Lorenzo Lamas Bio
(Episode #4239-Present)
Lorenzo Lamas plays Hector Ramirez, one of LA’s finest firefighters on The Bold and the Beautiful.
Born in Santa Monica, California, Lamas moved with his mother, stage and screen actress Arlene Dahl, to New York City at the age of 13. There, Lamas attended the Admiral Farragut Academy, a military school where he developed his character and discipline that would benefit him for the rest of his life. During his four years at Farragut, he became interested in athletics and lettered in wrestling and track. Lamas was president of his senior class and second-in-charge of a battalion of 300 cadets. He graduated high school with the intention of enrolling in the University of California to study veterinary medicine. However, during a summer visit to the set of The Cheap Detective, starring his father, international movie-star, Fernando, Lamas was bit by the acting bug. Lamas then followed his father’s advice and enrolled in Tony Barr’s Actors Studio.
Lamas’ first big break came at nineteen, when he won the role of “Tom Chisum” in the blockbuster film Grease. From there, he was cast in several television roles until he got another big break, being cast in the nighttime soap Falcon Crest. Lamas had been studying the martial art, Tae Kwon Do, and the producers quickly realized how important it was to incorporate this skill into his character’s action scenes. After nine years on Falcon Crest, Lamas’ action hero credentials were established and he made a number of action movies including Snake Eater, Body Rock and CIA Target Alexa, which he also directed.
By this point, Lamas, who was now a black-belt, met with Stephen J. Cannell and developed the action television series, Renegade. For the next five years, Lamas filmed 110 episodes of this show, producing and occasionally directing as well as acting in the series. Air America followed, whetting his appetite for aviation. Thanks to the many hours this series required he spend behind the controls of an airplane, Lamas became a certified private pilot in 1997 and later got his commercial helicopter rating as well.
Actively pursuing his career as an actor, director and producer, Lamas stays very busy in his free time working with children’s charities such as, Make a Wish, Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), The Children’s Angel Foundation, as well as Angel Flight, Inc. Most recently, Lamas has become a spokesperson for the Grizzly Youth Academy, sponsored by the National Guard.
He celebrates his birthday on January 20th.
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