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'{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox person | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_place = [[Daytona Beach, Florida]], USA | death_date = | death_place = | othername = | yearsactive = 1985–present | spouse = [[Apollonia Kotero]] (1987–1997) | website = }} '''Kevin Bernhardt''' is an American [[screenwriter]], film actor, television actor, and producer. Bernhardt started as an actor in TV, with contract roles on ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'' in 1989 and ''[[General Hospital]]'' (1985–1988). Following that, he had a dozen lead film roles until the mid-1990s - when he began seeing his screenplays produced - and decided to focus on writing. He had over 30 screenplays produced, before returning to a lead role opposite Amy Redford in Hate Crime. And most recently - to a major supporting role opposite Michael Caine and Ben Foster in 2020's Medieval. ==Early life and education== Bernhardt was born in [[Daytona Beach, Florida]], where he was adopted by Navy Damage Control Officer 'Red' and wife Beverly Barnhart.<ref name="people">{{cite web |last1=Grant |first1=James |title=General Hospital's Kevin Bernhardt Is Apollonia's Current Prince |url=https://people.com/archive/general-hospitals-kevin-bernhardt-is-apollonias-current-prince-vol-25-no-15/ |website=PEOPLE.com |publisher=People Magazine |accessdate=23 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Years there were spent at an African-American elementary school (Turie T. Small), as part of the integration which continued in the late 1960s. He graduated from Montrose Area High School, Montrose PA in 1979. During high school he worked at the Acme Market in Montrose. Bernhardt attended college at [[Binghamton University]] on a [[National Merit Scholarship]] sponsored by the Eureka tent factory in Conklin NY, where his mother worked. He also attended Broome Community College in 1981. ==Career== After completing bachelor's degrees in Economics and Drama in 1983 he traveled to Los Angeles in January 1984,<ref name="ECLT">{{cite news |last1=Passalacqua |first1=Connie |title=Bernhardt running on the fast track |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/celebrity-clipping-jun-07-1986-1003418/ |accessdate=23 January 2019 |publisher=Eau Claire Leader Telegram |date=7 June 1984}}</ref><ref name="people"/> where he passed the [[General Securities Representative Exam|Series 7 exam]] and was hired by a securities company. But his true passion was the theater. He landed a coveted contract role on ''General Hospital'', and was the center of attention in the 'Laurelton Murders' storyline, and with it ''General Hospital'' led the ratings for two years. Bernhardt took acting seriously enough to study in the small master class taught by [[Stella Adler]], and he continued to work steadily as an actor for several years; in TV with another contract role as a priest on ''Dynasty'', as well as several mostly 'bad-guy' leads in films such as ''[[Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth]]''.