Biography
Kevin David Sorbo
Height: 6' 3"
Born: September 24th 1958
at 7:48am-CST
Mound Minnesota -USA
Kevin spent three years travelling around the world,
modeling for print ads and appearing in over
150 various commercials,
before finally landing the role in his breakout series
"Hercules The Legendary Journeys"

In high school the "Sorbs" as he was nicknamed
excelled at football, baseball and basketball and
in college he also played hockey.

Kevin was also in a number of live stage plays.
After leaving college, Kevin joined an actors theatre group
and travelled to Europe, then to Sydney Australia
where he appeared in TV commercials.
His most memorable being 'That ain't Jim Beam'

At the end of 1986 he settled in Los Angeles.
Kevin began making guest appearances
on such TV shows as
"Murder She Wrote" and "The Commish".

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".
Kevin fast 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 this charity.
A successful mentoring program 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 the fall of 1997 Kevin underwent emergency surgery
and drug therapy for an aneurysm in his left shoulder,
complications from the medication forced him
to withdraw from a planned role in "Black Dog".

He was also runner up for the Dean Cain role of
Superman in TV's Lois and Clark:
"The New Adventures Of Superman" 1993.

After a successful run with Hercules Kevin went on to star
as Captain Dylan Hunt in a
Sci Fi TV series written by the late Gene Roddenberry titled 'Andromeda'

Kevin grew up in Mound Minnesota USA,
attended The University Of Minnesota where he
studied marketing.
He also worked as a bouncer and model
before getting his big break in
"Hercules The Legendary Journeys".

Kevin now lives in Los Angeles California USA
with his wife Sam, his two sons
Braeden and Shane
and his daughter Octavia.