Michael Biehn

Michael Connell Biehn was born on July 31, 1956 in Anniston, Alabama, to Marcia (Connell) and Don Biehn, a lawyer. He grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska, and at age 14 moved with his family to Lake Havasu, Arizona, where he won a drama scholarship to the University of Arizona. He left prematurely two years later to pursue an acting career in Hollywood. His first big role was as a psychotic fan stalking 'Lauren Bacall' (qv) in _The Fan (1981)_ (qv) and later appeared in _The Lords of Discipline (1983)_ (qv). He hit the big-time when he was cast as Kyle Reese, the man sent back through time to stop 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv) in 'James Cameron' (qv)'s _The Terminator (1984)_ (qv). This established a good working relationship with Cameron, a relationship that should have catapulted Biehn to international stardom. He starred in Cameron's subsequent films, _Aliens (1986)_ (qv) and _The Abyss (1989)_ (qv), the latter a standout performance as unstable Navy SEAL officer Lt. Hiram Coffey. In the 1990s he starred in films like _Navy Seals (1990)_ (qv), _K2 (1991)_ (qv) and was particularly memorable as Johnny Ringo in _Tombstone (1993)_ (qv). Biehn is married and the father of four sons.::André Hansson <andreh@hawkan.pp.se>