Actor Michael Biehn: biography, films, photos

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Michael Biehn is an American actor, producer, screenwriter and director. Acting in films since 1977. He has more than 120 film and television roles to his credit.

The most successful films of the actor "Aliens", "Terminator", "Abyss", television series "Criminal Minds", "Undercover", "Law & Order. Criminal Intent".

Childhood and youth

Michael was born on 1956-31-07 in Anniston, Alabama. The full name of the actor is Michael Connell Bean. For the first fifteen years of his life, Bean lived with his parents in the city of Lincoln, Nebraska. The boy studied frankly poorly, but he participated in school productions with pleasure and played "in the war" with his peers.

In 1971, Michael and his parents moved to Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Here Bean managed to finish school and go to college. Michael still studied poorly and spent all his free time in the student theater, as he later admitted, because there were a lot of beautiful girls.

Michael won a scholarship competition to the University of Arizona for the theater department. Parents, aware of their son's poor academic performance, discouraged him from dropping out of college and going to university, but Bean was adamant.

After studying for a while at the University of Arizona, in 1975 the guy decides to go to Los Angeles to "storm film studios" in an attempt to become an actor. In those years, Michael still did not have much faith in his strength and in his talent. All the guy wanted was to finally start an independent adult life.

Career start

Michael Bina (a photo of the actor in his youth confirms this), he was very lucky with his appearance. A pretty face, athletic figure, height 183 cm - thanks to all this, Bean very quickly became his own in acting circles. To gain a foothold there even more, Michael enrolled in an acting class and got to know all the students and teachers.

In parallel with establishing the necessary connections in the acting environment, the guy worked as a model in magazines, starred in commercials. Over time, Bean was able to join the Screen Actors Guild.

Michael did not give up his ambition to succeed in the acting profession. He took private acting lessons from Vincent Chase. To get acquainted with producers, directors, screenwriters, the guy worked as a site administrator at a television studio and a title editor.

First roles

After two years of such efforts, in 1977, Michael was cast in a cameo role in the television series Logan's Run. Next for the actor begana series of small and episodic roles in films and television.

Casting specialists noticed a certain duality in the appearance and character of actor Michael Biehn. It was impossible at first glance to determine whether he is a positive hero in the film or a negative one. In his appearance, unpredictability and danger were read, so Michael was offered to play either heroes in trouble or scoundrels.

In 1981, Bean gets his first lead role in a film. This is the role of Douglas Brin in the film directed by Edward Bianchi "The Admirer". In the story, Douglas works as a salesman in a music store. He is an ardent admirer of the famous theater star Sally Ross. Douglas writes letters to Sally, but her secretary throws them away without burdening the star with them. Breen finds out about this, loses his mind and attacks the secretary, and then Sally herself.

The film was not liked by film critics and was even nominated for the Golden Raspberry in the Worst Song category.

Fantastic thriller "Terminator"

The Terminator is a 1984 film directed by James Cameron. The plot is based on the fight between a human and a terminator robot from the future. The robot arrived from 2029. His goal is to kill a girl whose son will win the war of people against machines in the future.

The three main roles in the film were played by: Terminator - Arnold Schwarzenegger, girl Sarah Conor - Linda Hamilton, a soldier from the future Kyle Reese - Michael Biehn.

Films similar to "Terminator" in terms of unusualness and entertainment were not released until 1984to the screen. On a $6 million budget, the film grossed over $38 million at the box office.

It is interesting that Michael did not immediately get the role of Kyle Reese, originally Schwarzenegger was supposed to play this role. Other candidates for this role were actors Kurt Russell, Tommy Lee Jones, Mickey Rourke, Mel Gibson and Bruce Willis.

Michael, having come to the casting, began to speak with a southern accent. He did this because he was just training the accent for other screen tests. This set the actor apart from other candidates for this role.

As a result, the picture was liked not only by the audience, but also by critics. The Terminator was nominated for the Saturn Awards in seven categories, winning three awards.

Private life

The actor is married for the third time. The first two wives of the actor are actresses Gina Marsh and Carlin Olsen. From each of these marriages, the actor has two children.

Michael's third wife is actress Jennifer Blanc. Michael and Jennifer got married in 2009. Bean and Blank had a son in March 2015.