During this time Kevin performed as Ares on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess and Young Hercules simultaneously. As the dark and dangerously seductive Greek god of war, Smith gained legions of fans. Later he joined the cast of Xena: Warrior Princess, as Ares, a role he would later play on Hercules and Young Hercules as well. His fellow Hercules: The Legendary Journeys cast member, low-budget-movie actor and Pacific Renaissance Pictures partner Bruce Campbell, was also one of the contenders for the role of the legendary superhero.Īlso in 1995, Smith appeared on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Hercules' half-brother, Iphicles. He screen-tested for the lead role in Paramount's big budget action-film The Phantom, but the role ultimately went to Billy Zane instead. For this role, he won the 1995 New Zealand Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. He then appeared as Paul Cosic in the last two seasons of the primetime drama Marlin Bay. In 1993, Smith played Lawrence Hayes in Desperate Remedies. Later that year he got the role of charming "bad boy" Demian Vermeer on the New Zealand primetime soap opera Gloss, and moved to Auckland to work on the series' final season. In 1989, Smith co-founded a Christchurch theatresports group, Scared Scriptless, performing live comedy. Later that year, Smith joined Christchurch's Court Theatre and performed on stage for the next three years in a variety of roles including Don Pedro in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. He got the role of bodyguard JoJoe and was the lead understudy. His wife saw a casting call advertisement for the touring musical tribute to Elvis Presley, Are You Lonesome Tonight, and signed up Kevin for an audition. Smith played in several lo-fi experimental bands in New Zealand and released a few albums with Say Yes to Apes and Hyphen-Ears in the mid-1980s.Īfter suffering a concussion while playing university rugby union in 1987, Smith was forced to sit on the sidelines for almost three weeks. In 1986 he married his high school sweetheart, Suzanne (Sue), with whom he had three sons: Oscar, Tyrone, and Willard. He painted and played rugby and hoped to become a member of New Zealand's world-famous rugby team, the All Blacks.Īt the age of 17, Smith moved to Christchurch, where he lived in a flat above a fruit shop, worked at various jobs, and considered joining the police to help children, before enrolling in Canterbury University at the age of 20. Smith played in rock and roll bands during high school, working out each morning at the gym and watching television in the afternoon. He was involved in the drama club at his high school. He attended Timaru Boys' High School from 1976 to 1979. Smith's family moved to the South Island town of Timaru when he was eleven. His mother was of Tongan and German ancestry and his father (of English descent) hailed from New Zealand. Kevin Smith was born in Auckland in 1963. He died in a fall at a film studio in China. Kevin Tod Smith (16 March 1963 – 15 February 2002) was a New Zealand actor and musician, best known for starring as the Greek god of war, Ares, in the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and in its two spin-offs – Xena: Warrior Princess and Young Hercules.
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