- Born
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Ken Wahl is award-winning actor, most known for his Golden Globe starring role in the ground-breaking, critically acclaimed, CBS crime drama Wiseguy (1987). He entered acting without experience or aspirations. In 1979, Ken was set to be a walk-on in director Philip Kaufman's movie The Wanderers (1979), and Kaufman spotted a talent and cast him in the lead role. Several TV and movie roles followed, including a co-starring role with Paul Newman in Fort Apache the Bronx (1981). Never fond of fame or the spotlight, Wahl responded with a cringe to a "US Magazine" cover story calling him "Sexiest Man on TV". He was forced to retire in 1996 due to disability caused by a broken neck and severe spinal column injury suffered in 1992.
Ken was married to Corinne Alphen-Wahl (1983-1991). Ken is currently married to Shane Barbi (1997-). He now helps veterans suffering with PTSD with shelter pets for therapy.- IMDb Mini Biography By: TruthInAdvertising
- SpousesShane Barbi(September 17, 1997 - present)Corinne Wahl(August 12, 1983 - 1991) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenRaymond William WahlCody WahlKyra WahlLouie Wahl
- Pompadour hair style
- Unibrow
- Pale green eyes
- Deep, sexy voice.
- Second and current wife Shane Barbi was a "Playboy" model and magazine cover girl in the early and mid-1990s, half of the famous Barbi twins with identical-twin sister Sia.
- Crashed his motorcycle at age 15 and again in 1984 as he was on his way to a meeting with Diane Keaton to co-star in Mrs. Soffel (1984); the part went to Mel Gibson.
- First wife, Corinne Alphen Wahl, was "Penthouse" Pet of the Year in the mid-'80s.
- Was working as a gas station jockey in the Midwest when he decided to drive out to L.A. and try to his luck in Hollywood.
- Every single movie I've done has been crap because they've cut the best stuff out.
- [on the accident during the filming of Wiseguy (1987)] She (Jan Eliasberg) had me walking into my own POV shot, and you don't have to be Steven Spielberg to know that that's not right. I was stepping up, and the [camera] wheel caught my right heel and it just ripped out the Achilles tendon. Pop! It sounded like a champagne cork. But she wanted to do it again, so I said, "Okay, you're the boss". From that day forward I've never been the same.
- [on being named the Sexiest Man on TV by "Us" magazine] When that Sexiest Man thing came out, I absolutely hated it. Everybody likes to be thought of as attractive, but when it's the foremost thing that you're known for, it's the kiss of death.
- On the Wiseguy (1996) movie they were shooting me up like a racehorse with cortisone and shit. I only worked 16 days and barely got through it. That's when I knew I couldn't do it anymore. I had to hang 'em up.
- I'm forever grateful for all the major producers who offered me numerous opportunities for huge comebacks. Maybe it's for the best, I just didn't have the personality to be famous and felt out of place in the limelight.
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