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Kevin Tod Smith (16 March 1963 – 15 February 2002) was a New Zealand actor and musician, best known for starring as the Greek god of war, Ares, in the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and in its two spin-offs – Xena: Warrior Princess and Young Hercules.
Hercules (/ ˈ h ɜːr k j ʊ ˌ l iː z /, US: /-k j ə-/) [2] is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena.In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
Death of Hercules (painting by Francisco de Zurbarán, 1634, Museo del Prado) This is described in Sophocles's Trachiniae and in Ovid's Metamorphoses Book IX. Having wrestled and defeated Achelous, god of the Acheloos river, Heracles takes Deianira as his wife.
Hercules (portrayed by Kevin Sorbo as an adult, Ian Bohen as young Hercules in flashbacks, Ryan Gosling as young Hercules in Young Hercules) - The demi-god son of Zeus and Alcmene and strongest man in the world, and arch-rival to his older half brother Ares, the God of War. The champion of man who defeated and reformed the once power-hungry ...
He also reprised the role of Hercules in the video game God of War III and worked together with his wife on the game Cloudberry Kingdom. [28] In 2014, Sorbo co-starred in God's Not Dead, a Christian film in which he portrayed an atheist college professor who requires his students to disown their religions on the first day of his class. [29]
Hercules teamed up with the Asgardian god Thor to defeat Ares, leading to Ares' retreat. [9] Ares fought a duel with Hercules, forming an alliance with the Enchantress to make Hercules her slave and ally against the Avengers using water from the Spring of Eros, which led to Hercules being exiled from Olympus for a year. [10]
Fictional character Kratos God of War character Kratos with the Leviathan Axe, as he primarily appears in the Norse era of the series First game God of War (2005) Created by David Jaffe Based on Fárbauti of Norse mythology (2018–present) Designed by Charlie Wen Voiced by Terrence C. Carson (2005 – 2013) Christopher Judge (2018 – pres.) Antony Del Rio (child, 2010) Motion capture Brandon ...
Ares reappears in the sequel God of War II during a flashback near the beginning. His remains are then seen in God of War III as one of Kratos' battles takes place over Ares' ice tomb. Ares also appears in a flashback in God of War: Ghost of Sparta where it is shown that he kidnapped Kratos' brother Deimos as a prophecy foretold the demise of ...