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Lance Henriksen

Birth name: Lance James Henriksen

Birth date: 05.05.1940

An intense, versatile actor as adept at playing clean-cut FBI agents as he is playing 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. One of his latest projects was AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004), directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. He also appeared in the TNT original movie Evel Knievel (2004) (TV), directed by John Badham and executive produced by Mel Gibson. 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 ("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". FOX Home Entertainment has just released the first season of "Millennium" on DVD. Born in New York, Henriksen studied at the Actors Studio and began his career off-Broadway in Eugene O'Neill'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 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's The Right Stuff (1983), in which he played Mercury astronaut Capt. Wally Schirra. James Cameron cast Henriksen in his first directorial effort, Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981), then used him in The Terminator (1984), and cast him as the android Bishop in the sci-fi classic Aliens (1986). Director Sam Raimi, who used Henriksen in his quirky western The Quick and the Dead (1995) opposite Russell Crowe, Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman, says, "Lance is a brilliant performer who goes way beyond acting. He becomes his character completely, leaving no trace of his former self and making something of every moment on screen." Henriksen's additional feature credits include what is one of his best-known roles, that of the head of a family of murderous redneck vampires in Kathryn Bigelow's cult vampire film Near Dark (1987). He's also appeared in Jagged Edge (1985), Pumpkinhead (1988), The Horror Show (1989), Survival Quest (1989), director Walter Hill's Johnny Handsome (1989), The Pit and the Pendulum (1991) (V), Bruce Robinson's Jennifer Eight (1992), Alien³ (1992), Richard Rush's Color of Night (1994), Powder (1995), Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man (1995), Disney's animated feature Tarzan (1999) and John Woo's first American film, Hard Target (1993), for which Henriksen received a Saturn Award as Best Supporting Actor. He was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in the TNT original film The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998) (TV) and had starring roles in PBS' Emmy-winning The Dark End of the Street (1981) and HBO's "Tales from the Crypt" (1989). Henriksen also played actor Charles Bronson in the television movie Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991) (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.

