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.

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 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 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.

Filmography 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

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 episodesNominated—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