Lorenzo Lamas
Lorenzo Lamas (born
Lorenzo Lamas y de Santos on
January 20,
1958 in
Santa Monica, California) is an
American television and
film actor, who's best-known for playing
Jane Wyman's young grandson, Lance Cumson, on
Falcon Crest, and as the falsely accused cop Reno Raines, in
Renegade.
Lamas is the son of the late
Fernando Lamas, an
Argentine actor, and actress
Arlene Dahl; his brother is famous porn actor
Tony Lamas. He was brought up in
Pacific Palisades,
California and moved to
New York City when he was 13 years old, around
1971. He graduated from the Admiral Farragut Academy in
1975 and then returned to Southern California. Lamas grew to the height of 1.85 m (6 ft 2in) tall.
He studied in Tony Barr's Film Actors Workshop. His first TV acting role was in
1976. Lamas is an accomplished martial artist, having studied
karate and
taekwondo since
1979 and acquired a number of
black belts.
In
1981, he auditioned and won the role as Angela Channing's playboy grandson and henchman, Lance Cumson, on the hit
prime time soap,
Falcon Crest. Just 3 months after his birth (when he was just a baby), his father
Fernando Lamas had guest-starred on
Jane Wyman's own dramatic show, and 23 years later, Lorenzo got the chance of working with her on a soap. He was nominated for two
Soap Opera Digest Awards in 1986 and a Golden Globe, a few years after, but didn't win. Lamas was the only actor or actress to appear in all 227 episodes of
Falcon Crest.
In
1984, he was nominated for worst actor in the
Golden Raspberry Awards for the movie
Body Rock.
Lamas's popularity had climbed in the
1990s, when he starred in a dozen of
action movies, some of which are good, and some, not so good.
In
1992, just two years after
Falcon Crest had ended, Lamas also acted in the syndicated series,
Renegade, where he played the character of falsely accused cop, Reno Raines. His show ended in
1997, after a run of 5 seasons.
Since March
2004, Lamas has played the role of Hector Ramirez on the
CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
His son,
A.J. Lamas, starred as Rafael Ortega on
As the World Turns from October
2004 to February
2005, when his contract expired.
Lamas has had a number of marriages. The first was to Victoria Hilbert in 1981-82. The next wedding was to
Michelle Smith in
1983, resulting in two children, son, A.J. Lamas, and daughter
Shayne. Shayne can be seen on
General Hospital in flashback scenes as a young Carly Corinthos. Lamas and Smith split in
1985. His third marriage was to
Kathleen Kinmont in
1989 and it ended in
1993. (Kinmont was the daughter of his
Falcon Crest costar
Abby Dalton). Lamas married his fourth wife in
1996,
Shauna Sand, a Playmate of the Month, and they have had three daughters, Alexandra, Victoria and Isabella. Their marriage ended in
2002. Lamas also has fathered a daughter, Paton Lee with
Daphne Ashbrook, to whom he was not married. Lamas was also engaged to Playmate of the Month
Barbara Moore, but Lamas called off the wedding on the very eve of the ceremony, under questionable circumstances. Lamas has also raced cars in IMSA Camel Lights and Skip Barber Formula Dodge series over the years.
He is a co-chair on several children's charities, including
Make-A-Wish Foundation, MDA, and the
Children's Angel Foundation.
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Grease (
1978)
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Take Down (
1979)
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Tilt (
1979)
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Body Rock (
1984)
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Snake Eater (
1989)
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Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster (
1990)
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Night of the Warrior (
1991)
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Killing Streets (
1991)
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Final Impact (
1992)
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Snake Eater III: His Law (
1992)
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CIA Code Name: Alexa (
1993)
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The Swordsman (
1993)
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Bounty Tracker (
1993)
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Final Round (
1994)
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Viper (
1994)
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CIA II: Target Alexa (
1994)
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Blood for Blood (
1995)
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Terminal Justice (
1995)
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Midnight Man (
1995)
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Gladiator Cop (
1995)
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Mask of Death (
1996)
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The Rage (
1997)
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Black Dawn (
1997)
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Good Cop, Bad Cop (
1998)
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Back to Even (
1998)
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Undercurrent (
1999)
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The Muse (
1999)
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The Paradise Virus TV Movie (
2003)
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Rapid Exchange (
2003)
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13 Dead Men (
2003)
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Dark Waters (
2003)
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Sci-Fighter (
2004)
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Motocross Kids (
2004)
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Thralls (
2004)
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Lethal (
2004)
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18 Fingers of Death (
2006)
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California Fever (
1979)
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Detour to Terror (
1980)
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Secrets of Midland Heights (
1980)
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Falcon Crest (
1981-
1990)
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Renegade (
1992-
1997)
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Invasion America (
1998) (voice)
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Air America (
1998)
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The Immortal (
2000-
2001)
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Celebrity Boot Camp (
2002)
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Are You Hot? (
2003)
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The Bold And The Beautiful (cast member since
2004)
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Official Website*
Alien 3000 review with clip, screenshots and sounds*
Sci-Fighter review with clips, screenshots and sounds*
Website for Lorenzo's show Renegade*
Lorenzo Lamas profile
