Michael Biehn

Has played a Navy SEAL three times: The Abyss , Navy Seals and The Rock .

In James Cameron s The Terminator , he gets bitten on the hand by another character. He has suffered the same on-screen injury in every James Cameron film he has been in: in The Terminator he is bitten by Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton ) in Aliens Rebecca "Newt" Jorden (Carrie Henn ) does the same thing, and in The Abyss Virgil "Bud" Brigman (Ed Harris ) does the honors. This was alluding to him being bitten on the hand in James Camerons version of Spider-Man.

Replaced actor James Remar as Corporal Dwayne Hicks in Aliens .

He almost did not get the role of Kyle Reese in The Terminator because at his first audition he spoke in a Southern accent. He had just come 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 Biehns agent, they gave him another audition and he got the role.

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

Has two children with Carlene Olson : twin boys, Devon and Taylor Biehn.

Has two sons with ex-wife Gina Marsh : Caelan Biehn and Alexander Biehn.

Was nominated for Best Actor at the 1986 Saturn Awards for Aliens and won a Special Award at the 1989 Saturn Awards for The Abyss .

Said that he did not get to interact with Arnold Schwarzenegger very much while filming The Terminator . Ironically, fans often ask him what it was like to work with Arnold.

James Cameron considered using him as the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day , which would have been a reversal of the roles Biehn previously had with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the original. Eventually, however, Cameron decided against the idea on the basis that it would have been too confusing for the audience.

Filmed a cameo in Terminator 2: Judgment Day 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 directors edition. Biehn said in an interview that he was not surprised that the scene was cut, seeing as how it had little to do with the films overall story.

Has appeared in five films with Bill Paxton : The Lords of Discipline , The Terminator , Aliens , Navy Seals and Tombstone . They are also good friends.

Surname pronounced "Bean".

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

Has appeared in two films with Ed Harris , in both of which he played a Navy SEAL: The Abyss and The Rock .

A shot of him as Kyle Reese in the movie The Terminator was reproduced as the cover-art of the video game Metal Gear . Biehn was chosen as a model as he was then at the peak of his fame, and would be the ideal actor to play Metal Gears protagonist Solid Snake had Metal Gear been an action movie.

The studio pushed hard for an Academy Award nomination for Biehn as Best Supporting Actor in The Abyss - an award he ultimately did not win or even got nominated for.

Cites not being asked to reprise his role as Corporal Dwayne Hicks for Alien as one of the biggest disappointments of his career.

Partner is actress Jennifer Blanc-Biehn.

For his role on Tombstone , he was trained by renowned Hollywood Gun Coach Thell Reed , who has also trained such actors as: Kurt Russell , Val Kilmer , Bill Paxton , Sam Elliot , Russell Crowe , Brad Pitt , Girard Swan and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Friends with Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox.

He was considered for the role of Caledon Hockley in Titanic and even met with James Cameron for the role, but ultimately the role went to Billy Zane. Biehn and Zane appeared together in Tombstone and Susans Plan .

He was considered for the role of Colonel Miles Quaritch in James Cameron s Avatar , which went to Stephen Lang.

His top five actors are: 1. Sean Penn 2. Denzel Washington 3. Johnny Depp 4. Jeff Bridges 5. Ed Harris.

Loves basketball.

Has played basketball in high school and is shown playing basketball in three of his films: Coach , Grease and The Art of War .

Of all the films he has done, his favorite is Tombstone .

Has stated in interviews that his favorite roles were Johnny Ringo and Kyle Reese.

Currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Turned down roles in Near Dark and Eight Men Out .

In his two most famous roles (as Kyle Reese in The Terminator and Corporal Dwayne Hicks in Aliens ), he is injured towards the end of the film and has the films heroine help him to walk.

Won the Exceptional Achievement Award at the 2011 STTV/ITVfest Awards.

Won the 2011 Life Career Award at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.

He named his favorite films as The Lost Weekend , The Godfather , The Godfather: Part II , One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest , Taxi Driver and Unforgiven .

Son-in-law of Jenise Blanc.

His ancestry includes English, German, Irish, Scottish and Bohemian (Czech).

Became a father for the fifth time. He has a son named Dashiell King Biehn (born March 21, 2015). Childs mother is his girlfriend/partner Jennifer Blanc-Biehn.

He declined to audition for the role of McManus in The Usual Suspects . The role went to Stephen Baldwin.

He was considered for the role of Jerome Talget in The Grey , which went to Dermot Mulroney.

He auditioned for the lead role in Dredd , but lost out to Karl Urban.

He originally read for the role of Tom Chisum in Grease , but lost out to Lorenzo Lamas. He did get a much smaller role in the film.

He was considered for the role of Ned Pepper in True Grit , but lost out to Barry Pepper.

He was considered for the lead role in Mad Max: Fury Road , which went to Tom Hardy.

He was considered for the role of Jonathan Kent in Man of Steel , which went to Kevin Costner.

He was considered for the role of Bodhi in Point Break , which went to Patrick Swayze.

He turned down the role of Detective King in Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2 , which went to Owain Yeoman.

Stepson-in-law of Randy Chance Graham.

His characters are frequently killed or seriously injured: The Terminator , Aliens , The Abyss , The Fan , Mojave Moon , The Rock , Cherry Falls , Tombstone , Chain of Command , Jade , The Art of War , Bereavement , Stiletto (2008/II) , The Scorpion King: The Lost Throne , Mang lung , Planet Terror , Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 , A Taste for Killing , Navy Seals , The Victim , Sushi Girl , Streets of Blood and the list goes on.

He was considered for the role of Uncle Eddie on "Big Love" , which would have reunited him with Bill Paxton for the sixth time. Much to his chagrin, the producers turned around and gave the role to Brian Kerwin.

Dropped out from The Contractor due to scheduling conflicts with Planet Terror . He was replaced by Ralph Brown.

In November 2003, he began filming in New York a project called Amerikanets ("The American"), directed by cult Russian director Alexey Balabanov, with Aleksey Chadov and Viktor Sukhorukov rounding out the cast. The thriller involved a US investment banker, named Nick McGuire, making an unauthorized investment in a Russian pulp mill. When the deal turns sour, he travels to Siberia to uncover the mystery. According to Balabanov, filming in New York went smoothly, but when the crew moved to Norilsk, Northern Siberia, Biehn started drinking vodka heavily. After four days of filming, the production relocated to Irkutsk, Central Siberia where, again according to the Russian director, Biehn would drank himself to a stupor. Balabanov refused to continue filming, and the project was canceled.

His acting teacher was the late Lauren Bacall.

[on the chase scenes in The Terminator (1984) ] Looking back on,it, I realize we were really going at some high speeds those nights.

One night, my adrenaline was running so high I actually tore the,steering wheel off, and I just looked over at Linda [Hamilton] and said,"Here, you drive!".

Hell, Aliens (1986) looks better than the Alien films that came,after it.

[on refusing money to lend his body likeness for Alien (1992) ] I,was really stupid back then.