Rob Morrow

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 Numb3rs.

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 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.

Career Early in his acting career, Morrow appeared as an extra on Saturday Night Live; about 12 years later, he returned to host the show with Nirvana as musical guest. 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. In 1992, Morrow had demanded a pay increase from $30,000 to $60,000 and was sued by Universal Television after he refused to show up on set in protest. He left the CBS comedy-drama in 1994 after a contract dispute.

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 Atlas Shrugged: Part III, 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 The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story 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.

In the 2026 Civil War television mini-series, The Gray House, Morrow portrayed Judah Benjamin, who was in Jefferson Davis's cabinet. Benjamin was conflicted as the only Jewish person in elite Confederate leadership.

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.

Acting credits

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 Lost Soul Himself Documentary 2015 Little Loopers Big Earl Boyd 2015 Night of the Wild Dave 2019 The Kill Team William Briggman

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 episodesNominated – 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 CSI: NY 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 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 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 The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Barry Scheck 6 episodes 2016–23 Billions Judge Adam DeGiulio 18 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 2025 Murdaugh: Death in the Family Prosecutor Waters 2 episodes2026 The Gray HouseJudah Benjamin8 episodes

Directing credits 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 2006–10 Numbers 3 episodes 2012–13 Necessary Roughness 2 episodes 2015–17 The Fosters 6 episodes 2016 NCIS: New Orleans Episode: "Man on Fire"2019Games People Play 2 episodes