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 in
Der Fanatiker (1981) and later appeared in
Marines - Die Kraft - Der Schmerz - Der Stolz (1983).
He hit the big-time when he was cast as Kyle Reese, the man sent back
through time to stop
Arnold Schwarzenegger in
James Cameron's
Terminator (1984). 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: Die Rückkehr (1986) and
Abyss - Abgrund des Todes (1989), the latter a standout
performance as unstable Navy SEAL officer Lt. Hiram Coffey. In the
1990s he starred in films like
Navy Seals - Die härteste Elitetruppe der Welt (1990),
K2 - Das letzte Abenteuer (1991) and was particularly memorable as
Johnny Ringo in Tombstone (1993). Biehn
is married and the father of five sons.
