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Lorenzo Lamas
Actor Lorenzo Lamas (born Lorenzo y de Santos Lamas on January 20, 1958 in Santa Monica, California) starred as playboy Lance Cumson on the television drama Falcon Crest from 1981 to 1990. He also appeared on the television drama Renegade, as well as the reality show Are You Hot?
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Early life
Lamas was the son of Fernando Lamas and Arlene Dahl. He was brought up in Pacific Palisades and moved to New York in 1968. He graduated from Admiral Farragut Academy in 1975 and returned to California.
Acting career
He studied in Tony Barr's Film Actors Workshop. His first TV acting role was in 1976. Lamas is an accomplished martial artist, having studied karate and taekwondo since 1979 and acquired a number of black belts .
In 1984, he was nominated for worst actor in the Golden Raspberry Awards for the movie Body Rock .
Since March 2004, Lamas joined the cast as Hector Ramirez on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
His son, AJ Lamas , stars as Rafael Ortega on As the World Turns from October 2004 to February 2005.
Personal life
Lamas has had a number of marriages. The first was to Victoria Hilbert in 1983. The next was to Michele Smith , resulting in two children. His third marriage to Kathleen Kinmont in 1985 ended in 1993. Lamas' married his fourth wife in 1996, Shauna Sand, and they have had three daughters, Abigail, Hannah and Cynthia. Their marriage ended in 2002. Lamas also has a son, AJ with Daphne Ashbrook .
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