Kevin Smith

Kevin Tod Smith (16 March, 1963 – 15 February, 2002) was a New Zealand actor best known for playing 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. He was also a Rock musician. Kevin Smith was born in Auckland in 1963. His mother was Tongan and his father (of British descent) hailed from New Zealand. Smith's family moved to the South Island town of... more

Kevin Tod Smith (16 March, 1963 – 15 February, 2002) was a New Zealand actor best known for playing 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. He was also a Rock musician. Kevin Smith was born in Auckland in 1963. His mother was Tongan and his father (of British descent) hailed from New Zealand. Smith's family moved to the South Island town of Timaru when he was eleven. He attended Timaru Boys' High School from 1976 to 1979. He was involved in the drama club at his high school, where a classmate was the future well-known Auckland drag artist Mika (Neil Gudsell). Smith played in rock and roll bands during high school, working out each morning at the gym and watching television in the afternoon. He enjoyed painting and loved rugby and hoped to become a member of New Zealand's world-famous rugby team, the All Blacks. At the age of 17, Smith moved to Christchurch, where he lived in a... less