Biography
Earl Boen (August 8, 1941 - January 5, 2023) was an American actor and voice actor, best known as criminal psychologist Dr. Peter Silberman in The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. He is the only actor besides Arnold Schwarzenegger to appear in each of the first three Terminator films. He also did voiced characters such as Mr. Bleakman in Clifford the Big Red Dog and Señor Senior Sr. in Kim Possible.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Toy Warrior
2006
as (voice)
Young Jinoo finds himself in a world where the toys are real living beings. However, not everything is peaceful here either. A dark force threatens th...

Clifford's Really Big Movie
2004
as Mr. Bleakman (voice)
Fearing that he costs too much to feed, Clifford decides to join a traveling carnival so he can enter a talent contest in hopes of winning a lifetime ...

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003
as Dr. Peter Silberman
It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can t...

The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
as Gorilla (voice)
Eliza and Debbie are two sisters who don't always get along. But their relationship is put to the test when Debbie's life is in danger, and Eliza migh...

Now You Know
2002
as Grandpa
On the eve of his bachelor party, a man learns his fiancee wants to call off the wedding. The unmarried couple returns to New Jersey to sort out their...

Little Shepherd
2002
as Grandfather (voice)
Little Shepherd is the timeless story of Christmas with a twist.

The Majestic
2001
as Newsreel Announcer (voice)
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a lon...

A Johnny Bravo Christmas
2001
as Santa Claus / Jay the Bear / Norman (voice)
On Christmas Eve Johnny realizes he forgot to mail his and Momma's wish lists to Santa. In order to ensure that he gets all the "free stuff" he has be...

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001
as Bearded Pig / Poacher (voice)
Donnie goes missing and the rest of the Thornberry family have various adventures (broken bones, getting lost in a cave, and a forest fire) while look...

The Jennie Project
2001
as Reverend Palliser
Hugo Archibald is a doctor and brings home a wide variety of exotic animal species. The latest animal he brings home is a chimpanzee named Jennie. Dr....

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000
as Dr. Knoll
The hilarity begins when professor Sherman Klump finds romance with fellow DNA specialist, Denise Gaines, and discovers a brilliant formula that rever...

The Odd Couple II
1998
as Fred
Brucey, the son of Oscar, calls his father to invite him to his wedding to Felix's daughter next Sunday in California. Oscar and Felix meet again at L...

Living in Peril
1997
as Fingerprint Technician
The young architect Walter leaves his wife Linda to go to L.A. to draw a mansion for Harrison. On the highway a truck driver almost drives him off the...

Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie
1997
as (voice) (archive footage)
Bruno the Kid faces a trio of world-class villains, just as his mentor, Jarlsburg, decides to retire.
The Prince
1996
African-American drama about a toymaker

Dot & Spot's Magical Christmas Adventure
1996
as Santa Claus (voice)
Christmas is a time of magic, of wonder and of wishes. That's what cuddly Dalmatian puppies Dot and Spot try to teach Ryan and Robin. When the family ...

Within the Rock
1996
as Michael Isaacs
Space miners sent to stop a moon's collision course with the earth discover a hibernating creature that soon revives and starts slaughtering the minin...

The Dentist
1996
as Marvin Goldblum
Dr. Alan Feinstone has everything: a beautiful wife and a successful career in dentistry. However, when he discovers his wife's affair, he realizes th...

Norma Jean & Marilyn
1996
as Studio Physician
This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to furthe...

A Pinky and the Brain Christmas
1995
as Santa Claus
The Brain designs a mesmerizing doll, Noodle Noggin, and plans to have Santa Claus deliver one to every house so he can make people do his every comma...

Gordy
1995
as Minnesota Red (voice)
A talking pig named Gordy becomes involved in a quest to save his family from the slaughterhouse.

The Companion
1994
as Marty Bailin
In the near-distant future, a female romance writer is planning to write her next book in a remote mountain cabin. A friend convinces her to bring alo...

The Magic Flute
1994
as Monostatos
Based on Mozart’s opera, a young prince is gifted a magical flute by the Queen of the night to help him find a missing princess and he uncovers a hidd...

Sioux City
1994
as Andre
A young Lakota Sioux, adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple in Beverly Hills, gets in touch with his cultural roots and solves a mystery in this thriller...

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as Dr. Eisendrath
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for wh...

Darkness Before Dawn
1993
as Justice of the Peace
An uplifting family drama about the danger of drug addiction, DARKNESS BEFORE DAWN stars Meredith Baxter (TV's FAMILY TIES). Baxter plays Mary Ann, a ...

