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Kevin Sorbo in Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (1994)

Kevin Sorbo in Abelar: Tales of an Ancient Empire (2010)

Kevin Sorbo and Shane Harper in God's Not Dead (2014)

Kevin Sorbo in Kull: The Conqueror (1997)

Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Lawless, Michael Hurst, and Renée O'Connor in Xena Warrior Princess and Hercules the Legendary Journeys (2003)

Kevin Sorbo and Carl Wharton in The Last Redemption (2024)

Kevin Sorbo in The Last Redemption (2024)

Kevin Sorbo, Litefoot, and Karina Lombard in Kull: The Conqueror (1997)

Tia Carrere and Kevin Sorbo in Kull: The Conqueror (1997)

Kevin Sorbo and Litefoot in Kull: The Conqueror (1997)

Harvey Fierstein, Kevin Sorbo, Litefoot, Karina Lombard, and Terry O'Neill in Kull: The Conqueror (1997)

Thomas Ian Griffith and Kevin Sorbo in Kull: The Conqueror (1997)

Kevin Sorbo and Karina Lombard in Kull: The Conqueror (1997)

Kevin Sorbo and Roy Brocksmith in Kull: The Conqueror (1997)

Tia Carrere, Kevin Sorbo, and Karina Lombard in Kull: The Conqueror (1997)

Thomas Ian Griffith, Kevin Sorbo, and Karina Lombard in Kull: The Conqueror (1997)

Kevin spent 3 years traveling around the world, modeling for print ads and appearing in over 150 commercials, before landing in his breakout series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995).

Kevin David Sorbo was born in Mound, Minnesota, on September 24, 1958, to Ardis (Thompson), a nurse, and Lynn Nain Sorbo, a high school teacher. His father was of Norwegian descent and his mother's ancestry was English, Scottish, and German. In high school, he excelled at football, baseball and basketball; in college, he played these 3 sports, plus hockey. Kevin was also in a number of plays. After leaving college, Kevin joined an actors theater group, and traveled to Europe, then to Sydney, Australia appearing in commercials. At the end of 1986, he settled in Los Angeles. Kevin began to make guest appearances on such popular shows as Murder, She Wrote (1984). At 6' 3" and very muscular, Kevin was a natural for the title role in what would become his signature series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995). Kevin became internationally famous, and he learned the craft of film-making well enough to direct and co-write some of the episodes. Kevin even studied martial arts in order to do many of his own stunts. In real life, Kevin's heart is as big as Hercules'-- he leads "A World Fit for Kids!" as the chair and spokesperson. Kevin devotes much of his time to "A World Fit For Kids!" which is a successful mentoring model that trains inner-city teens to use school, fitness, sports and positive role models for themselves, and then become the coaches and mentors for younger children. In 1998, Kevin married lovely actress Sam Sorbo, best known for her dual role on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995) as Serena/the Golden Hind ("Hind" is a female red deer).

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