Michael Biehn
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| Michael Biehn | |
 Michael Biehn in The Terminator. (Linda Hamilton can be seen in the background.) |
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| Born | July 31, 1956 Anniston, Alabama |
| Notable roles | The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss |
Michael Biehn (born Tuesday, July 31, 1956 in Anniston, Alabama) is an American actor perhaps best known for his roles in The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), Tombstone (1993), and The Rock (1996). He also played Officer Randall Buttman on the Emmy-Award winning television series, Hill Street Blues.
Recently, Biehn has taken on more acting jobs, from big budget movies such as The Art of War and Clockstoppers to video games like Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, and independent movies, such as Havoc. He also starred in the NBC TV series Hawaii (2004), but the show was subsequently cancelled due to low ratings. An upcoming project - Grindhouse - pairs him with director Quentin Tarantino.
A picture of Biehn as Kyle Reese in the movie The Terminator was reproduced as the cover-art of the 1987 video game Metal Gear. [1]
[edit] Partial filmography
- Grease (1978)
- Coach (film) (1978)
- Hog Wild (film) (1980)
- The Fan (1981)
- The Lords of Discipline (1983)
- The Terminator (1984)
- Aliens (1986)
- Rampage (film) (1987)
- The Seventh Sign (1988)
- The Abyss (1989)
- Navy SEALs (1990)
- Timebomb (1991)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (Special Edition)
- K2 (1992)
- Tombstone (1993)
- Jade (film) (1995)
- The Rock (1996)
- Mojave Moon (1996)
- Asteroid (1997)
- The Ride (film) (1997)
- Silver Wolf (1998)
- The Magnificent Seven (1998-2000) (TV series)
- The Art of War (2000)
- Cherry Falls (2000)
- Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
- Clockstoppers (2002)
- Adventure, Inc (2002-2003) (TV series)
- Dragon Squad (2005)
- The Insatiable (2006)
- Grindhouse (2007) - segments Planet Terror and Thanksgiving
[edit] Trivia
- In all three James Cameron films in which Biehn has a major role (not counting Terminator 2: Judgment Day, in which his small part was cut from the theatrical release), his character is bitten on the hand: by Sarah (Linda Hamilton) in The Terminator, by Newt (Carrie Henn) in Aliens, and by Bud (Ed Harris) in The Abyss.
- Has played a Navy SEAL in three different movies.
- It can also be noted that in almost every film he has starred in, he has either been killed off or seriously incapacitated; often towards the very end of the film.
Prime examples include:
- Caught and killed in the explosion of the Terminator in the film of the same name.
- Disabled by acidic blood in Aliens. Survives, but his character is killed off at the start of Alien3.
- Landing on top of broken glass in Art of War after Wesley Snipes does a scissor-sweep on him.
- Crushed in an imploding sub in The Abyss.
- Shot in the head during a duel with Doc Holiday in Tombstone.
- Disabled and frozen in place in Clockstoppers.
- Gets shot and killed by the hostage takers in The Rock.
- Gets shot in the leg and needs help escaping to the waiting submarine Navy SEALs (film)
