Lance Henriksen's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Tron: Uprising General Tes… Millennium Frank Black Into the West Daniel Whee…

Main Movie Roles 2010 - The Genesis Code 2009 - Jennifer's Body 2009 - The Slammin' Salmon 2009 - The Seamstress 2008 - Necessary Evil 2008 - Deadwater 2008 - Dying God 2008 - House 2008 - Appaloosa 2008 - Dark Reel 2007 - The Chosen One 2007 - Bone Dry 2006 - When a Stranger Calls 2006 - Pirates of Treasure Island 2006 - Abominable 2004 - Modigliani 2004 - Madhouse 2004 - AVP Alien vs. Predator 2004 - One point O 2000 - Scream 3 1999 - Tarzan 1995 - Powder 1995 - The Quick and the Dead 1995 - The Outpost 1995 - Dead Man 1994 - Color of Night 1994 - No Escape 1993 - Super Mario Bros. 1993 - Man's Best Friend 1993 - Excessive Force 1993 - Hard Target 1992 - Alien 3 1991 - Stone Cold 1989 - Johnny Handsome 1989 - The Horror Show 1987 - Near Dark 1986 - Aliens 1985 - Jagged Edge 1984 - The Terminator 1983 - The Right Stuff 1983 - Nightmares 1981 - Piranha Part Two: The Spawning 1981 - Prince of the City 1978 - Damien: Omen II 1977 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1976 - Mansion of the Doomed 1976 - Network 1975 - Dog Day Afternoon 1973 - Emperor of the North Pole

BIOGRAPHY:

An intense, versatile actor as adept at playing clean-cut FBI agents as he is psychotic motorcycle-gang leaders, who can go from portraying soulless, murderous vampires to burned-out, world-weary homicide detectives, Lance Henriksen has starred in a variety of films that have allowed him to stretch his talents just about as far as an actor could possibly hope. He played "Awful Knoffel" in the TNT original movie Evel Knievel (2004) (TV), directed by John Badham and executive produced by Mel Gibson (I). Henriksen portrayed "Awful Knoffel" in this project based on the life of the famed daredevil, played by George Eads. Henriksen starred for three seasons (1996-1999) on "Millennium" (1996/I), Fox-TV's critically acclaimed series created by Chris Carter (I) ("The X Files" (1993)). His performance as Frank Black, a retired FBI agent who has the ability to get inside the minds of killers, landed him three consecutive Golden Globe nominations for "Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series" and a People's Choice Award nomination for "Favorite New TV Male Star".

Born in New York, Henriksen studied at the Actors Studio and began his career off-Broadway in 'Eugene ONeill (I)'s "Three Plays of the Sea." One of his first film appearances was as an FBI agent in Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon (1975), followed by parts in Lumet's Network (1976) and Prince of the City (1981). He then appeared in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) with Richard Dreyfuss and François Truffaut, Damien: Omen II (1978) and in Philip Kaufman (I)'s The Right Stuff (1983), in which he played Mercury astronaut Capt. Wally Schirra.

James Cameron (I) cast Henriksen in his first directorial effort, Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981), then used him again in The Terminator (1984) and as the android Bishop in the sci-fi classic Aliens (1986). Sam Raimi cast Henriksen as an outrageously garbed gunfighter in his quirky western The Quick and the Dead (1995). Henriksen has also appeared in what has developed into a cult classic: Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark (1987), in which he plays the head of a clan of murderous redneck vampires. He was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln (I) in the TNT original film The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998) (TV).

In addition to his abilities as an actor, Henriksen is an accomplished painter and potter. His talent as a ceramist has enabled him to create some of the most unusual ceramic artworks available on the art market today. He resides in Southern California with his wife Jane and their five-year-old daughter Sage.


TRIVIA:

• Daughters: Sage Ariel (12 October 1999), Alcamy (b. 1987).
• Parents divorced when he was two.
• Loves to vacation in Hawaii.
• He has filmed over 7 movies in Romania.
• 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)_ (qv).
• Lived in Borneo for three years when he was a kid.
• He was 'James Cameron (I)' (qv)'s original choice for the title role in _The Terminator (1984)_ (qv) 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' (qv) was cast, Henriksen was re-cast as Det. Vukovich. When Cameron made _Aliens (1986)_ (qv), he cast Henriksen as Bishop, an android.
• 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".