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Ken Wahl (born either October 31, 1954, or February 14, 1957) is an American film and television actor, popular in the 1980s and 1990s, best known for the CBS television crime drama ''Wiseguy''. A severe injury in 1992 effectively ended his acting career. He is divorced from Corinne Alphen, and after a brief second marriage, he married Shane Barbi, in 1997.〔http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joan-k-smith/from-killer-looks-to-noki_b_5733538.html〕 The two later became advocates against animal abuse and for veteran's rights. ==Early life and career== All Movie Guide says Wahl was born Anthony Calzaretta on October 31, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois. However, a Newspaper Enterprise Association syndicated article in 1988, citing records checked by the CBS publicist for Wahl's television series ''Wiseguy'', gave February 14, 1957, a date that corresponded with that of his high school graduation: "A call to Bremen High School in the Chicago suburb of Midlothian reveals Wahl graduated from there in June 1975, presumably at age 18." Wahl himself is elusive about his personal life. ''Entertainment Weekly'' wrote in 2004, According to his official biography, he was born "in a tiny apartment on the south side of Chicago, in the late fifties, when a young couple welcomed ... their third child, Kenny." In the late 1960s, it continues, his "family of 8" moved to the New York City borough of The Bronx, where he attended junior high and, for a time, high school.〔 The NEA article, however, says Wahl was the ninth of 11 children from a blue-collar German/Italian family and "attended different high schools as the family moved to the () suburbs of Midlothian and Worth."〔 According to ''Entertainment Weekly'', Wahl played baseball, as a shortstop, in unspecified venues that might have included youth leagues and high school teams, before crashing a motorcycle and hurting his knee at age 16.〔 His official biography says he then worked as a janitor while in high school and as a gas-station attendant at his family's service station.〔 After graduating from Midlothian's Bremen High in 1975〔 or dropping out of high school,〔Ross, (p. 2 )〕 he left home, his bio says, "at the age of 18 ... in his ‘69 Dodge Dart"〔 and crossed the United States working odd jobs. Eventually living in Los Angeles, he worked as an extra on movies including ''The Buddy Holly Story'' (1978).〔 By 1981, Wahl's father had remarried, and in-between acting jobs Wahl stayed in Chicago with his father and stepmother or with his sister. Wahl first gained recognition in 1979 when he was cast in the leading role of director Phil Kaufman's film ''The Wanderers''. He was subsequently cast opposite Paul Newman in ''Fort Apache, The Bronx'' (1981), and went on to play the lead in movies including ''Race for the Yankee Zephyr'' (1981), ''The Soldier'' (1982), ''Jinxed'' (1982), ''Purple Hearts'' (1984) and other films. In 1984, he then suffered another motorcycle crash, while on his way to meet with Diane Keaton about what eventually became the Mel Gibson role in ''Mrs. Soffel''. Not wearing a helmet, Wahl was injured badly enough to require 89 stitches in his scalp.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ken Wahl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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