Celebrity Webinar - Kevin Sorbo [Hercules, God's Not Dead]
What an amazing and unique opportunity I have put together for you guys! Join us in a live webinar / video chat with Celebrity Actor Kevin Sorbo! This is an interactive webinar where you may ask questions and get them answered LIVE by the man himself, Kevin Sorbo!
This is a first for Kevin Sorbo, so he is looking forward to sharing with you and helping those actors who are looking to advance, struggling with your career or just getting started!!!
If you can't attend the live presentation, you can purchase the recorded session. Don't wait to sign up! Link to sign up is at the bottom of this page!
Katz Kasting Presents:
Celebrity Webinar with Kevin Sorbo
Do you aspire to be a full-time working actor?
Are you a beginning or struggling actor?
Whatever phase you are in, if you are not yet generating a 6-figure income with your Acting Career, this webinar is for YOU!
Join Casting Director Katrina Cook in an exclusive webinar with
Special Celebrity Guest, Actor KEVIN SORBO!
Released in Feb 2017: Julia X
Most known for “Hercules,” "Meet the Spartans," “Andromeda,” and the Box Office hit “God’s Not Dead.”
Join us for this unique event that will inspire and motivate you to press on! Kevin offers invaluable insight and tips from personal experience that will help you to flourish & thrive while fulfilling your dreams.
Registration details & links to sign up are at the bottom!!
Kevin Sorbo - Bio
Meet the Spartans
As a strong leading man and a hunky half-god, Kevin Sorbo brings a refreshing cadence to Hollywood. Growing up in Mound, Minnesota, a western suburb of Minneapolis, the "Sorbs" excelled at football, basketball, baseball and golf, but his true passion was always to be an actor. After studying marketing and advertising at Moorhead State University and the University of Minnesota, Kevin moved to Dallas where he joined an actors theater group and began modeling and doing television commercials. From there he headed to Europe where a 3-month travel plan turned into 3½ years of work in Milan, Paris, Munich, London, and Zurich.
When he finally made his way to Los Angeles he booked his first commercial audition there which shot in Sydney, Australia. That 10-day trip turned into a six-month stay where he shot 7 commercials and joined a theater group. Moving back to Los Angeles he studied acting with Bill Traylor at the famed Loft studios. He also studied with Janet Alhanti, Richard Brander, Cameron Thor and Roy London.
During that time he also appeared in over 150 commercials and made prime time appearances as a guest star on shows such as “Dallas”, “Cheers”, “The Commish”, and “Murder She Wrote”. He also had leading roles in two pilots. “Aspen Extreme” for ABC and “Condition Critical” for CBS.
Hercules, the Legendary Journeys
Sorbo received international stardom when he booked the lead role in “Hercules, the Legendary Journeys” (1993-1999). Originally designed as a 5-movie mini-series, the innovative action show received a tremendous response and proved that Kevin was just what Hollywood was looking for. The movies were transformed into a weekly show and exploded onto the mainstream, passing up ratings topper “Baywatch” as the most watched TV show in the world, airing in 176 countries. Sorbo also directed and wrote on the series.
The worldwide success of Hercules spun off two other series: “Xena, Warrior Princess” (1995-2000) and “Young Hercules” (1997-1998), starring Ryan Gosling as the teenage Hercules.
Andromeda
Following the success of a 7 year run on Hercules, Sorbo went straight into tackling another iconic role to star in the lead as “Captain Dylan Hunt” in “Gene Roddenberry’s, Andromeda”. This was the first pilot written by Roddenberry in 1969 after the original Star Trek series was cancelled. Andromeda debuted as the number one, hour-long show in first run syndication and remained at number one for its entire run from 2000-2005.
Kull, the Conqueror
In 1996, on hiatus from Hercules, Sorbo starred in the Universal Studios feature film “Kull, the Conqueror”, the prequel to “Conan, the Barbarian”. That was followed by “Walking Tall, the Payback” and “Walking Tall, Lone Justice”, both for Sony/MGM. Other popular credits are Lifetime Channel’s “Last Chance Café”, and Hallmark’s third highest rated film in the western, “Avenging Angel”.
Avenging Angel
Sorbo also had starring roles in “The Santa Suit”, “Meet the Spartans”, “Prairie Fever”, and the SyFy Channels “Never Cry Werewolf”. Sorbo has since played opposite Kristy Swanson and John Ratzenberger in the independent film “What If….”. The independent film remained in theaters for 5 months and was nominated for Best Family Movie of the Year 2011 by the Movie Guide Awards. Sorbo himself was nominated and received the Movie Guide Award for Most Inspirational Performance of the Year for his portrayal of “Ben Walker”. In 2013 Sorbo was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Riverside Film Festival.
The Santa Suit
In between all that shooting, Sorbo also guest starred on a number of sitcoms including “Just Shoot Me, “Cybill”, “Two and a Half Men”, “Dharma and Greg”, “According to Jim”, “Gary Unmarried”, “Don’t Talk to the B in Apartment 23”, and “Hope and Faith”. You can also add “Psych”, “Hawaii 5-0”, and a recurring role in the final season of “The OC”.
