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- Caption: Lance Henriksen as Skip Johansen in House at the End of the Drive (2006)
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Versatile actor LANCE HENRIKSEN ("Skip Johansen") has starred in a wide variety of films which exemplify the diversity of his talent, and he has worked with some of the most prominent directors in the motion picture industry.
Henriksen currently stars in Dreamworks and TNT's 12-hour miniseries Into the West, executive produced by Steven Spielberg. He portrays 'Daniel Wheeler' in this story about several generations of families, one of white settlers, the other of Native Americans in the American west during the 19th century.
He starred last summer in Twentieth Century Fox's release, Alien Versus Predator, portraying 'Charles Bishop Weyland,' a zealous billionaire industrialist who finances an expedition hoping to locate an ancient pyramid buried in the ice of the Antarctic. However, the team of scientists and adventurers make a terrifying discovery when they uncover two alien races who are engaged in the ultimate battle. The film was directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and produced by John Davis.
Henriksen starred for three seasons (1996-1999) on Millennium, Fox-TV's critically acclaimed series created by Chris Carter ("The X-Files"). Henriksen's performance as 'Frank Black,' a retired FBI agent who has the ability to get inside the minds of killers, garnered three consecutive Golden Globe nominations for "Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series" and a People's Choice Award nomination for "Favorite New TV Male Star."
Born in New York, Henriksen studied at the Actors Studio and began his career Off Broadway in Eugene O'Neill's "Three Plays of the Sea." One of his first film appearances was for director Sidney Lumet in Dog Day Afternoon, followed by Lumet's Network and Prince of the City. Henriksen then appeared in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind with Richard Dreyfuss and Francois Truffaut, Damien: Omen II and director Philip Kaufman's The Right Stuff, in which Henriksen portrayed Mercury astronaut 'Lieutenant Commander Walter Schirra, Jr.'
James Cameron cast Henriksen in his first directorial effort, Piranha Part Two: The Spawning, followed by The Terminator, and he next featured him as android 'Bishop' in the sci-fi classic, Aliens. Director Sam Raimi, who cast the actor in the Quick and the Dead opposite Russell Crowe, Sharon Stone and Leonardo DeCaprio.
Gene Hackman, says, "Lance is a brilliant performer who goes way beyond acting. He becomes his character completely, leaving no trace of his former self and making something of every moment on screen."
Henriksen's additional feature credits include Kathryn Bigelow's cult vampire film Near Dark, Jagged Edge, Pumpkinhead, The Horror Show, Survival Quest, director Walter Hill's Johnny Handsom, The Pit and the Pendulum, writer/director Bruce Robinson's Jennifer Eight, Alien 3, Color of Night, Powder, Dead Man, Disney's animated feature Tarzan and director John Woo's first American film, Hard Target, for which Henriksen received a Saturn Award as Best Supporting Actor.
He was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in the TNT original film The Day Lincoln Was Shot and he had starring roles in PBS' Emmy-winning Dark End of the Street and HBO's Tales from the Crypt, Cutting Cards and Yellow. Henriksen also played Charles Bronson in the television movie Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story.
In addition to his abilities as an actor, Henriksen is an accomplished painter and potter. His talent as a ceramist has enabled him to create some of the most unusual ceramic artwork available on the art market today.
Henriksen resides in Southern California with his wife Jane and their five-year-old daughter Sage.
- Actor/Actress/Director: Lance Henriksen
- Movie: House at the End of the Drive ( photos )
- Id: 10946487
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