Had early roles in 1977 on TV's Logan Run and the TV-movie James at 15
Worked with director James Cameron on three films: The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986) and The Abyss (1989)
In the early 1990s, was set to play Peter Parker/Spider-Man in a cinematic version of the Spider-Man story, to be directed by Cameron, but the project was abandoned
Made his directorial debut with the 2010 action flick The Blood Bond
Formed the production company BlancBiehn Productions with his patner Jennifer Blanc