Kevin Sorbo

Kevin David SorboKevin Sorbo Biography (1958-), filmreference.com (born September 24, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for the roles of Hercules on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Captain Dylan Hunt in Andromeda.

 Biography 
 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. He is of Norwegian descent and was raised in a Lutheran family.KSJAA - Kevin Sorbo bio 1958-77 Sorbo was educated at Moorhead State University and worked as a model for print and television advertising in the 1980s.

 Career 
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 became famous for playing the role of Hercules in the television movie Hercules and the Amazon Women. This was the first in a series of television movies that served as pilots for the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys which ran from 1995 to 1999. The series was a huge ratings success throughout different countries becoming one of the most popular syndicated shows in television history and becoming Sorbo's most well-known role. 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 movie Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus which released in 1998. In between the years playing Hercules he played his first leading movie 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 movie Walking Tall: The Payback which is a sequel to the 2004 movie 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 movie Last Chance Café, the Hallmark Channel movie Avenging Angel, co-starring his real life wife Sam Sorbo and guest starred as a bounty hunter in the season 2 episode "Bounty Hunters!" of the series Psych. Most recently, he has appeared in the spoof movie Meet the Spartans which opened at Number One at the U.S. box office charts.

 Personal life 
Sorbo married actress Sam Jenkins on January 5, 1998.Their first child, son Braedon Cooper Sorbo (7 lb. 8oz), was born on August 22, 2001. Second child, son Shane Haaken Sorbo was born on March 31, 2004. His birth weight of 12 lbs. 6oz. broke the Nevada hospital's record. The couple's third child, daughter Octavia Flynn Sorbo (8 lb. 7oz) was born on October 16, 2005.

Sorbo is the spokesman and chair of A World Fit For Kids, a non-profit organization that trains teenagers to become mentors to younger children. 

 Filmography 
 Starring roles 
 Year  Title  Role  Other notes 1992  Condition: Critical  Dr. Thaddeus Kocinski  TV 1994  Slaughter of the Innocents  John Willison  TV 1994  Hercules and the Amazon Women  Hercules  TV 1994  Hercules and the Lost Kingdom  Hercules  TV 1994  Hercules and the Circle of Fire  Hercules  TV 1994  Hercules in the Underworld  Hercules  TV 1994  Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur  Hercules  TV 1995  Hercules: The Legendary Journeys  Hercules  TV series (1995-1999) 1997  Kull the Conqueror  Kull  1998  Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus  Hercules (voice)  Video 2000  Andromeda"  Captain Dylan Hunt  (2000-2005) TV series 2004  Clipping Adam  Father Dan  2007  Walking Tall: The Payback  Nick Prescott  2007  Walking Tall: Lone Justice  Nick Prescott  2007  Something Beneath  Father Douglas Middleton Sci Fi Channel/RHI Films 2007  Avenging Angel  The Preacher  Hallmark Channel film  2007  Last Chance Café Chance Coulter  Lifetime Channel 2008  Fire From Below  Unknown name  Andrew Stevens Entertainment 2008  Meet the Spartans  Captain   2008  Prairie Fever  Preston Biggs  2008  An American Carol   in production  2008  Never Cry Werewolf  

 Guest-starring roles 
 Year  Title  Role  Episode 1988  1st & Ten  Barry  5.5 "...The Clock Runs Out" 1991  Santa Barbara  Delivery man  TV series 1992  Cheers  (uncredited)  10.18 "License to Hill" 1993  Murder, She Wrote  Michael Burke  10.5 "A Virtual Murder" 1993  The Commish  Mark  3.8 "Dying Affection" 1995  Cybill  Rick  1.11 "The Last Temptation of Cybill" 1995  Xena: Warrior Princess  Hercules  1.8 "Prometheus" 1996  The Rosie O'Donnell Show  Himself   "Sin City Spectacular"  Himself  1.3 1998  Late Night with Conan O'Brien  Himself  1998  Mad TV  Himself  4.5 1999  Just Shoot Me!  Scott  4.7 "An Axe to Grind" 2000  "Xena: Warrior Princess"  Hercules  5.12 "God Fearing Child" 2000  "Celebrity Profile"  Himself  "Kevin Sorbo" 2000  Howard Stern  Himself  2001  Dharma & Greg  Charlie  4.13 "Educating Dharma: Part 1" 2001  Dharma & Greg  Charlie  4.14 "Educating Dharma: Part 2" 2001  The Howard Stern Radio Show  Himself  2001  Howard Stern  Himself  2001  Dharma & Greg  Charlie  4.23 "The End of the Innocence: Part 1" 2001  Dharma & Greg  Charlie  4.24 "The End of the Innocence: Part 2" 2001  The Big Breakfast  Himself  2003  According to Jim  Darryl Buckner  2.19 "The Pass" 2004  Hope & Faith  Kenny  1.15 "Mismatch" 2004  Live with Regis and Kathie Lee  Himself  2005  Love, Inc.  Father John  1.7 "Amen" 2006  Two and a Half Men  Andy  "Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Burro" 2007  The O.C.  Frank Atwood  4.08 "The Earth Girls Are Easy", 4.09 "The My Two Dads", 4.12 "The Groundhog Day", 4.13 "The Case Of The Franks", 4.14 "The Shake-Up", 4.15 "The Night Moves", 4.16 "The End's Not Near, It's Here"  2007  Psych  Byrd Tatums  "Bounty Hunters!"

 Producer 
 Year  Title  Role  Notes 2001  Andromeda  Executive Producer  2001-2005 TV series

 Director 
 Year  Title  Notes 1995  Hercules: The Legendary Journeys  TV series

 References 

 Other websites 

Kevin Sorbo Official Web Site

Official International Kevin Sorbo Fan Club
Official European Kevin Sorbo Fan Club 

Category:1958 births
Category:Living people
Category:American television actors
Category:Xenaverse actors
Category:American movie actors
Category:Actors from Minnesota