Rob Morrow

Cast as an FBI agent who recruits his brother, a mathematician to help the FBI solve crimes in the CBS drama "Numbers"; also directed episodes

Co-starred in Henry Jaglom's "Going Shopping" with Victoria Foyt, Lee Grant and Bruce Davison

Directed an episode of the CBS drama "Joan of Arcadia"

Cast in the drama feature "The Emperor's Club"

Returned to series TV as co-star of the Showtime drama "Street Time"

Feature film directorial debut, "Maze" (filmed in 1999); also had lead role as a painter with Tourette Syndrome

Starred in the Showtime fact-based drama "The Thin Blue Lie"

Returned to TV to play John Wilkes Booth in "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" (TNT)

Reunited onscreen with Jayne Brook (this time as his wife) in "Into My Heart"; released theatrically in 2000

Starred in short-lived London stage production of "Birdy"

Cast as Albert Brooks' successful brother in the comedy "Mother"

Had featured role in "Last Dance"; love interest played by Jayne Brook

Bowed out of the cast of the feature remake of "The Island of Dr. Moreau" (1996) after helmer Richard Stanley was fired; part went to English actor David Thewlis

Returned to feature-length films after nine years to co-star in "Quiz Show"

Turned down chance at a role in proposed CBS series, "The Antagonists" to appear in the play "The Substance of Fire" in a part written for him (the family's son, Aaron)

Debut as a TV series regular, played bartender Marco Bellini on short-lived NBC drama series, "Tattinger's"

Made earliest TV appearances in small guest spots on the sitcom, "Everything's Relative" and the detective series, "Spenser: For Hire"

Co-founded the theater group Naked Angels; appeared in 35 stage productions, including "The Return of Pinocchio" (1986), "Aven'U Boys" (1989) and Jon Robin Baitz's "The Substance of Fire" (1990)

Made feature film debut as Ben in teen sex comedy, "Private Resort", in which he played a leading role alongside Johnny Depp

Worked as Michael Bennett's assistant for the Los Angeles stage production of "Dreamgirls"

Moved from Florida to Manhattan to study acting at age 17

Broadway and Off-Broadway appearances include "Soulful Scream of a Chosen Son", "The Boys of Winter", "Slam", "Third Street" and the musical adaptation of Chaim Potok's "The Chosen"

Made professional stage debut in the early 1980s in "Ragged Dick", a gay-themed Off-Broadway musical

Moved to Florida after his parents divorced

Played the career transforming TV lead role of Dr. Joel Fleischman on popular and critically acclaimed CBS comedy-drama "Northern Exposure"

Renamed 'Rob Morrow' by Bennett who decided that his full name took up too much space on a poster

Shared a cheap apartment with two other young aspiring actors, including Toby Parker, brother of Sarah Jessica Parker

Spent early years in Hartsdale, New York

Worked at Vassar College as director (for the first time) on 20-minute film he wrote about a child reacting to his divorced mother's new relationship, "The Silent Alarm"; premiered at the Seattle Film Festival and received release in 1993