Lance Henriksen
Lance Henriksen (born May 5, 1940 in New York City ) is an American actor .
life and work
Henriksen served under age three years in the US Navy , he graduated from New York's Actor's Studio and made his debut in an off-Broadway -Theater in the play Three Plays of the Sea of Eugene O'Neill . He has been known with Al Pacino since his appearance in the 1975 film Dog Days . Henriksen was originally supposed to play the Terminator in James Cameron's Terminator in 1984 , but Arnold Schwarzenegger eventually got the role and Henriksen played a cop. Two years later he worked again with Cameron and played an android in the film Aliens - The Return , which he also played in Alien³ in 1992 and where Sigourney Weaver again took the lead role. He starred alongside Andy García and Uma Thurman in Jennifer 8 (1992) and starred alongside Sharon Stone , Gene Hackman and Russell Crowe in Quicker Than Death (1995) .
He was also in the 1996-1999 television series Millennium , where he played former FBI agent Frank Black . For this role, Henriksen was nominated for the Golden Globe Award in 1997, 1998 and 1999 and for the Saturn Award in 1997 and 1999 . In 2005 he appeared in an episode of the Steven Spielberg- produced television series Into the West .
He achieved a large fan base primarily through his numerous appearances in the field of fantastic films. His work includes more than 150 film and television productions.
In 2009 Henriksen received the Life Career Award at the Saturn Awards .
Private
Henriksen lives in Southern California and is an amateur painter and ceramist in his spare time . He was married to Mary Jane Evans from 1985 to 1988, and in 1995 he married Jane Pollack . He is the father of two children. On May 5, 2011, he published his autobiography Not Bad for a Human , named after his last line of dialogue in Aliens - The Return .
Filmography (selection)
- 1961: The Outsider
- 1972: It Ain't Easy
- 1973: Emperor of the North Pole
- 1974: To Kill the King
- 1975: Dog Days (Dog Day Afternoon)
- 1976: Return to Earth (TV movie)
- 1976: The house with the torture cellar (Mansion of the Doomed)
- 1976: The Next Man
- 1976: Network
- 1977: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Close Encounters of the Third Child)
- 1978: Damien - Omen II
- 1979: The Visitor
- 1980: BAD Cats (TV series)
- 1980: Ryan's Hope (TV series)
- 1981: Piranha 2 - Flying Killer (Piranha Part Two: The Spawning)
- 1981: The Dark End of the Street
- 1981: Prince of the City (Prince of the City)
- 1982: A Question of Honor
- 1983: Persecuted to the Death ( Blood Feud , Movie made for TV)
- 1983: Nightmares (Nightmares)
- 1983: The Right Stuff (The Right Stuff)
- 1984: The A-Team ( The A-Team , television series)
- 1984: Trio with Four Fists ( Riptide , TV series)
- 1984: Legmen (TV series)
- 1984: Cagney & Lacey (TV series)
- 1984: Terminator (The Terminator)
- 1984: Hardcastle & McCormick (TV series)
- 1985: The Knife (Jagged Edge)
- 1985: Night of Retribution ( Streets of Justice , Movie made for TV)
- 1985: The Hyenas (Savage Dawn)
- 1986: Aliens - The Return (Aliens)
- 1986: The Lone Fighter (Choke Canyon)
- 1987: Near Dark - The Night Has Its Price (Near Dark)
- 1988: Martini Ranch - Reach (music video)
- 1988: Deadly Intent
- 1989: The Halloween Monster (Pumpkinhead)
- 1989: Murderous Error (Hit List)
- 1989: House 3 - The Curse of the Mass Murderer (The Horror Show)
- 1989: Johnny Handsome - The beautiful Johnny (Johnny Handsome)
- 1989: Camp of the Lost Devils (Survival Quest)
- 1989: Beauty and the Beast ( The Beauty and the Beast , TV series, 1 episode)
- 1990: Masters of Horror (The Pit and the Pendulum)
- 1991: The Last Samurai
- 1991: Black Berets - Born to Die (Comrades in Arms)
- 1991: Three Paths to Death ( Two-Fisted Tales , TV movie)
- 1991: Stone Cold - Cold as Stone (Stone Cold)
- 1991: Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story
- 1991: Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
- 1991: Delta Heat - Merciless Hunt (Delta Heat)
- 1992: Alien 3 (Alien³)
- 1992: The Criminal Mind
- 1992: Jennifer 8 (Jennifer Eight)
- 1993: The Outfit
- 1993: Excessive Force (Excessive Force)
- 1993: Super Mario Bros.
