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Lance Henriksen

Lance Henriksen

102 movies on Netflix

Biography

Lance Henriksen is an American actor who came to acting through theater set design and graduated from the Actors Studio. After an uncredited extra part in The Outsider and a first credit in It Ain't Easy, he played an FBI agent in Dog Day Afternoon (1975). He worked often in science fiction, action and horror, with parts in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Damien: Omen II (1978), The Right Stuff (1983), The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986) as the android Bishop, Alien 3 (1992), Near Dark, Dead Man, The Quick and the Dead (1995) and Powder (1995). On television he led Millennium from 1996 to 1999 as Frank Black, earning three Golden Globe nominations, and he won a Saturn Award for Hard Target (1993). His voice credits include Tarzan (1999), Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006) and the Mass Effect trilogy. Falling (2020) brought him a Canadian Screen Award best actor nomination in 2021.

86years old

Turns 87 on May 5in 219 days

  • Born New York City
  • Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20

Movie Career

Films
102
Career span
49 years1975 to 2024

Genres

Photos

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  1. First role

    Around age 30, Henriksen did set design for theater, and building a set for a production led to his first acting part. He also taught himself to read around that time.

  2. A role that slipped away

    James Cameron originally wanted Henriksen to play the cyborg in The Terminator, but the part went to Arnold Schwarzenegger; Henriksen instead appeared as Detective Hal Vukovich.

  3. Big break

    Chris Carter created the role of Frank Black in Millennium specifically for Henriksen, who earned three consecutive Golden Globe nominations for the part.

Lance Henriksen movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Terminator1984 Action, Sci-Fi, Thrilleras Vukovich

    IMDb rating 8.11.0M votes

  2. Aliens1986 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Bishop

    IMDb rating 8.4848K votes

  3. AVP: Alien vs. Predator2004as Charles Bishop Weyland

    IMDb rating 5.7235K votes

  4. Dead Man1995as Cole Wilson

    IMDb rating 7.5110K votes

  5. Tarzan1999as Kerchakvoice

    IMDb rating 7.3272K votes

  6. Hard Target1993as Emil Fouchon

    IMDb rating 6.261K votes

  7. Pumpkinhead1988as Ed Harley

    IMDb rating 6.232K votes

  8. Near Dark1987as Jesse Hooker

    IMDb rating 6.950K votes

Most often with

James Cameron directed three of these films, Victor Salva two and Roel Reiné two. Two actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Lance Henriksen's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.9 billion

35 of the 102 films have a worldwide figure, in dollars of the day.

Of the 102 films: 35 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 17 never in cinemas; 47 figure not found.

  • 35Worldwide figure
  • 3US gross only
  • 17Never in cinemas
  • 47Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 82% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Tarzan1999as Kerchak (voice)
    $448M23.2% of the total
  2. 2
    $307M15.9% of the total
  3. 3
    Aliens1986as Bishop
    $183M9.5% of the total
  4. 4
    AVP: Alien vs. Predator2004as Charles Bishop Weyland
    $177M9.2% of the total
  5. 5
    Scream 32000as John Milton
    $162M8.4% of the total
  6. 6
    Alien 31992as Bishop II
    $160M8.3% of the total
  7. 7
    The Terminator1984as Vukovich
    $78M4.1% of the total
  8. 8
    Hard Target1993as Emil Fouchon
    $74M3.8% of the total
Dog Day Afternoon (1975), $56.7 millionThe Quick and the Dead (1995), $47.0 millionJagged Edge (1985), $40.5 millionPowder (1995), $30.9 millionDamien: Omen II (1978), $26.5 millionThe Right Stuff (1983), $21.5 millionSuper Mario Bros. (1993), $20.9 millionColor of Night (1994), $19.7 millionNo Escape (1994), $15.3 millionMan's Best Friend (1993), $13.0 millionJennifer Eight (1992), $11.4 millionStone Cold (1991), $9.2 millionJohnny Handsome (1989), $7.2 millionNightmares (1983), $6.7 millionPumpkinhead (1988), $4.4 millionNear Dark (1987), $3.4 million

$341 millionfrom the other 27 films with a worldwide figure, 18% of the total

Awards

One award and honor.

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Lance Henriksen's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
Saturn Award for Best Supporting ActorWon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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