Lance Henriksen Biography

Fast Facts

• Lived with relatives in Borneo for three years when he was a child, then went island-hopping around Fiji and Malaysia for a year with his sailor father
• Only attended grammar school for about three years; he learned to read when he was 30
• Served in the U
• S
• Navy from 1955 to '58, rising to the rank of Petty Officer Third Class; also spent two years in the Merchant Marines
• Studied at the Actors Studio in New York City
• Director James Cameron originally wanted him for the title role in The Terminator; the part eventually went to Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Nominated for a 1987 Saturn Award for Best Actor for his role in the enduring creature-feature Pumpkinhead
• Won a Best Supporting Actor Saturn Award in 1993 for his role as Emil Fouchon in the John Woo action-thriller Hard Target
• Is an accomplished potter and painter