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===Personal life===
===Personal life===
Sorbo married actress [[Sam Jenkins]] on [[January 5]], [[1998]].
Sorbo married actress [[Sam Jenkins]] on January 5, 1998.
Their first child, son Braedon Cooper Sorbo (7lb. 8oz), was born on [[August 22]], [[2001]]. Second child, son Shane Haaken Sorbo was born on [[March 31]], [[2004]]. His birth weight of 12lbs. 6oz. broke the Nevada hospital's record. The couple's third child, daughter Octavia Flynn Sorbo (8lb. 7oz) was born on [[October 16]], [[2005]].
Their first child, son Braedon Cooper Sorbo (7lb. 8oz), was born on August 22, 2001. Second child, son Shane Haaken Sorbo was born on March 31, 200]. His birth weight of 12lbs. 6oz. broke the Nevada hospital's record. The couple's third child, daughter Octavia Flynn Sorbo (8lb. 7oz) was born on October 16, 2005.




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


Sorbo stands 6' 3" (191 cm).
Sorbo stands 6' 3" (191 cm).

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Kevin Sorbo
Sorbo at Gatecon, 2005
Born
Kevin David Sorbo
SpouseSam Jenkins (1998–present)
Websitehttp://www.kevinsorbo.net

Kevin David Sorbo[1] (born September 24, 1958) is an American actor best known for the roles of Hercules on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Captain Dylan Hunt on 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.[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

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 film Hercules and the Amazon Women. This was the first in a series of television films 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: The Warrior Princess and provided the voice of Hercules in the animated film Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus which released in 1998. Other voice over work followed, with Sorbo providing the voices of Reiko and Quan Chi in Mortal Kombat 4. In between the years playing Hercules he played his first leading film 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 film Walking Tall: The Payback which is a sequel to the 2004 film 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 film Last Chance Café, the Hallmark Channel film Avenging Angel, co-starring his real life wife Sam Sorbo and guest starred as a bounty hunter in the season two episode "Bounty Hunters!" of the series Psych. Most recently, he has appeared in the spoof film Meet the Spartans which was a box office success.[3] despite being universally negatively reviewed by critics[4]

Personal life

Sorbo married actress Sam Jenkins on January 5, 1998. Their first child, son Braedon Cooper Sorbo (7lb. 8oz), was born on August 22, 2001. Second child, son Shane Haaken Sorbo was born on March 31, 200]. His birth weight of 12lbs. 6oz. broke the Nevada hospital's record. The couple's third child, daughter Octavia Flynn Sorbo (8lb. 7oz) was born on October 16, 2005.


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

Sorbo stands 6' 3" (191 cm).

Videogames

Sorbo will voice one of the main villains, Prometheus, in the up coming Wii First Person Shooter The Conduit.

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 directed by David Winning
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 George Mulrooney
2008 Never Cry Werewolf Redd Tucker
2010 Tales Of The Ancient Empire TBA pre-production

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!"
2008 "The Middleman" 1969 Middleman/Guy Goddard 1.09 "The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown"

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