Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith
Birth Name	Kevin Tod Smith
Date of Birth	16 March, 1963
Date of Death	15 February, 2002
Production
Series	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Xena: Warrior Princess Young Hercules
Role(s)	Iphicles, Ares, Ares II, Jerry Patrick Brown, Timor, Bacchus
No. of Episodes (HTLJ)	23
No. of Episodes (XWP)	30
No. of Episodes (YH)	16

Kevin Tod Smith was born on March 16, 1963 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Kevin Smith is best known for starring as Ares in 30 episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess, 19 episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and 13 episodes of Young Hercules. He also played Bacchus in three episodes of Young Hercules and Iphicles in four episodes of HTLJ.

Smith played and sang in several alternative rock bands in New Zealand including The Wide Lapels.

Smith died tragically on February 15, 2002: 10 days after having fallen from a lighting tower. He had just finished filming Warriors of Virtue 2: The Return to Tao which he was shooting in Beijing, China. His next role would have been opposite Bruce Willis in the Hollywood film, Tears of the Sun.

Trivia

Having appeared in more episodes and in all seasons of the major series of the Xenaverse throughout the continuity than any other actor, Smith portrays a central villain in the Xenaverse.

Gallery

...as Ares (XWP: "Looking Death in the Eye")

...as Iphicles (HTLJ: "What's in a Name?")

...as Ares II (HTLJ: "Armageddon Now Part 2")

...as Jerry Patrick Brown (HTLJ: "Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules")

...as Bacchus (YH: "Fame")

Credits

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

1. "What's in a Name?" - Iphicles
2. "The Wedding of Alcmene" - Iphicles
3. "Surprise" - Iphicles
4. "Encounter" - Ares
5. "Judgement Day" - Ares
6. "When a Man Loves a Woman" - Ares
7. "The End of the Beginning" - Ares
8. "Stranger in a Strange World" - Ares/Ares II
9. "Two Men and a Baby" - Ares
10. "Hercules on Trial" - Ares
11. "Armageddon Now" - Ares
12. "Armageddon Now Part 2" - Ares
13. "Yes, Virginia, There Is a Hercules" - Jerry Patrick Brown/Ares
14. "Porkules" - Ares
15. "One Fowl Day" - Ares
16. "War Wounds" - Iphicles
17. "Reunions" - Ares
18. "For Those of You Just Joining Us..." - Jerry Patrick Brown/Ares
19. "Redemption" - Ares
20. "Stranger and Stranger" - Ares/Ares II
21. "Fade Out" - Ares
22. "Revelations" - Ares
23. "Full Circle" - Ares

Xena: Warrior Princess

1. "The Reckoning" - Ares
2. "Ties That Bind" - Ares
3. "Intimate Stranger" - Ares
4. "Ten Little Warlords" - Ares
5. "The Xena Scrolls" - Ares
6. "The Furies" - Ares
7. "The Dirty Half Dozen" - Ares
8. "The Deliverer" - Ares
9. "The Quill is Mightier..." - Ares
10. "The Bitter Suite" - Ares
11. "Forget Me Not" - Ares
12. "Sacrifice: Part 1" - Ares
13. "Sacrifice: Part 2" - Ares
14. "Deja Vu All Over Again" - Ares
15. "Chakram" - Ares
16. "Succession" - Ares
17. "Seeds of Faith" - Ares
18. "God Fearing Child" - Ares
19. "Eternal Bonds" - Ares
20. "Amphipolis Under Siege" - Ares
21. "Looking Death in the Eye" - Ares
22. "Livia" - Ares
23. "Eve" - Ares
24. "Motherhood" - Ares
25. "Coming Home" - Ares
26. "Old Ares Had a Farm" - Ares
27. "The God You Know" - Ares
28. "You Are There" - Ares
29. "Path of Vengeance" - Ares
30. "Soul Possession" - Ares

Young Hercules

1. "The Treasure of Zeus: Part 1" - Ares
2. "The Treasure of Zeus: Part 2: Between Friends" - Ares
3. "The Treasure of Zeus: Part 3: What a Crockery" - Ares
4. "Battle Lines: Part 2" - Ares
5. "No Way Out" - Ares
6. "Ares on Trial" - Ares
7. "Lure of the Lyre" - Bacchus
8. "Fame" - Bacchus
9. "Lyre, Liar" - Bacchus
10. "In Your Dreams" - Ares
11. "Con Ares" - Ares/Timor
12. "The Skeptic" - Ares
13. "The Prize" - Ares
14. "Under Siege" - Ares
15. "Mila" - Ares
16. "Life for a Life" - Ares

External link

A Tribute to Kevin Smith on NZ On Screen featuring excerpts from many of his on screen appearances and tributes from his friends

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• See Ares/Kevin Smith's props and costumes at The Xena Museum