Rob Morrow Interview on the Jon Stewart Show (October 10, 1994)

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.

Early life[edit]
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] Morrow grew up in Hartsdale, New York. [4] His parents divorced when he was nine years old.[5] He attended Cardigan Mountain School and Edgemont High School[6][7] and dropped out at the beginning of his senior year to begin his acting career.[8]

Career[edit]
Morrow's film career began when he appeared as an extra at age 18 on Saturday Night Live.[9] He co-starred alongside Johnny Depp in Private Resort (1985).[10]

Morrow played the lead role in the television show Northern Exposure from 1990 to 1995.[11][12] 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".[13] For his work on Northern Exposure, Morrow was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards[14][15][16][17] and two Emmy Awards.[14][18][19] He left the CBS comedy-drama in 1995 to act in movies.[20][21]

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).[22] In 2000, he directed and starred in Maze, about an artist with Tourette syndrome.[23]


Morrow in 1991
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.[24][25][26] 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.[27] 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.[28] 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.[29]

Morrow has a recurring role on the Showtime drama Billions as judge Adam DeGiulio.[30][31]

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.[32]

Personal life[edit]
On his 36th birthday in 1998, Morrow married actress Debbon Ayer.[33] They have one daughter, Tu Morrow, born in 2001.[34] They live in Santa Monica, California.[35] Morrow previously lived in Seattle at the time of filming Northern Exposure.[12]