Kevin Sorbo

Kevin Sorbo
Kevin Sorbo
	Sorbo at Gatecon
Born	Kevin David Sorbo; September 24, 1958 (age 65); Mound, Minnesota, United States
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Spouse	Sam Jenkins (1998–present)
Website	http://www.kevinsorbo.net

Kevin David Sorbo^[1] (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[change | change source]

Early life[change | change source]

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.^[1] He is of Norwegian descent and was raised in a Lutheran family.^[2] Sorbo was educated at Moorhead State University and worked as a model for print and television advertising in the 1980s.

Career[change | change source]

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 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[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

Starring roles[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

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!"