June 19, 2020

Hello Fans,

I'm very excited about today's featured celebrity! Today, we are catching up with '80s action icon Michael Biehn. Biehn has been in some of the most memorable, quotable, and rewatchable movies of the 1980s, 1990s, and beyond! He starred in The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, then there's Navy Seals, The Rock, Grindhouse, and one of my favorite westerns - Tombstone! What a career, right?!

So let's what is keeping Biehn busy these days! I think I might rewatch The Terminator... or Aliens... maybe Tombstone. So many choices.

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Michael Biehn

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BIRTH DATE: July 31, 1956 in Anniston, Alabama, USA

BIRTH NAME: Michael Connell Biehn

CLAIM TO FAME: Michael Biehn is an American actor, primarily known for his military roles in science fiction films directed by James Cameron; as Sgt. Kyle Reese in The Terminator (1984), Cpl. Dwayne Hicks in Aliens (1986), and Lt. Coffey in The Abyss (1989). Biehn also had a very memorable turn in the role of Johnny Ringo in Tombstone (1993).

FAMILY LIFE: Biehn has been married three times. His first wife was actress Carlene Olson, whom he married on July 11, 1980. They had twin sons, Devon and Taylor before divorcing in 1987. He then married his second wife in 1988, Gina Marsh. They had two sons, Caelan Michael and Alexander before separating in 2008. Biehn is now married to actress Jennifer Blanc. The couple have one son, Dashiell King Biehn, born March 21, 2015.

INFO: Surname pronounced "Bean".

He's the second of three boys born for Marcia and Don Biehn, a lawyer.

Attended the University of Arizona on a drama scholarship. He left school two years early to pursue his career in Hollywood.

Is a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity at the University of Arizona.

His acting teacher was the late Lauren Bacall.

Was nominated at the 1986 Saturn Awards for Best Actor in Aliens (1986), won the Special Award at the 1989 Saturn Awards for The Abyss (1989), and won the Lifetime Career Award at the 2011 Saturn Awards.

In 2011, at the Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival, Biehn won the Time-Machine Honorary Award.

TRIVIA: Biehn is a big basketball fan.

He almost did not get the role of Kyle Reese in The Terminator (1984) because at his first audition he spoke in a Southern accent. He had just come from another audition for a stage production of "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof" and had not been able to shake the accent, and the producers did not want the character Kyle Reese to seem regionalized. After calling and talking with Biehn's agent, they gave him another audition and he got the role.

Replaced actor James Remar as Corporal Dwayne Hicks in Aliens (1986).

A shot of him as Kyle Reese in the movie The Terminator (1984) was reproduced as the cover-art of the video game Metal Gear (1987).

He turned down a role in Eight Men Out (1988).

Has played a Navy SEAL three times: The Abyss (1989), Navy Seals (1990) and The Rock (1996).

He stated in an interview that making Navy Seals (1990) was "probably the worst experience of my life".

Filmed a cameo in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) in which Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) fantasizes a meeting with him, but the scene was cut from the theatrical release; it later became available in the director's cut edition.

His personal favorite of all the films he has done is Tombstone (1993).

For his role on Tombstone (1993), he was trained by renowned Hollywood Gun Coach Thell Reed.

Biehn stated that not being asked to reprise his role as Corporal Dwayne Hicks for Alien 3 (1992) was one of the biggest disappointments of his career.

He declined to audition for the role of McManus in The Usual Suspects (1995).

Biehn directed the 2010 film The Blood Bond. In 2011 he wrote, directed and starred in The Victim.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW: Biehn seems to be busier than ever with several projects in the works. Thriller Killer Weekend is awaiting release, drama The Hype is currently in pre-production, and horror film The Farm has recently been announced to start production. The most exciting bit of news is that Biehn has joined the stellar cast of the hit Disney+ series The Mandalorian. I cannot wait to see that!

CREDITS:

2019 Red Handed...Reynolds

2019 Curfew (TV Series)...Roadkill Jim
- Episode #1.2 (2019) ... Roadkill Jim

2017 The Shadow Effect...Sheriff Hodge

2016 Trials of the Blood Dragon (Video Game)...Sgt. Rex 'Power' Colt (voice)

2016 The Night Visitor 2: Heather's Story...Agent Walker

2016 She Rises...Daddy Longlegs

2016 The Girl...Father

2015 The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (Video)...King Yannick

2014 Hidden in the Woods...Oscar Crocker

2014 The Dark Forest...Peter

2014 24 Hour Rental (TV Series)...Buzz
- Don of the Dead (2014) ... Buzz
- Through the Looking Glass (2014) ... Buzz
- Shit Rolls Downhill (2014) ... Buzz
- The Last Porno Show (2014) ... Buzz
- The Curse of the Gypsy Part (2014) ... Buzz
- Night of the Junkie Dead (2014) ... Buzz
- A Short Guide to Getting Heads (2014) ... Buzz
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished (2014) ... Buzz
- The Tangled Web We Weave (2014) ... Buzz
- The Wages of Sin Are $70 (2014) ... Buzz
- The Silent Treatment (2014) ... Buzz
- Fingered by Fate (2014) ... Buzz

2014 Tapped Out...Reggie Munroe

2014 The Legend of DarkHorse County...Future Jon Ford

2014 Metal Hurlant Chronicles (TV Series)...Sheriff Jones
- Whiskey in the Jar (2014) ... Sheriff Jones

2013 The Night Visitor...Agent Walker

2013 Aliens: Colonial Marines - Stasis Interrupted (Video Game)...Dwayne Hicks

2013 Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (Video Game)...Sgt. Rex 'Power' Colt (voice)

