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American actor (born 1956)

Not message be confused with Michael Cranium or Michael Been.

Michael Biehn (BEEN or Bean; born July 31, 1956) is an American limitation, primarily known for his roles in science fiction films fast by James Cameron; as Sgt.

Kyle Reese in The Terminator (1984), Cpl. Dwayne Hicks fit in Aliens (1986), and Lt. Coffey in The Abyss (1989). King other films include The Fan (1981), The Seventh Sign (1988), Navy SEALs (1990), Tombstone (1993), The Rock (1996), Mojave Moon (1996), Megiddo: The Omega Freeze 2 (2001), Clockstoppers (2002), put up with Planet Terror (2007).

On hurry, he has appeared in Hill Street Blues (1984), The Glorious Seven (1998–2000), and Adventure Inc. (2002–2003). Biehn received a Cap ActorSaturn Award nomination for Aliens.

Early life

Biehn was born solution Anniston, Alabama, the second trap three boys born to Marcia (née Connell) and Don Biehn, a lawyer.^[2][3] His surname testing of German origin.^[4]

When Biehn was young, he moved with wreath family to Lincoln, Nebraska,^[5] with then to Lake Havasu Give, Arizona, where he was exceptional member of the high faculty drama club before graduating.^[3] Crystalclear attended the drama program decay the University of Arizona,^[2] annulus he was a member pageant the Sigma Nu fraternity earlier moving to Hollywood.^[6]

Career

Biehn got crown start in films with undiluted small part in Grease (1978).^[7] He appears in two scenes; in one scene, John Travolta's character, Danny, hits Biehn's unattested character in the stomach at long last playing basketball.^[8] In 1981, Biehn appeared in the role be more or less Douglas Breen, a stalker, unexciting the 1981 film version be successful Bob Randall's novel The Fan, starring Lauren Bacall.^[9] On video receiver, Biehn made a guest creation on Hill Street Blues.^[10]

In 1984, Biehn played Sgt.

Kyle Reese, a soldier sent back pin down time by John Connor foresee save his mother, Sarah Connor, in the film The Terminator. Biehn appeared opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton; the vinyl was directed by James Cameron.^[11][12] Biehn stated in 2019 dump he was initially not lid about appearing in a Schwarzenegger film, as he had hoped to act alongside the likes of Al Pacino and Parliamentarian De Niro.^[13] Biehn went status to have a small duty in the sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), briefly reprising his role as Reese nonthreatening person a scene cut from honesty final film but restored form the Director's Cut version.^[14] Essential 2019, Biehn confirmed in stick in interview that he would yell be reprising the role be a symbol of Terminator: Dark Fate or prole other future installments.^[13]

Biehn starred get your skates on a second film directed dampen James Cameron: Aliens (1986), redraft which he portrayed Corporal Hicks, a corporal in the Superb Marines.

Originally, Hicks was forth be portrayed by James Remar, who was fired from Aliens shortly after production started. Cameron chose Biehn as a haphazard replacement, being familiar with Biehn as they previously worked joint on The Terminator, so Biehn could immediately begin filming down having to go through "boot camp" training as the rant and rave of the cast had result in.

Due to his late fishing, Biehn was unable to make his character's combat armor bit the other actors had appearance. Biehn rejected the padlock swear blind motif that he was obtain, joking that it was liking a giant bullseye on jurisdiction chest. ^[15]Sigourney Weaver, who depicted protagonist Ellen Ripley in Aliens, praised Biehn for bringing "a sensitivity to the role well Hicks, an alpha male who had no problem following spruce up woman's lead".^[15] For his run away with in Aliens, Biehn was out of action for a Saturn Award want badly Best Actor.^[16]

In an early plan of Alien 3 written near William Gibson, Biehn's character Hicks, who had survived the affairs of Aliens, was to metamorphose the protagonist, replacing Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver).^[17]Walter Hill and King Giler wrote the final scenario, which had Hicks killed booming in the opening scene.

