Post by tomishereagain on May 1, 2016 13:09:09 GMT -6
Born:
Lance James Henriksen
May 5, 1940 (age 75)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Residence:
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality:
American
Occupation:
Actor, voice actor, artist
Years active:
1961–present
Height:
1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Spouse(s):
Mary Jane Evans (m. 1985–89)
Jane Pollack (m. 1995–2006)
Children:
2
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Film
Year - Title - Role - Notes
1961 - The Outsider - U.S. Marine - Uncredited
1975 - Dog Day Afternoon - Murphy
1976 - Mansion of the Doomed - Dr. Dan Bryan
1976 - Network Network - lawyer at Khan's place
1976 - The Next Man - Federal Security
1977 - Close Encounters of the Third - Kind Robert
1978 - Damien: Omen II - Sergeant Neff
1979 - The Visitor - Raymond Armstead
1981 - Piranha II: The Spawning - Police Chief Steve Kimbrough
1981 - Prince of the City - D.A. Burano
1983 - Blood Feud - Mel Pierce - TV film
1983 - Nightmares - MacLeod
1983 - The Right Stuff - Wally Schirra
1984 - The Terminator - Detective Hal Vukovich
1985 - Jagged Edge - Frank Martin
1985 - Savage - Dawn Stryker
1986 - Aliens - Bishop
1986 - On Dangerous Ground - Brook Alastair
1987 - Near Dark - Jesse Hooker
1988 - Pumpkinhead - Ed Harley
1989 - House III: The Horror Show - Detective Lucas McCarthy
1989 - Survival Quest - Hank
1989 - Johnny Handsome - Rafe Garrett
1989 - Hit List - Chris Caleek
1990 - The Pit and the Pendulum - Torquemada
1991 - Stone Cold - Chains Cooper
1992 - Jennifer 8 - Sgt. Freddy Ross
1992 - Alien 3 - Bishop/Bishop II
1992 - Delta Heat - Jackson Rivers
1993 - Excessive Force - Devlin
1993 - Super Mario Bros. - The King - Cameo appearance
1993 - Man's Best Friend - Dr. Jarret
1993 - Hard Target - Emil Fouchon
1993 - Knights - Job
1994 - No Escape - The Father
1994 - Color of Night - Buck
1994 - Boulevard - McClaren
1994 - Felony - Taft
1995 - Aurora: Operation Intercept - William Stenghel
1995 - The Quick and the Dead - Ace Hanlon
1995 - Dead Man - Cole Wilson
1995 - Powder - Sheriff Doug Barnum
1995 - Mind Ripper - Stockton - a.k.a. The Outpost
1995 - The Nature of the Beast - Jack Powell
1996 - Dusting Cliff 7 - Colonel Roger McBride - a.k.a. Last Assassins
1997 - Gunfighter's Moon - Frank Morgan
1997 - No Contest II - Eric Dane / Erich Dengler
1998 - The Day Lincoln Was Shot - Abraham Lincoln - TV film
1999 - Tarzan - Kerchak - Voice
2000 - Scream 3 - John Milton
2001 - Lost Voyage - David Shaw - TV film
2001 - The Mangler 2 - Headmaster Bradeen
2002 - The Untold - Harlan Knowles - a.k.a. Sasquatch
2003 - Antibody - Dr. Richard Gaynes
2003 - Mimic: - Sentinel Garbageman
2003 - Unspeakable - Pitchford
2004 - Modigliani - Foster Kane
2004 - Madhouse - Dr. Franks
2004 - Alien vs. Predator - Charles Bishop Weyland
2004 - Starkweather - The Mentor
2004 - Paranoia 1.0 - Howard - a.k.a. One Point O
2005 - Into the West - Daniel Wheeler - TV miniseries
2005 - Tarzan II - Kerchak - Voice
2005 - Supernova - Colonel Harlan Williams - TV film
2005 - Hellraiser: Hellworld - The Host
2006 - When a Stranger Calls - Voice of the Stranger
2006 - The Garden - Ben Zachary
2006 - Abominable - Ziegler Dane
2006 - Sasquatch Mountain - Chase Jackson
2006 - The Da Vinci Treasure - Dr. John Coven
2006 - Superman: Brainiac Attacks - Brainiac Voice
2006 - Pirates of Treasure Island - Long John Silver
2006 - Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes - Ed Harley - TV film
2007 - Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud - Ed Harley - TV film
2007 - Bone Dry - Jimmy
2007 - In the Spider's Web - Dr. Lecorpus - TV film
2007 - The Chosen One - Cardinal Fred - (voice)
2008 - Deadwater - Col. John Willets - a.k.a. Black Ops
2008 - Dying God - Chance
2008 - Dark Reel - Connor Pritchett
2008 - Appaloosa - Ring Shelton
2008 - Necessary Evil - Dr. Fibrian
2008 - Pistol Whipped - The Old Man - Direct-to-video
2008 - Prairie Fever - Monte James - Direct-to-video
2008 - Alone in the Dark II - Abner Lundbert - Direct-to-video
2008 - Ladies of the House - Frank - TV film
2009 - Screamers: The Hunting - Orsow - Direct-to-video
2009 - The Slammin' Salmon - Dick Lobo
2009 - The Seamstress - Sheriff Virgil Logan
2009 - The Lost Tribe - Gallo
2009 - Jennifer's Body - Passing Motorist - Cameo
2010 - Cyrus - Emmett
2010 - The Genesis Code - Dr. Hoffer
2010 - Godkiller - Mulciber - Voice
2010 - Scream of the Banshee - Broderick Duncan
2010 - Good Day for It - Lyle Tyrus
2010 - The Witches of Oz - Henry Gale
2010 - The Penitent Man - Mr. Darnell
2011 - Beautiful Wave - Jimmy
2011 - Monster Brawl - God - Voice
2012 - The Arcadian - Father Reed
2012 - Astronaut: The Last Push - Walter Moffitt
2012 - My Dog the Champion - Billy
2013 - Gingerclown - Braineater - Voice
2013 - The Book of Daniel - Cyrus
2013 - Phantom - Markov
2014 - The Sector - Shadow Man
2014 - Hollows Grove - Bill
2014 - Garm Wars: The Last Druid - Wydd
2015 - Harbinger Down - Graff
2015 - Fragile Storm - Norman - Short film
2015 - Kids vs Monsters - Heinrich
2015 - Stung - Caruthers
2015 - Spirit Riders - Rex
2016 - Me Him Her - The Stranger
2016 - Lake Eerie -Pop
Year - Title - Role - Notes
1961 - The Outsider - U.S. Marine - Uncredited
1975 - Dog Day Afternoon - Murphy
1976 - Mansion of the Doomed - Dr. Dan Bryan
1976 - Network Network - lawyer at Khan's place
1976 - The Next Man - Federal Security
1977 - Close Encounters of the Third - Kind Robert
1978 - Damien: Omen II - Sergeant Neff
1979 - The Visitor - Raymond Armstead
1981 - Piranha II: The Spawning - Police Chief Steve Kimbrough
1981 - Prince of the City - D.A. Burano
1983 - Blood Feud - Mel Pierce - TV film
1983 - Nightmares - MacLeod
1983 - The Right Stuff - Wally Schirra
1984 - The Terminator - Detective Hal Vukovich
1985 - Jagged Edge - Frank Martin
1985 - Savage - Dawn Stryker
1986 - Aliens - Bishop
1986 - On Dangerous Ground - Brook Alastair
1987 - Near Dark - Jesse Hooker
1988 - Pumpkinhead - Ed Harley
1989 - House III: The Horror Show - Detective Lucas McCarthy
1989 - Survival Quest - Hank
1989 - Johnny Handsome - Rafe Garrett
1989 - Hit List - Chris Caleek
1990 - The Pit and the Pendulum - Torquemada
1991 - Stone Cold - Chains Cooper
1992 - Jennifer 8 - Sgt. Freddy Ross
1992 - Alien 3 - Bishop/Bishop II
1992 - Delta Heat - Jackson Rivers
1993 - Excessive Force - Devlin
1993 - Super Mario Bros. - The King - Cameo appearance
1993 - Man's Best Friend - Dr. Jarret
1993 - Hard Target - Emil Fouchon
1993 - Knights - Job
1994 - No Escape - The Father
1994 - Color of Night - Buck
1994 - Boulevard - McClaren
1994 - Felony - Taft
1995 - Aurora: Operation Intercept - William Stenghel
1995 - The Quick and the Dead - Ace Hanlon
1995 - Dead Man - Cole Wilson
1995 - Powder - Sheriff Doug Barnum
1995 - Mind Ripper - Stockton - a.k.a. The Outpost
1995 - The Nature of the Beast - Jack Powell
1996 - Dusting Cliff 7 - Colonel Roger McBride - a.k.a. Last Assassins
1997 - Gunfighter's Moon - Frank Morgan
1997 - No Contest II - Eric Dane / Erich Dengler
1998 - The Day Lincoln Was Shot - Abraham Lincoln - TV film
1999 - Tarzan - Kerchak - Voice
2000 - Scream 3 - John Milton
2001 - Lost Voyage - David Shaw - TV film
2001 - The Mangler 2 - Headmaster Bradeen
2002 - The Untold - Harlan Knowles - a.k.a. Sasquatch
2003 - Antibody - Dr. Richard Gaynes
2003 - Mimic: - Sentinel Garbageman
2003 - Unspeakable - Pitchford
2004 - Modigliani - Foster Kane
2004 - Madhouse - Dr. Franks
2004 - Alien vs. Predator - Charles Bishop Weyland
2004 - Starkweather - The Mentor
2004 - Paranoia 1.0 - Howard - a.k.a. One Point O
2005 - Into the West - Daniel Wheeler - TV miniseries
2005 - Tarzan II - Kerchak - Voice
2005 - Supernova - Colonel Harlan Williams - TV film
2005 - Hellraiser: Hellworld - The Host
2006 - When a Stranger Calls - Voice of the Stranger
2006 - The Garden - Ben Zachary
2006 - Abominable - Ziegler Dane
2006 - Sasquatch Mountain - Chase Jackson
2006 - The Da Vinci Treasure - Dr. John Coven
2006 - Superman: Brainiac Attacks - Brainiac Voice
2006 - Pirates of Treasure Island - Long John Silver
2006 - Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes - Ed Harley - TV film
2007 - Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud - Ed Harley - TV film
2007 - Bone Dry - Jimmy
2007 - In the Spider's Web - Dr. Lecorpus - TV film
2007 - The Chosen One - Cardinal Fred - (voice)
2008 - Deadwater - Col. John Willets - a.k.a. Black Ops
2008 - Dying God - Chance
2008 - Dark Reel - Connor Pritchett
2008 - Appaloosa - Ring Shelton
2008 - Necessary Evil - Dr. Fibrian
2008 - Pistol Whipped - The Old Man - Direct-to-video
2008 - Prairie Fever - Monte James - Direct-to-video
2008 - Alone in the Dark II - Abner Lundbert - Direct-to-video
2008 - Ladies of the House - Frank - TV film
2009 - Screamers: The Hunting - Orsow - Direct-to-video
2009 - The Slammin' Salmon - Dick Lobo
2009 - The Seamstress - Sheriff Virgil Logan
2009 - The Lost Tribe - Gallo
2009 - Jennifer's Body - Passing Motorist - Cameo
2010 - Cyrus - Emmett
2010 - The Genesis Code - Dr. Hoffer
2010 - Godkiller - Mulciber - Voice
2010 - Scream of the Banshee - Broderick Duncan
2010 - Good Day for It - Lyle Tyrus
2010 - The Witches of Oz - Henry Gale
2010 - The Penitent Man - Mr. Darnell
2011 - Beautiful Wave - Jimmy
2011 - Monster Brawl - God - Voice
2012 - The Arcadian - Father Reed
2012 - Astronaut: The Last Push - Walter Moffitt
2012 - My Dog the Champion - Billy
2013 - Gingerclown - Braineater - Voice
2013 - The Book of Daniel - Cyrus
2013 - Phantom - Markov
2014 - The Sector - Shadow Man
2014 - Hollows Grove - Bill
2014 - Garm Wars: The Last Druid - Wydd
2015 - Harbinger Down - Graff
2015 - Fragile Storm - Norman - Short film
2015 - Kids vs Monsters - Heinrich
2015 - Stung - Caruthers
2015 - Spirit Riders - Rex
2016 - Me Him Her - The Stranger
2016 - Lake Eerie -Pop
Television
Year - Title - Role
1980 - B.A.D. Cats - Timothy
1980 - Ryan's Hope - Preston Post
1983 - Cagney & Lacey - Johnny Nose
1983 - Hardcastle and McCormick - Deseau
1984 - The A-Team - Mack Dalton
1984 - Riptide - John McMasters
1984 - Legmen - Finch
1984 - Cagney & Lacey - Sgt. King
1984 - Hardcastle and McCormick - Josh Fulton
1989 - Beauty and the Beast
1990–1991 - Tales from the Crypt - Reno Crevice, Sergeant Ripper
1996–1999 - Millennium - Frank Black
1999 - The X-Files - Frank Black
1999 - Harsh Realm - General
2001 - The Legend of Tarzan - Kerchack
2004 - Static Shock - Kobra Leader
2005 - Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! - Mobius Quint
2005 - Into the West - Daniel Wheeler
2005 - IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix - Andrei Rublev
2007 - Caminhos do Coração - Dr. Walker
2008 - DEA - Narrator Voice
2008–2009 - Transformers: Animated - Lockdown
2009 - NCIS - Sheriff Clay Boyd
2010 - The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes - Grim Reaper
2010 - Castle - Benny Stryker
2011 - Memphis Beat - Tom Harrison
2011 - The Dog Who Saved Halloween - Prof. Eli Cole
2012 - Tron: Uprising - Tesler Voice
2012 - The Legend of Korra - The Lieutenant
2013 - Hannibal - Lawrence Wells
2014 - The Strain - Narrator Voice
2015 - The Blacklist - Bill McCready
2015 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Zog Voice
2015 - Into the Badlands - Penrith
2016 - Criminal Minds - Chazz Montolo
Year - Title - Role
1980 - B.A.D. Cats - Timothy
1980 - Ryan's Hope - Preston Post
1983 - Cagney & Lacey - Johnny Nose
1983 - Hardcastle and McCormick - Deseau
1984 - The A-Team - Mack Dalton
1984 - Riptide - John McMasters
1984 - Legmen - Finch
1984 - Cagney & Lacey - Sgt. King
1984 - Hardcastle and McCormick - Josh Fulton
1989 - Beauty and the Beast
1990–1991 - Tales from the Crypt - Reno Crevice, Sergeant Ripper
1996–1999 - Millennium - Frank Black
1999 - The X-Files - Frank Black
1999 - Harsh Realm - General
2001 - The Legend of Tarzan - Kerchack
2004 - Static Shock - Kobra Leader
2005 - Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! - Mobius Quint
2005 - Into the West - Daniel Wheeler
2005 - IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix - Andrei Rublev
2007 - Caminhos do Coração - Dr. Walker
2008 - DEA - Narrator Voice
2008–2009 - Transformers: Animated - Lockdown
2009 - NCIS - Sheriff Clay Boyd
2010 - The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes - Grim Reaper
2010 - Castle - Benny Stryker
2011 - Memphis Beat - Tom Harrison
2011 - The Dog Who Saved Halloween - Prof. Eli Cole
2012 - Tron: Uprising - Tesler Voice
2012 - The Legend of Korra - The Lieutenant
2013 - Hannibal - Lawrence Wells
2014 - The Strain - Narrator Voice
2015 - The Blacklist - Bill McCready
2015 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Zog Voice
2015 - Into the Badlands - Penrith
2016 - Criminal Minds - Chazz Montolo
Video games
Year - Title - Role
2002 - Run Like Hell - Nick Conner Voice
2002 - Red Faction II - Molov Voice
2002–2004 - Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Abaddon Voice
2005 - Gun - Thomas MacGruder Voice
2007 - Mass Effect - Admiral Steven Hackett Voice
2008 - Transformers Animated: The Game - Lockdown Voice
2009 - The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena - Max Dacher Voice
2009 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - General Shepherd Voice
2010 - Aliens vs. Predator - Karl Bishop Weyland Voice
2011 - Mass Effect 2: Arrival - Admiral Steven Hackett Voice
