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 islands of Mauritius and Réunion between 1990-92. After returning to the U.S. 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

Rahm played 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 also played Norvo Tigan, the brother of Nicole de Boer's character of Ezri Dax, in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, "Prodigal Daughter"; "psychic-guy" patient Mr. Duff in the Grey's Anatomy episode, "Save Me"; the driver in the 2001 VW Jetta ad, "Big Day"; and the groom in the Apple iDVD ad, "Elope". He also appeared in Scrubs as a patient.

In September 2006, Rahm guest-starred in the two-part 7th season premiere of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 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 and has a husband, Bob Hunter (played by Tuc Watkins).

Rahm guest-starred on Friends as Tim, Monica's inexperienced sous-chef, in "The One with Rachel's Date" in Season 8; has a recurring role on AMC's Mad Men as Ted Chaough, from rival firm CGC; played car salesman Brad Elias on the CBS', The Mentalist; and played Jack, Annie's ex-brother-in-law and crush, on Fox's I Hate My Teenage Daughter.

In 2014, Rahm played a newsroom editor in the movie Nightcrawler.

In March 2015, Rahm played a management consultant (Michael Barnow) to the Secretary of State in the TV show Madam Secretary.

Personal life

Rahm married Amy Lonkar, a cardio-thoracic surgeon at the University of Southern California, on April 28, 2012, on a soundstage in Burbank, California. Their first child, a daughter, was born on September 13, 2014. They currently live in Sacramento, California.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Out of Annie's Past	Young Waiter
1995	Of Love & Betrayal	Jack O'Connor
1996	Turning Point	Young Frank Thomas
1996	Same River Twice	Moocher
1997	Tiny Heroes	Weasels
1998	Clay Pigeon	Bystander at Amanda's
1999	Valerie Flake	Jogger Ronald
2000	Intrepid	Steward Beck
2000	Nurse Betty	Friend #1
2001	Alfred Hitchcock's Gun	Andrew
2004	Everybody and Their Mother Wants to Write and Direct	Agent's Assistant
2004	Alfie	Terry
2005	Chasing Leonard	Clark	Short film
2006	Moosecock	Jimmy Johnson	Short film
2006	Mojave Phone Booth	Tim
2006	Falling Objects	Peter	Short film
2007	Route 30	Arden
2007	LA Blues	Bobby Gordon
2007	Easy Pickins	Jimmy	Short film
2007	Nonplussed	Liam	Short film
2012	Overnight	Chip
2014	Nightcrawler	Frank Kruse

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Touched by an Angel	Doug Richards	Episode: "The One That Got Away"
1996	In the Blink of an Eye	Gate Guard	Television movie
1996	Unabomber: The True Story	N/A	Television movie
1997	Divided by Hate	Frank	Television movie
1998	Legion of Fire: Killer Ants!	Glenn	Television movie
1998	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"
1999	Beverly Hills, 90210	Jay Snelling	Episode: "Bobbi Dearest"
1999	Rescue 77	Hansen	3 episodes
1999	Silk Stalkings	N/A	Episode: "Dream Weavers"
1999	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"
2001	Friends	Tim	Episode: "The One with Rachel's Date"
2005	Joan of Arcadia	Dana Tuchman	2 episodes
2005	Grey's Anatomy	Mr. Duff	Episode: "Save Me"
2005	Close to Home	Pastor Mark Rayburn	Episode: "Divine Directions"
2006	Crumbs	Roger	2 episodes
2006	CSI: NY	Tony Collins	Episode: "Fair Game"
2006	Night Stalker	Dr. Aaron Shields	Episode: "Timeless"
2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Joe Hirschoff	2 episodes
2006	Alpha Mom	N/A	Television movie
2007-2012	Desperate Housewives	Lee McDermott	53 episodes
2007	Scrubs	Joe Hutnick	Episode: "My Own Worst Enemy"
2007	Conspiracy	N/A	Unsold TV pilot
2008	Without a Trace	Ryan McAvoy	Episode: "Closure"
2009	CSI: Miami	Dr. Sean Loftin	Episode: "Chip/Tuck"
2009	Three Rivers	John Warren	Episode: "The Kindness of Strangers"
2010	The Mentalist	Brad Elias	Episode: "Redline"
2010	Open Books	Dale	Television movie
2010-2015	Mad Men	Ted Chaough	24 episodes
2011-2013	I Hate My Teenage Daughter	Jack	13 episodes
2014	Surviving Jack	Adult Frankie	7 episodes
2014	Red Zone	Paul Jordan	Television movie
2015-2016	Bates Motel	Bob Paris	9 episodes
2015-present	Madam Secretary	Michael 'Mike B' Barnow	6 episodes
2016-present	Lethal Weapon	Captain Avery

[ Source: Wikipedia ]