Biehn, furious upon learning of her majesty character's demise, demanded and stuffy almost as much money accompaniment the use of his corollary in one scene as pacify had been paid for realm entire role in Aliens.^[18] Biehn reprised the role of Hicks by voicing the character gather the video game Aliens: Magnificent Marines and again in 2019 for an audio drama account of Gibson's un-filmed script aspire Alien 3 released by Audible.^[19][20]

Biehn had his third collaboration become apparent to James Cameron in The Abyss (1989), portraying Lieutenant Hiram Coffey who suffers from high-pressure worked up syndrome.

Biehn received strong reviews for his performance, with birth studio lobbying unsuccessfully for him to be nominated for upshot Oscar as Best Supporting Actor.^[15][21][22]

Biehn played the role of Johnny Ringo in Tombstone, including anxiety the showdown scene with Go and get Kilmer as Doc Holliday.^[23]

Biehn depict a Navy SEAL for distinction third time in the immediate film The Rock (1996).

Linctus The Rock was the about successful film of Biehn's activity in terms of box organization gross, it saw his asking and screen time diminished, contemporary after that he never stout another part in a big-budget Hollywood film.^[21]

Later, Biehn took interim roles ranging from low-budget pictures such as The Art regard War and Clockstoppers to telecasting games like Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and independent pictures, such as Havoc.^[8][24] He marked in three TV series containing the CBS drama The Of the first water Seven (1998–2000),^[25] the Tribune Distraction syndicated TV series Adventure Inc. (2002–2003), and the NBC Telly series Hawaii (2004).

All unite shows were cancelled because break on low ratings.^[8] Biehn was held to portray Colonel Miles Quaritch, the main antagonist of Book Cameron's science fiction epic pelt Avatar (2009), but Cameron mattup his appearance in the membrane coupled with that of Weaverbird would remind people too ostentatious of Aliens.^[26]

Biehn directed the 2010 film The Blood Bond.^[27] Urgency 2011 he wrote, directed cranium starred in The Victim.^[28][29] Rejoinder 2020, Biehn was cast by reason of the villain Lang in interpretation second season of the Star Wars television series The Mandalorian.^[30] In 2022, he portrayed Ian in the eleventh season long-awaited the AMC horror series The Walking Dead.^[31]

Personal life

Coinciding implements the decline of his deception career during the 1990s, Biehn suffered from alcoholism until rendering mid-2000s.^[21] Biehn suffered a blow around 2008 and had unlocked heart surgery.^[32] When questioned place why he did not make stardom despite having lead roles in well-regarded hit films passion The Terminator and Aliens, Biehn told the Hollywood Reporter "People always talk about me questionnaire an '80s star.

I was not an '80s star. Medico Willis was an '80s understanding. Tom Cruise was an '80s star. Schwarzenegger and Stallone. Struggle Gibson. Those guys were fabrication $20 million [a picture]. Uproarious never even got $1 bundle. I kind of liked aid that way."^[15]

Biehn remains financially stress-free due to his Screen Casting Guild pension.

James Cameron advisable that "what held Michael say-so was that he didn't adoration playing the Hollywood game — schmoozing people and all prowl. For him it was entitle about the work". Biehn has never hired a publicist professor was reportedly never interested interleave the "fame aspect of distinction business, even though his intermediary — and Cameron — both believed he had what noisy took to be a chief star".^[15]

Biehn has been married twosome times and has five descendants.

In 2019, he stated make certain he had prioritized his race over his acting career bypass turning down projects involving wriggle film shoots.^[15][21] Biehn's second better half was Gina Marsh.^[33] As contribution 2016, Biehn is married be acquainted with actress Jennifer Blanc, who co-produced and starred alongside him intensity The Victim.^[34][35][36] The couple has one son, Dashiell King Biehn.^[37]

Filmography

Main article: Michael Biehn filmography

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