The Terminator wasn’t just an awesome action movie. It was one of the biggest surprise
hits of the 1980s, stunning audiences with it’s special effects and exhilarating story.
For many of it's actors, it was also a breakthrough. Let's take a look back at the cast
members of the first three parts of the series and find out what happened to their careers with us.
Michael Biehn had few acting credits to his name when James Cameron cast him as
Kyle Reese in The Terminator, though the movie was undeniably a career breakthrough for him.
Joining the cast of Terminator when he was 28 and is now 64 years old.
Brian Thompson, who played one of the three punks, never became a household name.
Born in 1959, he is now 61 years old.
With his blue spiky mohawk and less-than-stellar attitude, the punk leader was played by actor Bill
Paxton. Sadly, on February 25, 2017, at age 61, Paxton died of a stroke.
Actor Paul Winfield brought a particular level of gravitas to his role as Ed Traxler.
The actor died of a heart attack in 2004 at age 64.
Dick Miller’s cameo role in The Terminator didn’t exactly make or break his career.
Miller died of a heart attack while being treated for pneumonia, on January 30, 2019.
Matt, Ginger's not-particularly bright boyfriend was played by semi-retired
actor Rick Rossovich when he was 27 and is now 63 years old.
Bess Motta, who played Sarah Connor’s roommate, never really found substantial
work as an actress after her appearance in The Terminator. She is now 63 years old.
The role of Dr. Silberman, a criminal psychologist was played by actor Earl Boen. He is the only
actor besides Arnold Schwarzenegger to appear in each of the first three Terminator films.
Lance Henriksen is deeply embedded in the Terminator franchise with
his supporting role of LAPD police sergeant Hal Vukovich.
Joining the cast of Terminator when he was 44, Henriksen is now 80 years old.
Robert Patrick has had plenty of roles since his acclaimed performance in Terminator 2.
Stepping in the role of the T-1000 when he was 33, the Saturn Award winner is now 62 years old.
Argentine actor Cástulo Guerra has had several small parts in American movies and TV shows before
stepping in the role of Enrique Salceda, Sarah's friend. Born in 1945, Guerra is now 75 years old.
Xander Berkeley, who played Todd Voight, John Connor's foster father,
has a massive resume of starring roles in movies and television.
The 65-year-old actor is also a make-up artist, painter and sculptor.
Jenette Goldstein played John Connor's foster mom, Janelle, who is killed by the T-1000.
Goldstein is now the proprietor of the store 'Jenette Bras', a large-cup bra specialist.
Miles Dyson, the director of special projects at Cyberdyne, was played by actor Joe Morton.
Born in 1947, he is now 73 years old.
Tarissa Dyson may be S. Epatha Merkerson’s most famous movie role.
As of now, the actress is 68 years old.
Furlong was 13 when Terminator 2 debuted and received a Saturn Award and an MTV
Movie Award for his performance. By the 2000s, his career declined considerably.
Linda Hamilton was a complete unknown when she was cast to play Sarah Connor.
Joining the cast when she was 28, Hamilton is now 64 years old.
The actor who played John Connor in the third Terminator film, Nick Stahl, has battled drug
addiction for years. Stahl played as John Conor when he was 24 and is now 41 years old.
Actor Jay Acovone can be seen playing the LAPD officer pulling over the TX Terminator
in Terminator 3. He was born in New York City in August, 1955 and is 65 years old as of now.
In the Terminator's third movie, the role of Scott Mason, Kate Brewster's slain fiancé, was
played by Mark Famiglietti. The now 41-year-old man is working as an author and screenwriter.
Kate's father, Lieutenant General Robert Brewster, was played by character actor
David Andrews when he was 51 and is now 68 years old.
Claire Danes was already had a decorated acting career,
both on stage and on screen before taking in the role of Kate Brewster.
The 41-year-old actress was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015.
Probably the sexiest villain of all the Terminator movies, T-X was played by actress and model
Kristanna Loken when she was 24 years old. The now 41-year-old actress appeared in numerous projects
after the Terminator but today, she is focusing on raising her son Thor who was born in May 2016.
He’s one of the most recognizable action stars in the world,
and The Terminator undoubtedly was the film that made him a household name.
The now 73-year-old man was also a former politician who served as the 38th governor
of California from 2003 to 2011. As of 2021, he is the most recent Republican governor of California.
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