The Greatest Unsung Movie Hero Of The 80’s and 90’s

When you think of many of the great movies of the 80’s and 90’s, there one thing that many of them have in common – Michael Biehn. Quite possible the coolest, most bad-ass, yet seemingly unappreciated movie hero of our time, Michael Biehn has had leading or supporting roles in many of the greatest movies.

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Here are a few of my favorite movies that Michael Biehn has played a significant part in:

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Terminator – Kyle Reese. Need I say more?

Aliens – Cpl. Hicks. Sure, Drake was the best character in the movie, but Hicks made the movie and was a pivotal character. Imagine watching the latter half of Aliens if it had just been Sigourney Weaver crawling through ventilation shafts looking for Newt?

The Abyss – Lt. Coffey.  This was never my favorite movie, but it was classic Michael Biehn.

Navy Seals – Lt. Curran.  Fine, maybe this should not be in the list.  This movie had nothing to do with defining our generation, but I think it was under rated.

Strapped – Matthew McRae.  In hindsight this was a terrible movie, but in my wiggin days Strapped was awesome.  I mean, come on, it had Sticky Fingaz cousin in it.

Tombstone – Johnny Ringo.  I hated his character in this movie, but he played it well.

The Rock – Commander Anderson.  Another solid role as a bad-ass military dude.

Now that I am looking into this, I may have discoverd the sole reason Michael Biehn never made it to super stardom as movie hero:

Just kidding Mr. Biehn.  Everyone looked that silly in the 80’s.

If you’re interested you can see his complete filmography HERE.