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. His family is Jewish. His parents divorced when he was nine years old. He attended Miami Sunset High School, but dropped out at the beginning of his senior year to begin his acting career.

Career

Morrow played the lead role of Joel Fleischman in the award-winning television show Northern Exposure from 1990 to 1995. Afterward, he starred in the critically acclaimed film Quiz Show as Dick Goodwin, a congressional investigator intent on uncovering the corruption behind the 1950s game show scandal and played Albert Brooks' character's sports agent brother in Mother. At one point, he was slated to play the protagonist in the 1996 film version of The Island of Dr. Moreau, but he dropped out of the project and was replaced by David Thewlis. In 2000, he directed and starred in Maze, about an artist with Tourette syndrome.

In 2002, he 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 in Numb3rs on CBS. On March 8, 2010, it was announced that Morrow has 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 in Atlas Shrugged: Part III as Henry Rearden on September 12, 2014.

Personal life

Morrow married actress Debbon Ayer in October 1998, and they have a daughter named Tu (born 2001).

Filmography

Acting

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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	Atlas Shrugged: Part III	Henry Rearden
2015	Little Loopers	Big Earl Boyd

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Saturday Night Live	Juror	Episode: "Rodney Dangerfield/The J. Geils Band"
1985	Fame	Joey Laurenzano	Episode: "The Ol' Ball Game"
1987	Spenser: For Hire	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 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series 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	Movie
1998	Only Love	Matthew Heller	Movie
2000	The Thin Blue Lie	Jonathan Neumann	Movie
2001	Hudson's Law	Unknown	Movie
2001	Jenifer	Dr. Richard Feldman	Movie
2002-03	Street Time	Kevin Hunter	33 episodes
2005-10	Numbers	Don Eppes	118 episodes
2007	Custody	David Gordon	Movie
2009	The Grean Team	Robbie Blackman	Movie
2010-11	Entourage	Jim Lefkowitz	4 episodes
2010	The Whole Truth	Jimmy Brogan	13 episodes
2012	CSI: NY	Leonard Brooks	2 episodes
2012 2014	Phineas and Ferb	Flea Market Salesman Bernie	Voice "Tri-State Treasure: Book of Secrets" "Lost in Danville"
2014	Debbie Macomber's Mr. Miracle	Harry Mills	Movie
2015	Night of the Wild	Dave	Movie
2015	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Skip Peterson	Episode: "Devastating Story"
2015	Texas Rising	Colonel James Fannin	4 episodes
2015	Inside Amy Schumer	John (townsperson)	Episode: "Wingwoman" (season 3; witchcraft sketch)
2015	Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll	J.P.	Episode: "Because We're Legion"
2016	The Fosters	Will	3 episodes
2016	American Crime Story	Barry Scheck	6 episodes
2016	Billions	Adam DeGiulio	5 episodes

Directing

Year	Title	Notes
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
2006/09/10	Numbers	3 episodes
2012/13	Necessary Roughness	2 episodes
2015	The Fosters	Episode: "Now Hear This"

Charities

Rob Morrow supports the following charitable cause: ALS (amyrotrophic lateral sclerosis).

[ Source: Wikipedia ]