2013 Treachery...Henry

2013 Aliens: Colonial Marines (Video Game)...Cpl. Dwayne Hicks (voice)

2012 Sushi Girl...Mike

2011 Jacob...Lawrence Kell

2011 From Darkness (Short)...Agent Doug Albright

2011 Yellow Rock...Tom Hanner

2011 The Victim...Kyle Limato

2011 Puncture...Red

2011 The Divide...Mickey

2011 Take Me Home Tonight...Bill Franklin

2010 The Blood Bond...John Tremayne

2010 Bereavement...Jonathan Miller

2010 Psych:9...Det. Marling

2009 Dark Blue (TV Series)...Lt. Jay Frye
- O.I.S. (2009) ... Lt. Jay Frye

2009 Streets of Blood (Video)...Agent Michael Brown

2009 Saving Grace B. Jones...Landy Bretthorst

2009 Criminal Minds (TV Series)...Detective Ron Fullwood
- Cold Comfort (2009) ... Detective Ron Fullwood

2008 Stiletto...Lee

2007 They Wait...Blake O'Connell

2007 Planet Terror...Sheriff Hague

2007 Grindhouse...Sheriff Hague (segment "Planet Terror")

2007 Spin...Tony Russo

2006 The Insatiable...Strickland

2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series)...Deputy Commissioner Leland Dockerty
- The War at Home (2006) ... Deputy Commissioner Leland Dockerty

2005 Dragon Squad...Petros Angelo

2005 Havoc...Stuart Lang

2004 The Legend of Butch & Sundance (TV Movie)...Mike Cassidy

2004 Hawaii (TV Series)...Sean Harrison
- Out of Time (2004) ... Sean Harrison
- No Man Is an Island (2004) ... Sean Harrison
- Lost and Found (2004) ... Sean Harrison
- Psych-out (2004) ... Sean Harrison
- Cops 'n' Robbers (2004) ... Sean Harrison
- Underground (2004) ... Sean Harrison
- Hawaiian Justice (2004) ... Sean Harrison
- Almost Paradise ... Sean Harrison

2002-2003 Adventure Inc. (TV Series)...Judson Cross
All 22 episodes

2002 Borderline (TV Movie)...Det. Macy Kobacek

2002 Clockstoppers...Henry Gates

2001 Megiddo...David Alexander

2000 The Art of War...Robert Bly

2000 Cherry Falls...Sherrif Brent Marken

1998-2000 The Magnificent Seven (TV Series)...Chris Larabee / Chris Larrabee
All 22 episodes

2000 Chain of Command...Craig Thornton

1999 Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (Video Game)...Commander Michael McNeil

1999 Silver Wolf (TV Movie)...Roy McLean

1998 Susan's Plan...Bill

1998 American Dragons...Tony

1997 The Ride...Smokey Banks

1997 Dead Men Can't Dance...Robert Hart

1997 Asteroid (TV Movie)...FEMA Director Jack Wallach

1996 Mojave Moon...Boyd

1996 The Rock...Commander Anderson

1996 T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (Video short)...Kyle Reese (uncredited)

1996 Conundrum (TV Movie)...Det. Stash Horvak

1995 Crash...Casey Woods

1995 Jade...Bob Hargrove

1995 In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King...Jackie Ryan

1995 Tales of the Wild (TV Series)...Blake / Philip Thornton
- Le sang du chasseur (1995) ... Blake / Philip Thornton

1994 Deep Red (TV Movie)...Joe Keyes

1993 Tombstone...Johnny Ringo

1993 Deadfall...Joe Donan

1993 Strapped (TV Movie)...Matthew McRae

1992 A Taste for Killing (TV Movie)...Bo Landry

1991 K2...Taylor

1991 Timebomb...Eddy Kay / Oliver Dykstra

1990 Navy Seals...Lt. James Curran

1989 The Abyss...Lt. Coffey

1988 In a Shallow Grave...Garnet Montrose

1988 The Seventh Sign...Russell Quinn

1987 Rampage...Anthony Fraser

1986 Aliens...Corporal Hicks

1985 Die Nacht aus Blei (TV Movie)...Eselein

1985 Deadly Intentions (TV Movie)...Dr. Charles Raynor

1984 The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian (TV Movie)...Sébastien

1984 Hill Street Blues (TV Series)...Off. Randall Buttman
- Bangladesh Slowly (1984) ... Off. Randall Buttman
- Fowl Play (1984) ... Off. Randall Buttman
- Rookie Nookie (1984) ... Off. Randall Buttman

1984 The Terminator...Kyle Reese

1983 China Rose (TV Movie)...Daniel Allen

1983 The Lords of Discipline...John Alexander

1981 The Fan...Douglas Breen

1980 Hog Wild...Tim Warner

1979 The Paradise Connection (TV Movie)...Larry

1978-1979 The Runaways (TV Series)...Mark Johnson
All 17 episodes

1979 Steeletown (TV Movie)...Gibby Anderson, Bill's brother

1979 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series)...Seth
- The Terrible Secret (1979) ... Seth

1979 Family (TV Series)...Jake
- The Athlete (1979) ... Jake

1978 A Fire in the Sky (TV Movie)...Tom Rearden

1978 Zuma Beach (TV Movie)...J.D.

1978 Grease...Mike - School Athlete (uncredited)

1978 Coach...Jack Ripley

1977 Logan's Run (TV Series)...Sandman
- Logan's Run (1977) ... Sandman

1977 James at 16 (TV Series)...Tony
- Pilot (1977) ... Tony

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