
But now actor Chris Noth, best known as Mr Big from Sex And The City, is returning to the big screen for the first time in more than four years in a very different role from the one which made him a global superstar.
Noth, 70, plays a creepy Stephen King-style horror writer in a psychological thriller called The Block, set for release next year.
In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, the film's director Craig Singer said: 'Chris's character is about as far from Mr Big as you can get. People are going to be blown away by his performance. He's a brilliant actor and he knocked it out of the park.'
Noth's world came crashing down shortly after Mr Big was killed off in the first episode of the Sex And The City sequel, And Just Like That, in 2021.
Two anonymous women came forward claiming he sexually assaulted them in separate incidents in 2004 and 2015.
Fans of Sex And The City were upset when Mr Big died following a heart attack while working out on a Peloton exercise bike, but others joked that Noth was lucky not to appear in the critically panned sequel.
No charges were ever brought and police in Los Angeles and New York, where the alleged incidents took place, have confirmed no investigations are ongoing.
Noth vehemently denied the claims as 'categorically false' and that the encounters were 'consensual', but the fallout was swift and he has not starred in a movie or TV show since.
Director Singer said he did not hesitate to cast Noth, whose credits also include Law & Order and The Good Wife.
He said: 'We were introduced by a mutual friend. Chris was originally going to play a smaller part but he ended up playing a pivotal role as this reclusive Stephen King-style horror writer who is the mentor of the lead character.
'I talked to people in the industry about whether the accusations would adversely affect the film, and people seemed to feel that it was yesterday's news.'