Editing Kevin Sorbo (section)

===Early work===
In the mid-1980s, Sorbo traveled around Europe and Australia working in television commercials and also modeling for print advertisements. During this period, he made his acting debut in an episode of the soap opera ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'' in 1986. His second television appearance was in an episode of the sitcom ''[[1st & Ten (1984 TV series)|1st & Ten]]'' in 1988. He continued working in advertising and by the early 1990s, he had appeared in over 150 commercials. One of the popular commercials he appeared in was for [[Jim Beam]] [[bourbon whiskey]], known for Sorbo's repeated [[catchphrase]], "This ain't Jim Beam".<ref>{{cite news |last=Mendoza |first=N.F. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-06-tv-59138-story.html |title=With an Eye On: Kevin Sorbo's Hercules is strong stuff but not exactly his serious side |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 6, 1994 |access-date=May 6, 2016 |archive-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603130129/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-11-06/news/tv-59138_1_kevin-sorbo |url-status=live }}</ref> 

His acting career continued with guest appearances in ''[[Murder She Wrote]]''  and ''[[The Commish]]''. In 1992, he played his first leading role in an unsuccessful [[television pilot]] for a medical drama series titled ''Condition: Critical'', which was not picked up, but aired as a television film on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. In 1993, he was considered for and lost out to [[Dean Cain]] as [[Superman]] in the TV series ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'' and was one of the possible contenders for the role of [[Fox Mulder]] in ''[[The X-Files]]'', which went to [[David Duchovny]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Filed Away (Features)|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-61070196.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924105921/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-61070196.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2018|publisher=London, England|work=The Mirror|date=September 29, 1997|access-date=September 24, 2018|quote=Hercules hunk Kevin Sorbo has revealed that he nearly played Fox Mulder in The X Files. The 6ft 3in muscleman was beaten to the role by 5ft 7in David Duchovny after the two auditioned for creator Chris Carter.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fantastic Fest: Kevin Sorbo on the Twisted Julia X 3D, Christian Films, and Hollywood Snobbery|url=http://movieline.com/2011/09/28/fantastic-fest-kevin-sorbo-on-the-twisted-julia-x-3d-christian-films-and-hollywood-snobbery/|first=Jen|last=Yamato|access-date=September 24, 2018|work=Movieline|date=September 28, 2011|quote=You were previously up to play roles like Superman and Mulder in The X-Files before your Hercules days.|archive-date=June 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625132422/http://movieline.com/2011/09/28/fantastic-fest-kevin-sorbo-on-the-twisted-julia-x-3d-christian-films-and-hollywood-snobbery/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQIDAQAAQBAJ&q=sorbo+mulder&pg=PA370|title=Science Fiction Television Series, 1990–2004: Histories, Casts and Credits for 58 Shows|first1=Frank|last1=Garcia|first2=Mark|last2=Phillips|date=2013|access-date=September 24, 2018|page=370|publisher=McFarland|via=Google Books|isbn=9780786491834|archive-date=May 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505181431/https://books.google.com/books?id=pQIDAQAAQBAJ&q=sorbo+mulder&pg=PA370|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://actorsorbo.narod.ru/sorbo_eng/kevinroles_eng/roles_loss_eng.htm|title=Winston-Salem Journal|date=August 29, 1997|access-date=September 24, 2018|quote=People make too big a deal out of me getting the Agent Mulder role in that,'' he said with a laugh. ''I got in to read twice for that part. Nowhere near getting it. How would he be different if I played him? Mulder would be taller.|archive-date=September 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924145114/http://actorsorbo.narod.ru/sorbo_eng/kevinroles_eng/roles_loss_eng.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1993, he made his film debut in ''[[Slaughter of the Innocents (film)|Slaughter of the Innocents]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Brooke |date=January 23, 2017 |title=What Happened to Kevin Sorbo – News & Updates |url=https://gazettereview.com/2017/01/happened-kevin-sorbo-news-updates/ |work=Gazette Review |access-date=January 23, 2017 |archive-date=June 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620070834/http://gazettereview.com/2017/01/happened-kevin-sorbo-news-updates/ |url-status=live }}</ref>