Alan Rachins

Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Birthday: September 30, 1942

Alan Rachins certainly gives lie to the assumption that bald actors are unlikely candidates for leading-men roles. With his strong masculine features, athletic build and expensive corporate-style suits, he looked smashing as one of the ensemble leads in the long-running, highly-acclaimed NBC legal drama "L.A. Law" (1986-1994). For seven seasons, he played Douglas Brackman Jr., lawyer, parsimonious law-firm manager, philandering husband, and occasional buffoon, with such authority that he was nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Em…more

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Actor

Nova
Host
Nova
Host
The Stepsister
Derek Canfield
Spoiled
Husband
Nowhere Fast
Donny

Director

Paris
Director

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Career Milestones

1997
Returned to series TV as a regular in the ABC sitcom "Dharma & Greg"
1995
Appeared in "Afterlife", an episode of the sci-fi anthology "The Outer Limits" (Showtime)
1995
Co-starred in the notorious "Showgirls"
1991
Appeared in "Spoiled", an episode of the horror series "Tales From the Crypt" (HBO)
1986 to 1994
Was series regular on the NBC legal drama "L.A. Law"; portrayed Douglas Brackman Jr