Eric Dane Received '10-Minute Standing Ovation' on 'Brilliant Minds' Set

Eric Dane received a standing ovation as he channeled his real-life health struggles into his latest guest role on Brilliant Minds. The actor, who revealed his ASL diagnosis in April, played a firefighter with the same disease on the Monday, November 24, episode of the NBC medical drama. (ALS is a “nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. ALS causes loss of muscle control,” per the Mayo Clinic.) “I have never seen this happen in my entire career, but he essentially got a 10-minute standing ovation after shooting that scene, because it was so beautiful and s