LANCE HENRIKSEN

had to remove some choice straight-to-video options unfortunately

"you are a &*%#ING BUFFALO!"

He played Charles Bronson?!?!?

he has an amazing face.

Lance Henriksen plays a priest serving at a small parish and is facing a crisis of faith brought on by the violent death of a young boy. He explains to his bishop (!!!) that he's lost his belief in the concepts of good and evil. He finally leaves the ministry and takes off across the desert in his car.

Out of no where he encounters a black 4x4 truck. At first, it just cuts him up and takes off. However, it keeps reappearing, forcing him off the road and knocking off his bumper. This is no ordinary truck. With nowhere left to run the priest has no choice but to face this seemingly unstoppable entity.

ha, what movie is that?

this guy had roles besides Bishop?

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It's a segment from Nightmares. Filmed to be a tv movie, but released in the theaters.

Some damn good movies here. Inclined to go with Near Dark, though Dead Man is a strong possible.

Haven't seen The Outfit - I doubt it's in the film, but I'd love to see him deliver Schultz' famous 'last words'.

i vote millenium, just for the jose chung episode which has charles nelson reilly asserting his love for "every line" on henrikson's face

"The agony and humiliation of being a human is in every line I've ever written, and it's written in every line in the face of Frederick Blork. God, I love his face. Not in that way – no one could love his face that way – it's hideous!"

JOSE: (weakly) Fra… Frank ...
FRANK: What?
JOSE: Don't you just love that mustache?
FRANK: Yeah, it's …

[Frank looks up at a confused Watts; when he turns back, Jose is dead.]

millenium is the only thing i can really remember him in!

Hard Target (1993) .... Emil Fouchon
Johnny Handsome (1989) .... Rafe Garrett
Near Dark (1987) .... Jesse Hooker

^^^^excellent trio of charismatic slimy villain roles

I'm voting for Lance as Abe Lincoln even though I've never seen it.

he was a good Cormac McCarthy-esque villain in Dead Man

also it's been well-documented that i rep for AvP

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like chris meloni I love this guy.

re: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

"I was so young in the business. The only good thing out of that experience was watching this giant movie being made. I went up to Spielberg and said, 'Steven here's my idea: when the little guys come down, I take my coat and throw it over one of their heads and I run into one of those Porta Potties, and i capture one of those sons of bitches.' And he looked at me like, Are you out of your mind? I offended him, but that was like what a street kid in New York would do. He didn't even wanna talk to me after that. I'm in it for a 30th of a second."

henrikesen otm

re: PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING (chronicle of a career foretold)

"It was an early movie for everybody - not the first film Jim was ready to do but the first budget he could get. Cameron was the kind of guy who would be in the motel room down in Jamaica making rubber fish while everyone else was out partying. He felt it was his only chance - life or death - so he was obsessed. And I was obsessed as an actor about my part so we hit it off. I was playing a white Jamaican guy. It was a very unbalanced movie , Jim didn't write it. You do your best, no matter what the budget or circumstances. What else are you gonna do?

Oh shit, yeah, he was awes in Stone Cold.

re: NEAR DARK

To help get into character before filming, Henriksen rented a car and drove down to the location in Arizona, picking up hitchers along the way.

"Stayed in character and would say things like 'Roll me a cigarette,' and give him a tobacco pouch. The guy would roll one with great difficulty, and I would say, 'You call that a cigarette?' and then throw it out the window. Or, I would tell him to turn the radio on, then say, 'What kind of stupid music is that - turn it off'...

"I wanted to see how much you can subtly say to somebody before they start getting scared." He sighs, "You know after three hours, this huge guy, who could probably have crushed my head, was begging to get out of the car. I felt so guilty for what I had done that I gave him 30 bucks, all the money I had in my pocket."

gear I love you for this thread.

near dark, with honorable mentions to aliens, millennium and dead man.
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lance in johnny handsome is gonna go underrated in this poll imo, though he's probably overshadowed in that one by ellen barkin.

aliens 4-ever

I have a feeling some people here haven't actually seen STONE COLD

I totally forgot he was in the Terminator and the Right Stuff.

Dog Day Afternoon! Prince of the City! Jeez this is a great list.

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Who the what now?

i want to start a dj night called dance henriksen

^^^

i can't imagine how you narrowed this down to 50, omar

this guy had roles besides Bishop?

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it was difficult, ptt

S1ocki's DJ night must happen.

i love when you're watching something and have a "heh, that guy looks & sounds like lance henriksen" moment... and then realize it's him!! that happened to me during Appaloosa (weird movie)

he would have been a superstar in the '40s and '50s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ib6-MB_zAA

Lance Henriksen ... Dutch Schultz
Martin Kove ... Agent Baker
Billy Drago ... Lucky Luciano

That is a fucking tight cast right there