Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
biography
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 Emmy. He was cast in the role by his wife's brother, Steven
