Kevin Rahm

Kevin Rahm is an American actor known primarily for his television work. He was born in Mineral Wells, Texas, and grew up in Bossier City, Louisiana. After starting college with plans to study law, he switched to drama at Brigham Young University, received the Irene Ryan Award as the top college actor in 1994, and left school in 1996 to pursue acting in Hollywood. On Judging Amy he played Kyle McCarty, the lead character's cousin, for three seasons after joining in season three. From 2007 he appeared on Desperate Housewives as Lee McDermott, a gay newcomer to Wisteria Lane. Rahm played Madison Avenue advertising creative director Ted Chaough on Mad Men from 2010 to 2015. He was cast as a newsroom editor in Nightcrawler (2014). In 2015 he began a recurring part on Madam Secretary as consultant and attorney Michael B. Barnow.