American actor Kevin Sorbo is widely known for the role of Hercules, which he performed more than once. On his account more than a hundred television works, the actor does not stop there.
Biography
Kevin Sorbo was born in 1958 in the US city of Munde, Minnesota. He is not the only child in the family and has three brothers and a sister. The actor’s parents have Norwegian roots and are Lutherans, which significantly influenced his upbringing.
Kevin graduated from a local school, and then entered the University of Minnesota. Along with his studies, he worked as a model. External data and the growth of the actor (191 cm) completely allowed this. Kevin Sorbo began his television career in the 1980s, starring in TV shows. One of the first was the series "Santa Barbara", where he played the role of a porter.
In 1998, actress Sam Jenkins became his wife. She played the wife of Hercules in the same series with Kevin. In marriage, they had three children: Braden, Shane and Octavia.
Career
The first roles of the actor were episodic. Kevin Sorbo starred in the detective series Police Commissioner and She wrote the murder, as well as in 1st & Ten. He auditioned for more significant roles, for example, the role of the character Fox Mulder in one of the most popular science fiction TV series The X-Files. However, Kevin was denied, as was audition for the role of Superman.
In 1994, he was offered to play the main character in the film "Hercules and the Amazons, " followed by several other similar films and a series where the actor also played Hercules. The series with Kevin Sorbo was shown in several countries of the world, he received great public acclaim.
On this wave, the actor played Heracles in Xena - the Korel warriors and voiced the cartoon Heracles and Xena. The next big roles were the character Kull in the movie “Kull the Conqueror” and the captain of the Star Guard in the series “Andromeda”.
Kevin Sorbo has starred in many more films and series. In his story there are serious dramatic works, comedy films and horror films. Kevin voiced a number of video games, including Mortal Kombat 4 (1997), God of War III (2010). As a guest guest, he played in the TV series Two and a Half Men and Lonely Hearts. The career of the actor continues to this day. Recently, along with Sam Raimi, he plans to shoot the series "The Miracle Worker."
Kevin Sorbo: filmography
The full list of roles of this actor is quite impressive. Success as a character of Hercules for a long time secured this image for Sorbo. But this did not prevent the actor from developing in the film industry, he became quite popular, and since 2004, several projects with his participation have been released annually. Listed below are the most famous actor roles.
Films
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"Hercules and the Amazons" |
Hercules |
1994 |
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"Hercules and the Lost Kingdom" |
Hercules |
1994 |
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"Hercules and the circle of fire" |
Hercules |
1994 |
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"Hercules in the Underworld" |
Hercules |
1994 |
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"Hercules in the cave of the Minotaur" |
Hercules |
1994 |
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Kull the Conqueror |
Kull |
1997 |
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"Saving Adam" |
Father dan |
2004 |
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Wide Walking 2 |
Nick Prescott |
2007 |
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"Wrath of the earth" |
Father Douglas Middleton |
2007 |
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"Walking Wide 3" |
Nick Prescott |
2007 |
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"Meet the Spartans" |
Captain |
2008 |
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American Upstart |
George Mulroney |
2008 |
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"Fire from the Underworld" |
Jake Danning |
2009 |
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"Surfer of the soul" |
Halt Blenchet |
2011 |
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"Coffin" |
Shin Justice |
2011 |
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"God is not dead" |
Radisson |
2014 |
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"Held" |
Kevin Sorbo |
2014 |
TV series
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Sybill |
Rick |
1995 |
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"Amazing wanderings of Hercules" |
Hercules |
1995-1999 |
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Fashion Magazine |
Cattle |
1999 |
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"Xena - the Queen of Warriors" |
Hercules |
1995-2001 |
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"Andromeda" |
Dylan Hunt |
2000-2005 |
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"Like Jim said." |
Derrial Backer |
2003 |
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"Clairvoyant" |
Bird tamus |
2007 |
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"All my ex" |
Professor |
2008 |
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"Wolf Canyon" |
Rick |
2009 |
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Kay and Peel |
Brad |
2012 |
