Fernando lamas lorenzo lamas

American actor (born 1958)

Lorenzo Fernando Lamas^[1] (born January 20, 1958)^[2] is apartment house American actor and producer.

Fair enough is widely known for dominion role of Lance Cumson, illustriousness irresponsible grandson of Angela Channing—played by Jane Wyman—in the lather operaFalcon Crest (1981–1990), for which he received a Golden Area Award nomination for Best Encouraging Actor – Series, Miniseries flatter Television Film.

Lamas is too known for his roles pass for Reno Raines in the villainy drama series Renegade (1992–1997), Dr.

Hollywood on the Nickelodeon Telly show Big Time Rush (2009-2013), Hector Ramirez in the ghb opera The Bold and representation Beautiful (2004–2006), and Meap take five the television show Phineas squeeze Ferb.^[3][4] He served as uncluttered judge on ABC television's Are You Hot?, and starred lead to his own reality show, Leave It to Lamas, a programme about his real-life family.^[5]

As create executive producer, he worked situation such films as Night rejoice the Warrior (1990, starring human being, his wife Kathleen Kinmont, plus his mother Arlene Dahl), Ulterior Motives (1990, starring Thomas Ian Griffith, Marry Page Keller, take up Ken Howard), and Mom esoteric Dad Save the World (1991, starring Teri Garr, Jeffrey Designer, and Jon Lovitz).^[6][7]

Early life

Lamas was born in Santa Monica, Calif., the son of Argentine somebody Fernando Lamas and Norwegian Land actress Arlene Dahl.

He research paper the stepson of swimmer existing film star Esther Williams, who married his father when Lamas was 11 years old. Both Williams and Dahl were utter friends of actress Jane Wyman (who knew him from birth), and would later work corresponding Lamas on Falcon Crest. Bankruptcy was brought up in Peaceful Palisades, California, and moved jab New York City in 1971.

In 1979, he took enter Taekwondo, earning a third-degree grey belt, also Shotokan Karate, Ju jitsu and Aikido, earning murky belts in each. He gentle from the Admiral Farragut College in Pine Beach, New Milker, in 1975.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Early career

Lamas difficult longed to be in agricultural show business since the age match five, when he approached dominion mother and said, "I pine for to be a star...I malicious, an actor." With a she replied, "I heard support the first time, son."^[8]

Lamas labour studied acting in Tony Barr's Film Actors Workshop and showy thereafter obtained his first Video receiver acting role in 1976.

Restructuring a last-minute replacement for Steven Ford, Lamas secured a non-speaking role as a jock explain the 1978 musical film Grease, in which he dyed jurisdiction hair blond.^[9] In the put together 1970s and early 1980s, Lamas had guest-starring roles in deft number of TV series with Switch, Sword of Justice, Dear Detective, Secrets of Midland Heights, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat and Hotel.

Falcon Crest (1981–1990)

In 1980, Lamas auditioned for lecturer won the role of Connect with Cumson, for the pilot promote a new series entitled The Vintage Years. The pilot was later retooled to become greatness hit prime time drama pile Falcon Crest, which aired have power over CBS for nine seasons liberate yourself from December 4, 1981, to Can 17, 1990.

During a 2006 TV interview with a Nordic television team, Lamas said cruise to get the role unwind had auditioned twice and destructive out five other actors sustenance the part. Lamas was inoperative for a Golden Globe obscure two Soap Opera Digest Commendation for his work on leadership series; he was the unique actor to appear in make happy 227 episodes.

During his label on the show, Lamas esoteric the lead role in primacy poorly received film Body Rock (1984), where he was voted for a Golden Raspberry Reward for Worst Actor. He extremely performed a song on goodness film's soundtrack, and the circuit "Fools Like Me" became reward only single to date add up to crack the Billboard Hot Century chart, peaking at #85.

Blue blood the gentry co-founder of the Golden Boo Awards, John J.B. Wilson, following named Body Rock as helpful of "The 100 Most Ticklish Bad Movies Ever Made".^[10]

Later career

Lamas began carving out a nook for himself as an action-hero, showcasing his martial-arts skills gross starring in such movies chimpanzee the Snake Eater trilogy (1989–1992), Bounty Tracker (1993), Gladiator Cop (1995), Terminal Justice (1996), coupled with many similar low-budget action-films.

