Biography

Ted lives in Portland, Oregon where He runs 21ten Theatre, coaches on camera acting and continues to have roles on stage and on camera. He was born and raised in Portland. Oregon. He is number seven of nine children. He graduated from Grant High, where his father (Ed Rooney) was a teacher and basketball coach and a favorite instructor of one of Grant's claim to fame - Sally Struthers - with whom Ted appeared on Gilmore Girls as her husband (Morey). Ted majored in theatre at Lewis & Clark College and received his MFA in acting from Temple University. After college, Ted played semi-pro basketball in Germany. He lived for 6 years in New York City pursuing theatre, and he lived ten years in Los Angeles continuing with theatre, film, commercial work and TV guest appearances. He is proud to have achieved his goal when first arriving in LA - to get a part on Seinfeld (The Bookstore episode) before it went off the air. Some of Ted's favorite theatre roles: Don Quixote, Uncle Vanya, The Foreigner, Malvolio, Scrooge and Dogberry. His favorite on camera role: McGarrigle in Boardwalk Empire.

This late in his career, Ted is secretly hoping to have that "Babe" breakthrough role that one of his career role models (for obvious reasons) had at a similar age. It's not a secret, anymore, Ted.
- IMDb mini biography by: Ted Rooney