<P> In 1993, Smith played Lawrence Hayes in Desperate Remedies . He then appeared as Paul Cosic in the last two seasons of the primetime drama Marlin Bay . For this role, he won the 1995 New Zealand Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actor . </P> <P> He screen - tested for the lead role in Paramount's big budget action - film The Phantom, but the role ultimately went to Billy Zane instead . His fellow Hercules: The Legendary Journeys cast member, low - budget - movie actor and Pacific Renaissance Pictures partner Bruce Campbell, was also one of the contenders for the role of the legendary superhero . </P> <P> Also in 1995, Smith appeared on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Hercules' half - brother, Iphicles . Later he joined the cast of Xena: Warrior Princess, as Ares, a role he would later play on Hercules and Young Hercules as well . As the dark and dangerously seductive Greek god of war, Smith gained legions of fans . During this time Kevin performed as Ares on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess and Young Hercules simultaneously . </P> <P> While starring on Xena, Hercules and Young Hercules, Smith also appeared in other TV shows and films, notably as a Vietnam veteran in the feature film Channelling Baby and as detective John Lawless in three TV movies: Lawless (1999), Lawless 2: Dead Evidence (2000), and Lawless 3: Beyond Justice (2001). In the mockumentary Love Mussel (2001) he played himself covering the story of a small town in New Zealand following the discovery that a local shellfish, the geoduck, has similar effects to Viagra . </P>

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