Lorenzo Lamas is an actor whose name is well known to fans of action movies. “Night of the Warrior”, “Eater of Snakes”, “Last Blow”, “Viper” are the most famous films with his participation. The star also does not ignore the series, for example, Lorenzo can be seen in the television projects Falcon Cross, Bold and Beautiful, Reno 911. What can be said about him besides this?
Lorenzo Lamas: biography of a star
The future actor was born in Santa Monica (California), it happened in January 1958. The boy was born in an acting family, which could not but affect his choice of life. Among his ancestors are representatives of many nationalities. He owes his striking appearance to his father, the famous Argentine actor and singer Fernando, to whom Lorenzo Lamas is very similar.
The marriage of Lorenzo’s parents was unhappy: mother and father were constantly quarreling with each other, in connection with which the boy spent some of his childhood with relatives in the Marshall Islands. Then the future actor lived with his family in Los Angeles for some time, after which his parents finally settled in New York, and Lorenzo Lamas began to study at a closed elite college. The college was followed by the General Farragut Military Academy, which the young man graduated in 1975.
First successes
Back in his teens, the future hero of the militants decided to become an actor. He began to implement his plan after graduating from the academy. Lorenzo Lamas moved to California and became one of Tim Barr's film studio students. The debut for the novice actor was released in 1979, the drama "Tilt", in which he received a cameo role.
Around the same time, martial arts entered the life of Lorenzo, the study of which he devoted a lot of time. Thanks to hard training, Lamas managed to become a master of taekwondo and karate. A warlike hobby could not but affect his future career in cinema and the roles that began to offer him. It is known that the actor not only studied martial arts, but also began to adhere to the principles of eastern philosophy in life.
Career
In the late 70s, aspiring actor Lorenzo Lamas began to actively star in TV shows and movies. Attractive appearance allowed him to easily achieve the roles of heroes-lovers, whom he played in “Boat of Love”, “Fantasy Island”, “Briolina”. The situation was changed by the young man’s interest in martial arts - the directors began to willingly shoot him in criminal dramas and action films.
The fateful role for Lorenzo turned out to be the role played by him in the action movie "Snake Eater", which later turned into a trilogy. The actor has a kind of role, which the directors willingly exploited. The roles of the same type he got in the famous action movies "The Last Blow", "Night of the Warrior", "Viper", "Swordsman". Willingly agreed to the master of martial arts and shooting in long-playing projects. Lorenzo starred in the television projects Immortal, Falcon Cross, The Bold and the Beautiful.
But with age, began to receive less and less interesting offers Lorenzo Lamas. Films and series in which the actor starred in recent years, were mostly low-budget. Like many colleagues, he tried his hand and as a director, for example, this happened during the filming of the painting "Holy Cathedral", presented to the audience in 2013.
Passion for motorcycle racing
Motor racing is another passion that Lorenzo Lamas has been indulging in for many years, a biography of which is considered in this article. In 1985, the actor, later nicknamed Man on Wheels, became a graduate of the Jim Russell Motorcycle Racing School. Already in 1991, he came up with the idea of organizing his own motorcycle racing for survival, which he successfully put into practice. Soon, his motorcycle races began to enjoy crazy popularity, attracting adventurers from all over the world. Interestingly, Lorenzo donated the proceeds from this enterprise to the World Children's Transplant Fund.
It is also known that Lorenzo Lamas, whose films and biography are considered in this article, has repeatedly participated in the famous charity event of bikers Love Ride. The actor also reverently refers to his Harley Davidson motorcycle collection, which he has been collecting for many years.
Personal life
Lorenzo is a person who does not differ in constancy in his personal life. The actor entered into legal marriage several times. Her first choice was Victoria Hilbert, but this union lasted about a year. The second wife of the star is Michelle Smith, he met this girl on the set of Falcon Cross. The couple broke up two years after the marriage.
Then Lorenzo Lamas married Kathleen Kinmont, an affair with which was the reason for his separation from his second wife, according to gossip. The actor was married to Kathleen for about four years, after which this marriage also broke up. From the fourth wife of Shona Sand, with whom Lorenzo lived for about 6 years, the star has three children. Currently, a fickle actor is married to Sean Craig.