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

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- Name
- Kevin Rahm
- Born
- 7 January 1971
- Birthplace
- Mineral Wells, Texas, U.S.
- Education
- Brigham Young University
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Kevin Rahm (born January 7, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Kyle McCarty on Judging Amy, Lee McDermott on Desperate Housewives, and Ted Chaough on Mad Men.
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Kevin Rahm (born 1971) is an actor, film actor and screenwriter, among other activities, of American nationality. The actor was born in Mineral Wells. Kevin Rahm was educated at Brigham Young University. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Kevin Rahm • Children — 1 • Born — 7 January 1971 • Birthplace — Mineral Wells, Texas, U.S. • Education — Brigham Young University • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1993–present
Early life and education
Early life and education
Rahm was born in Mineral Wells, Texas. He was raised in Bossier City, Louisiana, where he was a cheerleader at Loyola College Prep in Shreveport, Louisiana and graduated from Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Texas in 1989. Following high school, Rahm, then a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, attended one of the church's Missionary Training Centers before serving as a missionary in France, Switzerland, and on the islands of Mauritius and Réunion between 1990 and 1992. After 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. In 1996, Rahm dropped out of college to pursue an acting career in Hollywood.
Career
Career
Rahm played Kyle McCarty, Amy Gray's cousin, for three seasons on Judging Amy. He joined the show in season 3, when Dan Futterman left. In 2001 he starred in the Volkswagen Super Bowl commercial "Big Day". On October 21, 2007, he made his first appearance as Lee McDermott, a new Wisteria Lane resident on ABC's Desperate Housewives, who is gay. In 2014, Rahm was cast as a newsroom editor in the film Nightcrawler. From 2010 to 2015, Rahm played Ted Chaough, a Madison Avenue advertising creative director, in AMC's award-winning series Mad Men. In March 2015, Rahm began starring in a recurring role as consultant and attorney Michael "Mike B." Barnow on the CBS political drama series Madam Secretary.
Personal life
Personal life
On April 28, 2012 Rahm married Amy Lonkar, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the UC Davis Medical Center. They have a daughter. The family lives in Sacramento, California.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1996 — Touched by an Angel — Doug Richards — Episode: "The One That Got Away" • In the Blink of an Eye — Gate Guard — Television movie • Unabomber: The True Story — Gary Wright — Television movie • 1997 — Divided by Hate — Frank — Television movie • 1998 — Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! — Glenn — Television movie • Pacific Blue — Ed Simmons — Episode: "Cutting Edge" • 1999–2000 — Jesse — Dr. Danny Kozak — 20 episodes • 1999 — Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Norvo — Episode: "Prodigal Daughter" • Beverly Hills, 90210 — Jay Snelling — Episode: "Bobbi Dearest" • Rescue 77 — Hansen — 3 episodes • Silk Stalkings — Episode: "Dream Weavers" • Everything's Relative — Leo Gorelick — 4 episodes • 2001–2004 — Judging Amy — Kyle McCarty — 65 episodes • 2001 — Ally McBeal — Clayton Hooper — Episode: "Reach Out and Touch" • Friends — Tim — Episode: "The One with Rachel's Date" • 2005 — Joan of Arcadia — Dana Tuchman — 2 episodes • Grey's Anatomy — Mr. Duff — Episode: "Save Me" • Close to Home — Pastor Mark Rayburn — Episode: "Divine Directions" • 2006 — Crumbs — Roger — 2 episodes • CSI: NY — Tony Collins — Episode: "Fair Game" • Night Stalker — Dr. Aaron Shields — Episode: "Timeless" • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Joe Hirschoff — 2 episodes • Alpha Mom — Television movie • 2007–2012 — Desperate Housewives — Lee McDermott — 53 episodes • 2007 — Scrubs — Joe Hutnick — Episode: "My Own Worst Enemy" • Conspiracy — Unsold TV pilot • 2008 — Without a Trace — Ryan McAvoy — Episode: "Closure" • 2009 — CSI: Miami — Dr. Sean Loftin — Episode: "Chip/Tuck" • Three Rivers — John Warren — Episode: "The Kindness of Strangers" • 2010 — The Mentalist — Brad Elias — S2 E13 "Redline" • Open Books — Dale — Television movie • 2010–2015 — Mad Men — Ted Chaough — 27 episodes Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series • 2011–2013 — I Hate My Teenage Daughter — Jack — 13 episodes • 2014 — Surviving Jack — Adult Frankie (voice) — 7 episodes • Red Zone — Paul Jordan — Television movie • 2015–2016 — Bates Motel — Bob Paris — 9 episodes • 2015–2019 — Madam Secretary — Michael 'Mike B' Barnow — 29 episodes • 2016–2019 — Lethal Weapon — Captain Brooks Avery — 49 episodes • 2018 — The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale — Special Guest — Episode: "Skip Joel" • 2021–2022 — Love, Victor — Charles Campbell — 5 episodes
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Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1993 — The Mediator — Debtor — Short film • 1995 — Out of Annie's Past — Young Waiter • Of Love & Betrayal — Jack O'Connor • 1996 — Turning Point — Young Frank Thomas • Same River Twice — Moocher • 1997 — Tiny Heroes — Weasels (voice) • 1998 — Clay Pigeons — Bystander at Amanda's • 1999 — Valerie Flake — Jogger Ronald • 2000 — Intrepid — Steward Beck • Nurse Betty — Friend #1 • 2001 — Alfred Hitchcock's Gun — Andrew • 2004 — Everybody and Their Mother Wants to Write and Direct — Agent's Assistant • Alfie — Terry • 2005 — Chasing Leonard — Clark — Short film • 2006 — Moosecock — Jimmy Johnson — Short film • Mojave Phone Booth — Tim • Falling Objects — Peter — Short film • 2007 — Route 30 — Arden • LA Blues — Bobby Gordon • Easy Pickins — Jimmy — Short film • Nonplussed — Liam — Short film • 2012 — Overnight — Chip • 2014 — Nightcrawler — Frank Kruse • 2017 — Clinical — Alex • 2018 — The Oath — Keith Balers
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- 1.Birthdays. The Modesto Bee. The Associated Press. 2A. 2022-01-07.
- 2.Kevin Rahm. Allmovie.
- 3.Scott D. Pierce. Kevin Rahm travels from BYU to NBC Young LDS actor is starring in a network sitcom. Deseret News. January 19, 2024.
- 4.Home - The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. web.kennedy-center.org.
- 5.The best commercial ever made? You tell us. VectorVault. July 19, 2011.
- 6.Madam Secretary Executive Producers Promise Answers for Season-Long Mystery | TV Guide. TVGuide.com. February 26, 2015.
- 7.Profile, hollywoodreporter.com; accessed May 1, 2014.
- 8.Kevin Rahm, Mad Men - 15 Minutes - Opinions - April 2, 2015. Sacramento News & Review. April 2015.
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