  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. ==early life== 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. his father is of norwegian descent, while his mother has english, german and scottish ancestry.ksjaa he was raised in a lutheran family. sorbo attended minnesota state university moorhead, where he double majored in marketing and advertising. to help make tuition, he began to work as a model for print and television advertising in the 1980s. ==career== sorbo started his acting career in 1986 making guest appearances in several television series such as 1st & ten, murder she wrote and the commish. in 1994, he shot to fame when he played 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 directed a few episodes of the series. at the same time, sorbo also guest-starred as hercules in episodes of the 1995â2001 spin-off series xena: warrior princess and provided the voice of hercules in the 1998 direct-to-video animated film hercules and xena - the animated movie: the battle for mount olympus. other voice-over work followed, with sorb
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