Ethan Rains

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Ethan Rains
Born
Iman Nazemzadeh

(1981-02-19) 19 February 1981 (age 43)
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
Relatives Dominic Rains (brother)

Ethan Rains (born Iman Nazemzadeh; February 19, 1981, in Tehran, Iran) [1] is an Iranian American actor, best known for his portrayal of Dr. Leo Julian on the second season of SOAPnet's General Hospital: Night Shift , [2] a 13-episode prime time spin-off of the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital . Rains' brother Dominic Rains had initially played the role, but he replaced him after he became unavailable for the second season. [3] In December 2011, he guest starred on Days of Our Lives as a villain in a storyline involving illegal internet gambling. [4]

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In 2009, Rains was featured in the horror film Open Graves as the character Tomás. [5] [6]

In 2019, Rains starred in the film Samir with Sprague Grayden, Michelle Lukes, and Peter Greene. [7] [8]

Personal life

Rains attended The Colony High School and graduated in 1999. He also attended Southern Methodist University and majored in Theatre. [9]

Filmography

Television

YearWorkRoleNotes
2003 Dragon Ball GT Son Para [10]
2004 YuYu Hakusho Asato Kido Voice
2004–2005 LAX Joe5 episodes
2005 The Young and the Restless Zach3 episodes
Judging Amy Jusef SaidEpisode: "The New Normal"
The Closer Faraz MokhtariEpisode: "LA Woman"
2006 E-Ring Adil Al-MasadiEpisode: "Brothers in Arms"
2006 The Unit Iranian Embassy Guard
2006 Courting Alex Buddy2 episodes
2008 General Hospital: Night Shift Dr. Leo Julian 14 episodes
2010 CSI: Miami Brian NassirEpisode: "Dishonor"
24 Ali 5 episodes
2011 Days of Our Lives Horace2 episodes
2011 Teen Wolf Stockton
2013–2014 NCIS Kevin Hussein
"IT Kevin"
2 episodes
2014 NCIS: Los Angeles MackEpisode: "Tuhon"
2018 Into the Dark DougEpisode: "Good Boy"
2019Defrost: The Virtual SeriesEduardo PerezTV short
2021 NCIS: Hawai'i Dr. Dunne2 episodes
2022 The Old Man Wahid2 episodes

Film

YearWorkRoleNotes
2003 Saving Jessica Lynch Iman Nazemzadeh (Iraqi Deserter)Television film
2004 Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound Kogu [10]
2004 Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy BullyTelevision film
2005 Sin City Bozo #4
2009 Open Graves Tomás
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Lead EMT
2018 The 15:17 to Paris Ben Zomerdyk
2019 Samir Samir

Video games

YearWorkRoleNotes
2012 Call of Duty: Black Ops II Additional Voices [10]

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References

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  3. "Dr. Leo Julian". Soaps.com. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
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