Kevin Sorbo
Biography
Kevin Sorbo is an American actor, director, and producer known for his role as Hercules in the television films and the series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995 to 1999). Born in Mound, Minnesota, he studied marketing and advertising at Minnesota State University Moorhead and worked as a model before his acting debut on the soap opera Santa Barbara in 1986. His breakthrough came with Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994) and the subsequent series, and he later starred as Captain Dylan Hunt in Andromeda (2000 to 2005). On film, he took his first leading role in Kull the Conqueror (1997), appeared in Meet the Spartans (2008), God's Not Dead (2014), and directed and starred in Let There Be Light (2017). He also acted in two Walking Tall sequels (2007) and did voice work in video games.
68years old
Turns 69 on September 24in 317 days
- Born Mound
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Kevin David Sorbo
Movie Career
- Films
- 53
- Career span
- 31 years1993 to 2024
Genres
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A role that slipped away
Sorbo was considered for and lost the role of Superman in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman to Dean Cain in 1993, and was also among the possible contenders for Fox Mulder in The X-Files, which went to David Duchovny.
First role
Sorbo worked in television commercials and print modeling while traveling around Europe and Australia in the early 1980s. During that time, he made his acting debut on the soap opera Santa Barbara in 1986.
First role
Sorbo took his first leading part in 1992, in a medical drama pilot titled Condition: Critical. The pilot was not picked up, but ABC aired it as a television film.
Big break
Sorbo's breakthrough came in 1993 as Hercules in five television films for Universal Television's Action Pack, and their ratings success led to the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys series, which made him an international star.
Kevin Sorbo movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Anne K. Black directed two of these films, Garrett Brawith two and Tripp Reed two. Three actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Melanie Stone's page
Michael Hurst's page
Sam Sorbo's page
Anthony Quinn's page
Nicola Posener's page
James C. Morris's page
Anne K. BlackDirector, 2 films, 2014 to 2015
All films by Anne K. Black
All films by Garrett Brawith
Tripp ReedDirector, 2 films, 2007
All films by Tripp Reed
Also four films together1 more actor
- Braeden SorboLeft Behind: Rise of the Antichrist (2023), Miracle in East Texas (2019), Bernie the Dolphin (2018) and Let There Be Light (2017)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Kevin Sorbo's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$183 million
9 of the 53 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 53 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 18 never in cinemas; 25 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 18Never in cinemas
- 25Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$86M46.9% of the total
- 2$47M25.7% of the total
- 3$30M16.3% of the total
- 4$7.2M4.0% of the total
- 5$6.1M3.3% of the total
- 6$3.6M2.0% of the total
- 7$3.2M1.7% of the total
- 8$199K0.1% of the total
$23,800from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.