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.
