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Kevin Sorbo
Kevin Sorbo worked as a bouncer & a model before getting his break in "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1995).
“The funny thing about television is that once you start to do it you never get time to watch it.”
Kevin Sorbo
Kevin David Sorbo
24 September 1958, Mound, Minnesota
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Kevin David Sorbo (born September 24, 1958) is an American actor best known for the roles of Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Captain Dylan Hunt in Andromeda and Kull in Kull the Conqueror.
Sorbo was born in Mound, Minnesota, where he attended Mound Westonka High School. He is the son of Ardis, a nurse, and Lynn Sorbo, a junior high school mathematics and biology teacher. He is of Norwegian descent and was raised in a Lutheran family. Sorbo attended Minnesota State University Moorhead and worked as a model for print and television advertising in the 1980s.
Sorbo started his acting career in the late 1980s making guest appearances in several television series such as 1st & Ten, Murder She Wrote and The Commish. He was considered for and lost out to Dean Cain as Superman in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and was a possible contender for the role of Agent Mulder in The X Files which went to David Duchovny.
In 1994, he shot to fame for playing the role of Hercules in the television film Hercules and the Amazon Women. This was the first in a series of television films that served as pilots for the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys which ran from 1995 to 1999. He also guest-starred as Hercules in episodes of the spin-off series Xena: Warrior Princess and provided the voice of Hercules in the animated film Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus which released in 1998. Other voice over work followed, with Sorbo providing the voices of Reiko and Quan Chi in Mortal Kombat 4. In between the years playing Hercules, he played his first leading film role in Kull the Conqueror (1997).
After Hercules came to an end, he played the starring role of Captain Dylan Hunt in the science-fiction drama series Andromeda from 2000 to 2005. In 2006, he played a recurring role on the final season of The O.C and guest-starred in the sitcom Two and a Half Men. In 2007, he appeared in the direct-to-video film Walking Tall: The Payback which is a sequel to the 2004 film Walking Tall. He reprised his role in the second sequel Walking Tall: Lone Justice which released later that year. He also starred in the Lifetime Channel film Last Chance Café, the Hallmark Channel film Avenging Angel, co-starring his real life wife Sam Sorbo and guest starred as a bounty hunter in the season two episode "Bounty Hunters!" of the series Psych. Most recently, he has appeared in the spoof film Meet the Spartans which was a box office success, despite being universally negatively reviewed by critics. He starred in the Albert Pyun directed SciFi Vampire flick Tales of the Ancient Empire.
Sorbo married actress Sam Jenkins, whom he met when she had a guest role on Hercules, on January 5, 1998. Sorbo is the spokesman and chair of A World Fit For Kids! (AWFFK!), a non-profit organization that trains teenagers to become mentors to younger children.
Sorbo voiced one of the main protagonists, Prometheus, in the Wii First Person Shooter video game, The Conduit.
Known for his work as Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Sorbo was chosen as the voice of Hercules in the video game God of War III released for the PlayStation 3 in March 2010. This Hercules is a more muscular and sinister version than the one Sorbo portrayed in the live-action show, similar to the alternate universe version of Hercules called "Sovereign" whose character Sorbo also played.
Underwent drug therapy for an aneurysm in his left shoulder; complications from the medication forced him to withdraw from a planned role in Black Dog (1998). [Fall 1997]
He was runner-up to Dean Cain for the role of Superman on TV's "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1993).
Began his career with an one-liner in a TV commercial for Jim Beam whiskey: 'This ain't Jim Beam.'
Was a possible for David Duchovny's role in "The X-Files" (1993).
Born at 7:48am-CDT
First child, son Braedon Cooper Sorbo, was born to his wife Sam Jenkins weighing in at 7 pounds, 8 ounces, in Henderson, Nevada. [22 August 2001]
Kevin Sorbo attended Minnesota State University Moorhead (then known as Moorhead State University).
Grew up in Mound, Minnesota.
Second child, son Shane Haaken Sorbo, weighing in at 12 pounds, 6 ounces. [31 March 2004]
Lost twenty pounds of muscles between the end of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1995) and the beginning of "Andromeda" (2000) He has since regained the muscle mass.
Third child, a daughter - Octavia Flynn, was born to his wife Sam Jenkins on October 16, 2005. Their daughter weighed in at 8 pounds, 7 ounces.
An avid golfer, he is a celebrity spokesman for Dixon Golf, an eco-friendly golf company in Tempe, Arizona.
“I want a feature film career, as most actors do. It's funny, because things are changing and the better writing is now in television.”
“This is our lance. See, you're making me laugh about this now, because there have been a few jokes on the set about what they actually look like. But, see, I personally think they'd be a great toy. So... just batteries aren't included.”
“You have to persevere. You have to do it. I have insecurities. But whatever I'm insecure about I don't dissect it, but I'll go after it and say, ''What am I afraid of?'' I bet the average successful person can tell you they've failed so much more than they've had success. I've had far more failures than I've had successes. With every commercial I've gotten, there were 200 I didn't get. You have to go after what you're afraid of.”
“This is just great fun, I really appreciate all the time and kind words all these people spend just to say hello to me, not something I'm ever even tempted to take for granted.”
“It's pretty cool. It's like an out-of-body experience.”
“You know what? It happened for the right reason. Although I would have made a good Clark Kent. I look better in glasses.”
“I was an actor first. The whole modeling thing happened because I was dating a model.”
“It doesn't matter how successful you are in this business, it's tough to get through the next door.”
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