Samantha
1992
as Support Group Leader
A young woman sets out to find her birth parents when she finds out that she is adopted.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991
as Dr. Silberman
Set ten years after the events of the original, James Cameron’s classic sci-fi action flick tells the story of a second attempt to get rid of rebellio...

Guilty As Charged
1991
as Chemical Manufacturer
A female parole officer discovers a secret death row prison under a meat plant, that's being run by the plant's unhinged vigilante owner and his rever...

Menu for Murder
1990
as Principal Gene Naylor
Joanne Mayfield, head of the parental school commission, behaves like a dictator and makes all the other women her enemies. But when she suddenly fall...

Opposites Attract
1990
as Prof. Sutton
A mayoral candidate (Barbara Eden) for a California town gets romantically involved with her opponent (John Forsythe), a former cowboy star.

Marked for Death
1990
as Dr. Stein
Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighbor...

Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
1990
as Mr. Tweed
The chief suspects in the murder of an author are the numerous colleagues whom he continuously plagiarized.

Miracle Mile
1989
as Drunk Man in Diner
After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Ha...

Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
1989
as Butcher
Riding around on their motorbikes, a gang of tough women bikers are the only thing that stands between a crowd of zombies, which have been accidentall...

My Stepmother Is an Alien
1988
as Reverend
Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She ...

Going to the Chapel
1988
as Mr. Palmer
As a couple (Valentine and Greene) prepare to get married all sorts of uninvited and unexpected guests arrive and secrets are revealed.

G.I. Joe: The Movie
1987
as Taurus (voice)
G.I. Joe faces a new enemy as an ancient society of snake people known as Cobra-La try to forcefully take back the earth from those who drove them und...

Walk Like a Man
1987
as Jack Mollins
Bobo, a feral man raised by wolves, is reunited with his family by a researcher. However, this disappoints his brother, Reggie, who has no intentions ...

The Littles: Liberty and the Littles
1986
as General Massey (voice)
On their way to New York City for the Fourth of July, a storm forces the Littles to crash near the Statue of Liberty. Inside the statue they discover ...

Touch and Go
1986
as Waiter
A Chicago hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride...

Stewardess School
1986
as Mr. Adams
A group of varied misfits (including a former prostitute/stripper and a bumbler who can't see more than 6 inches in front of his face) enter a school ...

Annihilator
1986
as Sid
Humanoid killer robots stalk a newspaperman, who has knowledge of their existence. One of the robots is made to look like his girl friend.

Movers & Shakers
1985
as Marshall
Studio head Joe Mulholland promises his dying producer and mentor, Saul Gritz, to adapt a popular sex manual into a film, despite his better judgment....

The Terminator
1984
as Silberman
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Con...

Getting Physical
1984
as Byron Waldo
The world of female bodybuilding provides the backdrop for this tale of an aspiring young actress who initially becomes interested in the sport as a m...

To Be or Not to Be
1983
as Dr. Boyarski
A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World War II. His wife has the habit of entertaining young...

The Man with Two Brains
1983
as Dr. Felix Conrad
A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.

I Take These Men
1983
as Walter Bromfield
Moments before being surprised at an anniversary garden party thrown by her husband and their family and friends, Carol Sherwood shocks him by saying ...

Antony and Cleopatra
1983
as Lepidus
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
as Doctor (uncredited)
A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle...

The Children Nobody Wanted
1981
as Madden
True story of Tom Butterfield and his crusade to provide family life for homeless children, becoming not only the first bachelor caretaker, but the yo...

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981
as Owen
In a small Southern town, the local sheriff tries to keep everything peaceful and under control.

Nine to Five
1980
as Mr. Perkins
Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.

Battle Beyond the Stars
1980
as Nestor 1
A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.

The Main Event
1979
as Nose - Kline
A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring — an idea h...

The Fifth Floor
1978
as Phil
A young woman collapses on the disco dance floor of what's revealed to be strychnine poisoning. Assuming that this is an attempt at suicide, her boyfr...
Last of the Good Guys
1978
as Ike
Comedy-drama about a bunch of police rookies who conspire to convince their hard-nosed sergeant that a seriously ill fellow officer, two weeks away fr...

Mr. Billion
1977
as Col. Winkle's Aide
An Italian mechanic finds that he has inherited a billion-dollar company from his dead uncle, but he needs to be in San Francisco in 20 days to sign o...

The Taming of the Shrew
1976
as A Pedant
San Francisco's prize-winning American Conservatory Theater's rowdy commedia dell'arte production incorporates slapstick, pratfall and earthy humor in...
Modern Marvels: American Steel: Built to Last
N/A
as Self - Narrator (voice)
An exploration of the past and future of the steel industry in America.