Lorenzo Lamas

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Lorenzo Lamas

Lorenzo Lamas at the 61st Academy Awards in 1989.
Born January 20, 1958 (1958-01-20) (age 51)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Years active 1976 – present
Spouse(s) Shauna Sand (1996-2002) (divorced)
Kathleen Kinmont (1989-1993)
(divorced)
Michele Smith (1983-1985) (divorced)
Victoria Hilbert (1981-1982) (divorced)
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Lorenzo Lamas (born January 20, 1958 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actor. Lamas is known for playing Lance Cumson on the popular 1980s soap opera Falcon Crest, Reno Raines on the 1990s crime drama Renegade, and Hector Ramirez on the daytime soap opera The Bold and The Beautiful. More recently, Lamas also served as a judge on ABC television's short-lived reality show Are You Hot?

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[edit] Early life

Lamas is the son of the late Argentine actor Fernando Lamas and Norwegian-American actress Arlene Dahl. He was brought up in Pacific Palisades, California and moved to New York City in 1971, when he was 13 years old. He graduated from the Admiral Farragut Academy in Pine Beach, New Jersey, in 1975. He went back home to Beverly Hills, CA to rejoin his family.

[edit] Acting career

Longing to be an actor since the age of 5, Lamas first studied acting in Tony Barr's Film Actors Workshop and quickly thereafter obtained his first TV acting role in 1976. He had a supporting role in the 1978 hit movie version of Grease.

In 1980, he auditioned for and won the role of Jane Wyman's playboy grandson and henchman, Lance Cumson, for the pilot of a new series entitled The Vintage Years. The pilot was later retooled to become the hit prime time drama series Falcon Crest. Lamas was already familiar to Wyman as his father, Fernando Lamas, had guest-starred on Wyman's TV show in 1958. During his stint on Falcon Crest, Lamas was nominated for two Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Golden Globe. Lamas was the only actor to appear in all 227 episodes of the series.

In 1984, Lamas was nominated for Worst Actor at the Golden Raspberry Awards for his performance in the movie Body Rock. Lamas also performed a song on the soundtrack for this movie, and the track, "Fools Like Me" became his only single to date to crack the Billboard Hot 100 chart[citation needed].

In 1992, two years after Falcon Crest ended, Lamas played the role of the falsely accused cop Reno Raines in the syndicated series Renegade. The series was seen in over 100 countries[citation needed], and during its final season, it moved from first-run syndication to the USA Network. The show ended in 1997 after a run of five seasons.

From February 2004 until February 2007 Lamas played the role of Hector Ramirez on the CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

His son, A.J. Lamas, continued the family acting tradition and starred as Rafael Ortega on As the World Turns from October 2004 to February 2005, when the role was re-cast.

In August 2007, Lamas starred as the King of Siam in The King and I at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine. That fall, he performed at Kean University Premiere Stages in Union, NJ in the title role in Steven Dietz's Dracula. Lamas performed as El Gallo in The Fantasticks at the Casa Mañana Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas in June 2008. In June 2009, Lamas returned to the Ogunquit Playhouse as Zach in A Chorus Line

Lamas began appearing in the Zaxby's restaurant chain television advertisements in May 2008.

Lamas is an accomplished martial artist[citation needed], having studied karate and taekwondo since 1979[citation needed], and acquired a number of black belts[citation needed].

[edit] Personal life

Lamas has been married four times. His first marriage was to Victoria Hilbert from 1981-82. His next marriage was to Michele Smith in 1983, resulting in two children: son A.J. Lamas, and daughter Shayne. Lamas and Smith split in 1985. He married Kathleen Kinmont (Kinmont was the daughter of his Falcon Crest co-star Abby Dalton) in 1989; they divorced in 1993. Lamas married his fourth wife, Playmate of the Month Shauna Sand, in 1996. Lamas and Sand have three daughters: Alexandra Lynne Lamas (b. November 22, 1997), Victoria Lamas (b. April 24, 1999), and Isabella Lorenza Lamas (b. February 2, 2001). Lamas and Sand divorced in 2002 after Sand allegedly was caught having an inappropriate sexual relationship with his then 18-year-old son, A.J. [1]

Lamas fathered daughter Paton Lee with actress Daphne Ashbrook. He was engaged to Playmate of the Month Barbara Moore, but the marriage was called off. He was romantically linked to The Bold and the Beautiful co-star Hunter Tylo in 2006, after splitting with musician Debbie Gibson.[2]

Lamas occasionally races automobiles in the IMSA and Skip Barber Formula Dodge Series racing series. In the past, he has driven a Ford Thunderbird in his races. Lamas also holds a commercial pilot's license.

He is a co-chair on several children’s charities, including Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

In 2008, Lamas appeared in season 2 of CMT's Gone Country.

Lamas supported John McCain for President in 2008.[3]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Television work

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.celebla.com/2009/07/09/lorenzo-lamas%C2%B4wife-slept-with-son/
  2. ^ http://www.deborah-gibson.com/press/debstarb.jpg
  3. ^ http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/08/25/mccain-meets-gop-hollywood-at-fundraiser/

[edit] External links

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