The Terminator Cast

The Terminator Cast

Meet the Cast

Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton)

She may not look it—what with the '80s hair and the lack of Force ability—but Sarah Connor is a total Jedi. Wait, don't go. Hear us out.Okay, so Sarah doesn't come equipped with a lightsaber, b...

Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn)

What would you do if you had a time machine? Would you go back to see dinosaurs? Take some modern tech back to your ancestors? Kill Hitler?The thing is, time travel is rough. You have to worry abou...

The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger)

He's back. For the first time. Yes, we're here to discuss the character that became a cinematic icon…before that very same role became a mockery of itself. Seriously, even Elton John would be emb...

Lieutenant Ed Traxler (Paul Winfield)

According to the commandments set down by the gods of cinema, the cop in a horror movie will have the most thankless job ever. His will be a typical day until he will have to solve a string of unex...

Detective Hal Vukovich (Lance Henriksen)

Detective Hal Vukovich is the Riggs to Traxler's Murtaugh, minus one '80s mullet and several degrees of frantic. Whereas Traxler is thoughtful and experienced, Vukovich is a little thoughtless in h...

Ginger Ventura (Bess Motta)

True to the teen '80s spirit she embodies, Ginger is a girl who just wants to have fuh-uhn. Let's go through the checklist: she chews bubblegum, she listens to her Walkman all the time, she spends...

Dr. Peter Silberman (Earl Boen)

It's hard not to be hard on Dr. Silberman. On the one hand, he ignores Reese's warnings about the Terminator coming to find Sarah at the police station. When no one listens, the Terminator ends up...

Matt Buchanan (Rick Rossovich)

Matt is a young dude who is obsessed with sex and lives in an '80s horror film. Yep, this guy is gonna catch some death.Matt calls Ginger to engage in a little phone foreplay but accidentally gets...

Gun Shop Owner (Dick Miller)

The gun shop owner is more of a plot device than a character—he doesn't even have a name. The Terminator pretends to be a patron of his store and requests to check out a bunch of guns. The owner...