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Kevin Sorbo Biography
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| Name : | Kevin Sorbo |
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Profession :
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Actor
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Birth Details :
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born September 24, 1958
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Birth name :
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Kevin David Sorbo
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Height :
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6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Nickname :
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The Sorbs
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Personal quotes :
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(On losing the opportunity to star in "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1993)) "You know what? It happened for the right
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Spouse :
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Sam Jenkins (5 January 1998 - present) 3 children
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Kevin Sorbo Trivia
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- Underwent drug therapy for an aneurysm in his left shoulder; complications from the medication forced him to withdraw from a planned role in Black Dog (1998). [Fall 1997]
- He was runner-up to Dean Cain for the role of Superman on TV's "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1993).
- Worked as a bouncer & a model before getting his break in "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1995).
- Began his career with an one-liner in a TV commercial for Jim Beam whiskey: 'This ain't Jim Beam.'
- Was a possible for David Duchovny's role in "The X Files" (1993).
- Born at 7:48am-CST
- First child, son Braedon Cooper Sorbo, was born to his wife Sam Jenkins weighing in at 7 pounds, 8 ounces, in Henderson, Nevada. [22 August 2001]
- Kevin Sorbo attended Minnesota State University Moorhead (then known as Moorhead State University).
- Grew up in Mound, Minnesota.
- Second child, son Shane Haaken Sorbo, weighing in at 12 pounds, 6 ounces. [31 March 2004]
- Lost twenty pounds of muscles between the end of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1995) and the beginning of "Andromeda" (2000).
- Third child, a daughter - Octavia Flynn, was born to his wife Sam Jenkins on October 16, 2005. Their daughter weighed in at 8 pounds, 7 ounces.
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Kevin Sorbo Detailed Biography
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Kevin Sorbo (born September 24, 1958) is an American actor. Born in Mound, Minnesota and educated at then-Moorhead State University he worked as a model for print and television advertising before landing the role of Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. After the cancellation of Hercules, he played the starring role of Captain Dylan Hunt in Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda from 2000 to 2005. He has been considered for and lost out on a number of major roles including Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and The X-Files. He did, however star in the movie Kull the Conqueror.
Sorbo married actress Sam Jenkins on January 5, 1998. Their first child, 7lb. 8oz. son Braedon Cooper Sorbo, 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, 8lb. 7oz. daughter Octavia Flynn Sorbo was born on October 16, 2005.
He stands 6'3" and in high school his nickname was "The Sorbs".
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