Kevin David Sorbo (born September 24, 1958) is an American actor. He
had starring roles in two television series: as Hercules in Hercules:
The Legendary Journeys, and as Captain Dylan Hunt in Andromeda. Sorbo
is also known for acting in the Christian drama films God's Not Dead
and Let There Be Light.Sorbo was born in Mound, Minnesota, on
September 24, 1958. He is of Norwegian descent. He was raised in a
Lutheran family. Sorbo attended Minnesota State University Moorhead,
where he double majored in marketing and advertising. To help pay for
tuition, he began to work as a model for print and television
advertising.In the mid 1980s, Sorbo travelled around Europe and
Australia working in television commercials and worked in over 150
commercials by the early 1990s. One of the commercials he appeared in
was for Jim Beam bourbon whiskey, known for Sorbo's repeated
catchphrase "This ain't Jim Beam". He occasionally landed acting roles
during this period with his first appearance in an episode of the soap
opera Santa Barbara in 1986. This was followed by guest appearances in
television series such as 1st & Ten, Murder She Wrote and The Commish.
In 1992, he starred in an unsuccessful pilot for a medical drama
series titled Condition: Critical which was not picked up but aired as
a television film on CBS. He was considered for and lost out to Dean
Cain as Superman in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and
was a possible contender for the role of Fox Mulder in The X Files
which went to David Duchovny. In 1993, he made his film debut playing
a supporting role in Slaughter of the Innocents.
had starring roles in two television series: as Hercules in Hercules:
The Legendary Journeys, and as Captain Dylan Hunt in Andromeda. Sorbo
is also known for acting in the Christian drama films God's Not Dead
and Let There Be Light.Sorbo was born in Mound, Minnesota, on
September 24, 1958. He is of Norwegian descent. He was raised in a
Lutheran family. Sorbo attended Minnesota State University Moorhead,
where he double majored in marketing and advertising. To help pay for
tuition, he began to work as a model for print and television
advertising.In the mid 1980s, Sorbo travelled around Europe and
Australia working in television commercials and worked in over 150
commercials by the early 1990s. One of the commercials he appeared in
was for Jim Beam bourbon whiskey, known for Sorbo's repeated
catchphrase "This ain't Jim Beam". He occasionally landed acting roles
during this period with his first appearance in an episode of the soap
opera Santa Barbara in 1986. This was followed by guest appearances in
television series such as 1st & Ten, Murder She Wrote and The Commish.
In 1992, he starred in an unsuccessful pilot for a medical drama
series titled Condition: Critical which was not picked up but aired as
a television film on CBS. He was considered for and lost out to Dean
Cain as Superman in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and
was a possible contender for the role of Fox Mulder in The X Files
which went to David Duchovny. In 1993, he made his film debut playing
a supporting role in Slaughter of the Innocents.
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