2011 - Star Wars: The Old Republic - Jedi Master Gnost-Dural Voice
2012 - Mass Effect 3 - Admiral Steven Hackett Voice
2012 - Infex - Hazelton Voice
2013 - Aliens: Colonial Marines - Bishop/Michael Weyland
Recent
2017 Wraith (post-production)
Fr. Ehrlich
2017 Being (pre-production)
Reverend Campbell
2017 The Unwilling (post-production)
Father Harris
2016 Acre Beyond the Rye (filming)
Dr. Bradford Weeks
2016 The Sector (completed)
The Finisher
2016 Through the Night (announced)
Jake
2016 Gehenna - Where Death Lives (post-production)
Morgan
2016 After the Sun Fell (post-production)
Dicky
2016 Deserted (completed)
Hopper
2016 Needlestick (completed)
Alexander Crick
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen (post-production)
Lance
Gone Are the Days (pre-production)
Taylon
Justice Served (completed)
Henry Callas
West of Hell (post-production)
The Devil
2016 Daylight's End
Frank Hill
2016 Cut to the Chase
The Man
2015-2016 The Blacklist (TV Series)
Bill McCready
- Mr. Solomon (No. 32) (2016) ... Bill McCready
- The Longevity Initiative (No. 97) (2015) ... Bill McCready
- The Major (No. 75) (2015) ... Bill McCready
- T. Earl King VI (No. 94) (2015) ... Bill McCready
Year - Title - Role
2002 - Run Like Hell - Nick Conner Voice
2002 - Red Faction II - Molov Voice
2002–2004 - Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Abaddon Voice
2005 - Gun - Thomas MacGruder Voice
2007 - Mass Effect - Admiral Steven Hackett Voice
2008 - Transformers Animated: The Game - Lockdown Voice
2009 - The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena - Max Dacher Voice
2009 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - General Shepherd Voice
2010 - Aliens vs. Predator - Karl Bishop Weyland Voice
2011 - Mass Effect 2: Arrival - Admiral Steven Hackett Voice
2011 - Star Wars: The Old Republic - Jedi Master Gnost-Dural Voice
2012 - Mass Effect 3 - Admiral Steven Hackett Voice
2012 - Infex - Hazelton Voice
2013 - Aliens: Colonial Marines - Bishop/Michael Weyland
Recent
2017 Wraith (post-production)
Fr. Ehrlich
2017 Being (pre-production)
Reverend Campbell
2017 The Unwilling (post-production)
Father Harris
2016 Acre Beyond the Rye (filming)
Dr. Bradford Weeks
2016 The Sector (completed)
The Finisher
2016 Through the Night (announced)
Jake
2016 Gehenna - Where Death Lives (post-production)
Morgan
2016 After the Sun Fell (post-production)
Dicky
2016 Deserted (completed)
Hopper
2016 Needlestick (completed)
Alexander Crick
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen (post-production)
Lance
Gone Are the Days (pre-production)
Taylon
Justice Served (completed)
Henry Callas
West of Hell (post-production)
The Devil
2016 Daylight's End
Frank Hill
2016 Cut to the Chase
The Man
2015-2016 The Blacklist (TV Series)
Bill McCready
- Mr. Solomon (No. 32) (2016) ... Bill McCready
- The Longevity Initiative (No. 97) (2015) ... Bill McCready
- The Major (No. 75) (2015) ... Bill McCready
- T. Earl King VI (No. 94) (2015) ... Bill McCready
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Trivia
Has two daughters: Sage Ariel (12 October 1999) and Alcamy (b. 1987).
Was illiterate until the age of thirty, when he learned to read by studying movie scripts.
His father was a Merchant Marine seaman nicknamed "Icewater".
Parents divorced when he was two.
Dropped out of school and left home at age 12.
Served in the United States Navy.
