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| Real Name: Kevin David Sorbo | ||||
| Birthday: September 24, 1958 | ||||
| Place of Birth: Mound, Minnesota, USA. | ||||
| Education: Mound West High School. Moorhead State College and University of Minnesota. | ||||
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Kevin Sorbo Biography and Filmography: Best known for his roles as the gorgeous, rough guy action heroes on television, the 6' 3", long legged Kevin Sorbo’s most identifiable role undeniably remained his starring role as the lead of “Hercules: the Legendary Journeys.” The actor with the muscular young build had the last laugh on critics when, after "Hercules" ended, he went on to star as the hero on yet another successful syndicated television series, "Andromeda."
Over the next ten years, Kevin Sorbo found secure work in television commercials and print ads, quickly becoming a identifiable product on Madison Avenue, with spots for Budweiser, BMW, Diet Coke, Jim Beam, Lexus and many other products. Not satisfied with being just another pretty face, Sorbo studied acting in Los Angeles, auditioning only for roles that he felt would challenge him. His veracity paid off. In 1992, Sorbo landed his first major role, the lead in a nationally televised public service announcement, for of all things, heterosexual HIV awareness. Taking what could have been a horribly sappy monologue on the joys of monogamy, Sorbo delivered his dialog and then some. Adding into his performance flashes of surprising (but quite manly) sympathy, the 30-second spot struck a robust chord with viewers, particularly among single females. The PSA became a hit overnight and was credited with helping bring heterosexual awareness of the disease. Kevin Sorbo next moved on to focus on series television. He was hired for a key role in the 1992 NBC television movie "Condition Critical," as part of a team trying to find the cure for a deadly disease. The next year, he began to accept guest starring and cameo roles in television episodes, including "Murder, She Wrote" and "The Commish." Also in 1993, Sorbo lost the role of Superman in "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" to Dean Cain after eight auditions.
In 1994, much-admired producer and director Sam Raimi got the green light to develop a syndicated action adventure series for television based on the mythological Greek god "Hercules", to be filmed in New Zealand. Taking a decisively straight forward take on the mythology, Raimi looked for an actor who could convey outstanding, heroic seriousness with a balance of humorous self-awareness. Of the hundreds of actors who unsuccessfully auditioned for the part, Raimi credited Sorbo as the only one who intuitively and instantaneously “got it.” Sorbo’s solemn sincerity paid off. “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys” (1994-2000) ran for six years and gave birth to five television movies. Constantly landing at the top of the ratings, “Hercules” became one of the highest rated syndicated shows in the history of television and remained a smash hit in reruns and syndication. The shows ratings were so huge that it spawned a mammoth successful spin-off called “Xena: Warrior Princess,” which not only outlived the original series, but surpassed it in the public mind. Following the cancellation of “Hercules” in 2000, Sorbo cut hair and announced his next project, the syndicated science fiction epic, “Andromeda” (2000-05). Based on an development concept by the late, legendary “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry, “Andromeda” was the story of an sophisticated Starship and its crew. Cast in the role of the valiant Captain Dylan Hunt, Sorbo once again played another larger-than-life hero. Far more serious than “Hercules,” the realism of space and great scripting of “Andromeda” contributed to making Captain Hunt a more current and serious character. Next was the action thriller sequel "Walking Tall: Lone Justice" (2007) about a man who after cleaning up his hometown retires as county sheriff and heads to Dallas where he hopes to start a new life with an FBI Agent and her twelve-year old daughter.
In 2008, Kevin Sorbo appeared in a number of projects starting with the adventure "Fire From Below" (2008) where digging at a nearby cave, a careless industrialist unearths a vein of pure base Lithium and inadvertently brings it to the surface. Next was the summer horror film "Never Cry Werewolf" (2008) about 16-year-old Loren and her family, who greet a new neighbor – a good-looking single guy and his dog – she senses something mysterious and dangerous about him. Sorbo was then hired and cast in the action thriller "Bitch Slap" (2009) starring Lucy Lawless. Kevin Sorbo's latest film in the thriller "Sleeping With The Lion" (2009) where greed and evil rear its ugly head when a group of unlikely individuals become stranded in one of the worst snow storms of the century.
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Born in Mound, MN on Sept. 28, 1958, Sorbo attended Moorhead State
University. Swiftly finding himself the center of attention, thanks to his physical
dexterity and good looks, Sorbo quickly accepted the part of celebrity stud. An
admitted clichéd jock, Sorbo
admitted to having spent most of his college years lifting weights,
playing basketball and many hours going back and forth to happy hours.” Despite
his scholastic weakness, the future television star’s future seemed soundly
fixed by his early twenties. By his senior year, Sorbo was already
working as a print and television commercial model. Though he secretly wanted to study
acting, Sorbo later admitted that he feared scorn from his friends and chose marketing as his major instead.
The love of
performing proved too powerful to disregard, prompting Sorbo to leave school in
the late 1970’s to seek his acting dream by joining a theatre group in
Dallas, before heading to Europe.
