Ken Wahl is award-winning actor, most known for his Golden Globe starring role in the ground-breaking, critically acclaimed CBS crime drama, “Wiseguy.” 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”, and Kaufman spotted a talent and cast him in the 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 an “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.
He now helps veterans suffering with PTSD with shelter pets for therapy, and lives in privacy with second wife Shane Barbi, one half of the famous Barbi Twins, top selling celebrity Playboy cover and calendar girls in the 1990s.
