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Guest: Film/Television Actor & Author Kevin Sorbo 'True Strength'
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Streaming Broadcast: October 28, 2011
True Strength
On television, as the star of the popular
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Kevin Sorbo portrayed
an invincible demigod. He relished living the part—putting in 14-hour days on set,
doing his own stunts, and relentlessly working out at the gym. Until one day
it all came to an abrupt end.
Now, for the first time, Sorbo shares what viewers didn’t
know: he suffered an aneurysm in his shoulder and was left partially blind and entirely
incapacitated at just thirty-eight years old.
Appearances are everything in Hollywood, so Sorbo
and the production studio hid the full details of his condition from the media.
After all, how could the strongest man in the world be…fragile?
To continue filming Hercules,
the number-one worldwide syndicated TV series at the time, they frantically
reworked scripts and revamped production to allow for the star’s severely limited involvement.
But as the effects of his condition persisted—with painful,
mysterious, debilitating symptoms—and physicians could offer few answers, Sorbo grew increasingly
despondent.
What happens when your entire identity vanishes? True Strength
is the story of how one man faced the unimaginable and ultimately found the real measure of success.
With tongue-in-cheek humor and an unfailingly candid voice, Sorbo
reflects on his childhood in Minnesota, his early modeling and acting days, and his hard-charging
charmed life in television.
He recounts the onset of his health symptoms, the frightening
hospitalizations, his battle with depression, and fighting for
a recovery that defied medical expectations. And how through it all, love conspired to save him
from missing out on what matters.
With this refreshingly honest account of celebrity,
personal tragedy, and the power of letting go, Sorbo aims to blaze a trail for anyone who may
have suffered a serious setback in life and is struggling to find
their way forward.
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Guest: Film/Television Actor Kevin Sorbo 'The Life & Career of Kevin Sorbo'
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Streaming Broadcast:May 28, 2010
Kevin Sorbo
Biography
Kevin Sorbo has enjoyed success on television for over 20 consecutive years, a feat rarely accomplished by an actor.
Sorbo quickly rose to stardom in the title role of the hit series, “Hercules, the Legendary Journeys”. The immense
popularity of the 5 initial 2-hour telefilms in 1993 resulted in the launch of a weekly series by 1994. The series not
only became a breakout hit by becoming the number one first-run program in syndication, it also passed “Baywatch”
as the most watched TV show in the world. The innovative action hour revitalized the entire action/adventure genre on
television and fostered two spin-off series, “Xena, Warrior Princess”, and “Young Hercules”. Sorbo
also directed two episodes of the show, and co-wrote one installment. Following the success of “Hercules”,
Sorbo went on to star in the lead role of “Captain Dylan Hunt” in “Gene Roddenberry’s, Andromeda”.
The series, based upon writings from the late “Star Trek” creator’s archives, debuted as the number
one hour show in first run syndication and held that spot throughout it’s five year run from 2000-2005.
In 1997, Sorbo made his feature film debut in Universal Studio's “Kull, the Conqueror”, a prequel to
“Conan, the Barbarian”. Other films include, “Walking Tall, the Payback”, “Walking Tall, Lone
Justice, “Last Chance Café”, “Something Beneath”, “Clipping Adam”, "Never
Cry Werewolf", "An American Carol" with David Zucker, "Meet the Spartans", "Lightning Strikes",
"Tommy and the Cool Mule", "Prairie Fever", and “Avenging Angel” which aired the summer
of 2007 and was the third highest rated movie in the history of the Hallmark Channel. Sorbo also starred in “Meet
the Spartans” a spoof on "300" for New Regency and 20th Century Fox. “’Fire From Below”,
"Flesh Wounds", "Bitch Slap", "Paradox", "What If", "Abalar: Tales of an Ancient
Empire", "Kings of Mykonos", and "Julia X" are all films being released in 2010. Films in preproduction
and are scheduled to be shot in 2010 include, "Puzzle Vision", "The Illuminati", "Sleeping With
the Lion", "Hunting Ground Earth", "Abel's Field", and "Beyond the Farthest Star".
