Biography

Michael was born on July 31, 1956 in Anniston, Alabama, grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska and at age 14 he moved with his family to Lake Havasu, Arizona where he won a drama scholorship 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 The Fan (1981) and then in The Lords of Discipline (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 The Terminator (1984). This established a good working relationship with Cameron, a relationship which should have catapulted Biehn to international stardom. He starred in Camerons subsequent films, Aliens (1986) and The Abyss (1989), the latter a stand out performance as the unstable Navy SEAL officer Lt Coffey. In the 90's he has starred in films like Navy SEALS (1990), K2 (1991) and he was particularly memorable as Johnny Ringo in Tombstone (1993). Michael currently lives in Sherman Oaks, California with his wife and son, Caelan Michael (now 2 years old). He also has twin boys, Devon and Taylor, from his first marriage. Biography is a compilation of Diana Hollins and Andre Hansson's mini-biographies listed on "The Internet Movie Database". Below is a table that lists some Michael's screen appearances and gives a brief summary of what they were about. This is by no means a complete list. I have additional information on "The Magnificent Seven" so click on the show's title and you will be whisked off to a page that focuses on this outstanding show.

Television and Movie Appearances

YEAR	SHOW	CHARACTER	SUMMARY	PICTURES
1977	James at 15	Tony	Movie A 15-year-old whose family moves from Oregon to Boston misses the girlfriend he left behind, so he runs away to see her. On the way he hooks up with a female art student in her 20s who is also hitchhiking across the country, from whom he learns some valuable lessons about life.
1978	The Runaways	Mark Johnson	Television Series Psychologist David McKay tracks down runaways from bad or broken homes and tries to help them rebuild their lives. He's helped by his girlfriend, Karen Wingate, and by Mark Johnson and Susan Donovan, two former runaways he found and adopted. After a limited run in 1978, the series went on hiatus and returned briefly a year later with psychologist Steve Arizzio replacing McKay, and a revamped supporting cast. Summary by Marg Baskin - copied from "The Internet Movie Database".
1978	Zuma Beach	J.D.	Movie A fading rock singer goes to the beach to get away from it all and winds up getting involved in the lives of the teenage beachgoers.
1978	A Fire in the Sky	Tom Rearden	Movie Astronomers discover a meteor that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but no one believes them.
1978	Coach	Tony	Movie An Olympic Gold medalist is hired to coach the boys basketball team, but when Coach Randy Rawlings arrives, the sexist principal discovers he'a hired a woman. Blocked from firing her due to discrimination laws, he tries to make sure the team loses, so he can fire her for poor performance. Summary written by Brian W. Martz and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1979	The Paradise Connection	Larry	Movie A famous Chicago criminal lawyer, Stuart Douglas, arrives in Maui searching for his son, Bruce, who has run away from a promising legal career; it appears that Bruce has become involved in a dangerous drug smuggling operation. Summary written by Jeff Hole and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1980	Hog Wild	Tim Warner	Movie A boy (Tim Warner), expelled from military school, returns home to his father's disappiontment. He discovers that a motorcycle gang has been terrorizing his high school, and falls in love with the girlfriend (Angie Barnes) of the gang's leader (Bull). He battles the gang, and wins both the admiration of his father and the love of the girl. Summary written by Zeke M. Towson and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1981	The Fan	Douglas Breen (The fan)	Movie A record salesman is an obsessed fan of an actress of stage and screen (Lauren Bacall). However, when his letters are rejected, the fan strikes out at the actress' friends, then at her.
1983	The Lords of Discipline	John Alexander	Movie Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1950's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism. The racists come in the form of The Ten, a secret group of the elite students. They want Pearce to leave on his own free will, but are prepared to torture him to make it 'his free will'. Will is forced to help Pearce and he is prepared to risk his own career to do so. Summary written by Matthew Stanfield and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1983	China Rose	Daniel Allen	Movie I have no idea of what it is about. Sorry.
1983	The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian	Sebastian	Movie Sebastian, Chief Archer in the Roman Army, converts to Christianity. A favorite of Emperor Augustus, Sebastian's devotion to Christ eventually drives him to reject the Emperor's love, causing the Emperor to order Sebastian to be shot with arrows by his fellow archers. Summary written by Kathy and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1985	Hill Street Blues	Randall Buttman	Television Appearance Michael appears in three episodes of this series. The titles were "Rookie Nookie" (Episode 53), "Fowl Play" (Episode 54) and "Bangladesh Slowly" (Episode 55).
1984	The Terminator	Kyel Reese Rechcom Sergeant #BN38416	Movie A human-looking, apparently unstoppable cyborg is sent from the future to kill Sarah Connor; Kyle Reese is sent to stop it.
1985	Deadly Intentions	Charles Raynor	Movie Michael play a psychotic doctor. It is very intense and is based on a true story.
