Michael Biehn
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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
Filmography
Onslaught
2026
as Baylor
Predator: Killer of Killers
2025
as Vandy (voice)
Rippy
2024
as Uncle Schmitty
Aliens Expanded
2024
as Self
The Lockdown
2024
as Max Hightower
Terminator: Hunter Killer
2021
as Kyle Reese (voice) (archive footage)
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
as David Carver
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
2020
as Self
Red Handed
2020
as Reynolds
Killer Weekend
2020
as Dr. Carol
#NoJoke
2019
as Self
The Mandalorian
2019
as Lang
The Shadow Effect
2017
as Sheriff Hodge
She Rises
2017
as Daddy Longlegs
The Night Visitor 2: Heather's Story
2016
as Agent Walker
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
2015
as King Yannick
The Night Visitor
2015
as Agent Walker
Tapped Out
2014
as Reggie
Hidden in the Woods
2014
as Oscar Crocker
The Girl
2014
as Father
The Legend of DarkHorse County
2014
as Future Jon Ford
Treachery
2013
as Henry
Sushi Girl
2012
as Mike
The Divide
2012
as Mickey
Among Friends
2012
as Actor in hallucination scene
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
2012
as Shérif Biehn
The Victim
2011
as Kyle
Take Me Home Tonight
2011
as Bill Franklin
Puncture
2011
as Red
Yellow Rock
2011
as Tom Hanner
From Darkness
2011
as Agent Doug Albright
Jacob
2011
as Lawrence Kell
Psych:9
2010
as Det. Marling
The Blood Bond
2010
as John Tremayne
Bereavement
2010
as Jonathan Miller
The Walking Dead
2010
as Ian
Saving Grace B. Jones
2009
as Landy Bretthorst
Streets of Blood
2009
as Agent Brown
Dark Blue
2009
as Lt. Jay Frye
Stiletto
2008
as Lee
Planet Terror
2007
as Sheriff Hague
They Wait
2007
as O'Connell
Spin
2007
as Tony Russo
Grindhouse
2007
as Sheriff Hague (segment "Planet Terror")
The Insatiable
2006
as Strickland
The Legend of Butch & Sundance
2006
as Mike Cassidy
Dragon Squad
2005
as Petros Angelo
Havoc
2005
as Stuart Lang
Criminal Minds
2005
as Detective Ron Fullwood
Hawaii
2004
as Sean Harrison
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
2003
as Self
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
as Self
Clockstoppers
2002
as Henry Gates
Borderline
2002
as Det. Macy Kobacek
The Alien Saga
2002
as Self
The Making of 'Tombstone'
2002
as Self
Adventure Inc.
2002
as Judson Cross
Alien Evolution
2001
as Self / 'Cpl. Dwayne Hicks'
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
as David Alexander
Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator'
2001
as Self
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Leland Dockerty
Cherry Falls
2000
as Sherrif Brent Marken
Chain of Command
2000
as Craig Thornton
The Art of War
2000
as Robert Bly
Silver Wolf
1999
as Roy McLean
Susan's Plan
1998
as Bill
American Dragons
1998
as Detective Tony Luca
The Magnificent Seven
1998
as Chris Larabee
Asteroid
1997
as FEMA Director Jack Wallach
Dead Men Can't Dance
1997
as Robert Hart
The Ride
1997
as Smokey Banks
Asteroid
1997
as Jack Wallach
Mojave Moon
1996
as Boyd
The Rock
1996
as Commander Charles Anderson
Conundrum
1996
as Det. Stash Horvak
Breach of Trust
1995
as Casey Woods
Jade
1995
as Bob Hargrove
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King
1995
as Jackie Ryan
Blood of the Hunter
1995
as Philip Thorton / Blake
Deep Red
1994
as Joe Keyes
Tombstone
1993
as Johnny Ringo
Strapped
1993
as Matthew McRae
Deadfall
1993
as Joe Donan
Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'
1993
as Self
T2: More Than Meets the Eye
1993
as Self
A Taste for Killing
1992
as Bo Landry
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
K2
1991
as Taylor Brooks
Timebomb
1991
as Eddy Kay / Oliver Dykstra
Navy Seals
1990
as Lt. James Curran
The Word
1990
The Abyss
1989
as Lieutenant Hiram Coffey
The Seventh Sign
1988
as Russell Quinn
In a Shallow Grave
1988
as Garnet Montrose
Rampage
1987
as Anthony Fraser
Aliens
1986
as Corporal Hicks
Die Nacht aus Blei
1985
as Eseleine
Deadly Intentions
1985
as Dr. Charles Raynor
The Making of the Terminator
1985
as Self
The Terminator
1984
as Kyle Reese
The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
1984
as Sébastien
The Lords of Discipline
1983
as John Alexander
China Rose
1983
as Daniel Allen
American Playhouse
1982
as Garnet Montrose
The Fan
1981
as Douglas Breen
Hill Street Blues
1981
Hog Wild
1980
as Tim Warner
The Paradise Connection
1979
as Larry DeWitt
Zuma Beach
1978
as J.D.
No Prince for My Cinderella
1978
as Mark Johnson
Coach
1978
as Jack
A Fire in the Sky
1978
as Tom Rearden
Grease
1978
as Mike (uncredited)
The Runaways
1978
as Mark Johnson
James at 15
1977
as Tony
Logan's Run
1977
as Sandman
Family
1976
as Jake
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Seth