Sorbo
has guest starred on the hit shows “Just Shoot Me”, “According to Jim”, “Hope and Faith”,
“Two and a Half Men, "The Middleman", “Psych”, and had recurring appearances on “Dharma
and Greg”, and on Fox’s “The OC” in 2006-2007. He also appeared in the season one finale of the
hit comedy series "Gary, Unmarried". In 2005, he signed an unprecedented development deal with ABC/Touchstone
Television that resulted in the creation of “Bobby Cannon”, a half-hour comedy pilot written by Barry Kemp
of “Coach” and “Newhart” fame. "Wolf Canyon" is a new pilot comedy set for an early 2010
release. He will also be shooting a new one hour series, "The Handyman" written by Michael Sloane of "The
Equalizer" fame. Sorbo also did the voice over work on two new video game releases - "The Conduit" and "God
of War 3" where he worked with Rip Torn and Malcolm McDowell.
Sorbo, since 1997, is also spokesman for A World Fit For Kids, a non-profit organization that provides gang, drug,
and dropout prevention to teens through mentoring programs. Working with over 12,000 children in the Los Angeles School
District, World Fit has a 100% graduation rate in a school system that has a 54% drop out rate. The program was awarded
the Gold Star from the California Governors office for being the best after school program in the state of California.
Sorbo hosts a celebrity golf tournament in Las Vegas that raises money for his foundation as the program is now going
nationwide. He was more recently named national spokesperson as successor to Arnold Schwarzenegger for The Afterschool
Alliance, a nonprofit organization working to ensure that all children have access to safe, enriching afterschool programs
by the year 2010.
Recently
Kevin Sorbo has been on set over the last four months on the anticipated Julia X, Soul Surfer, and the The Hostage.
These followed filming of The Kings of Mykonos working alongside Director Peter Andrikidis.
August 2010 Release "What If ...
" - Directed by Dallas Jenkins
Tales of an Ancient Empire 2010
Flesh Wounds 2010
Bitch Slap
Meet the Spartans
Western - Avenging Angel
“Hercules, the Legendary
Journeys”
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States was produced
from 1995 running for six years, based upon the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles (Hercules was his Roman
analogue). It was preceded by several TV movies with the same major characters in 1994 as part of Universal Media Studios's
Action Pack: in order, Hercules and the Amazon Women, Hercules
and the Lost Kingdom, Hercules and the Circle of Fire,
Hercules in the Underworld, and Hercules in the Maze of
the Minotaur, the last of which served mostly as a "clip
show" of the previous movies as a lead up to the series.
Hercules
- Alicia Keys Music Video
Movie Credits
Soul Surfer (2011) - Holt Blanchard
Flesh Wounds (2010) - Tyler
What If (2010) - Ben
Lightning Strikes (2010) - Sheriff Bradley
Tales of An Ancient Empire (2010)
- Aedan
Paradox (2010) - Sean Nault
Bitch Slap (2009) - Mr. Phoenix
- out on DVD March 2, 2010
Tommy
and the Cool Mule (2009) - Dodge Davis
Fire from Below (2008) - Jake Denning
An American Carol (2008) - George
Mulrooney
Never Cry Werewolf (2008) - Redd Tucker
Prairie Fever (2008) - Sheriff Preston
Biggs
Meet the Spartans (2008) - Captain
Walking Tall 3: Lone Justice
(2007) - Nick Prescott
Avenging
Angel (2007) - The Preacher (Hallmark)
Something Beneath (2007) - Father Douglas Middleton
Walking Tall 2: The Payback (2007)
- Nick Prescott (DVD)
Last
Chance Cafe (2006) - Chance Coulter (Lifetime)
Clipping Adam (2004) - Father Dan
Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus (1998) (V) (voice) .... Hercules
Kull the Conqueror (1997) - Kull
Slaughter of the Innocents (1994) -
John Willison
Hercules
in the Maze of the Minotaur (1994) (TV) - Hercules
Hercules in the Underworld (1994) (TV) - Hercules
Hercules and the Circle of Fire
(1994) (TV) - Hercules
Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (1994)
(TV) - Hercules
Hercules
and the Amazon Women (1994) (TV) - Hercules
Condition: Critical (1992) (TV) - Dr. Thaddeus Kocinski