1986	Aliens	Corporal Dwayne Hicks	Movie The sequel to Alien is a non-stop, high-tech, war movie, with Space Marines. Ripley is found in deep space by a salvage ship, 57 years after narrowly escaping with her life - and her cat - at the end of Alien. She then discovers The Company have colonised the planet where the alien was first encountered. When contact with the colony is lost, The Company send a team of Space Marines, with Ripley as an "advisor", to find out what has happened. Summary written by Colin Tinto and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1988	Rampage	Anthony Fraser	Movie Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmas time, then drank their blood. He escapes, though, and starts killing again. Summary written by Brian and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1988	The Seventh Sign	Russel Quinn	Movie Around the world, the signs of the apocalypse--as outlined in the Book of Revelations--seem to be coming to pass in the wake of a mysterious wanderer. Father Lucci, the Vatican Emissary assigned to investigate, dismisses the occurrences as natural, but Abby Quinn, a young American woman, has reason to fear they're real--and that the unfolding events may spell disaster for her unborn child. Summary written by Marge Baskin and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1988	In A Shallow Grave	Garnet Montrose	Movie Micheal plays a handsome, wealthy and well educated man who returns home from war horribly scarred.The story follows his struggle to be accepted by his family and by himself. Summary written by Sami Al-Taher and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1989	The Abyss	Lieutenant Hiram Coffey	Movie An American nuclear submarine is attacked (during the cold war) and crashes underwater. The navy asks the workers of a nearby underwater oil rig who are joined by a number of navy SEALS to locate and investigate the cause of the crash. As the crew embark on their mission, they encounter a number of difficulties and discover that they may not be alone. There is something else down there
1990	Navy SEALS	Lieutenant James Curran	Movie While rescuing an American air crew captured by Mid-Eastern terrorists, Lieutenant Curran and his team of Navy SEALs discover evidence that the terrorists have come into possession of dangerous high-tech weapons. Summary written by Marge Baskin and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1991	K2	Taylor Brooks	Movie Taylor and Harold are good friends and avid climbers. While climbing one day, they meet a man who it seems might be attempting to climb K2, the world's second-highest peak. Always pushy, Taylor bugs the man for a spot on the team, claiming that he and Harold are good enough. They may be very good, but K2 is a very tough mountain. Summary written by Murray Chapman and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1992	Timebomb	Eddie Kaye	Movie When someone tries to murder watchmaker Eddy Kay, the incident triggers a barrage of nightmares and flashbacks into a past that isn't his own. Fearing for his sanity, Eddy contacts psychiatrist Dr. Anna Nolmar for help. Anna thinks he's hallucinating until another attack proves the dangers are all too real. The two of them go on the run, trying to discover the truth about Eddie's past and true identity before it kills them. Summary written by Marge Baskin and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1993	Strapped	Matthew McRea	Movie An Ex-con attempting to go straight runs across serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a desperate attempt to get the charges dropped against his woman, he strikes deal with weapons cop(Michael Biehn) to turn in local gun dealers. How ever, the D.A. is not satisfied with the results, resulting in some serious game playing and double crossing. Summary written by Marge Baskin and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1993	Tombstone	Johnny Ringo	Movie After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity. He meets his brothers there, as well as his old friend Doc Holliday. A band of outlaws that call themselves The Cowboys are causing problems in the region with various acts of random violence, and inevitably come into confrontation with Holliday and the Earps, which leads to a shoot-out at the OK Corral. Summary written by Ed Sutton and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1993	Deadfall	Joe Dolan	Movie After he accidentally kills his father, Mike, during a sting, Joe tries to carry out Mike's dying wish by recovering valuables that Mike's twin brother Lou stole from him years earlier. But Uncle Lou is also a confidence artist, and Joe is soon drawn into his increasingly dangerous schemes. Summary written by Marge Baskin and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1994	Deep Red	Joe Keyes	Movie After a young girl is accidently infected with an alien substance known as "Deep Red", the astonishing results attract the attention of the illustrious scientist Dr. Newmeyer. Disillusioned security expert Joe Keyes must team up with his estranged wife to protect the girl and her mother from the obsessed scientist who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Summary written by Leslie and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1995	Jade	Bob Hargrove	Movie When the assistant district attorney of San Francisco investigates the mysterious death of an important millionaire he discovers that the first suspect in this case is a friend of his who is married to an important lawyer. Now it is difficult for him to distinguish between what is reality and what should be reality. Summary written by Volker Boehm and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1995	In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King	Jackie Ryan	Movie Al is caught between his loyalty to the police force and his love for his brother in a tense setting. It seems that his brother, Rudy, was involved in a mob hit that could potentially start a gang war. Tony C., a local mob boss and childhood acquaintance of Al, hires him to find out who was involved in the hit. Al must find his brother and make some decisions. Summary written by Josh Pasnak and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1995	Crash	Casey Woods	Movie When small-time criminal Casey (Michael Biehn) and local detective Madeline (Leilani Sarelle) get caught in a cross-fire between dirty F.B.I. agents and their drug cartel friends because of a very important computer disk that Casey was delivering, all hell breaks out. Its hard to tell the bad guys from the good guys. Summary written by Richard Jones and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1995	Blood of the Hunter	Blake	Movie Yan Thoreau, a Metis trapper, and his wife, Marie, live in the Canadian wilderness near Hudson Bay just after the turn of the century. Thoreau is framed for murder by a sinister young man, who arrives at the nearby settlement in the guise of a Mountie, and sets off to bring Thoreau to "justice". Summary written by Marge Baskin and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1996	The Rock	Commander Anderson	Movie A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when soldiers threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.
