Rob Morrow

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. 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 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 Television == Directing credits ==