Robert Alan Morrow (born September 21, 1962)[1] is an American actor and director. He is known for his portrayal of Dr. Joel Fleischman on Northern Exposure, a role that garnered him three Golden Globe and two Emmy nominations for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series, and later for his role as FBI agent Don Eppes on Numb3rs.

Rob Morrow
Morrow in 2010
Born	Robert Alan Morrow (1962-09-21) September 21, 1962 (age 60) New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, director, singer, songwriter
Years active	1980–present
Spouse	Debbon Ayer (m. 1998)
Children	1
Website	www.robmorrow.com

Early life

Morrow was born in New Rochelle, New York, the son of Diane Francis (née Markowitz), a dental hygienist, and Murray Morrow, an industrial lighting manufacturer.[2] He is Jewish, and had a Reform Bar Mitzvah.[3] His parents divorced when he was nine years old.[4] He attended Miami Sunset High School, but dropped out at the beginning of his senior year to begin his acting career.[5]

Career

Morrow's film career began when he appeared as an extra at age 18 on Saturday Night Live.[6] He co-starred alongside Johnny Depp in Private Resort (1985).[7]

Morrow played the lead role in the television show Northern Exposure from 1990 to 1995.[8][9] Morrow's character, Joel Fleischman, is "a New York City physician who is surprised to be assigned to the isolated and icy town of Cicely, Alaska".[10] For his work on Northern Exposure, Morrow was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards[11][12][13][14] and two Emmy Awards.[11][15][16] He left the CBS comedy-drama in 1995 to act in movies.[17][18]

Morrow starred in the critically acclaimed film Quiz Show (1994) as Dick Goodwin, a congressional investigator intent on uncovering the corruption behind the 1950s game show scandal.^{[citation needed]} Morrow played the younger brother of Albert Brooks' character in Mother (1996).[19] In 2000, he directed and starred in Maze, about an artist with Tourette syndrome.[20]

In 2002, Morrow played Kevin Hunter on the Showtime television series Street Time.^{[citation needed]} He also appeared in the television film Custody.^{[citation needed]} In 2007, he played Jack Nicholson's doctor, Dr. Hollins, in The Bucket List.^{[citation needed]} From 2005 to 2010, he starred with David Krumholtz and Judd Hirsch as FBI agent Don Eppes in Numb3rs on CBS.[21][22][23] On March 8, 2010, it was announced that Morrow had signed on to star in Jerry Bruckheimer's new series, The Whole Truth, on ABC.[24] The series aired on September 13, 2010, but was pulled from the ABC schedule in December. Morrow filmed 13 episodes.^{[citation needed]} Morrow starred as Henry Rearden in Atlas Shrugged: Part III, which was released September 12, 2014.^{[citation needed]} In 2017, Morrow starred in the recurring role of reporter Abe Leonard in the first season of the ABC political drama Designated Survivor.[25] He also starred in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story as Barry Scheck.^{[citation needed]} As of November 2018, news was released that a revival of Northern Exposure was in the works at CBS and that Morrow would return as Joel Fleischman.[26]

Morrow has a recurring role on the Showtime drama Billions as judge Adam DeGiulio.[27][28]

Morrow is a teacher at the Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica. During the summer of 2019, he starred as Willy Loman in the theater's production of Death of a Salesman.[29]

Personal life

On his 36th birthday in 1998, Morrow married actress Debbon Ayer.[30] They have one daughter, Tu Morrow, born in 2001.[31]

Acting credits

Film

Television

Directing credits

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rob Morrow.

• Official website
• Rob Morrow at IMDb
• Rob Morrow at the Internet Broadway Database

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