abstract | - Michael Eric Hurst ONZM (born September 20, 1957) is the actor and director most famously known for portraying Iolaus on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. A near-native New Zealand performer, Hurst is married to actress Jennifer Ward-Lealand and has two sons. Hurst also played a host of other characters across the Renaissance Pictures series. In addition to several Hercules, Xena: Warrior Princess, and Young Hercules characters, he appeared as Captain Nardo da Vinci in Jack of All Trades and Amfortas in Legend of the Seeker. He also appeared alongside Kevin Sorbo in an episode of Andromeda and in the film Bitch Slap. In addition to acting, Hurst has screen directing credits, mostly in television, but also the features Jubilee, Treasure Island Kids 2 and 3, and Love Mussel (tv movie), and short film I'm So Lonesome, I Could Cry, which he also co-wrote. With Renaissance Pictures, he has directed two episodes of Jack of All Trades, seven episodes of Legend of the Seeker, and eight episodes of Spartacus. He was also a producer on the second season, Spartacus: Vengeance. Recently he directed two episodes of the popular tv series Ash vs Evil Dead which stars Bruce Campbell and Lucy Lawless. His Xenaverse directorial work is as follows:
* HTLJ: "Mercenary"
* XWP: "A Day in the Life"
* Amazon High
* HTLJ:
* "...And Fancy Free"
* "One Fowl Day"
* "Faith"
* XWP: "A Tale of Two Muses"
* HTLJ:
* "Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge"
* "Greece is Burning"
* XWP:
* "Lifeblood"
* "Antony & Cleopatra"
* "Who's Gurkhan?"
* "To Helicon and Back"
- Michael Hurst is an actor who voiced DJ Drummond and Vexacus in Ninja Storm and Silverhead in SPD.
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