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Earl Boen(1941-2023)

  • Actor
  • Soundtrack
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Earl Boen in Hotel (1983)
Video Game Trailer from Lucas Arts
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RTX Red Rock (2003)
7 Videos
12 Photos
Veteran character actor Earl Boen is probably best known for his role as criminal psychologist Dr. Peter Silberman in the Terminator series. Other films which he appeared include Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), The Man with Two Brains (1983), Alien Nation (1988), Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000). Boen retired from screen acting in 2003, but continues his work as a voice actor in radio, animated series and video games.
BornAugust 8, 1941
DiedJanuary 5, 2023(81)
BornAugust 8, 1941
DiedJanuary 5, 2023(81)
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  • Awards
    • 2 nominations

Photos12

Michael Biehn and Earl Boen in The Terminator (1984)
Michael Biehn and Earl Boen in The Terminator (1984)
Linda Hamilton, Lance Henriksen, Earl Boen, and Paul Winfield in The Terminator (1984)
Earl Boen and Harry Morgan in M*A*S*H (1972)
Earl Boen and Pat McNamara in M*A*S*H (1972)
Alan Alda, Earl Boen, and Mike Farrell in M*A*S*H (1972)
Irene Cara, Fred Berry, Earl Boen, Shirley Hemphill, Haywood Nelson, and Ernest Thomas in What's Happening!! (1976)
Michael Biehn and Earl Boen in The Terminator (1984)
Earl Boen, Elinor Donahue, and Maggie Wheeler in Ellen (1994)
Earl Boen, Judith Light, and John Medici in Who's the Boss? (1984)
Earl Boen and Barbara Bosson in Hotel (1983)

Known for

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
8.6
  • Dr. Silberman
  • 1991
Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator (1984)
The Terminator
8.1
  • Silberman
  • 1984
Steve Martin in The Man with Two Brains (1983)
The Man with Two Brains
6.4
  • Dr. Felix Conrad
  • 1983
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kristanna Loken in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
6.3
  • Dr. Peter Silberman
  • 2003

Credits

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Actor

  • Girls Mode 4: Star Stylist (2017)
    Girls Mode 4: Star Stylist
    • (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2017
  • World of Warcraft: Legion (2016)
    World of Warcraft: Legion
    • (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2016
  • World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor (2014)
    World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
    • (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2014
  • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (2014)
    Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
    • Hekima the Wise (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2014
  • World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (2012)
    World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
    • Hekima the Wise (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2012
  • World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (2010)
    World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
    • Narrator (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2010
  • Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special Edition (2010)
    Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special Edition
    • LeChuck (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2010
  • Tales of Monkey Island (2010)
    Tales of Monkey Island
    • LeChuck
    • Video Game
    • 2010
  • Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 5 - Rise of the Pirate God (2009)
    Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 5 - Rise of the Pirate God
    • LeChuck (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2009
  • Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 4 - The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood (2009)
    Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 4 - The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood
    • LeChuck - Demon (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2009
  • The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (2009)
    The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
    • The Ghost Pirate LeChuck
    • Sheriff Fester Shinetop (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2009
  • World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (2008)
    World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
    • Narrator
    • King Terenas Menethil (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2008
  • Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel (2008)
    Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel
    • Sergei Gurlukovich (English version, voice)
    • Video
    • 2008
  • World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (2007)
    World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
    • Narrator
    • Magtheridon (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2007
  • Psychonauts (2005)
    Psychonauts
    • Butcher (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2005

Soundtrack

  • Ricardo Montalban and Hervé Villechaize in Fantasy Island (1977)
    Fantasy Island
    • performer: "Be My Love" (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 1983

Videos7

Skynet Edition Clip: Picture In Picture
Clip 0:53
Skynet Edition Clip: Picture In Picture
Battle Beyond the Stars
Clip 1:18
Battle Beyond the Stars
Spot's Magical Christmas
Clip 1:57
Spot's Magical Christmas
Re-release Trailer
Trailer 1:34
Re-release Trailer
Terminator 2: Judgment Day: 3D
Trailer 1:37
Terminator 2: Judgment Day: 3D
RTX: Red Rock
Trailer 1:06
RTX: Red Rock
3 X 3 Eyes
Trailer 2:09
3 X 3 Eyes

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Frank Bennett
  • Height
    • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
  • Born
    • August 8, 1941
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • January 5, 2023
    • Hawaii, USA(lung cancer)
  • Spouses
      Kathleen Boen2008 - January 5, 2023 (his death, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Played the arch-villian Dr. Regis Blackgaard and his twin Edwin Blackgaard on the radio drama Adventures in Odyssey from 1989-Present.

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Besides Arnold Schwarzenegger, he is the only actor to appear in the first three "Terminator" films: The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)). He portrayed the character of Dr. Peter Silberman in all three films. Neither he nor Schwarzenegger appeared in the fourth film Terminator Salvation (2009) but Schwarzenegger returned for Terminator Genisys (2015).
  • Trademarks
      Frequently plays either doctors, psychologists, reverends or judges

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