Michael Bien is an American film and television actor, known for his roles in such popular projects as Terminator, Abyss, Aliens, The Magnificent Seven, Planet of Fear, etc. You will learn more about his biography, filmography and possible future projects from our article.
Michael Bienne: biography
Michael was born in 1956 in Anniston (Alabama) and became the third child of lawyer Don and his wife, Marcia Bien. In childhood, twice changed his place of residence. First, the family moved to Lincoln (Nebraska), and then to Lake Havasu City (Arizona), where the guy went to school and attended the drama club. He studied at Arizona State University, even became a member of the local Sigma Nu fraternity. But he didn’t wait for graduation, as he went to Hollywood to take up his acting career.
Lords of Discipline
Michael got his first role in a pilot episode of the Peter Levin drama series James at 15 (1977–1978). Then he starred in the first season of the CBS television series Logan's Escape (1977-1978), and a year later he got the main roles in the Bud Townsend comedy “The Trainer” and Robert L. Collins television film “The Steel City” (1979).
In the thriller Edward Bianchi's “Fan” (1981), Michael Bienne played Douglas Brin, a crazy fan of the popular movie star Sally Ross. In the Frank Rodem thriller Lords of Discipline (1983) about group mockery of a black actor, the actor tried on the image of cadet John Alexander. In 1984, along with Arnold Schwarzenegger, he starred in James Cameron's fantastic action movie The Terminator, where he played Sergeant Kyle Reese, who arrived from the future to protect the mother of the future savior of mankind John Connor - Sarah Connor.
Gorgeous Susan
James Cameron's sci-fi action movie Aliens was released in 1986, where Michael Bien (whose photo is familiar to everyone) played the role of Dwayne Hicks - a balanced and sensible marine specialist in technical systems. Attorney Anthony Fraser played in the thriller William Fridkin's "Fury" (1987). In the image of Lieutenant Hiram Coffey, the commander of the "fur seals", appeared in the fantastic drama by James Cameron "Abyss" (1989). And Taylor Brooks, one of his friends who decided to climb the second highest mountain peak of the Earth, played in Frank Rodem's adventure drama "K2: Extreme Height" (1991).
In 1993, Michael Bienne played the role of Johnny Ringo, an American gangster from the Wild West in George P. Cosmatos’s historical western Tumstone: Legend of the Wild West. Four years later, he played the role of the cowboy Smokey Banks in the western of Michael O. Sajbel "Rodeo". Detective Tony Luca played in the action movie Ralph Hemecker "American Dragons" (1998). And one of the criminals hired to kill a man for the payment of his insurance, played in the thriller John Landis "Cunning Plan Susan" (1998).
From 1998 to 2000, the actor took part in the filming of the CBS series “The Magnificent Seven”. He played Chris Larry - one of seven people with unique abilities hired to protect citizens from injustice by former law enforcement officers. The role of Henry Gates - the head of the center for the development of quantum technologies, performed in the adventure film Stopping Time by Jonathan Frakes (2002). And in the role of Tony Russo, one of the main characters, appeared in Henry Pincus' melodrama Here and Now (2007).
Path of fear
Sheriff Hague Michael Bien played the horror film Robert Rodriguez "Planet of Fear" about the confrontation of a small group of people of an army of the living dead. Together with Tom Berenger starred in the crime action movie Nick Wallelong "The Way of the Blade" (2008). And two years later, Uncle Allison Miller, a potential victim of the dangerous psychopath Graham Sutter, played in the thriller Steven Men “Attacker 2”.
In the role of the manager of a bomb shelter named Mickey appeared in the fantastic thriller Xavier Jans "The Separator" (2011). In 2014, he played the “Hand-to-hand fight” karate school manager in fighting game Allan Ungar. And in the same year, Jennifer Blank “The Girl” starred in the thriller, playing the role of an ideal family man who once releases his inner demons out.
What to expect?
As for future projects, in 2018 several films with Michael Bienne will be released at once: Christian Sems action movie The Hype, thriller Frank Peluso Sazarac and thriller Dzhemilin Kane Killer Weekend. There are also rumors about working on the Alien 5 project, where the actor again has to play Corporal Dwayne Hicks.