“Grey’s Anatomy” heartthrob Eric Dane appeared on another medical drama on Monday, this time playing a patient.

The 53-year-old actor, who played Dr. Mark Sloan aka “McSteamy” on the Shonda Rhimes series, guest starred on a Season 2 episode of NBC’s “ Brilliant Minds ” as a firefighter grappling with his ALS diagnosis. Earlier this year, Dane himself announced that he had been diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease, which gradually paralyzes the body by destroying the nerve cells that control muscle movement.

On the Nov. 24 episode of “Brilliant Minds,” Dane plays Matthew , a proud first responder who is used to being the hero, not the person in need of help. Matthew has kept his ALS diagnosis from his family, fearing that he might become a burden to them. In the episode, whi

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