Kevin Bernhardt

Kevin Bernhardt is an American screenwriter, film actor, television actor and producer. He started as an actor in TV, with contract roles on Dynasty in 1989 and General Hospital (1985–1986). Subsequently he appeared in various films, until the mid-1990s when focused on writing.^[1][2]

Kevin Bernhardt
Born	Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
Years active	1985–present
Spouse	Apollonia Kotero (1987–1997)

Early life and education

Bernhardt was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, where he was adopted by Navy Damage Control Officer 'Red' and wife Beverly.^[3]

Career

After completing bachelor's degrees in Economics and Drama he went to Los Angeles in January 1984.^[4][3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Writer	Producer
1995	The Immortals[5]	Yes	Yes
1997	Top of the World	No	Yes
	Natural Enemy	Yes	No
1998	Sweepers	story	No
1999	Diplomatic Siege	Yes	No
	Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying	Yes	No
	Jill Rips	Yes	No
2000	Amazing Grace	No	Yes
2005	Virginia	Yes	No
2006	Peaceful Warrior[6]	Yes	No
2010	Elephant White	Yes	No
2015	Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman	No	Executive
	Ghoul	No	Executive
2017	The Shanghai Job	Yes	No
2018	Shiner	Yes	No
2019	Cliffs of Freedom	Yes	No
2020	Echo Boomers	Yes	Executive
2021	Best Sellers	No	Executive
2022	Medieval	No	Executive

In development

Project	Credit	Ref.
Angel of Florence and Normandie	Screenwriter	[7]
The Bangkok 6	Screenwriter	[8]
Ben & Mei	Screenwriter, Producer	[9]
Black Sunday	Screenwriter	[10]
Catgut	Screenwriter	[11]
The Dove	Screenwriter	[12]
Lookalikes	Screenwriter	[13]
The Man Who Would be King	Screenwriter	[14]
Only in America	Screenwriter	[8]
Return From Tomorrow	Screenwriter	[15]
Twilight's Last Gleaming	Screenwriter	[16]
Upon This Rock	Screenwriter	[17]
Yakudoshi: Age of Calamity	Screenwriter	[18]

Uncredited revisions

• Hollow Point (1996)^[5]
• Top of the World (1997)
• The Peacekeeper (1997)
• Five Aces (1999)^[19]
• The Art of War (2000)
• 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)^[20]
• Black Friday (2001)
• One Last Dance (2003)
• Valiant (2005)
• Rambo (2008)

Unproduced Projects

Year	Title	Description	Ref.
2000s	Johnny Frankenstein	A contemporary take on the "Frankenstein" tale.	[21][22]
	The Charm School	An adaptation of the Nelson DeMille novel of the same name.	[23]
	Coup D'Etat	A script co-written with Abel Ferrara that was to be produced by Franchise Pictures	[24][25]
	Jax of Heart aka Mandrake	A modern day action-adventure that that Mimi Leder would’ve directed, the project was initially based on the comicstrip character Mandrake the Magician.	[26]
2010	The Genesis Code	An adaptation of the John Case book of the same name.	[27]
	Pretty Boy Floyd	A biopic of the legendary outlaw that Wayne Kramer was set to direct for Myriad Pictures	[28]

Other credits

Year	Title	Role
2000	Agent Red[29]	"Original Screenplay"
2002	Trapped	"Additional Material
2010	Lifted	"Special Thanks" credit
2018	Kingdom Come: Deliverance	"Story Consultant"
2019	Chance	"Special Thanks" credit
2022	Medieval	Consultant
2025	Kingdom Come: Deliverance II	"Story Consultant"

Special thanks

• Naked Fame (2005)
• Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman (2015)
• Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
• African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey (2022)
• Galaxy Built on Hope (2022)

Acting roles

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1985	Le feu sous la peau	Raphael	[30]
1987	Kick or Die	Don Potter	[31][30][32][33]
1988	Counterforce	Sutherland	[30]
1989	Midnight Warrior	Nick Branca	[32]
1992	Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth	J.P Monroe	[31][30][32]
1993	Beauty School	Colt	[31]
	Treacherous	Damon Vasquez	[32]
1995	The Immortals	Billy Knox
1997	Top of the World	Dean
2017	Hate Crime	Tom Brown
2018	Shiner	Happy McBride
2022	Medieval	Captain Martin

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1984-86	General Hospital	Frisco Jones, Kevin O'Connor	15 episodes as Frisco Jones,[30][34] 310 episodes as Kevin O'Connor[30]
1989	Dynasty	Father Tanner McBride	[30]
	Superboy	Dr. Byron Shelley	[30]
1993	Dark Dreams	Bart	Tv Movie