Michael O'Hearn (born January 26, 1969) is an American bodybuilder, actor, personal trainer and model. He has been featured on over 400 magazine covers, and was Fitness Model of the Year seven times. He appeared as the gladiator "Titan" on the 2008 revival of '' American Gladiators'' and portrayed

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in an

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''. He is the founder of Power Bodybuilding, a subscription based exercise program.

Early life and education

O'Hearn was born in

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, on January 26, 1969.Mike O'Hearn Biography
americangladiatorsblog.com He played football at

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and was coached under Chuck Tarbox.

Career

O'Hearn 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. He also played Michael O'Dell on the ''American Gladiators''-like show ''

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'' from 1999 to 2001. In 2008, he made a guest appearance on the

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'' as a bartender, and reprised his role of Titan on an episode of NBC's ''

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'' with fellow gladiators Jet, Venom, and Wolf. In February 2009, he made a guest appearance as a cage fighter in episode 14 of NBC's ''Knight Rider'' revival. In 2011, he appeared in season 7 of ''

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'', playing Mac's "avatar" in the episode "How Mac Got Fat". That same year, he played a bodybuilder in the ''

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'' episode "Muscle I'd Like to Flex". In 2012, O'Hearn self-produced and starred in the 7-episode action

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thriller, ''Alter Ego''. In 2016, O'Hearn portrayed

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in a season 5 episode of

'' where he rapped against media personality and former athlete

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, portrayed by

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and Jolie "NoShame" Drake. In July 2022, Hearn was cast as bodybuilder Brad Vanderhorn, the idol of Killian Maddox (

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) in '' Magazine Dreams''. In 2023, he portrayed the father of a bodybuilder contestant in episode 14 of the 6th season of

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In 2024, O'Hearn appeared in

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's music video for the song " Joyride". In 2023, O'Hearn became an

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on the social media platform

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in a short video with the song "

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" by

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slowed and reverbed.

Personal life

O'Hearn has eight siblings.

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:OHearn, Mike 1969 births Living people Male models from Washington (state) Sportspeople from Kirkland, Washington American male bodybuilders American male actors Internet memes introduced in 2023 20th-century American sportsmen