Kevin Rahm

Kevin Rahm
Born	(1971-01-07) January 7, 1971 Mineral Wells, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor

Kevin Rahm (born January 7, 1971) is an American actor who is best known for his television roles as Kyle McCarty on Judging Amy, Lee McDermott on Desperate Housewives, and Ted Chaough on Mad Men.

Early life

Rahm was born in Mineral Wells, Texas. While a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), he served as a missionary in France, Switzerland, and on the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius and Réunion between 1990 and 1992. Returning to the United States, he studied pre-law at Brigham Young University, before changing his major to drama. In 1994, he was awarded the Irene Ryan Award for best college actor, and in 1996 dropped out of university to pursue an acting career in Hollywood.

Rahm has stated that he is no longer a practicing Mormon.

Career

Kevin was best known for playing Kyle McCarty, Amy Gray's cousin, for 3 seasons on Judging Amy. He joined the show in season 3 when Dan Futterman left the show. He played Norvo Tigan, the brother of Nicole de Boer's character of Ezri Dax, in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Prodigal Daughter". He also played the role of 'psychic-guy' patient Mr. Duff in the Season One episode 'Save Me' on Grey's Anatomy. He played the driver in the 2001 VW Jetta ad "Big Day". He played the groom in the Apple iDVD ad, "Elope."

In September 2006, Rahm had a guest-starring role on the two-part 7th season premiere of the popular television drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. On October 21, 2007, Rahm made his first appearance as Lee McDermott, a new Wisteria Lane resident on ABC's Desperate Housewives, who is gay and has a husband, Bob Hunter (played by Tuc Watkins). He also guest-starred on the popular sitcom Friends as Tim, Monica's inexperienced sous-chef, in "The One with Rachel's Date" in Season 8. Kevin has had a recurring role on the AMC series Mad Men as Ted Chaough, from rival firm CGC. He also played car salesman Brad Elias on the CBS show, The Mentalist.

He played the role of Jack, Annie's ex-brother-in-law and crush, on the Fox sitcom I Hate My Teenage Daughter.

Personal life

Kevin Rahm married Amy Lonkar, a cardio-thoracic surgeon at the University of Southern California, on April 28, 2012, on a soundstage in Burbank, California.

External links

• Kevin Rahm at the Internet Movie Database
• Kevin Rahm at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)