- A member of Chicago's Second City in the '70s, he replaced John Belushi when Belushi took off to do SNL.
- His name is pronounced "RAH-shee".
- Blond, handsome actor, known for his Clint Eastwood "Dirty Harry" take-off on TV's Sledge Hammer! (1986) in the late 1980s.
- His wife Heather Rasche has a guest role in Sledge Hammer! (1986), as ex-Mrs. Hammer (episode Here's to You, Mrs. Hammer (1988)).
- His close association with David Mamet led to him becoming a major interpreter of the playwright's works -- including "Sexual Perversity in Chicago", "Speed-the-Plow" and "Edmond".
- Was on the original artistic board -- nicknamed the Eight Great Tomatoes -- of Chicago's Victory Gardens Theatre along with Warren Casey, Cecil O'Neal, Mac McGinnes, Cordis Heard (then Cordis Fejer), Stuart Gordon, Roberta Maguire and June Pyskacek. Each chipped in $1,000 or the equivalent toward the new venture, circa 1973.
- He played "Admiral Piett" in the NPR radio dramatization of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (1983).
- Graduated from Elmhurst College and the University of Chicago.
- Has played the President in the show DAG (2000) and the film The Sentinel (2006).
- Born in St. Louis but raised in Illinois.
- Starred in the television series Nurses (1991) as the character Jack. In 2014 he continued this role for the movie "Amira and Sam".
- In 2020 the series "Nurses" celebrated it's 30th anniversary.
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