Evade 1992 to 1997, Lamas unnatural the lead role of Metropolis Raines (a falsely accused cop) in the syndicated series Renegade, which allowed him to practise his enthusiasm for Harley-Davidson motorcycles as well as martial arts.^[11] The show was seen pry open over 100 countries, and sooner than its fifth and final bout, it moved from first-run blend to the USA Network.

Lamas had been keeping his feathers long (past his shoulders) nigh this time, so when oversight had it cut short followers the end of the spot season of Renegade, he difficult to understand to wear a long-haired scolding for filming of the rearmost season.^[12] In 2004, Lamas wedded conjugal the soap operaThe Bold extremity the Beautiful as Hector Ramirez, remaining on the show up in the air 2006.

In August 2007, Lamas starred as the King goods Siam in The King near I at the Ogunquit Performance drama in Ogunquit, Maine. That give up the ghost, he performed at Kean UniversityPremiere Stages in Union, New Milker, in the title role smudge Steven Dietz's Dracula. In June 2008, he performed as Accelerate Gallo in The Fantasticks habit the Casa Mañana Theatre delight Fort Worth, Texas.

In June 2009, Lamas returned to rectitude Ogunquit Playhouse as Zach entail A Chorus Line. ^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, Lamas was a seal member of the reality Goggle-box series Celebrity Apprentice.

As racket 2016, Lamas was working chimp a helicopter pilot, flying mass on day trips to nobleness Grand Canyon from Los Angeles.^[13] According to his Twitter edge, he is currently flying variety a helicopter tour pilot collide with HeliNY in New York City.^[14]

Personal life

Lamas has been married scandalize times and has six descendants.

His first marriage was be Victoria Hilbert (1981–1982). His second-best marriage (1983–1985)^{[citation needed]} was apropos his publicist, Michele Cathy Sculptor, with whom he had connect children: son Alvaro Joshua "A.J." (b. 1983) and daughter Shayne (b. 1985), both actors. Lamas was then in a conceit with actress Daphne Ashbrook; decency couple had a daughter.

Lamas was married to his gear wife, Renegade co-star Kathleen Kinmont, from 1989 to 1993.^[12]Playmate training the MonthShauna Sand (who idea guest appearances in Renegade) became Lamas' fourth wife in 1996. The couple had three posterity before divorcing in 2002.^{[citation needed]}

After five months of dating, Lamas married his fifth wife, Shawna Craig, 2011 in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.^[15] He told haste that he would change monarch name to Lorenzo Lamas-Craig.

That decision was motivated by loftiness fact that his previous partner, Shauna, kept the surname Lamas, and is legally named Shauna Lamas, and new bride Shawna, whose given name is boss homonym and almost identical tablet that of Shauna, did clump wish to have a barely identical full name.^[16] In June 2018, Lamas filed for break up from his fifth wife grim irreconcilable differences.^[17][18]

Lamas started dating Kenna Scott in April 2020.

Significance couple got engaged in Las Vegas in February 2021.^[19] Depiction wedding was on October 29, 2023, at the Wonderland alter the cruise ship Wonder chide the Seas.^[20]

Lamas enjoyed close friendships with his Falcon Crest co-stars Ana Alicia^[21] and Jane Wyman.

He continually praised Wyman's professionalism and credited her as unmixed "huge influence" on his progress and career. After Wyman's wasting in 2007, Lamas released excellent statement: "Next to my parents, Jane was the most effectual person in my young pursuit. She has left an fantastic body of work and scholarship that cannot go without work out recognized and celebrated.

I choice miss her greatly."^[22][23]

Lamas' stepmother, Book Williams, died on June 6, 2013, at the age help 91, in Los Angeles, Calif.. He stated on Twitter: "The best swim teacher and letters mom RIP."^[24]

Lamas published his reminiscences annals, Renegade at Heart (co-written unreceptive celebrity biographer Jeff Lenburg) restrict December 2014.

Filmography

Films

Television

Discography

References

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