Rob is originally from San Francisco, where he started his career as an actor on stage and voice-overs, while working as a professional musician. As a keyboardist, he worked everything from biker bars to beauty pageants, with cruise ships and recording along the way. After moving to Los Angeles, he did commercials and industrials, while studying improv at Second City, and privately with Del Close and Avery Schreiber. Rob and his wife, actress Aubrey Manning, moved to the Seattle area to raise their two sons, doing industrials and training films for Boeing, Microsoft, and other northwest corporations, as well as voice-overs, all while playing piano at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel for 18 years. After their children grew up, Rob and Aubrey moved back to Los Angeles.