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Eric Dane's Powerful Role Highlights ALS Awareness in 'Brilliant Minds'

10/20/2025

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Eric Dane (actor) will portray a firefighter with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in NBC's medical drama Brilliant Minds.
He announced his ALS diagnosis earlier this year.
In Season 2's ninth episode, his character struggles to share his condition with his family.
Dane campaigns for ALS research funding through I Am ALS, aiming to raise $1 billion for promising treatments.
Brilliant Minds airs Mondays at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.

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Eric Dane (actor) will portray a firefighter with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in NBC's medical drama Brilliant Minds.
He announced his ALS diagnosis earlier this year.
In Season 2's ninth episode, his character struggles to share his condition with his family.
Dane campaigns for ALS research funding through I Am ALS, aiming to raise $1 billion for promising treatments.
Brilliant Minds airs Mondays at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.