Lorenzo Lamas (de son vrai nom LAMAS Lorenzo y de Santos) est un acteur et réalisateur américain, né le 20 janvier 1958 à Santa Monica, en Californie (États-Unis), fils d'une artiste de la scène et de l'écran Arlene DAHL et du légendaire Fernando LAMAS.
A 13 ans, il déménage avec sa mère à New York. Il a fait ses études à l'Admiral Farragut Academy (école militaire) où il a pratiqué la lutte et l'atlétisme à un haut niveau, ce qui lui servira tout au long de sa vie.
Lorenzo Lamas projette ensuite de poursuivre des études à l'université de Californie pour devenir vétérinaire. Entre temps, il part voir son père qui est sur le tournage du film The Cheap Detective et c'est là qu'il décide de devenir comédien. Il va étudier au Tony Barr actors studio. A 19 ans, il décroche le rôle de Tom Chisum dans le film Grease, co vedette avec John TRAVOLTA et Olivia NEWTON-JOHN.
Ensuite, il poursuivra une carrière à la télévision notamment dans la série Falcon Crest où il reste 9 ans devenant un acteur de renommée internationale.
Lorenzo Lamas qui a étudié le Tae Kwon Do (il est ceinture noire) se met à tourner dans des films d'actions tels que CIA Nom de code: Alexa, Le maître d'arme, Arnaque sanglante...
En 1992, il joue dans la série TV “Le Rebelle” où ses connaissances en arts martiaux lui seront bénéfiques.
Avec Steven CANNELL il produit et réalise 100 épisodes du " Rebelle" diffusé pendant 5 ans aux Etats-Unis et sur les marchés étrangers.
Il devient pilote privé certifié pour les besoins de la série TV Air America.
Actuellement il connaît actuellement un immense succès dans “Amour Gloire & beauté” diffusé le matin sur France 2.
Il a réalisé et produit plusieurs films indépendants et a participé à plus de 50 longs métrages.
Il se concentre maintenant sur sa carriere musicale, et s'est produit sur plusieurs scènes.
Acteur, réalisateur, producteur il ajoute ainsi à la liste de ses talents celui de chanteur.
* comme acteur
* 1969 : Les 100 fusils (100 Rifles) : garçon yaqui
* 1978 : Grease : Tom Chisum
* 1979 : Take Down : Nick Kilvitus
* 1979 : Tilt : Casey Silverwater
* 1979 : California Fever (série TV) : Rick
* 1980 : Detour to Terror (TV) : Jamie
* 1980 : Secrets of Midland Heights (série TV) : Burt Carroll
* 1984 : Body Rock : Chilly
* 1989 : Snake Eater : Jack Kelly 'Soldier'
* 1990 : Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster : Soldier Kelly
* 1991 : Night of the Warrior : Miles Keane
* 1991 : Killing Streets : Charlie Wolff
* 1992 : La Carne e il diavolo (TV) : Gropius
* 1992 : Final Impact : Nick Taylor
* 1992 : Snake Eater III: His Law : Jack Kelly / SnakeEater
* 1993 : CIA: nom de code Alexa (CIA Code Name: Alexa) : Mark Graver
* 1993 : Le Maître d'arme (The Swordsman) : Andrew
* 1993 : La Traque infernale (Bounty Tracker) : Johnathan Damone
* 1994 : Final Round : Tyler Verdiccio
* 1994 : Avec les compliments d'Alexa (CIA II: Target Alexa) : Mark Graver
* 1994 : La Marque du serpent (Viper) : Travis Blackstone
* 1995 : Police future (Terminal Justice) : Sergeant Bobby Chase
* 1995 : Gladiator Cop : Andrew Garrett
* 1995 : Midnight Man : John Kang
* 1996 : Le Visage du danger (Mask of Death) : Lyle Mason / Det. Dan McKenna
* 1997 : Black Dawn : Jake Kilkanin
* 1997 : Les Enragés (The Rage) : Nick Travis
* 1998 : Back to Even : Mitch
* 1998 : Air America (série TV) : Rio Arnett
* 1998 : Invasion America (série TV) : Cale Oosha (voix)
* 1999 : Undercurrent : Mike Aguayo
* 1999 : La Muse (The Muse) : Lorenzo Lamas
* 2000 : L'invincible - The Immortal (série TV) : Raphael Cain
* 2002 : The Circuit 2: The Final Punch (vidéo) : Max
* 2003 : Panique sous les tropiques (The Paradise Virus) (TV) : Paul Johnson
