Kevin Sorbo

**Kevin David Sorbo** (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. 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&nbsp;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&nbsp;lbs. 6oz. broke the Nevada hospital's record. The couple's third child, daughter Octavia Flynn Sorbo (8&nbsp;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 
### Guest-starring roles 
### Producer 
### Director 
## References 
## Other websites 
*Kevin Sorbo Official Web Site
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*Official International Kevin Sorbo Fan Club
*Official European Kevin Sorbo Fan Club