Ted Rooney (born September 22, 1960) is an American actor and educator, known for his role as Morey Dell on ''

Gilmore Girls ''Gilmore Girls'' is an American Comedy drama, comedy-drama television series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and starring Lauren Graham (Lorelai Gilmore) and Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore). The show debuted on October 5, 2000, on The WB and beca ...

'', neonatologist Dr. Tabash on '' ER'', and John McGarrigle on the HBO series '' Boardwalk Empire''.

Early life and education

Rooney was born and raised in

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the list of cities in Oregon, largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, Columbia rivers, Portland is ...

. He is the seventh of nine children. He graduated from Grant High School, where his father, Ed Rooney, was a teacher and basketball coach. Rooney completed his undergraduate degree in theater at

Lewis & Clark College Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. Originally chartered in 1867 as the Albany Collegiate Institute in Albany, Oregon, the college was relocated to Portland in 1938 and in 1942 adopted the name Lewis & C ...

and received his MFA in acting at

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then calle ...

Career

After college, Rooney played semi-pro basketball in Germany. He lived for six years in New York City pursuing theater, and he lived ten years in Los Angeles continuing with theater pursuits, commercial work and appearances on television. He teaches acting for television in Portland, Oregon.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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