Kevin Sorbo Movies

To punish Arges and his brothers for their rebellious ways, Zeus transforms their eyes into stone, which causes anyone who comes in contact with them to literally fade from existence. Unfortunately, Zeus' own son Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) has the misfortune to touch the Rock of Arges, and before long, he has been rendered invisible. In this transparent state, Hercules is vulnerable to the taunts of Ares (Kevin Smith), Deimos (Joel Tobeck), and Discord (Meighan Desmond) -- but with would-be hero Iolaus II (Michael Hurst) on hand, things may take a turn for the better. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The title of this episode is a play on Paris Is Burning, a documentary about a drag-queen pageant. Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) joins forces with the flamboyant Widow Twankey (played by "Edith Sidebottom" -- actually series regular Michael Hurst in drag!) to help their friend Althea (Willa O'Neill) stage a fashion show. The villains of the piece are Althea's former boss, Ocea (Jay Saussey), the influential Count von Verminhaven, and "The Fashion Police," who go around arresting people for such horrendous crimes as wearing leather in summertime. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

This episode thrusts Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) back into the parallel universe where he and his associates exist in bizarre alter-ego form. Unless Hercules can save the Olympian Gods from this topsy-turvy universe, both the parallel and the "real" world will be destroyed. Ultimately, Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) impersonates his despotic double, the Sovereign, to do battle with the evil alternate version of Nebula (Gina Torres) -- and, hopefully, to redeem the weak-kneed parallel version of his late friend Iolaus (Michael Hurst). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

While the demonic Dahak (Michael Hurst) is temporarily rendered helpless by the Gem of Creation, Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) feverishly tries to exorcise the soul of his departed friend Iolaus (also Michael Hurst). Meanwhile, god of war Ares (Kevin Smith), newly transformed into a powerless mortal, is being hotly pursued by Dahak's disciples. Suffice to say that the outcome of the story hinges on Ares' rescue -- by his two worst enemies, Hercules and Morrigan (Tamara Gorski). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this comic episode set in "the present," the production team responsible for the weekly series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys -- whose members bear striking resemblances to the series' principal characters -- are threatened with unemployment by studio boss Hollinshoffer (Robert Trebor) unless they can come up with some fresh new story ideas. Hoping to work in atmosphere of peace and quiet, the staff heads to Camp Wannachuck, a summer retreat presided over by perky counselor Sunny Day (Renee O'Connor) and the less-than-perky (and appropriately named) Norma Bates (Tamara Gorski). Before long, however, the production team is plagued by a series of murder attempts, and it falls to Kevin Sorbo, the actor who stars as Hercules (or is he the genuine article?) to save the day -- and to supply the staff with enough storylines to last them at least another season-and-a-half. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The sixth and final season of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys begins as female criminal Arciana (Katie Holmes) breaks out of prison in search of the all-powerful Sword of Hera. Arciana is inexorably linked to the demon Xerxos (Jeremy Roberts), who long ago murdered the family of Hercules' friend and traveling companion Iolaus (Michael Hurst). In their efforts to track down Arciana, Iolaus and especially Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) face an additional challenge in the form of the sinister lookalike of Hercules' lost love Serena (Sam Sorbo). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) teams with deposed monarch Oedipus (Mick Rose) in an effort to topple the usurping King Creon (Stelios Yiakimis) from the throne of Thebes. Making things difficult is the fact that the only logical successor to Creon is Oedipus' daughter, Antigone (Paige Moss), a drunken slacker with zero self-esteem. The episode races to a thrilling climax in a minefield -- and who cares that gunpowder hasn't been invented yet? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The demonic Dahak (Michael Hurst) invades Eire and slays all the island's Druids. Managing to escape this carnage, Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) and Druidic demigod Morrigan (Tamara Gorski) head to Sumeria, following Hercules' premonition that Princess Nebula (Gina Torres) is in great danger. Upon arrival, Hercules is astonished to find that his deceased friend Iolaus has returned to life -- but this is merely an illusion orchestrated by Dahak. The climax finds Hercules making two momentous decisions that will affect both his future and the future of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In the first episode of a two-part story, Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) is guided to Asgard by a disturbing dream. Upon his arrival, Hercules tangles with Norse god Thor (Ben Reed), who at first considers the Greek visitor as his enemy. Ultimately the two immortals combine their powers to prevent the death of Baldur (Rupert Cocks) and thereby avoid the prophecy that Asgard -- and the rest of the world -- will be plunged into Rangnarok (aka "The End of All Things"). Unfortunately, Norse god of mischief Loki (Ian Hughes) messes things up. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Season five of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys begins as Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) and Iolaus (Michael Hurst) head to Sumeria, there to help King Gilgamesh (Tony Todd), who for reasons not yet known has been utterly ignored by the Olympian Gods. It soon becomes obvious that Gilgamesh is in league with the demonic Dahak--and tragedy is in store for Hercules. This episode marks the return of Gina Torres as Nebula (no longer a pirate queen but instead a genuine princess) and also the farewell appearance of Iolaus (though not of the actor who plays him). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this follow-up to the previous episode "Top God," Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) accepts the offer of his father, Zeus (Roy Dotrice), to serve as a full god on Mount Olympus. The honor tarnishes when Hercules finds out the real reason Zeus' offer was extended: As his first assignment, Hercules is expected to thwart a power play spearheaded by the evil Ares (Kevin Smith) and Hera (Meg Foster). Along the way, Hera blackmails Zeus into relinquishing his throne, affording him a rare and tantalizing opportunity to experience life as mortal. In the climax of this, the fourth-season finale of Hercules the Legendary Journeys, Hercules engages in a violent, winner-take-all battle with Hera and his half-brother, Apollo (Scott Michaelsen), in the Dark Side of Olympus. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

