Michael Biehn

ActorProducerDirectorWriterCrew Jul 31 (age 69) Anniston, Alabama, USA 1972–2026 (54 year career)

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Biography

Michael Connell Biehn is an American actor whose work in 1980s and 1990s genre cinema helped define the modern action and science-fiction lead. He is most closely associated with James Cameron’s films, where he repeatedly embodied hardened, battle-tested characters grounded in realism rather than spectacle, most famously Kyle Reese in The Terminator (1984), Corporal Hicks in Aliens (1986), and Lieutenant Coffey in The Abyss (1989). Those performances became blueprints for the emotionally restrai…

Known For

Film

Aliens

Corporal Hicks

Film

The Terminator

Kyle Reese

Film

Grease

Mike (uncredited)

Film

The Rock

Commander Charles Anderson

Film

The Abyss

Lieutenant Hiram Coffey

Film

Tombstone

Johnny Ringo

Film

Planet Terror

Sheriff Hague

Film

Predator: Killer of Killers

Vandy (voice)

Filmography

Acting (117)

Movies (100)

Onslaught

2026 Upcoming

Aug 27

Predator: Killer of Killers

as Vandy (voice)

Rippy

as Uncle Schmitty

The Lockdown

as Max Hightower

Aliens Expanded

as Self

Terminator: Hunter Killer

2021

as Kyle Reese (voice) (archive footage)

8.5

Red Handed

2020

as Reynolds

4.3

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

as Self

Killer Weekend

as Dr. Carol

#NoJoke

as Self

The Shadow Effect

as Sheriff Hodge

She Rises

as Daddy Longlegs

The Night Visitor 2: Heather's Story

2016

as Agent Walker

4.8

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

as King Yannick

The Night Visitor

as Agent Walker

Hidden in the Woods

as Oscar Crocker

The Legend of DarkHorse County

2014

as Future Jon Ford

The Girl

as Father

Tapped Out

as Reggie

Treachery

as Henry

The Divide

as Mickey

Sushi Girl

as Mike

Among Friends

as Actor in hallucination scene

Puncture

as Red

Take Me Home Tonight

as Bill Franklin

The Victim

as Kyle

Jacob

as Lawrence Kell

Yellow Rock

as Tom Hanner

From Darkness

as Agent Doug Albright

The Blood Bond

as John Tremayne

Bereavement

as Jonathan Miller

Psych:9

as Det. Marling

Streets of Blood

as Agent Brown

Saving Grace B. Jones

as Landy Bretthorst

Stiletto

as Lee

Planet Terror

as Sheriff Hague

Grindhouse

as Sheriff Hague (segment "Planet Terror")

They Wait

as O'Connell

Spin

as Tony Russo

The Insatiable

as Strickland

The Legend of Butch & Sundance

as Mike Cassidy

Havoc

as Stuart Lang

Dragon Squad

as Petros Angelo

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

2003

as Self

7.6

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

as Self

Clockstoppers

as Henry Gates

Borderline

as Det. Macy Kobacek

The Alien Saga

as Self

The Making of 'Tombstone'

2002

as Self

Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator'

2001

as Self

5.3

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

2001

as David Alexander

4.5

Alien Evolution

2001

as Self / 'Cpl. Dwayne Hicks'

5.9

Cherry Falls

2000

as Sherrif Brent Marken

The Art of War

as Robert Bly

Chain of Command

as Craig Thornton

Silver Wolf

as Roy McLean

American Dragons

as Detective Tony Luca

Susan's Plan

as Bill

Asteroid

as FEMA Director Jack Wallach

The Ride

as Smokey Banks

Dead Men Can't Dance

as Robert Hart

The Rock

as Commander Charles Anderson

Conundrum

as Det. Stash Horvak

Mojave Moon

as Boyd

Jade

as Bob Hargrove

Breach of Trust

as Casey Woods

In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King

1995

as Jackie Ryan

2.7

Blood of the Hunter

1995

as Philip Thorton / Blake

Deep Red

as Joe Keyes

Tombstone

as Johnny Ringo

Strapped

as Matthew McRae

Deadfall

as Joe Donan

Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'

1993

as Self

7.9

T2: More Than Meets the Eye

as Self

A Taste for Killing

as Bo Landry

as Taylor Brooks

Timebomb

as Eddy Kay / Oliver Dykstra

Navy Seals

as Lt. James Curran

The Abyss

as Lieutenant Hiram Coffey

The Seventh Sign

as Russell Quinn

In a Shallow Grave

as Garnet Montrose

Rampage

as Anthony Fraser

Aliens

as Corporal Hicks

Die Nacht aus Blei

as Eseleine

Deadly Intentions

as Dr. Charles Raynor

6.4

The Making of the Terminator

as Self

The Terminator

as Kyle Reese

The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

as Sébastien

China Rose

as Daniel Allen

The Lords of Discipline

as John Alexander

The Fan

as Douglas Breen

Hog Wild

as Tim Warner

The Paradise Connection

1979

as Larry DeWitt

Grease

as Mike (uncredited)

Coach

as Jack

A Fire in the Sky

as Tom Rearden

Zuma Beach

as J.D.

No Prince for My Cinderella

1978

as Mark Johnson

James at 15

1977

as Tony

The Dark Forest

as Peter

Television (17)

Law & Order: Organized Crime

as David Carver

The Mandalorian

as Lang

Metal Hurlant Chronicles

as Shérif Biehn

The Walking Dead

as Ian

Dark Blue

as Lt. Jay Frye

Criminal Minds

as Detective Ron Fullwood

Hawaii

as Sean Harrison

Adventure Inc.

as Judson Cross

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Leland Dockerty

7.6

The Magnificent Seven

as Chris Larabee

Asteroid

as Jack Wallach

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Hill Street Blues

The Runaways

as Mark Johnson

Logan's Run

as Sandman

Family

as Jake

ABC Afterschool Special

1972

as Seth

6.4

Crew (10)

Movies (10)

Killer Weekend

Executive Producer

She Rises

Executive Producer

The Night Visitor

Executive Producer

Hidden in the Woods

Producer

Mindless

Executive Producer

The Victim

Director

The Victim

Screenplay

The Blood Bond

Director

The Blood Bond

Screenplay

Martini Ranch: Reach

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