Ethan Rains is an Iranian

Iranian peoples

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-American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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, best known for his portrayal of Dr. Leo Julian on the second season of SOAPnet

SOAPnet

SOAPnet is an American cable television channel that broadcasts current and past soap operas and primetime dramas, along with some original programming. The channel launched on January 20, 2000, and is owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...

's General Hospital: Night Shift

General Hospital: Night Shift

General Hospital: Night Shift is an American prime time serial that first aired on SOAPnet for a 13-episode run from July 12, 2007 to October 4, 2007. A spin-off of the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital, the show is SOAPnet's first original scripted drama series and follows the nighttime...

, a 13-episode prime time

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 spin-off

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 of the ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 daytime soap opera

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 General Hospital

General Hospital

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.

Rains' brother Dominic Rains

Amin Nazemzadeh

Dominic Rains is an Iranian-American actor, best known for his portrayal of 9-11 hijacker Ziad Jarrah in the 2006 made-for-television movie, Flight 93. Dominic is the brother of Iranian actor Ethan Rains.From 12 July 2007 to 4 October 2007, Rains appeared as Dr...

 had played the role in the series' first season in 2007; when he was unavailable for the series' second season in July 2008, Ethan was cast in the role starting 22 July 2008.

He attended The Colony High School

The Colony High School

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 and graduated in 1999. He also attend Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University

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 and majored in Theatre.

Filmography

Medium	Project	Year Released	Character
TV	E-Ring E-Ring E-Ring is an American television military drama, created by Ken Robinson and David McKenna and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, that premiered on NBC on September 21, 2005...  (Episode: "Brothers in Arms")	2006	Adil Al-Masadi
TV	General Hospital: Night Shift General Hospital: Night Shift General Hospital: Night Shift is an American prime time serial that first aired on SOAPnet for a 13-episode run from July 12, 2007 to October 4, 2007. A spin-off of the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital, the show is SOAPnet's first original scripted drama series and follows the nighttime...  and General Hospital General Hospital General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....	2008	Dr. Leo Julian
TV	CSI: Miami CSI: Miami CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....  (Episode: "Dishonor")	2010	Brian Nassir

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