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(2011) I was in Tangiers, all of the hip writers - guys like Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs - were living there in this apartment building. I didn't know what I was doing, but I had a talent for making dramatic sets; I had been a painter for years. That night, we all sat down for a big welcoming dinner - the director, the producers and the cast. Okay, that lasts five minutes. Henriksen has four children, including two sons with Louise Lunde, Thiise and Lawrence Henriksen. The arts drew me right out of that, and gave me choices . I spend half my life living other people's lives. And it worked. Recently, Henriksen reprised his role as Bishop in Aliens: Colonial Marines. The key thing to remember in this business is that they don't invite you in, but once you're in they won't kick you out. After his parents divorced, when he was just two years old, he was raised by his mother. There are times where I'm playing a role and I think: "I like this guy's life more than my own". So start small and it will grow. [on inspirational actors] Certain actors' performance even in bad films can be incredible, and inspiring. When I used to run away from home, I'd go to movies and sit all night watching. Then he slammed his fist down and turned it into applesauce. In 1977, Henriksen acted in director Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi fantasy film ’Close Encounters of the Third Kind’. [8] In his early 30s, Henriksen graduated from the Actors Studio and began acting in New York City. He then had a role as Emil Fouchon in John Woo’s “Hard Target” (1993) starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, and has stated that, this movie is one of his favourites. His father, James Henriksen, was a Norwegian merchant sailor and boxer nicknamed "Icewater" who spent most of his life at sea. It's crazy, isn't it? Henriksen continues to produce art. For a time, he worked in Europe. The finished pot records the whole adventure, and that's what I love about it. Bears a striking resemblance to actor 'Stephen McHattie', with whom he is often confused. Henriksen played Frank Black, a former FBI agent who possessed a unique ability to see into the minds of killers. In 2011, Lance Henriksen turned a writer with his autobiography titled ‘Not Bad for a Human’. [8] Soon afterward, he graduated from the Actors Studio and began acting in New York City. They were together for just four years until they separated with a divorce in 1989. That was my motivation for the character in Hard Target. In October 2018, Henriksen was signed for one of the two leads in Falling, the directorial debut of actor Viggo Mortensen, who also wrote, produced and co-starred. . I thought I was wild, but these guys were bizarre. I had no idea I would make my career in film, but I always knew from my theater work that I would be an actor. This was followed with a variety of supporting roles in films including Dog Day Afternoon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Damien: Omen II (1978). Henriksen voiced Master Gnost-Dural in Star Wars: The Old Republic, and he also reprised his role as Admiral Hackett in Mass Effect 3. Henriksen guest-starred on a Season 6 episode of NCIS (2009) playing an Arizona sheriff, and appeared in a recurring role as The Major on NBC's The Blacklist. That's what pottery is about for me. Though uncredited, his daughter Alcamy appears in an episode of the TV series Millennium. His first theater work, around age 30, was as set designer, and he received his first acting role because he built the set for a production. You have to shed the role, you have to absolutely shed it, and then you need time to heal. He started the ‘90s with a starring role in the adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” (1991). Bears a striking resemblance to actor 'Stephen McHattie', with whom he is often confused. . I look at a pot and see the experience. His debut was Eugene O’Neill’s ‘Three Plays of the Sea’. And besides, I've been killed in so many movies in so many ways over the years that to be dealing out that kind of death would be terrible. I don't normally get those kinds of roles. I call them jet-lag movies, because I always got there feeling jet-lagged and then we'd start shooting the next day. It's rough when you're constantly challenging yourself to do better and better work, rather than merely going through the motions. I thought: This is the only opportunity I'll ever have to play this person. Don't ever call me again." ", "First Preview of Leigh Scott's The Witches of Oz", "Lance Henriksen and Briana Evigan Meet Up Monday at 11:01 A.M.", "Viggo Mortensen to Star, Make Directorial Debut in Family Drama 'Falling'", "Star Wars: The Old Republic. When we got out of the helicopter - it was just the pilot and me - we were shaking. I also used Saddam money to pay for the tea. Henriksen has also published his autobiography called “Not Bad for a Human – The Life and Films of Lance Henriksen” in 2011, and a comic book entitled “To Hell You Ride” in 2012, the sales of which also increased his net worth. It was crazy.... And for what? He was raised by his mother after his parents divorced when he was two years old and had a quite turbulent childhood. And you know what the feeling of jet-lag is like. As he could not read, he had his friend record the entire play so that he could listen and learn. I wanted to make a record of my existence. He was trying to give me the only thing he had to offer. Has two daughters: Sage Ariel (12 October 1999) and Alcamy (b. - IMDb Mini Biography By: I'm not doing a. I've always known from the beginning of my acting career that you only get an acting job if you've got something to learn about it. . It's risky because you end up on an adventure that you weren't expecting, and I like it. . It kinda ruined one of my ears. It's an adventure. My feeling is, I do a lot of low-budget films. In 1987, he was seen in Kathryn Bigelow’s cult classic, the horror film ‘Near Dark’. Official Sites. There was talk of having him reprise his role as Detective Vukovich in, He was the original choice for Commodore DeMarco in. That's a beautiful thing. His father was a Merchant Marine seaman nicknamed "Icewater". His second wife was Jane Pollack from 1995 to 2006, and he has a daughter with her too. There was talk of having him reprise his role as Detective Vukovich in. It's the only way, because if I approach a film without being at zero I'm not having the experience. And I'm experimenting constantly, at each stage, because I want to surprise myself . . His father, James Marin Henriksen, was a Norwegian merchant sailor and boxer nicknamed "Icewater" and spent most of his life at sea and his mother, Margueritte Werner, worked as a dance instructor, waitress, and model. They're not going to flourish. She said, "You need an earring, you need a big fucking earring." A talking dog (Joey Lawrence) encounters a haunted house, a creepy neighbor (Lance Henriksen) and a scary canine (Mayim Bialik). Henriksen guest-starred on a Season 6 episode of NCIS (2009) playing an Arizona sheriff, and appeared in a recurring role as The Major on NBC's The Blacklist. According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Henriksen’s net worth is as high as $26 million, earned through his successful acting career, in addition to which he has also published a book, and is an accomplished ceramic artist, which have improved his wealth. . Luckily the pilot was a Jamaican Air Force pilot who had chased drug smugglers, and he reacted instinctively and put that thing straight up in the air. Henriksen played Frank Black, a former FBI agent who possessed a unique ability to see into the minds of killers. He provided the voice for the alien supervillain Brainiac in Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006) and for the character Mulciber in Godkiller (2009). Henriksen spent two months preparing for the role that required him to breathe life into an android. [citation needed], In addition to his television and voice acting work, Henriksen continues to be active in film. If you put that in your role you're gonna do it: once you commit and make it personal, it's like a thread. I'm a shoe-shine boy from Manhattan! If I get another script that says "The Sasquatch looks around the tree," I'm going to go, "No way, leave me alone, man.". Lance Henriksen was born in New York City, New York, USA on Sunday, May 5, 1940 (Silent Generation). I don't really have an identity, I really don't. I know his disappointment. How the fuck did all of this happen? So I grabbed an apple and I did it too. He just yanked back on the stick and we went up until we lost air speed. He played the vampire leader Jesse Hooker in Kathryn Bigelow's cult film Near Dark. There are no limits, no boundaries. In the 2010 video game ‘Aliens Vs. Predators,’ he gave his voice to Karl Bishop Weyland. After Millennium ended its run, Henriksen moved to Hawaii with his then-wife Jane Pollack and their daughter Sage Ariel. In September 2017, Henriksen set up a website to showcase and find homes for some of his most recent clay works. You go there for escape. [citation needed], In 2005, Henriksen was the voice of Andrei Rublev in Cartoon Network's IGPX. I have to decide what I'm going to do or if I can even act anymore. I had twelve hours to prepare, so I stayed up all night reading about this guy in my hotel room. [citation needed]. Soon after completing graduation, he started working as an English, Japanese and Spanish translator on 1992 Summer Olympics. My whole life has been this pursuit. [13] His performances on Millennium earned him critical acclaim, a People's Choice Award nomination for Favorite New Male TV Star, and three consecutive Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series (1997–1999). That year, he also played Sheriff Doug Barnum in the film Powder. It's crazy, isn't it? I never thought they'd be shown in America. He gave half the money that he earned to his mother and the other half he spent on watching movies. I said, "I'm not interested in your fucking movie. [citation needed], In addition to his television and voice acting work, Henriksen continues to be active in film. You were born to do this role. It took so long to set the shot that nobody noticed this big sailboat with a high mast coming into the harbor behind us. His father, a Norwegian immigrant, was a boxer and merchant sailor. If you've done three, there are no more expressions you could possibly have left towards a Sasquatch that would be new, unless he steps on me. It's rough when you're constantly challenging yourself to do better and better work, rather than merely going through the motions. . I just feel lucky to get as many shots as I get at good roles. . Although he made his debut in 1961 in Delbert Mann’s “The Outsider”, Henriksen had to wait until 1972 to land his next role in “It Ain’t Easy”. [on how he got started in the business] I started in theatre, my first job was designing sets. They're not going to flourish. The next thing I remember was waking up in bed the next morning, and my clothes were hanging on the doorknob outside my room...and they were completely shredded. He got married to Louise Lunde in 2008. Uma brought a Ouija board and we went up into the scariest part of the building. When I used to run away from home, I'd go to movies and sit all night watching. Even now, I don't really know where my next job is going to come from or where it's going to take me...The miracle of my life that I was able to hang in there long enough to outlive my bad behavior. I am still enthusiastic about acting. And I said, "Do you realize what you just said to me?" That's how I felt making those movies. Sam Raimi cast Henriksen as an outrageously garbed gunfighter in his quirky western The Quick and the Dead (1995). I've done enough of these movies to know that we are not going to be able to compete with a hundred million dollar movie.

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