1996	Majave Moon	Boyd	Movie Al McCord is hanging out at his favourite restaurant when he meets an attractive young woman (Ellie) who is looking for a ride from the city out into the Mojave Desert, where her mother lives. Little does he know that while Ellie is falling in love with him, he is falling for her mother (Julie), despite the nearby presence of Julie's boyfriend who seems likely to go berzerk at any moment. Even more strange, hilarious events follow and it's up to Al to find some explanation. His life may never again be the same. Summary written by Neil Wick and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1996	Conundrum	Stash Horvak	Movie A cop and her partner are trying to break a gambling racket in the Vietnamese community. But when her partner's wife is murdered in a gruesome manner, the case takes on a personal cast, and they are up against the cops on their own precinct, as well as the villains on the street...and even each other. Summary written by Kathy Li and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1997	Asteroid	FEMA Director Jack Wallach	TV Mini-series With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to be Dallas, Texas. Generally, the plot follows the lives and reactions of several characters: an astronomer, her father, her son, two firefighters from Kansas, two young doctors in Dallas and the heads of the government agency in charge of the situation. Summary written by P Wong and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1997	Dead Men Can't Dance	Robert Hart	Movie To stamp out the threat of nuclear war, a special ops team must travel to North Korea to carry out a covert mission to destroy a nuclear power plant. Everything does not go as planned. Their communications are cut off and they must remember their survival training to get them through. Summary written by Bren L. M. and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1997	The Ride	Smokey Banks	Movie Smokey Banks is a one-time bull-riding rodeo champion, who became a heavy boozer and after one accident at the bar is sentenced to community service at a ranch camp for orphaned kids. One of the kids, Danny, who knows Smokey's biography, asks Smokey to teach him how to stay in the saddle.
1997	Double Edge/American Dragons	Det. Tony Luca	Movie Murders in Seoul, Korea and in America pair two cops (Michael Biehn, Joong Hung-Park) from each of the countries together to solve the crimes. The investigation leads to a gang war between tha Mafia and the Yakuza, but one that may not be of either of their making. A shadowy assassin (Byron Mann) is killing the leaders and an Italian assassin (Don Stark) may have his own agenda. Summary written by Bren L. M. and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1989-1999	The Magnificent Seven	Chris Larabee: A gunfighter	Television Series This is a television series based on the movie "The Magnificent Seven" that stared Yul Brenner. There were only 23 episodes made... an absoulte travesty! Michael's co-stars included Eric Close, Dale Midkiff and Ron Perlman. The show centred around the seven cowboys facing villians, defending the innocent and bringing their own form of justice to the small town of Four Corners. Click on the title for a more information about this outstanding series.	Click on the picture to be whisked off to some photos of Chris Larabee.
1998	Susan's Plan/Dying to Get Rich	Bill	Movie Susan (Nastassja Kinski) wants her reprehensible ex-husband (Adrian Paul) dead and, in several bungled attempts by henchmen, tries to accomplish the deed. First her boy friend (Billy Zane) hires two dim-witted hitmen (Michael Biehn, Rob Schneider). Summary written by John Sacksteder and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
1999	Silver Wolf	Roy McLean	Movie A ranger (Michael Biehn) and his 16 year old nephew (Shane Meier) struggle to save a wolf from a rancher (Roy Scheider), who is out to kill it.
1999	Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun	Commander Michael McNeil	Computer Game The Sequel to Tiberium Dawn details the happenings of the 21st century where Tiberium has spread across the globe.
2000	Chain of Command	Craig Thornton	Movie Secret Service agents must retrieve the briefcase allowing the President control of America's nuclear arsenal before massive destruction ensues.
2000	Cherry Falls	Sheriff Brent Marken	Movie A killer is killing off the virgins of a small town high school.
2000	The Art of War	Robert Bly	Movie Shaw is an operative for the United Nations' covert dirty-tricks squad, using espionage and quasi-ethical tactics to secure peace and cooperation. When a shipping container full of dead Vietnamese refugees turns up on the docks and China's ambassador is gunned down at a dinner celebrating a new trade agreement with China and the US, Shaw is framed for the murder and must evade the FBI and Triad gangsters to find out what is really going on. Summary written by Jeff Cross and was copied from "The Internet Movie Database.
2001	Megiddo: The Omega Code 2	David Alexander	Movie This is a story about good against evil - of the good brother against the bad brother - of sacrifice to save others.
2001	Clockstoppers	Gates	Movie A teenager accidentally activates a machine that enables him to make time stand still. Michael plays the bad guy who wants the device.
2002	Borderline	Ed Baikman	Television I have no ideas what this one is about. I'll keep looking.	As soon as I find one, I'll put it up.

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