While there had been a loosely-basted continuity during the previous five seasons of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys -- held together by the never-ending efforts of half-god, half-human Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) and his mortal friend Iolaus (Michael Hurst) to right wrongs and champion noble causes throughout Ancient Greece and the Known World -- Season Five was dominated by a single, basic thought line: Hercules' struggle to find purpose and meaning in life after the death of Iolaus, a struggle that would take him to strange, uncharted lands and a veritable legion of new and fascinating characters. Yes, it's true: faithful Iolaus is killed in the first episode of the fifth season. This, however, did not mean that actor Michael Hurst had departed the series. Instead, Hurst showed up in a variety of different incarnations: The demonic Dahak (a character whom Hurst had introduced on Hercules' companion series Xena: Warrior Princess); the campy "drag" character, Widow Twankey; and Iolaus II, the cowardly, buffoonish "alternate" version of the original Iolaus, who dwells in the parallel world first seen in the fourth-season episode "Stranger in a Strange World." As luck would have it, Iolaus II ends up relocating in the "real" world, where, newly emboldened, he strives to live up to the reputation established by his dearly departed namesake -- at least until another remarkable plot twist at the very end of season five. Getting back to Hercules, the heartbroken superhero, accompanied by pirate queen-cum-Sumerian princess Nebula (Gina Torres) (a character introduced in one shot during season four) is brought back as Iolaus' grieving sweetheart, trying vainly to bring Iolaus back from the dead. When this fails, he turns his back on Ancient Greece and heads to goodness-knows-where. His first stop is on the island of Eire, where he confronts -- and reforms -- a surly Druidic demigod named Morrigan (Tamara Gorski). He then travels to Asgard, land of the Norse gods, where he manages to prevent the End of the World -- with a little help from the mighty Thor (Ben Reed).

It is then back to Sumeria, thence to Corinth, and finally the aforementioned parallel world, where Iolaus II becomes part of the weekly action. That character takes prominence in the season's penultimate story arc, wherein Iolaus II falls in love with Nautica (Andrea Dotchin), the mermaid daughter of ocean god Triton. Meanwhile, Hercules is unexpectedly reunited with his lost love Serena (played by Sam Sorbo, wife of series star Kevin Sorbo), who obviously wasn't quite as dead as she seemed back during season four. Though virtually each and every fifth-season episode picks up where the previous episode left off, there are a handful of amusing self-contained stories. In "Genies and Grecians and Greeks, Oh My," larcenous supporting characters Salmoneus (Robert Trebor) and Autolycus (Bruce Campbell) find themselves in possession of a magic lamp inhabited by a beautiful but klutzy genie. And "For Those of You Just Joining Us," like season four's Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules," takes place in the present, focusing on another creative crisis plaguing the production staff of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. As before, the series' semi-regular actors are seen in modern costumes as the long-suffering producers, writers, and technicians, who this time are threatened with instant unemployment unless they come up with newer and better story ideas. And as before, star Kevin Sorbo shows up as himself -- in a manner of speaking. The fifth season of Hercules concludes with the spectre of Doomsday in the form of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. At the time, there were rumors that the series would be canceled, hence the ambiguity of much of the action in the climactic episode (especially regarding the "resuscitation" of poor Iolaus). Ultimately, however, Hercules was renewed for a sixth season -- albeit an astonishingly short one. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide