Ethan Rains

Ethan Rains
Born	Iman Nazemzadeh (1981-02-19) 19 February 1981 (age 44) Tehran, Iran
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–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]

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

Year	Work	Role	Notes
2003	Dragon Ball GT	Son Para [10]
2004	YuYu Hakusho	Asato Kido	Voice
2004–2005	LAX	Joe	5 episodes
2005	The Young and the Restless	Zach	3 episodes
	Judging Amy	Jusef Said	Episode: "The New Normal"
	The Closer	Faraz Mokhtari	Episode: "LA Woman"
2006	E-Ring	Adil Al-Masadi	Episode: "Brothers in Arms"
2006	The Unit	Iranian Embassy Guard
2006	Courting Alex	Buddy	2 episodes
2008	General Hospital: Night Shift	Dr. Leo Julian	14 episodes
2010	CSI: Miami	Brian Nassir	Episode: "Dishonor"
	24	Ali	5 episodes
2011	Days of Our Lives	Horace	2 episodes
2011	Teen Wolf	Stockton
2013–2014	NCIS	Kevin Hussein "IT Kevin"	2 episodes
2014	NCIS: Los Angeles	Mack	Episode: "Tuhon"
2018	Into the Dark	Doug	Episode: "Good Boy"
2019	Defrost: The Virtual Series	Eduardo Perez	TV short
2021	NCIS: Hawai'i	Dr. Dunne	2 episodes
2022	The Old Man	Wahid	2 episodes
2024	The Chosen	Zechariah	Season 4, Episode 8

Film

Year	Work	Role	Notes
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	Bully	Television 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

Year	Work	Role	Notes
2012	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Additional Voices [10]

References

1. "Nazemzadeh, Iman - Related Comics, Information, Comments - BILIBILI COMICS". www.bilibilicomics.com. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
2. "Dr. Leo Julian (2) - General Hospital: Night Shift Characters - ShareTV". sharetv.com. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
3. "Dr. Leo Julian". Soaps.com. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
4. Ethan Rains | Apple TV
5. "Open Graves". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
6. Open Graves | Apple TV
7. "Watch Samir (2019) Movie Online: Full Movie Streaming - MSN.com". MSN. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
8. Samir (2019) - Is Samir on Netflix? - Netflix Movies , retrieved 22 October 2022
9. Entertainment.ie. "Ethan Rains - About". Entertainment.ie. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
10. Ethan Rains (visual voices guide) - Behind The Voice Actors

External links

• Ethan Rains at IMDb
• Ethan Rains at Rotten Tomatoes