Rob Morrow

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Robert Alan Morrow (born September 21, 1962) is an American actor. 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 Numbers.

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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. He is Jewish, and had a Reform Judaism Bar Mitzvah. Morrow grew up in Hartsdale, New York. His parents divorced when he was nine years old. He attended Cardigan Mountain School and Edgemont High School and dropped out at the beginning of his senior year to begin his acting career.

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Career Morrow's film career began when he appeared as an extra at age 18 on Saturday Night Live. He co-starred alongside Johnny Depp in Private Resort (1985). He later appeared in the Dentyne gum commercials where he would slyly utter the "Time to walk the dog" catch phrase.

Morrow played the lead role in the television show Northern Exposure from 1990 to 1995. 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". For his work on Northern Exposure, Morrow was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards. He left the CBS comedy-drama in 1995 to act in movies.

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. Morrow played the younger brother of Albert Brooks' character in Mother (1996). In 2000, he directed and starred in Maze, about an artist with Tourette syndrome. In 2002, Morrow played Kevin Hunter on the Showtime television series Street Time. He also appeared in the television film Custody. In 2007, he played Jack Nicholson's doctor, Dr. Hollins, in The Bucket List. From 2005 to 2010, he starred with David Krumholtz and Judd Hirsch as FBI agent Don Eppes in Numb3rs on CBS. 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. The series aired on September 13, 2010, but was pulled from the ABC schedule in December. Morrow filmed 13 episodes. Morrow starred as Henry Rearden in , which was released September 12, 2014. In 2017, Morrow starred in the recurring role of reporter Abe Leonard in the first season of the ABC political drama Designated Survivor. He also starred in as Barry Scheck. 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.

Morrow has a recurring role on the Showtime drama Billions as judge Adam DeGiulio.

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.

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Personal life On his 36th birthday in 1998, Morrow married actress Debbon Ayer. They have one daughter, Tu Morrow, born in 2001. They live in Santa Monica, California. Morrow previously lived in Seattle at the time of filming Northern Exposure.

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Acting credits

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Film

1985	Private Resort	Ben
1989	Tattingers	Marco Bellini
1994	Quiz Show	Dick Goodwin
1996	Last Dance	Rick Hayes
1996	Mother	Jeff Henderson
1998	Into My Heart	Ben
2000	Other Voices	Jeff
2000	Maze	Lyle Maze
2000	Labor Pains	Ryan Keene
2001	Sam the Man	Daniel Lenz
2002	The Guru	Josh Goldstein
2002	The Emperor's Club	James Ellerby
2002	Night's Noontime	Dr. William Minor	Short film
2005	Going Shopping	Miles
2007	The Bucket List	Dr. Hollins
2011	The Good Doctor	Dr. Waylans
2011	Interception	Matthew	Short film
2013	Begin Again	CEO
2014		Henry Rearden
2015	Lost Soul	Himself	Documentary
2015	Little Loopers	Big Earl Boyd
2015	Night of the Wild	Dave
2019	The Kill Team	William Briggman

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Television

1980	Saturday Night Live	Juror	Episode: "Rodney Dangerfield/The J. Geils Band"
1985	Fame	Joey Laurenzano	Episode: "The Ol' Ball Game"
1987		Danny	Episode: "Murder and Acquisitions"
1987	Everything's Relative	Eddie Dayton	Episode: "The Mom Who Came to Dinner"
1989	Monsters	Vito	Episode: "La Strega"
1990–95	Northern Exposure	Dr. Joel Fleischman	102 episodes Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (1992–94) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (1992–93) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
1992	Saturday Night Live	Host	Episode: "Rob Morrow/Nirvana"
1992	The Ben Stiller Show	Himself	Episode: "With Rob Morrow"
1998	The Day Lincoln Was Shot	John Wilkes Booth	TV movie
1998	Only Love	Matthew Heller	TV movie
2000	The Thin Blue Lie	Jonathan Neumann	TV movie
2001	Hudson's Law	Unknown	TV movie
2001	Jenifer	Dr. Richard Feldman	TV movie
2002–03	Street Time	Kevin Hunter	33 episodes
2005–10	Numb3rs	Don Eppes	118 episodes
2007	Custody	David Gordon	TV movie
2009	The Grean Team	Robbie Blackman	TV movie
2010–11	Entourage	Jim Lefkowitz	4 episodes
2010	The Whole Truth	Jimmy Brogan	13 episodes
2012		Leonard Brooks	2 episodes
2012, 2014	Phineas and Ferb	Flea Market Salesman / Bernie (voices)	2 episodes
2014	Debbie Macomber's Mr. Miracle	Harry Mills	TV movie
2015		Skip Peterson	Episode: "Devastating Story"
2015	Texas Rising	Colonel James Fannin	4 episodes
2015	Inside Amy Schumer	John	Episode: "Wingwoman"
2015	Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll	J.P.	Episode: "Because We're Legion"
2016–17	The Fosters	Will	4 episodes
2016		Barry Scheck	6 episodes
2016–20, 2022–23	Billions	Judge Adam DeGiulio	12 episodes
2017	Hell's Kitchen	Himself	Episode: "Leaving It on the Line"
2017	Designated Survivor	Abe Leonard	5 episodes
2017	Milo Murphy's Law	Mr. Brulee (voice)	Episode: "Family Vacation"
2017	Flint	Professor Edwards	Movie
2018	Chicago P.D.	Evan Gilchrist	Episode: "Bad Boys"
2019	Hawaii Five-0	Wes Cullen	2 episodes
2021	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Hal Berman	Episode: "IRASSHAIMASE!"
2022	Super Pumped	Eddy Cue	2 episodes
2022	Shining Vale	Thom	2 episodes
2024	The Edge of Sleep	Dr. Castaneda	3 episodes

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Directing credits

1993	The Silent Alarm	Short film
2000	Maze	Also producer and writer
2002	Oz	Episode: "Laws of Gravity"
2003	Street Time	3 episodes
2004	Joan of Arcadia	3 episodes
2006–10	Numbers	3 episodes
2012–13	Necessary Roughness	2 episodes
2015–17	The Fosters	6 episodes
2016		Episode: "Man on Fire"
2019	Games People Play	2 episodes

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External links

Categories: Official Website, 1962 Births, Living People, American Male Film Actors, American Male Television Actors, American Television Directors, Jewish American Male Actors, Male Actors From New Rochelle, New York, 20th-century American Male Actors, 21st-century American Male Actors, 21st-century American Jews

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