Lance Henriksen
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(On what he won`t do as an actor) "I won`t do slasher movies, and I won`t play child molesters or men who beat women. I can`t rationalize Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday 13th films because they`re too one-note. And besides I`ve been killed in so many movies in so many ways over the years that to be dealing out that kind of death would be terrible. I`ll play a bad guy, but he has to be a character with a purpose."
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Birthdate :May 5, 1940
Location :New York City , New York
Country : United States of America
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Job :actors
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1952
The western The Big Sky (1952) was one of his biggest influences to get into film as a young man.1960
Spent four and a half months in Miami's Dade County Jail at age 17 for being an accomplice to a vehicle theft and alluding 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 1960.1977
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).1984
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.1984
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.1984
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.1996
The part of Frank Black in "Millennium" (1996/I) was written with him in mind.1999
Daughters: Sage Ariel (12 October 1999), Alcamy (b. 1987).1999
His daughter, Sage Ariel Henriksen, was born on October 12, 1999.2003
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). That idea, however, was eventually rejected.2004
He was walking through a hotel lobby in Romania (where he was wrapping up another film) when he was offered One Point O (2004).