<ref name="Kane"/> But once he saw his first screenplay produced – he devoted his undivided attention to writing. Since then his writing has attracted a diverse array of well-known actors, including [[Kevin Bacon]], [[Ben Foster]], [[Michael Caine]], [[Michael Shannon]], [[Chris Rock]], [[Orlando Bloom]], [[Christopher Plummer]], [[Til Schweiger]], [[Donald Sutherland]], [[Matthew Goode]], [[Roy Scheider]], [[Djimon Hounsou]], [[Patrick Swayze]], [[Wesley Snipes]], [[Charlie Sheen]], [[Dolph Lundgren]], [[John Lithgow]], [[Tom Berenger]], [[Peter Weller]], [[Sylvester Stallone]] and [[Nick Nolte]]. He has also worked with many notable directors including [[Shekhar Kapur]] (Elizabeth), [[Andrew Davis (director)|Andrew Davis]] (Holes, The Fugitive), [[Abel Ferrara]] (King of NY), [[John Hillcoat]] (Lawless), [[William Friedkin]] (The French Connection), [[Mimi Leder]] (Deep Impact), [[Sylvester Stallone]] (Rocky, Rambo), [[Frederic Forestier]] (Asterix...), [[Renny Harlin]], [[Wayne Cramer]] (The Cooler), and [[Brad Anderson (director)|Brad Anderson]] (The Call). His screenplays were largely used to create the first breakthrough films - for independent companies such as Elie Samaha's Franchise Pictures, and the predominant independent company in the world, Avi Lerner's Millennium-NuImage. <br /> == Writer – film == {{div col|colwidth=26em}} * ''[[Medieval]]'' (2020) (screenplay consultant) Starring Michael Caine, Ben Foster, Matthew Goode, Til Schweiger, William Moseley * ''[[Echo Boomers (film)|Echo Boomers]]'' (2020) (screenplay) Starring Michael Shannon, Nick Robinson, Alex Pettyfer * ''[[Rambo: Last Blood]]'' (2019) (uncredited screenplay) Starring Sylvester Stallone * ''[[Kingdome Come: Deliverance]]'' (2018) (Story consultant) * ''[[Shiner (2018 film)|Shiner]]'' (2018) (screenplay) * ''[[The Shanghai Job (film)|The Shanghai Job]]'' (2017) (screenplay) Starring Orlando Bloom * ''[[S.M.A.R.T. Chase (film)|S.M.A.R.T. CHASE]]'' (2017) (screenplay) Starring Orlando Bloom and various Chinese stars. Produced by China's Wei Han * ''[[Cliffs of Freedom (film)|Cliffs of Freedom]]'' (2018) (in post production) (screenplay) Produced by billionaire Metropoulos family. Starring Christopher Plummer, Patti Lupone (Tony Award winner) * ''[[60'6" (film)|60'6"]]'' (2017) (in pre production) (screenplay) * ''[[Shi (2016 film)|Shi]]'' (2016) (in production) (screenplay) – Patrick Tatopoulos to direct/Constantin to finance. * ''[[The Genesis Code]]'' (2016) (in pre production) (screenplay) – Brad Anderson to direct/Myriad to finance. * ''[[The Dove (2017 film)|The Dove]]'' (2017) (in production) (screenplay) – Producers Paul Schiff and Tai Duncan * ''[[Pretty Boy Floyd]]'' (2016) (in pre production) (screenplay) – Andy Davis to direct. * ''[[Daughter of Destiny (2017 film)|Daughter of Destiny]]'' (2011) (in pre production) (screenplay) – Shekhar Kapur to direct. * ''[[Blue Eyed Samurai (film)|Blue Eyed Samurai]]'' (2016) (in production) (producer/screenplay) Marcel Langenegger to direct. * ''[[The Charm School (film)|The Charm School]]'' (2016) (in production) (screenplay) Based on the [[Nelson DeMille]] novel. Producer Phil Anschultz & Kennedy/Marshall * ''[[Coup D'Etat (film)|Coup D'Etat]]'' (2025) (in production) (screenplay) Co-written with Abel Ferrara * ''[[Elephant White (film)|Elephant White]]'' (2010) (in post production) (screenplay) Starring Djimon Hounsou and Kevin Bacon. Directed by Prachya Pinkaew * ''[[The Godmother]]'' (2009) (pre-production) (writer) * ''[[Veronica (2009 film)|Veronica]]'' (2009) (pre-production) (written by) Amy Redford to direct. * ''[[John Rambo]]'' (2008) (screenplay rewrite). Sylvester Stallone. * ''[[Peaceful Warrior]]'' (2006) (screenplay).