Na vrchol jej dostala role Kylla Reese z filmu Terminátor, kde se spřátelil s režisérem Jamesem Cameronem, který obsadil do dalších filmu Vetřelci a Propast.
He narrowly missed being cast in high profile roles that could have put him over the mainstream top - he was in the running to play the title superhero and his alter ego, Bruce Wayne, in "Batman" (1989), as well as was an early choice to…
Michael Connell Biehn, sympatický chlapec z Alabamy, nedokončil štúdium herectva a snažil sa to dohnať aspoň hereckými kurzami v L. A. Syn právnika a zdravotnej sestry. Privyrábal si ako čašník, predavač, stavbár.