Lorenzo Lamas

Lorenzo Lamas-Craig (né Lamas; January 20, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for playing Lance Cumson on the 1980s soap opera Falcon Crest (Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film), Reno Raines on the 1990s crime drama Renegade, and Hector Ramirez on the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. He served as a judge on ABC television's Are You Hot? and starred in his own reality show, Leave It to Lamas, a series about his real-life family.

Early life

Lamas-Craig was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Argentine actor Fernando Lamas and Norwegian American actress Arlene Dahl. He is the stepson of swimmer and film star Esther Williams, who married his father when Lamas-Craig was 11 years old. Williams was also the best friend of Jane Wyman, who would later play along with Lamas-Craig on Falcon Crest. He was brought up in Pacific Palisades, California, and moved to New York City in 1971, when he was 13 years old. In 1979, he took up Taekwondo and Karate, earning black belts. He graduated in 1975 from the Admiral Farragut Academy in Pine Beach, New Jersey.