<ref name="Quigley">{{cite book |title=Motion Picture Almanac |date=2007 |publisher=Quigley Publishing Company |isbn=9780900610806 |page=517 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=55tmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Kevin+Bernhardt%22&dq=%22Kevin+Bernhardt%22 |accessdate=19 January 2019}}</ref> Directed by Victor Salva. Starring Nick Nolte. * ''[[Virginia (2005 film)|Virginia]]'' (2005) (written by) * ''[[One Last Dance (2003 film)|One Last Dance]]'' (2003) (uncredited) Starring Patrick Swayze. * ''[[Without a Word]]'' (2001) (uncredited screenplay rewrite) * ''[[The Art of War (film)|The Art of War]]'' (2000) (uncredited screenplay rewrite). Starring Wesley Snipes, Michael Biehn. * ''[[Jill Rips]]'' (Jill The Ripper) (1999) (written by) Starring Dolph Lundgren. * ''[[Fear of Flying (film)|Fear of Flying]]'' (1999) (screenplay). Starring Craig Sheffer, Jennifer Beals. * ''[[Diplomatic Siege]]'' (1999) (screenplay). Starring Peter Weller, Daryl Hannah * ''[[Five Aces]]'' (1999) (uncredited). Starring Charlie Sheen. * ''[[Sweepers (film)|Sweepers]]'' (1998) (story). Starring Dolph Lundgren. * ''[[Top of the World (1997 film)|Top of the World]]'' (1997) (uncredited screenplay writer). Starring Dennis Hopper, Peter Weller, Tia Carrere, Joey Pantoliano * ''Natural Enemy'' (1997) (TV) (screenplay). Starring Donald Sutherland, Leslie Ann Warren. * ''[[The Peacekeeper]]'' (1997) (uncredited screenwriter). Starring Dolph Lundgren. * ''[[Hollow Point]]'' (1996) (uncredited screenwriter). Starring John Lithgow, Donald Sutherland, Tia Carrere. * ''[[The Immortals (1995 film)|The Immortals]]'' (1995)(screenplay).<ref name="Craddock">{{cite book |last1=Visible Ink Press Staff |last2=Craddock |title=Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever, 1997 |date=1996 |publisher=Thomson Gale |isbn=9780787607807 |page=cclxx |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2RacqQu0B3IC&q=%22Kevin+Bernhardt%22&dq=%22Kevin+Bernhardt%22 |accessdate=19 January 2019}}</ref> Starring Chris Rock, Eric Roberts, Joey Pantoliano, Tony Curtis. {{div col end}} == Producer == {{div col|colwidth=26em}} * ''Best Sellers (2020)'' (Co-producer) * ''Echo Boomers (2019)'' (Executive producer) * ''[[Medieval (2018 film)|Medieval]]'' (2018) (Executive producer) * ''[[Ghoul (2015 film)|Ghoul]]'' (2015) (Executive producer) * ''Amazing Grace'' (2000) (producer) * ''[[Top of the World (1997 film)|Top of the World]]'' (1997/1) (co-producer) * ''[[The Immortals (1995 film)|The Immortals]]'' (1995) (co-producer) {{div col end}} == Actor – film == {{div col|colwidth=26em}} * ''[[Medieval (2020 film)|Medieval]]'' (2020) - Captain Martin * ''[[Hate Crime (2019 film)|Hate Crime]]'' (2019) - Tom, costarring Amy Redford * ''[[Shiner (2017 film)|Shiner]]'' (2017) - Happy Baer * ''[[Top of the World (1997 film)|Top of the World]]'' (1997) -Dean, costarring Dennis Hopper, Peter Weller * ''[[The Immortals (1995 film)|The Immortals]]'' (1995) -Billy Knox, costarring Chris Rock, Eric Roberts, Tony Curtis, Joey Pantoliano<ref name="Craddock"/> * ''[[Treacherous (film)|Treacherous]]'' (1993) -Damon Vasquez, costarring Adam Baldwin, Tia Carrere, C. Thomas Howell * ''Beauty School'' (1993)<ref name="Martin">{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=Mick |last2=Porter |first2=Marsha |title=Video Movie Guide 1998 |date=1997 |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=9780345407931 |pages=77, 470, 569 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZQ-FPo15UC&q=%22Kevin+Bernhardt%22&dq=%22Kevin+Bernhardt%22 |accessdate=19 January 2019}}</ref> -Colt * ''[[Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth]]'' (1992) -J.P. Monroe<ref name="Martin"/><ref name="Kane">{{cite book |last1=Kane |first1=Paul |title=The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476600697 |page=104 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1SQkCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA104&dq=%22Kevin+Bernhardt%22#q=%22Kevin%20Bernhardt%22 |accessdate=19 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="Weldon">{{cite