David Rasche as Dr. Pankowitz | FX’s Dying for Sex

David Rasche as Dr. Pankowitz in FX's Dying For Sex, wearing a doctor uniform, with xray scans behind him.

"Dr. Pankowitz," portrayed by David Rasche, is Molly's oncologist. He is a competent and knowledgeable physician but has no bedside manner.

Career Highlights

David Rasche recently portrayed the bigwig media executive "Karl Muller" on HBO's multi-award-winning series Succession. Most recently, Rasche has taken the Broadway stage as "Bill" in Leslye Headland's Cult of Love alongside an all-star cast, including Shailene Woodley and Zachary Quinto.

His TV credits include recurring roles on two HBO series: Veep with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Bored to Death with Ted Danson, and the title role in the ABC series Sledge Hammer!. His films include About My Father (with Robert De Niro and Sebastian Maniscalco), In the Loop (Armando Iannucci), Burn After Reading (Coen Brothers), Men in Black 3 (Barry Sonnenfeld), Flags of Our Fathers (Clint Eastwood), United 93 (Paul Greengrass), The Sentinel (with Michael Douglas and Kim Basinger), An Innocent Man (Peter Yates), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (with Sandra Bullock), That Old Feeling (with Bette Midler and directed by Carl Reiner), Delirious (with John Candy) and Manhattan (Woody Allen).

His Broadway credits include David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow, Lunch Hour (with Gilda Radner and directed by Mike Nichols) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Shadow Box. Off-Broadway credits include Little Miss Sunshine (written and directed by James Lapine), Chekhov's The Seagull at CSC, for which he earned the Richard Seff Award from Actors' Equity, David Mamet's Edmond (Atlantic Theater Company) and Last Dance by Marsha Norman (Manhattan Theater Club).

Rasche began his career on the mainstage in Chicago's Second City group.