There was talk of having him reprise his role as Detective Vukovich in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003). The idea was to have his character bound in a wheelchair (after having survived the events of the original film). However, that idea was eventually rejected.
Was considered for the title role in The Terminator (1984), but was ruled out when it was decided that Arnold Schwarzenegger (who was reading for the role of Kyle Reese) would be the perfect choice as the Terminator.
Has had at least two franchise characters written for him over the years. James Cameron originally wrote The Terminator (1984) character with him in mind, as did Victor Salva with the Creeper from the Jeepers Creepers (2001) movies.
In addition to having faced off against lethal aliens in the "Alien" and "Predator" films, he has also appeared in a film about more benevolent aliens:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
As a young man, he hitchhiked across the United States.
He was James Cameron's original choice for the title role in The Terminator (1984) when the concept was for a machine that could blend into a crowd. Cameron had even made concept drawings of Henriksen as the Terminator. When the concept was changed, and Arnold Schwarzenegger was cast, Henriksen was re-cast as Det. Vukovich. When Cameron made Aliens (1986), he cast Henriksen as Bishop, an android.
Lived in Borneo for three years when he was a kid.
Enjoys pottery and has been doing it for over 40 years.
He has filmed over seven movies in Romania.
He was walking through a hotel lobby in Romania (where he was wrapping up another film) when he was offered One Point O (2004).
Is a big fan of Eminem's music.
Loves to vacation in Hawaii.
He and Bill Paxton are the only two actors to face off against a Terminator, an Alien and a Predator.
He is the only actor besides Sigourney Weaver to appear in more than one "Alien" movie.
The Irish electronica group Machines of Love have a song entitled "Lance Henriksen".
The group's frontman P.A.L.A.S has said that he's a huge fan of his films and says that he's "criminally underrated".
Bears a striking resemblance to actor 'Stephen McHattie', with whom he is often confused.
They even once played twin brothers, on an episode of the television series Beauty and the Beast (1987) called "Snow".
Lives in Santa Clarita, California.
The part of Frank Black in Millennium (1996) was written with him in mind.
Claims to have improvised his entire role in Stone Cold. He still believes it to be among his best roles.
Broke his hand while filming Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981) in Jamaica after jumping 40 feet out of a helicopter doing his own stunts. A crew member took him to the local hospital, but the sight of chickens rooting in a dumpster full of bloody bandages prompted him to reconsider medical treatment. He finished the shoot (in extreme pain) with a broken hand.
Spent four and a half months in Miami's Dade County Jail at age 17 for being an accomplice to a vehicle theft and eluding police in a car chase (the man driving, and guilty of the crime, was a person that had picked him up hitchhiking). Also spent a short stint in a Tucson, Arizona, jail for vagrancy in 1960.
The western The Big Sky (1952) was one of his biggest influences to get into film as a young man.
By the time he was 8 years old, he had spent time in two orphanages, a boarding school and a foster home.
Did not start acting until he was 30 years old.
Along with Charles Nelson Reilly, David Fredericks and Brittany Tiplady, he is one of only four actors to play the same character (Frank Black) in both The X-Files (1993) and Millennium (1996).
As of 2015, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976) and The Right Stuff (1983).
Was cast as the voice of Kerchak in Tarzan (1999) because the filmmakers felt that his powerfully deep voice was perfect to fill the size of the character.
His father was a Norwegian immigrant, born in Tønsberg.
Trivia
Has two daughters: Sage Ariel (12 October 1999) and Alcamy (b. 1987).
Was illiterate until the age of thirty, when he learned to read by studying movie scripts.
His father was a Merchant Marine seaman nicknamed "Icewater".
Parents divorced when he was two.
Dropped out of school and left home at age 12.
Served in the United States Navy.
There was talk of having him reprise his role as Detective Vukovich in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003). The idea was to have his character bound in a wheelchair (after having survived the events of the original film). However, that idea was eventually rejected.
Was considered for the title role in The Terminator (1984), but was ruled out when it was decided that Arnold Schwarzenegger (who was reading for the role of Kyle Reese) would be the perfect choice as the Terminator.