* 2003 : Rapid Exchange (vidéo) : Ketchum
* 2003 : 13 Dead Men : Santos
* 2003 : Dark Waters (vidéo) : Dane Quatrell
* 2004 : Killing Cupid : Shane
* 2004 : Thralls : Mr. Jones
* 2004 : Motocross Kids : Evan Reed
* 2004 : Bad Kids (Hope Ranch) (TV) : Colt Webb
* 2004 : Latin Dragon : Frank
* 2004 : Deep Evil (TV) : Trainor
* 2004 : Raptor Island : Hacket
* 2004 : Sci-Fighter : Andrew Dean
* 2004 : Unseen Evil 2 (vidéo) : Biggs
* 2005 : The Nowhere Man
* 2005 : Lethal : Anatoly Federov
* 2006 : Succubus: Hell Bent : Flight Instructor
* 2006 : Chinaman's Chance : Father Smith
* 2006 : Body of Work : James Altman
* 2006 : 18 Fingers of Death! (vidéo) : Antonio Bandana
* 2006 : Top Models (The Bold and the Beautiful) (série TV) : Hector Ramírez
* 2007 : Succubus: Hell Bent : Flight Instructor
* 2007 : Mexican Gold : Cole
* 2008 : Chinaman's Chance : Father Smith
comme réalisateur
* 1994 : Avec les compliments d'Alexa (CIA II: Target Alexa)
Lorenzo Lamas (born on January 20, 1958 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actor. He is also known as Lorenzo Lamas y de Santos (or Lorenzo de Santos Lamas), based on his Argentine father's full name, Fernando Alvaro Lamas y de Santos.[1] Lamas is known for playing Lance Cumson on the popular 1980s soap opera Falcon Crest, Reno Raines on the 1990s crime drama Renegade, and Hector Ramirez on the daytime soap opera The Bold and The Beautiful. More recently, Lamas also served as a judge on ABC television's short-lived reality show Are You Hot?.
Early life
Lamas is the son of the late Argentine actor Fernando Lamas and Norwegian-American actress Arlene Dahl. He was brought up in Pacific Palisades, California and moved to New York City in 1971, when he was 13 years old. He graduated from the Admiral Farragut Academy in Pine Beach, New Jersey, in 1975. He went back home to Beverly Hills, CA to rejoin his family.
Acting career
Lamas first studied acting in Tony Barr's Film Actors Workshop and quickly thereafter obtained his first TV acting role in 1976. He had a supporting role in the 1978 hit movie version of Grease.
In 1980, he auditioned for and won the role of Jane Wyman's playboy grandson and henchman, Lance Cumson, for the pilot of a new series entitled The Vintage Years. The pilot was later retooled to become the hit prime time drama series Falcon Crest. Lamas was already familiar to Wyman as his father, Fernando Lamas, had guest-starred on Wyman's TV show in 1958. During his stint on Falcon Crest, Lamas was nominated for two Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Golden Globe. Lamas was the only actor to appear in all 227 episodes of the series.
In 1984, Lamas was nominated for Worst Actor at the Golden Raspberry Awards for his performance in the movie Body Rock. Lamas also performed a song on the soundtrack for this movie, and the track, "Fools Like Me" became his only single to date to crack the Billboard Hot 100 chart[citation needed].
In 1992, two years after Falcon Crest ended, Lamas played the role of the falsely accused cop Reno Raines in the syndicated series Renegade. The series was seen in over 100 countries[citation needed], and during its final season, it moved from first-run syndication to the USA Network. The show ended in 1997 after a run of five seasons.
From February 2004 until February 2007 Lamas played the role of Hector Ramirez on the CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
His son, A.J. Lamas, continued the family acting tradition and starred as Rafael Ortega on As the World Turns from October 2004 to February 2005, when the role was recast.
