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Biography Kevin Smith started out with the ambition to be a rugby player but injuries made him think about something else. After auditioning to play Elvis in the musical `Are You Lonesome Tonight`, Kevin was bitten by the acting bug.
Kevin first appeared in HERCULES as Iphicles, Hercules` brother who was going around pretending to be Herc. Soon after he was cast as Ares, also Hercules` brother! However, it was on XENA that he appeared the most. First seen in The Reckoning, Ares reappears to tempt Xena again and again, and is one of the top recurring characters.
The Bitter Suite was quite an eye opener for fans as Kevin revealed a wonderful rich singing voice that quite stole the episode. A new short haircut for series 5 has once more pushed Kevin Smith forward as THE sexiest man in the Xenaverse!
Kevin has appeared in a number of other film and TV roles and is a major star in his native New Zealand. He appeared in NZ detictive drama "Lawless" as John Lawless - no escape from the name! Kevin recently appeared in "The Blue Room" on the stage in Auckland with fellow XENA star Danielle Cormack.
In S3`s The Furies, Ares had Xena condemned to persecution and madness for not avenging her father`s killing. Xena mangaged to make the Furies believe Ares was in fact her father, although it is not clear whether she really believed this.
While always a bad guy, Ares has been nice in episodes like The Quill is Mightier, where he once again lost his powers. However, in S5 he has shown his ruthless side once more, although his fatal attraction to Xena seems undiminished.
Ares frequently risks the wrath of Zeus and the other gods, such as when he allied himself with Hope and Dahok, however he always seems to keep going but never manages to get Xena.
Season 6 saw Ares without his godly powers, and the mortal ex-God of War was a very different man. However, he still hasn't given up on winning Xena. Ares had his powers restored in You Are There, and makes his final appearance in Soul Possession.
Read an interview with Kevin from XENA magazine #11