Mike O'Hearn

Michael O'Hearn (born January 26, 1969) is an American bodybuilder, personal trainer, actor, and model. He has been featured on over 500 magazine covers, was Fitness Model of the Year seven times, and is a four-time Mr. "Natural" Universe title holder. He appeared as the gladiator "Titan" on the 2008 revival of American Gladiators. O'Hearn is the only individual to be a Gladiator on both the original (1989–96) (as Thor) and the 2008 series.[1] He is the founder of Power Bodybuilding, a training program that focuses on developing both strength and hypertrophy, along with aesthetics.

Mike O'Hearn
Born
Patrick Michael O'Hearn

(1969-01-26) January 26, 1969
Kirkland, Washington, U.S.
OccupationBodybuilder, personal trainer, actor, model
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)

Early life

Michael O'Hearn was born in Kirkland, Washington, on January 26, 1969.[2] He has eight siblings.[3]

Career

Acting

O'Hearn had a minor supporting role in the 1992 film Death Becomes Her, and later starred as Clark Kent/Superman in the 2004 Sandy Collora fan film World's Finest. He appeared as the gladiator Titan on the 2008 revival of American Gladiators, making him the only individual to appear on both the original series (in which he played the gladiator Thor) and the revival series.[4] He also played Michael O'Dell on the American Gladiators-like show Battle Dome from 1999 to 2001. In 2008, he made a guest appearance on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives as a bartender, and reprised his role of Titan on an episode of NBC's Celebrity Family Feud with fellow gladiators Jet, Venom, and Wolf.[5] In February 2009, he made a guest appearance as a cage fighter in episode 14 of NBC's Knight Rider revival.[6] In 2011, he appeared in season 7 of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, playing Mac's "avatar" in the episode "How Mac Got Fat". That same year, he played a bodybuilder in the Workaholics episode "Muscle I'd Like to Flex". In 2012, O'Hearn self-produced the 7 Episode action sci-fi mystery thriller, Alter Ego, starring as Michael Patrick the half-human hybrid hard drive with dissociative identity disorder.[7] On June 29, 2016, he played The Hulk in episode 63 of Epic Rap Battles of History.[8]

References
  1. "American Gladiators: Crush, Venom, and Titan". CraveOnline.
  2. Mike O’Hearn Biography. americangladiatorsblog.com
  3. "Mike O'Hearn-Interview with the Actor, Body Builder and Model". thereadingcafe.com. June 27, 2012.
  4. "American Gladiators: Crush, Venom, and Titan" Archived February 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. CraveOnline.
  5. Team American Gladiators. NBC
  6. "Knight Rider". Archived from the original on December 5, 2013.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. "MIKE O'HEARN UNLEASHES HIS ALTER EGO | Film Threat". August 15, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  8. ERB (June 29, 2016). "Bruce Banner vs Bruce Jenner – Epic Rap Battles of History – Season 5". Retrieved August 19, 2016 – via YouTube.
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