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Full Name:	Michael Biehn
Birth Name:	Michael Connell Biehn
Famous As:	Actor
Date of Birth:	July 31, 1956
Place of Birth:	Anniston, Alabama, USA
Height:	6'
Nationality:	American

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Michael Biehn
Michael Biehn, 2008
Born	Michael Connell Biehn July 31, 1956 (age 53) Anniston, Alabama, U.S.
Other name(s)	Mike, Mick(ey)
Years active	1977–present
Spouse(s)	Carlene Olsen (1980-1987) (divorced) Gina Marsh (1988-2008) (divorced)

Michael Connell Biehn (born July 31, 1956) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in James Cameron's science-fiction-action films The Terminator, Aliens, and The Abyss. He has also acted in other genres in such films as Tombstone, The Rock, and Planet Terror. On television, Biehn appeared in the cast of the Emmy-Award winning 1980s television series Hill Street Blues.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

Personal life

Biehn was born in Anniston, Alabama, the son of Marcia (née Connell) and Don Biehn, a lawyer,¹² and grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska.³ He has three siblings: Brooks Ann, Jonathon and Steven. Biehn attended high school in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and was a member of the high school drama club. He then attended the drama program at the University of Arizona (where he joined Sigma Nu Fraternity) for two years before heading to Hollywood.

Biehn has been married twice, first to Carlene Olsen (1980–1987), and then to Gina Marsh (1988–2008). He has four sons, including twin boys.

Career

Perhaps Biehn's most memorable role was that of Kyle Reese, a lonely sergeant sent back in time by John Connor to save Sarah Connor in the 1984 movie The Terminator. He has appeared in three other films directed by James Cameron: Aliens (playing a major secondary role as Corporal Hicks), The Abyss (playing a major role as Lieutenant Hiram Coffey) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (his briefly reprised role as Reese which was removed from the theatrical release but restored in the special editions and the director's cut). For his role as Lt. Coffey in The Abyss, the studio lobbied hard to get Biehn nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, but to no avail.

A picture of Biehn as Kyle Reese in The Terminator was reproduced as the cover-art of the 1987 video game Metal Gear,⁴ which was meant to portray the game's protagonist, Solid Snake.

In an early draft of Alien 3 written by William Gibson, Biehn's character Hicks (who had survived the events of Aliens) was to become the main protagonist, replacing Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley.⁵ However, Walter Hill and David Giler penned the final script, which had Hicks killed off in the opening scene. Biehn, upon learning of his character's demise, demanded and received almost as much money for the use of his likeness in one scene as he had been paid for his role in Aliens.⁶

In the 2000s, Biehn has taken acting roles ranging 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 three TV series including the CBS drama The Magnificent Seven (1998–2000), the Tribune Entertainment syndicated TV series Adventure, Inc. (2002–2003), and the NBC TV series Hawaii (2004). All three shows were subsequently cancelled due to low ratings. Biehn was considered for a role in James Cameron's new sci-fi epic movie Avatar (2009), but Cameron felt his appearance in the film coupled with that of Sigourney Weaver's would remind people too much of Aliens and not of Avatar as an original film of its own.⁷

On November 7, 2008, TV Guide reported that Biehn will guest-star in a February episode of the CBS drama Criminal Minds.⁸

In every James Cameron movie Michael appears in, his character is bitten on the hand by another character. This does not include Terminator 2: Judgment Day (however, Biehn is only in one scene in this film, and the scene is not part of the theatrical version; it is only available in the extended edition of the film). Also, Michael Biehn has died or been seriously injured in every James Cameron film he's appeared in, as well as most of his other roles. His character has been killed off in The Abyss, Tombstone, Terminator, The Rock and Grindhouse. Hicks survives the events of Aliens however, only to be killed off immediately at the start of the third movie. Biehn stars in the thriller Bereavement and Psych 9.⁹

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1978	Grease	Mike, basketball player	Uncredited
	Coach	Jack Ripley
1980	Hog Wild	Tim Warner
1981	The Fan	Douglas Breen
1983	The Lords of Discipline	Cadet John Alexander
1984	The Terminator	Sgt. Kyle Reese
	The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian	Sebastian	Made-for-TV Movie
1985	Deadly Intentions	Dr. Charles Rayner
1986	Aliens	Corporal Dwayne Hicks	Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actor
1987	Rampage	Anthony Fraser
1988	The Seventh Sign	Russell Quinn
	In a Shallow Grave	Garnet Montrose
1989	The Abyss	Lieutenant Hiram Coffey
1990	Navy Seals	Lieutenant James Curran
1991	Timebomb	Eddie Kay
	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Kyle Reese	Cameo, Special Edition only
1992	K2	Taylor Brooks
	A Taste for Killing	Bo Landry	Made-for-TV Movie
1993	Strapped	Detective Matthew McRae	Made-for-TV Movie
	Deadfall	Joe Dolan
	Tombstone	Johnny Ringo
1994	Deep Red	Joe Keyes	Made-for-TV Movie
1995	In the Kingdom of the Blind	Jackie Ryan	Cameo
	Jade	Detective Bob Hargrove
	Blood of the Hunter	Blake	Made-for-TV Movie
	Breach of Trust	Casey Woods
1996	Frame by Frame	Detective Stash Horvak	Made-for-TV Movie
	Mojave Moon	Boyd
	The Rock	Commander Charles Anderson
1997	Asteroid	FEMA Director Jack Wallach	Made-for-TV Movie
	Dead Men Can't Dance	Hart
	The Ride	Smokey Banks
1998	Susan's Plan	Bill
	American Dragons	Det. Tony Luca
1998–2000	The Magnificent Seven	Chris Larabee	TV Series
1999	Silver Wolf	Roy McLean	Made-for-TV Movie
2000	Chain of Command	Secret Service Agent Craig Thornton
	Cherry Falls	Sheriff Brent Marken
	The Art of War	Robert Bly
2001	Megiddo: The Omega Code 2	President David Alexander
2002	Clockstoppers	Henry Gates
	Borderline	Det. Macy Kobacek
2002–2003	Adventure Inc.	Judson Cross	TV Series
2004	The Legend of Butch & Sundance	Mike Cassidy	Made-for-TV Movie
	Hawaii	Det. Sean Harrison	TV Series
2005	Havoc	Stuart Lang
	Dragon Squad	Petros Angelo
2007	The Insatiable	Strickland
	You Are Here	Tony Russo
	Grindhouse	Sheriff Hague	Segments Planet Terror and Thanksgiving
	They Wait	Blake O'Connell	Cameo
2008	Stiletto	Lee
2009	Saving Grace	Landy Bretthorse
	Streets of Blood	Agent Brown
	Psych 9	Det. Marling10
	Bereavement	Jonathan Miller
2010	Young Americans	Policeman
	The Blood Bond	John Tremayne	Acting and Directing

References

External links

• Michael Biehn at the Internet Movie Database
• Michael Biehn at Allmovie
• Phoenix - Michael Biehn Archive
• Michael Biehn DVD & film information site