Watch: Eric Dane Vows to Fight "Until the Last Breath" Amid ALS BattleEric Dane's struggles with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) caused him to miss out TV's biggest night. The actor explained his last-minute absence at September's Emmys 2025, sharing that he wasn't able to present an award with Grey's Anatomy costar Jesse Williams as initially scheduled because he was in the hospital receiving treatment. "ALS is a nasty disease," he said of the neurodegenerative disorder-commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease-in an interview with The Washington Post published Oct. 2.