- 1993 Hard Target (Hard Target)
- 1993: The Criminal Mind
- 1993: Cyborg Warriors (Knights)
- 1993: Killing Dog (Man's Best Friend)
- 1994: Agent against her will (Spitfire)
- 1994: hot asphalt (boulevard)
- 1994: Escape from Absolom (No Escape)
- 1994: Color of Night
- 1995: Bad Heat - Highway des Todes (The Nature of the Beast)
- 1995: Mindripper (The Outpost)
- 1995: Bad Guys (Baja)
- 1995: Firehawk - Operation Intercept (Aurora: Operation Intercept)
- 1995: The Last Duel (Gunfighter's Moon)
- 1995: Quick and the Dead (The Quick and the Dead)
- 1995: Dead Man
- 1995: Powder
- 1996: Last Assassins (Dusting Cliff 7)
- 1996: The CIA Conspiracy (Felony)
- 1996: The Kiss of the Killer (Profiler for Murder)
- 1996–1999: Millennium - Fear Your Neighbor as Yourself (TV Series)
- 1997: Running out II - The countdown continues (No Contest 2)
- 1998: Abraham Lincoln - The Assassination of the President (The Day Lincoln Was Shot)
- 1999: Virtual Reality - Fight for Survival: War Games ( Harsh Realm , TV series)
- 1999: The X-Files ( The X-Files , TV series)
- 1999: Tarzan (voice)
- 2000: Scream 3
- 2001: The Legend of Tarzan (TV series, voice)
- 2001: The Mangler 2
- 2001: Demons on Canvas
- 2001: Lost Voyage
- 2001: The Untold (The Untold)
- 2002: Unspeakable
- 2002: Antibody (video)
- 2003: The Last Cowboy (TV movie)
- 2003: The Invitation
- 2003: Mimic 3: Sentinel (Mimic: Sentinel)
- 2003: Rapid Exchange
- 2004: One Point Zero - You are programmed (One Point 0)
- 2004: Out for Blood
- 2004: Modigliani
- 2004: Evel Knievel (TV movie)
- 2004: Madhouse (Madhouse)
- 2004: Alien vs. Predator
- 2004: Keep Right
- 2004: Starkweather
- 2004: Dream Warrior
- 2005: Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (TV series, voice)
- 2005: The Horsemen of the Apocalypse (The Garden)
- 2005: Into the West (TV series)
- 2005: Tarzan 2 (voice)
- 2005: A Message from Fallujah
- 2005: Supernova - When the sun explodes (Supernova , TV movie)
- 2005: Hellraiser: Hellworld (Video)
- 2005: IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix (TV series)
- 2005: The Chosen One
- 2005: House at the End of the Drive
- 2006: Unknown Caller ( When a Stranger Calls , voice)
- 2006: Superman: Brainiac Attacks (voice)
- 2006: Abominable
- 2006: Sasquatch Mountain
- 2006: The Last Knights Templar - The Treasure of Christianity (The Da Vinci Treasure)
- 2006: Bone Dry
- 2006: Pumpkinhead : Ashes to Ashes
- 2006: Pirates of Treasure Island
- 2006: Pumpkinhead : Blood Feud
- 2008: Deadwater
- 2008: Deathly Weapon
- 2008: Appaloosa
- 2008: Alone in the Dark II
- 2008: Dark Reel
- 2009: Navy CIS
- 2009: Screamers: The Hunting
- 2009: Jennifer's Body - boys to their liking (Jennifer's Body)
- 2009: The Lost Island
- 2009: Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
- 2010: Castle (TV series)
- 2011: Monster Brawl (voice)
- 2011: The Witches of Oz ( The Witches of Oz , Miniseries)
- 2011: Scream of the Banshee (TV movie)
- 2012–2013: TRON: The Uprising ( Tron: Uprising , animated series, voice, 16 episodes)
- 2013: Hannibal (TV series)
- 2013: Phantom
- 2013: Blood Shot
- 2014: Garm Wars : The Last Druid
- 2015–2016: The Blacklist (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2015: Stung
- 2015: Harbinger Down
- 2015: Free as the Wind (Spirit Riders)
- 2016: Criminal Minds (TV series, season 11, episode 18: The red door)
- 2016: Cut to the Chase
- 2016: Daylight's End
- 2016: The Sector
- 2016: The Morning the Sun Fell Down
- 2016: The Unwilling
- 2016: Lake Eerie
- 2017: Needlestick
- 2017: Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series, Season 2 Episode 5: The Bomb in the White House)
- 2020: Falling
Video games
- 2002: Run Like Hell
- 2002: Red Faction 2
- 2003: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
- 2005: GUN
- 2007: Mass Effect (voice for Admiral Hackett )
- 2009: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (voice for Gen. Shepherd )
- 2010: Mass Effect 2 (voice for Admiral Hackett )
- 2010: Alien vs. Predator (voice for Karl Bishop Weyland )
- 2012: Mass Effect 3 (voice for Admiral Hackett )
- 2013: Aliens: Colonial Marines (vote for Bishop )
- 2013: Metro: Last Light
- 2014: Star Citizen (voice in the MISC Freelancer Commercial)
- 2018: Detroit: Become Human (role of Carl Manfred)
Web links
- Lance Henriksen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lance-Henriksen.de - official German fansite with current information, film and DVD reviews and more. v. m.
- The Life and Films of Lance Henriksen
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Henriksen, Lance |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Henrikson, Lance; Henrickson, Lance; Henricksen, Lance |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1940 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , United States |