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My Take
Rob Morrow's Joel Fleischman is one of the great fish-out-of-water TV characters: the neurotic New York doctor stranded in tiny Cicely, Alaska, forever exasperated by its eccentric residents. Northern Exposure was a strange, literate, soulful show, and Morrow's prickly charm was the audience's way in. Years later he reinvented himself as the grounded FBI agent brother on Numb3rs, trading neurosis for steady gravitas. I always thought he was a sharper, more idiosyncratic actor than the leading-man system quite knew what to do with. The fact that he directs and writes too tells you he was never content just hitting his marks.
Overview
Rob Morrow (born September 21, 1962, in New Rochelle, New York) is an American actor, director and screenwriter. He rose to fame as Dr. Joel Fleischman on the acclaimed CBS series Northern Exposure, a role that earned him Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. He later starred as FBI agent Don Eppes on the procedural drama Numb3rs.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rob Morrow
- Name (Japanese)
- ロブ・モロー
- Reading
- ろぶ・もろー
- Born
- September 21, 1962 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Tiger
- Origin
- New Rochelle, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Actor / Film director / Screenwriter / Television actor / Film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Miami Sunset Senior High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.