Rob Moran

Moran was raised in Barrington, Rhode Island and earned his bachelor's degree in fine arts from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. After working behind the scenes on Broadway, Moran headed for Los Angeles, where he made his feature film debut in the independent action-thriller "Quiet Cool" (1986). Steady work in features and on television soon followed, most notably a minor turn as a bartender in the Farrelly Brothers' "Dumb and Dumber." Moran soon found himself a member of the duo's repertory company of players, playing bit and character parts in some of their biggest hits, including "Kingpin" (1996), "There's Something About Mary" and "Me Myself & Irene" (2000). His most substantive turn in a Farrelly production was unquestionably as "Second Tiffany," a transsexual hostess in the 2001 comedy "Shallow Hal" (2001). During this period, Moran also kept busy on various television projects, including a recurring turn as Arthur Shepard, who presided as mayor of Salem, the fictitious Midwestern setting for the long-running daytime soap "Days of Our Lives" (NBC, 1965-), from 2002 to 2003. From 2005 to 2008, Moran played Arthur Carlin on the critically acclaimed and controversial teen series "South of Nowhere." His character struggled to keep his family together through a string of challenges, from infidelity and the death of a child to a major rift between his wife (Paula Carlin) and daughter (Gabrielle Christian) over the latter's relationship with another girl. Following the show's abrupt demise at the end of its third season, Moran returned to guest work on various series and supporting roles in various features, including a reunion with the Farrellys for "Hall Pass" and the rating juggernaut "Hatfields & McCoys" (The History Channel, 2012). He also enjoyed a rare major role as the head of a family under siege by masked killers in the violent horror-thriller "You're Next," before returning to bit parts in major features like "Star Trek Into Darkness."