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]

Ethan Rains
Born
Iman Nazemzadeh

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

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

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

Filmography

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Television

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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

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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

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

References

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  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. ^ a b c Ethan Rains (visual voices guide) - Behind The Voice Actors
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