Has had at least two franchise characters written for him over the years. James Cameron originally wrote The Terminator (1984) character with him in mind, as did Victor Salva with the Creeper from the Jeepers Creepers (2001) movies.
In addition to having faced off against lethal aliens in the "Alien" and "Predator" films, he has also appeared in a film about more benevolent aliens:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
As a young man, he hitchhiked across the United States.
He was James Cameron's original choice for the title role in The Terminator (1984) when the concept was for a machine that could blend into a crowd. Cameron had even made concept drawings of Henriksen as the Terminator. When the concept was changed, and Arnold Schwarzenegger was cast, Henriksen was re-cast as Det. Vukovich. When Cameron made Aliens (1986), he cast Henriksen as Bishop, an android.
Lived in Borneo for three years when he was a kid.
Enjoys pottery and has been doing it for over 40 years.
He has filmed over seven movies in Romania.
He was walking through a hotel lobby in Romania (where he was wrapping up another film) when he was offered One Point O (2004).
Is a big fan of Eminem's music.
Loves to vacation in Hawaii.
He and Bill Paxton are the only two actors to face off against a Terminator, an Alien and a Predator.
He is the only actor besides Sigourney Weaver to appear in more than one "Alien" movie.
The Irish electronica group Machines of Love have a song entitled "Lance Henriksen".
The group's frontman P.A.L.A.S has said that he's a huge fan of his films and says that he's "criminally underrated".
Bears a striking resemblance to actor 'Stephen McHattie', with whom he is often confused.
They even once played twin brothers, on an episode of the television series Beauty and the Beast (1987) called "Snow".
Lives in Santa Clarita, California.
The part of Frank Black in Millennium (1996) was written with him in mind.
Claims to have improvised his entire role in Stone Cold. He still believes it to be among his best roles.
Broke his hand while filming Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981) in Jamaica after jumping 40 feet out of a helicopter doing his own stunts. A crew member took him to the local hospital, but the sight of chickens rooting in a dumpster full of bloody bandages prompted him to reconsider medical treatment. He finished the shoot (in extreme pain) with a broken hand.
Spent four and a half months in Miami's Dade County Jail at age 17 for being an accomplice to a vehicle theft and eluding police in a car chase (the man driving, and guilty of the crime, was a person that had picked him up hitchhiking). Also spent a short stint in a Tucson, Arizona, jail for vagrancy in 1960.
The western The Big Sky (1952) was one of his biggest influences to get into film as a young man.
By the time he was 8 years old, he had spent time in two orphanages, a boarding school and a foster home.
Did not start acting until he was 30 years old.
Along with Charles Nelson Reilly, David Fredericks and Brittany Tiplady, he is one of only four actors to play the same character (Frank Black) in both The X-Files (1993) and Millennium (1996).
As of 2015, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976) and The Right Stuff (1983).
Was cast as the voice of Kerchak in Tarzan (1999) because the filmmakers felt that his powerfully deep voice was perfect to fill the size of the character.
His father was a Norwegian immigrant, born in Tønsberg.
You can't do every movie - although I do a lot of them - and the thing I'm longing to do is . . . it's not that I think I'm funny . . . but I long to do a situation comedy.
I'm pretty slapstick in my life but nobody sees that. You get typecast. I'm from New York and I have a shit-detector that's outspoken. I'm very streetwise and the producers detect that. So they get me on a movie and kill me. I go into their offices and I'm sure when I leave they say, "You know, he'd be great to kill". I've been killed every way you can imagine.
I started in theatre, my first job was designing sets. I didn't know what I was doing, but I had a talent for making dramatic sets; I had been a painter for years. The first play I did, I got the job because I had built the set! And I didn't even know I got the lead part. The key thing to remember in this business is that they don't invite you in, but once you're in they won't kick you out. So start small and it will grow.
(2011, on making three Sasquatch movies) the end of the Sasquatch movies. If you've done three, there are no more expressions you could possibly have left towards a Sasquatch that would be new, unless he steps on me. Don't even mention Sasquatch to me. If I get another script that says "The Sasquatch looks around the tree," I'm going to go, "No way, leave me alone, man."
