Dominic Rains

Dominic Rains is an Iranian-American actor known for independent films and television work. Born in Tehran and raised in Dallas, he started his screen career with the 2003 television movie Saving Jessica Lynch and appeared in the 2006 movie Flight 93. He played Dr. Leo Julian on the SOAPnet spin-off General Hospital: Night Shift in 2007, then took guest parts in NCIS, Burn Notice, 24, Flash Forward, Cane, and Anger Management. His performance in The Taqwacores (2010) brought wider notice, with The New York Times calling it eye-catching and NBC offering strong praise; he also won a best actor prize at the Ourense International Film Festival. He starred as the lead in the supernatural thriller Jinn (2014), played Shawn Walker in it, and appeared as Saeed in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014). From 2019 he played Dr. Crockett Marcel on NBC's Chicago Med. Rains also works in Los Angeles theater with the Elephant Theatre Company.