Filmography

# For the Love of Jade (2008) .... Milton # Blood Shot (2009) .... Sam # The Slammin' Salmon (2008) # Alone in the Dark II (2009) .... Abner Lundbert # Necessary Evil (2008) .... Dr. Fibrian # The Lost Tribe (2008) .... Gallo # Prairie Fever (2008) (V) .... Monte # Appaloosa (2008) # The Chosen One (2008/I) .... Cardinal Fred # Dying God (2008) .... Chance # Pistol Whipped (2008) (V) .... The Old Man # "Transformers: Animated" .... Lockdown (1 episode, 2008) - The Thrill of the Hunt (2008) TV episode (voice) .... Lockdown # "Caminhos do Coração" (2007) TV series .... Dr. Walker (2007) # Mass Effect (2007) (VG) (voice) .... Admiral Steven Hackett # Dark Reel (2007) .... Connor Pritchett # Deadwater (2007) .... Captain John Willets # In the Spider's Web (2007) (TV) .... Dr. Lecorpus # My Cousin's Keeper (2007) .... Finster # Bone Dry (2007) .... Jimmy # Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (2007) (V) .... Ed Harley # Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006) .... Ed Harley ... aka Furia monstrului (Romania) # Pirates of Treasure Island (2006) .... Long John Silver # Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006) (V) (voice) .... Brainiac # The Da Vinci Treasure (2006) .... Dr. John Coven # Sasquatch Mountain (2006) .... Chase Jackson # Abominable (2006) .... Ziegler Dane # The Garden (2006) .... Ben Zachary # When a Stranger Calls (2006) (voice) .... Voice of the Stranger ... aka Bell Ringer (Philippines: English title) # House at the End of the Drive (2006) .... Skip Johansen # Gun (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Thomas MacGruder # "IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix" .... Andrei Rubley (1 episode, 2005) - Time to Shine (2005) TV episode (voice: English version) .... Andrei Rubley # Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005) (V) .... The Host # Supernova (2005) (TV) .... Colonel Harlan Williams # A Message from Fallujah (2005) .... Daniel Crane # Tarzan II (2005) (V) (voice) .... Kerchak ... aka Tarzan 2 (Australia: DVD title) # "Into the West" (2005) (mini) TV mini-series .... Daniel Wheeler # "Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!" .... Mobius Quint (1 episode, 2005) - Hunt for the Citadel of Bone (2005) TV episode (voice) .... Mobius Quint # Starkweather (2004) .... The Mentor # Keep Right (2004) # AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) .... Charles Bishop Weyland ... aka Alien vs. Predator (Germany) (USA: short title) ... aka AVP (USA: promotional abbreviation) ... aka AVP: Alien vs. Prédateur (Canada: French title) # Evel Knievel (2004) (TV) .... 'Awful' Knoffel # Madhouse (2004) .... Dr. Franks # Modigliani (2004) .... Foster Kane ... aka Modigliani - Ein Leben in Leidenschaft (Germany: DVD title) # Out for Blood (2004) .... Captain John Billings ... aka Vampires: Out for Blood (USA: DVD title) # One Point O (2004) .... Howard ... aka Ein gráða (Iceland) ... aka Paranoia: 1.0 (USA: video title) # Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Abaddon # Dream Warrior (2003) .... Parish ... aka A Man Called Rage # Rapid Exchange (2003) (V) .... Newcastle # Mimic: Sentinel (2003) (V) .... Garbageman ... aka Mimic 3 (USA) # The Invitation (2003) .... Roland Levy # The Last Cowboy (2003) (TV) .... John William Cooper # Antibody (2002) (V) .... Dr. Richard Gaynes # Red Faction II (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Molov # Run Like Hell (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Nick Conner ... aka RLH (USA) ... aka Run Like Hell: Hunt or Be Hunted (UK) # The Untold (2002) .... Harlan Knowles ... aka Inexplicable (Canada: French title) ... aka Sasquatch (USA: DVD title) # Unspeakable (2002) .... Jack Pitchford # "The Legend of Tarzan" .... Kerchack (1 episode, 2001) ... aka Disney's the Legend of Tarzan (USA: complete title) - Tarzan and Tublat's Revenge (2001) TV episode (voice) .... Kerchack # Lost Voyage (2001) (TV) (as Lance Henricksen) .... David Shaw # Demons on Canvas (2001) # The Mangler 2 (2001) (V) (as Lance Henricksen) .... Headmaster Bradeen ... aka The Mangler 2: Graduation Day (UK: DVD title) # Scream 3 (2000) .... John Milton # "Freedom" (1 episode, 2000) - War (2000) TV episode # "The X Files" .... Frank Black (1 episode, 1999) ... aka The X-Files (USA) - Millennium (1999) TV episode .... Frank Black # "Harsh Realm" .... General (1 episode, 1999) - Pilot (1999) TV episode (uncredited) .... General # Tarzan (1999) (voice) .... Kerchak, the Gorilla King # "Millennium" .... Frank Black (67 episodes, 1996-1999) - Goodbye to All That (1999) TV episode .... Frank Black - Via Dolorosa (1999) TV episode .... Frank Black - Nostalgia (1999) TV episode .... Frank Black - Seven and One (1999) TV episode .... Frank Black - Bardo Thodol (1999) TV episode .... Frank Black (62 more) # The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998) (TV) .... President Abraham Lincoln # No Contest II (1997) .... Eric Dane / Erich Dengler ... aka Face the Evil ... aka No Contest II: Access Denied (USA: TV title) # Profile for Murder (1996) .... Adrian Cross # Felony (1996) .... Taft # Dusting Cliff 7 (1996) .... Colonel Roger McBride ... aka Last Assassins (USA: video title) # Powder (1995) .... Sheriff Doug Barnum # Dead Man (1995) .... Cole Wilson ... aka Dead