Sorbo starred alongside Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt in “Soul Surfer”, the inspiring true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, played by Anna Sophia Robb, who lost her left arm in a shark attack while surfing. He switched his super hero role by playing a serial killer in “Julia X”, a 3D psychological thriller. Other movies include a Christmas movie with Della Reese and Teri Polo, “A Christmas Angel”. "Abel's Field" is a modern day tale of Cain and Abel set in the world of Texas High School football, and “Shadow on the Mesa”, starring alongside Greg Evigan and Gail O’Grady. Other releases include “The Black Box” and two comedies: “Poolboy: Drowning out the Fury”, and “FDR: American Badass”.
DVD and theatrical releases include “Storm Rider”, “Hope Bridge”, “Revelation Road: The Black Rider”, and “The Secret Handshake” a comedy written by Howie Klausner (Space Cowboys). The “Mythica” trilogy of “The Necromancer”, “A Quest for Heroes”, and “The Darkspore”. Sorbo also shot a documentary of Lutheran disciple John Calvin called “Let the Lion Roar”.
2014 saw the release of the faith-based movie, “God’s Not Dead”. The $2 million dollar budgeted movie hit a chord with audiences and became the most successful independent faith based movie ever with over $75 million US Box Office and over $140 million worldwide!
Kevin recently wrapped production on “Caged” that exposes the subject of human trafficking set for an early 2016 release. Sorbo also leant his voice narrating the documentary, “Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus” and the documentary “Shadow Ring” both releasing in 2015. “Patterns of Evidence” was voted the best faith based film of 2016 edging out “War Room” from the Kendrick brothers.
In 2016, Sorbo recently sold a one-hour dramatic TV show to NBC/Sony that he developed along with his wife, Sam. “Miracle Man” is set in the current war on terrorism where Sorbo plays a lifetime Ranger fighting in Afghanistan where he is the sole survivor of a Taliban attack. His return to America brings not only many changes for him, but those around him as well.
The Black Box
Sorbo just completed directing/producing/acting in the independent film, “Let There Be Light”, in the Fall of 2016 for a Christmas 2017 release. The movie will showcase the evils of terrorism and highlight that the love of God and Jesus is the only way to fight this dark evil.
2017 looks busy for Sorbo as well. He has booked 4 movies for the year along with 2 short films to be shot dealing with a comedic look at Political Correctness.
In 2005, he signed an unprecedented development deal with ABC/Touchstone Television that resulted in the creation go “Bobby Cannon”, a half-hour comedy pilot written by Barry Kemp of “Coach” and “Newhart” fame. That pilot topped the charts in the audience testing, however ABC decided not to pick up the show. Go figure. Sorbo was also the lead in “Wolf Canyon”, a pilot about a show within a show that won the Genie Award for best comedy in Canada.
Walking Tall: The Payback
Kevin released his memoir in 2012, “True Strength: My Journey from Hercules to Mere Mortal and How Nearly Dying Saved My Life”. The book chronicles his near death experience at the end of season 5 on Hercules. Suffering three strokes and the battle back to regain his life. It is an honest account of celebrity, personal tragedy, and the power of letting go. In 2013, Sorbo received the Public Leadership in Neurology Award from the American Brain Foundation and American Academy of Neurology for his work in bringing stroke awareness to an international level. Sorbo also received the 2013 Invisible Disabilities Association Inspiration Honors Award. A non-profit organization encouraging, educating, and connecting people and organizations touched by illness, pain and disability around the globe. Sorbo also co-authored a Chicken Soup for the Soul, “Think Positive for Kids”. 101 stories about good decisions, self-esteem, and positive thinking released in the Fall of 2013.
In real life, Kevin leads "A World Fit for Kids”, a successful mentoring model 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 2004, the program was awarded the Governor’s Gold Star for the most successful after-school program in the state of California. Then in 2003, Kevin was named national spokesperson, successor to Arnold Schwarzenegger, for the Afterschool Alliance; a non-profit organization working to ensure that all children have access to safe, enriching afterschool programs.
Sorbo currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Sam and three young children.
Join us for this unique event that will inspire and motivate you to press on! Kevin offers invaluable insight and tips from personal experience that will help you to flourish & thrive while fulfilling your dreams.
Q&A at the end! Have questions? Get Answers!
THURS FEB 23, 2017
@ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PST
[8:00 PM CT / 9:00 PM ET]
TO REGISTER:
LIVE PRESENTATION + Q&A : http://gowoa.me/i/9KL
If you are unable to attend the LIVE presentation, you may purchase the RECORDED Video: http://gowoa.me/i/hth8
All Attendees for the live session will receive a private link to the recorded session so that you may rewatch again! If you are unable to attend the live session (for whatever reason) you will automatically receive the recorded link after the session. Recorded presentation will be sent out within 48 hours of the live presentation.
Katrina Cook Casting Director www.katzkasting.com katrina@katzkasting.com