Lance Henriksen

Lance James Henriksen is an American actor, voice actor, and artist, who, for Disney, is best known for his role as Kerchak in the Tarzan franchise. He also voiced Tom in Future-Worm!, Grim Reaper in the Disney XD animated series The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, General Tesler in Tron: Uprising, and The Baron in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure. In addition, he played The King in Super Mario Bros., Buck in Color of Night, Griffin McColl in the ABC TV show Grey's Anatomy, Chazz Montolo in the CBS/ABC Studios TV show Criminal Minds, and Sheriff Doug Barnum in Powder.
Henriksen was born in Manhattan, New York and struggled with a bad home life and trouble at various schools he attended. He left school after completing first grade, and was illiterate until the age of 30. He served in the United States Navy from 1955 to 1958 and attained the rank of petty officer third class. He found work as an artist and laborer on ships before finding for as a set designer for a theatre. He later attended and graduated from the Actors Studio in New York City.
His film work includes It Ain't Easy, Dog Day Afternoon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Damien: Omen II, Piranha Part Two: The Spawning, The Right Stuff, Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story, Super Mario Bros., The Quick and the Dead, Scream 3, When a Stranger Calls (2006), and played Bishop in the Alien franchise.
His television credits include Millennium, Ryan's Hope, Cagney & Lacey, Beauty and the Beast, Tales from the Crypt, The X-Files, Static Shock, Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, NCIS, Castle, Hannibal, All Hail King Julien, The Blacklist, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012), Into the Badlands, Grey's Anatomy, Criminal Minds, and Legends of Tomorrow.
==Roles==
Kerchak Tarzan.jpg|Kerchak(Tarzan franchise)
Grim_Reaper_EMH.jpg|Grim Reaper(The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes)
General_Tesler.png|General Tesler(Tron: Uprising)
Baron Tangled.jpeg|The Baron(Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure)
==Gallery==
Lance Henriksen behind the scenes Tarzan.jpg|Lance Henriksen behind the scenes of Tarzan.
Lance_Henriksen_as_Kerchak.png|Lance Henriksen behind the scenes of Tarzan II.
Lance Henriksen SDCC.jpg|Lance Henriksen speaks at the 30th Anniversary celebration of Aliens during the 2016 San Diego Comic Con.
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ru:Лэнс Хенриксен
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