Man (Germany) ... aka Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man (USA) # The Quick and the Dead (1995) .... Ace Hanlon # Spitfire (1995) .... Richard Charles # The Outpost (1995/I) .... Stockton ... aka Mind Ripper ... aka Wes Craven Presents Mind Ripper ... aka Wes Craven's 'The Mindripper' # Baja (1995) .... Burns # Gunfighter's Moon (1995) .... Frank Morgan # The Nature of the Beast (1995) .... Jack Powell ... aka Bad Company (Europe: English title) ... aka Hatchet Man (UK: video title) ... aka Nature of the Beast (USA: video box title) # Aurora: Operation Intercept (1995) .... William Stenghel ... aka Operation Intercept (USA: video title) # Boulevard (1994) .... McClaren # Color of Night (1994) .... Buck # No Escape (1994) .... The Father ... aka Escape from Absolom # Man's Best Friend (1993) .... Dr. Jarret # Knights (1993) .... Job # The Criminal Mind (1993) .... Agent Winslow # Hard Target (1993) .... Emil Fouchon # The Outfit (1993) .... Dutch Schultz # Super Mario Bros. (1993) .... The King # Excessive Force (1993) .... Devlin # Jennifer Eight (1992) .... Sgt. Freddy Ross ... aka Jennifer 8 (USA: video box title) # Alien³ (1992) .... Bishop II # Delta Heat (1992) .... Jackson Rivers # "Tales from the Crypt" .... Reno Crevice / ... (2 episodes, 1990-1991) ... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt - Yellow (1991) TV episode .... Sergeant Ripper - Cutting Cards (1990) TV episode .... Reno Crevice # Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991) (TV) .... Charles Bronson # Stone Cold (1991) .... Chains Cooper # The Pit and the Pendulum (1991) (V) .... Torquemada ... aka The Inquisitor (USA: DVD title) # Comrades in Arms (1991) .... Rob Reed # Two-Fisted Tales (1991) (TV) .... Ripper (segment "Yellow") # The Last Samurai (1990) .... Johnny Congo # "Beauty and the Beast" .... Snow (1 episode, 1989) - Snow (1989) TV episode .... Snow # Survival Quest (1989) .... Hank # Johnny Handsome (1989) .... Rafe Garrett # The Horror Show (1989) .... Detective Lucas McCarthy ... aka Horror House ... aka House 3 (Australia: video title) ... aka House III: The Horror Show (UK: video title) # Hit List (1989) .... Chris Caleek # Pumpkinhead (1988) .... Ed Harley ... aka Vengeance: The Demon # Deadly Intent (1988) (V) .... Raymond # Near Dark (1987) .... Jesse Hooker # Choke Canyon (1986) .... Brook Alastair ... aka On Dangerous Ground (UK) # Aliens (1986) .... Bishop # Savage Dawn (1985) .... Stryker # Streets of Justice (1985) (TV) .... Dist. Atty. Jerry Logan # Jagged Edge (1985) .... Frank Martin # "Hardcastle and McCormick" .... Deseau / ... (2 episodes, 1983-1984) - Never My Love (1984) TV episode .... Josh Fulton - Man in a Glass House (1983) TV episode .... Deseau # The Terminator (1984) .... Detective Hal Vukovich # "Cagney & Lacey" .... Johnny 'Nose' / ... (2 episodes, 1983-1984) - Heat (1984) TV episode .... Sgt. King - Hopes and Dreams (1983) TV episode .... Johnny 'Nose' # "Legmen" .... Finch (1 episode, 1984) - A Woman's Work (1984) TV episode .... Finch # "Riptide" .... John McMasters (1 episode, 1984) - Raiders of the Lost Sub (1984) TV episode .... John McMasters # "The A-Team" .... Mack Dalton (1 episode, 1984) - In Plane Sight (1984) TV episode .... Mack Dalton # The Right Stuff (1983) .... Wally Schirra # Nightmares (1983) .... MacLeod (segment "The Benediction") # Blood Feud (1983) (TV) .... Mel Pierce (polygraph operator) # A Question of Honor (1982) (TV) (as Lance Hendrickson) .... Wiley # Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981) (as Lance Henricksen) .... Police Chief Steve Kimbrough ... aka Piranha II: Flying Killers ... aka Piranha paura (Italy) ... aka The Spawning (USA: short title) # Prince of the City (1981) .... D.A. Burano # The Dark End of the Street (1981) .... Jimmy # "Ryan's Hope" .... Preston Post (8 episodes, 1980) - Episode #1.1417 (1980) TV episode .... Preston Post - Episode #1.1404 (1980) TV episode .... Preston Post - Episode #1.1403 (1980) TV episode .... Preston Post - Episode #1.1398 (1980) TV episode .... Preston Post - Episode #1.1397 (1980) TV episode .... Preston Post (3 more) # "B.A.D. Cats" (1980) TV series .... Timothy (unknown episodes) # The Visitor (1979) .... Raymond Armstead ... aka Stridulum (Italy) # Damien: Omen II (1978) .... Sergeant Neff ... aka Omen II ... aka Omen II: Damien (reissue title) # Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) .... Robert ... aka CE3K (USA: informal short title) ... aka Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Special Edition (USA: reissue title) # Network (1976) (uncredited) .... Network lawyer at Khan's place # The Next Man (1976) (as Lance Hendrickson) .... Federal Security ... aka Double Hit ... aka The Arab Conspiracy # Mansion of the Doomed (1976) .... Dr. Dan Bryan ... aka Eyes ... aka Eyes of Dr. Chaney ... aka Eyes of the Living Dead (Philippines: English title) ... aka House of Blood ... aka Massacre Mansion (UK: video title) ... aka The Terror of Dr. Chaney (UK) # Return to Earth (1976) (TV) # Dog Day Afternoon (1975) .... Murphy # To Kill the King (1974) .... Hank Adams # Emperor of the North Pole (1973) (uncredited) .... Railroad worker ... aka Emperor of the North (USA: reissue title) # It Ain't Easy (1972) .... Randy # The Outsider (1961) (uncredited) .... Extra