book |last1=Weldon |first1=Michael |title=The Psychotronic Video Guide |date=1996 |publisher=Titan Books |isbn=9781852867706 |pages=260, 311, 366 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HrsbAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Kevin+Bernhardt%22&dq=%22Kevin+Bernhardt%22 |accessdate=19 January 2019}}</ref> / J.P. Cenobite, costarring Pinhead * ''Midnight Warrior'' (1989) -Nick Branca<ref name="Weldon"/> * ''[[Escuadrón|Counterforce]]'' (1988) -Sutherland,<ref name="Kane"/> costarring Robert Forster, George Kennedy, Louis Jourdan, Kabir Bedi * ''Kick or Die'' (1987) -Don Potter<ref name="Martin"/><ref name="Kane"/><ref name="Weldon"/><ref name="Prouty">{{cite magazine |last1=Cohn |first1=Lawrence |title=Television Reviews - Kick or Die |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=24 August 1992 |accessdate=August 7, 2019 |page=|isbn=9780824037963 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RxHbPxbBM1AC&pg=PP399&dq=%22Kevin+Bernhardt%22#q=%22Kevin%20Bernhardt%22 }}</ref> * ''Le feu sous la peau'' (1985) -Raphael<ref name="Kane"/> {{div col end}} == Actor – television == * ''[[General Hospital]]'' (1984, 15 episodes)<ref name="Kane"/><ref name="Bonderoff">{{cite book |last1=Bonderoff |first1=Jason |title=Soap Opera Babylon |date=1987 |publisher=Perigee Books |isbn=9780399512919 |page=59 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HZ4HAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Kevin+Bernhardt%22&dq=%22Kevin+Bernhardt%22 |accessdate=19 January 2019}}</ref> – Frisco Jones * ''[[General Hospital]]'' (Series regular 1985–86, 310 episodes) – Kevin O'Connor<ref name="Kane"/> * ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'' (1989) ** "[[Catch 22 (Dynasty)|Catch 22]]" (May 10, 1989) TV episode - Father [[Tanner McBride]]<ref name="Kane"/> ** "[[Blasts from the Past (Dynasty)|Blasts from the Past]]" (May 3, 1989) TV episode - Father Tanner McBride ** "[[Here Comes the Son (Dynasty)|Here Comes the Son]]" (April 26, 1989)TV episode - Father Tanner McBride ** "[[No Bones About It (Dynasty)|No Bones About It]]" (April 12, 1989) TV episode - Father Tanner McBride ** "[[Tale of the Tape (Dynasty)|Tale of the Tape]]" (April 5, 1989) TV episode - Father Tanner McBride ** "[[Sins of the Father (Dynasty)|Sins of the Father]]" (March 26, 1989) TV episode - Father Tanner McBride ** "[[Grimes and Punishment]]" (March 22, 1989) TV episode - Father Tanner McBride ** "[[The Son Also Rises (Dynasty)|The Son Also Rises]]" (March 15, 1989) TV episode - Father Tanner McBride ** "[[Virginia Reels]]" (February 22, 1989) TV episode - Father Tanner McBride ** "[[All Hands on Dex]]" (February 15, 1989) TV episode - Father Tanner McBride * ''[[Superboy (TV series)|Superboy]]'' (2 episodes, 1989–1990) – Dr. Byron Shelley<ref name="Kane"/> ** "Run Dracula, Run" (February 3, 1990) TV episode - Dr. Byron Shelley ** "Young Dracula" (October 28, 1989) TV episode - Dr. Byron Shelley == Miscellaneous crew == {{div col|colwidth=26em}} * ''[[The Peacekeeper]]'' (1997) (technical advisor) * ''Hollow Point'' (1996)(story consultant) {{div col end}} == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * {{IMDb name|id=0076791|name=Kevin Bernhardt}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernhardt, Kevin}} [[Category:1961 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American male film actors]] [[Category:American male television actors]] [[Category:Binghamton University alumni]] [[Category:American male screenwriters]] [[Category:People from Daytona Beach, Florida]] [[Category:Screenwriters from Florida]] [[Category:Film producers from Florida]]'