In August 2007, Lamas starred as the King of Siam in The King and I at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine. That fall, he performed at Kean University Premiere Stages in Union, NJ in the title role in Steven Dietz's Dracula. Lamas is scheduled to appear as El Gallo in The Fantasticks at Casa Mañana Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas from June 3 - 8, 2008.
Lamas began appearing in the Zaxby's restaurant chain television advertisements in May 2008.
Lamas is an accomplished martial artist, having studied karate and taekwondo since 1979 and acquired a number of black belts.
Personal life
Lamas has been married four times. His first marriage was to Victoria Hilbert from 1981-82. His next marriage was to Michele Smith in 1983, resulting in two children: son A.J. Lamas, and daughter Shayne. Lamas and Smith split in 1985. He married Kathleen Kinmont (Kinmont was the daughter of his Falcon Crest co-star Abby Dalton) in 1989; they divorced in 1993. Lamas married his fourth wife, Playmate of the Month Shauna Sand, in 1996. Lamas and Sand have three daughters: Alexandra Lynne Lamas (b. November 22, 1997), Victoria Lamas (b. April 24, 1999), and Isabella Lorenza Lamas (b. February 2, 2001). Lamas and Sand divorced in 2002.
Lamas fathered daughter Paton Lee with actress Daphne Ashbrook. He was engaged to Playmate of the Month Barbara Moore, but the marriage was called off. He was romantically linked to The Bold and the Beautiful co-star Hunter Tylo in 2006, after splitting with musician Debbie Gibson.
Lamas occasionally races automobiles in the IMSA and Skip Barber Formula Dodge Series racing series. In the past, he has driven a Ford Thunderbird in his races. Lamas also holds a commercial pilot's license.
He is a co-chair on several children’s charities, including Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
In 2008, Lamas appeared in season 2 of CMT's Gone Country.
Filmography
* 100 Rifles (1969)
* Grease (1978)
* Take Down (1979)
* Tilt (1979)
* Body Rock (1984)
* Snake Eater (1989)
* Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster (1990)
* Night of the Warrior (1991)
* Killing Streets (1991)
* Final Impact (1992)
* Snake Eater III: His Law (1992)
* CIA Code Name: Alexa (1993)
* The Swordsman (1993)
* Bounty Tracker (1993)
* Final Round (1994)
* CIA II: Target Alexa (1994)
* Viper (1994)
* Terminal Justice (1995)
* Gladiator Cop (1995)
* Midnight Man (1995)
* Mask of Death (1996)
* Black Dawn (1997)
* The Rage (1997)
* Back to Even (1998)
* Undercurrent (1999)
* The Muse (1999)
* The Circuit 2: The Final Punch (2002)
* Rapid Exchange (2003)
* 13 Dead Men (2003)
* Dark Waters (2003)
* Blood Angels (2004)
* Killing Cupid (2004)
* Motocross Kids (2004)
* Latin Dragon (2004)
* Sci-Fighter (2004)
* Unseen Evil 2 (2004)
* The Nowhere Man (2005)
* Lethal (2005)
* One Six Right (2005) (documentary)
* Body of Work (2006) (short subject)
* 18 Fingers of Death! (2006)
* Succubus: Hell Bent (2007)
* Mexican Gold (2007)
* Chinaman's Chance (2007)
* 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2007)
Television work
* California Fever (1979) (canceled after 10 episodes)
* Detour to Terror (1980)
* Secrets of Midland Heights (1980-1981)
* Falcon Crest (1981-1990)
* Dancin' to the Hits (1986-1987)
* Flesh and the Devil (1992)
* Renegade (1992-1997)
* Invasion America (1998) (canceled after 13 episodes) (voice)
* Air America (1998-1999)
* The Immortal (2000-2001)
* Celebrity Boot Camp (2002)
* Are You Hot? (2003) (canceled after 5 episodes)
* The Paradise Virus (2003)
* The Bold and the Beautiful (cast member from 2004-2007)
* Hope Ranch (2004)
* Deep Evil (2004)
* Raptor Island (2004)
* The 1/2 Hour News Hour (2007)
* Gone Country (2008)