
Michael Biehn
Actor·b. 1956·Anniston, Alabama, USA
28 horror credits
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 restrained, competent action hero and continue to influence how military and sci-fi protagonists are written and played.
Beyond his Cameron collaborations, Biehn appeared in a run of cult and mainstream genre staples, including Navy SEALs (1990), Tombstone (1993), and The Rock (1996), often bringing a grounded intensity that contrasted with larger-than-life co-stars. His portrayal of Johnny Ringo in Tombstone is frequently cited as one of the era’s most memorable villains, defined by menace, precision, and restraint rather than excess.
His cult status was later reinforced during the Tarantino–Rodriguez Grindhouse era with his appearance in Planet Terror (2007), part of the double-feature project released alongside Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, linking Biehn’s legacy to modern exploitation-inspired genre cinema.
Actor27 films

Onslaught

Predator: Killer of Killers
Vandy (voice)

Rippy
Uncle Schmitty

Terminator: Hunter Killer
Kyle Reese (voice) (archive footage)

Red Handed
Reynolds

She Rises
Daddy Longlegs

The Night Visitor 2: Heather's Story
Agent Walker

The Night Visitor
Agent Walker

Among Friends
Actor in hallucination scene

The Divide
Mickey

Jacob
Lawrence Kell

The Victim
Kyle

Bereavement
Jonathan Miller

Psych:9
Det. Marling

They Wait
O'Connell

Planet Terror
Sheriff Hague

Grindhouse
Sheriff Hague (segment "Planet Terror")

The Insatiable
Strickland

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
David Alexander

Cherry Falls
Sherrif Brent Marken

Timebomb
Eddy Kay / Oliver Dykstra

The Abyss
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey

The Seventh Sign
Russell Quinn

Rampage
Anthony Fraser

Aliens
Corporal Hicks

The Terminator
Kyle Reese

The Fan
Douglas Breen
Director1 film

The Victim
Director
Writer1 film

The Victim
Screenplay
Producer3 films

She Rises
Executive Producer

The Night Visitor
Executive Producer

Mindless
Executive Producer