Editing The Terminator (section)

==Cast==
{{See also|List of Terminator (franchise) characters|l1=List of ''Terminator'' (franchise) characters}}
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* [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] as [[Terminator (character)|The Terminator]], a cybernetic android disguised as a human male that is sent back in time to assassinate Sarah Connor.
* [[Michael Biehn]] as [[Kyle Reese]], a member of the resistance against Skynet sent back in time to protect Sarah.
* [[Linda Hamilton]] as [[Sarah Connor (Terminator)|Sarah Connor]], a young diner waitress and the Terminator's target, who is soon to be the mother of the future leader of the resistance, John.
* [[Paul Winfield]] as [[Ed Traxler]], a [[police lieutenant]] who tries to protect Sarah.
* [[Lance Henriksen]] as [[List of Terminator (franchise) characters#Vukovich|Hal Vukovich]], a member of the [[Los Angeles Police Department]].
* [[Bess Motta]] as Ginger, Sarah's roommate whom the Terminator murders after mistaking her for Sarah.
* [[Rick Rossovich]] as Matt, Ginger's boyfriend whom the Terminator also dispatches.
* [[Earl Boen]] as [[List of Terminator (franchise) characters#Peter Silberman, Ph.D.|Doctor Peter Silberman]], a criminal [[psychologist]].

Additional actors included Shawn Schepps as Nancy, Sarah's co-worker at the diner; [[Dick Miller]] as a gun shop clerk; professional bodybuilder [[Franco Columbu]] as a Terminator in the future; [[Bill Paxton]] and [[Brian Thompson (actor)|Brian Thompson]] as punks whom the Terminator confronts and dispatches; [[Marianne Muellerleile]] as one of the other women with the name "Sarah Connor" whom the Terminator dispatches; [[Rick Aiello]] as the bouncer of the local nightclub where the Terminator finally locates Sarah; and [[William Wisher Jr.|Bill Wisher]] as a police officer who reports a hit-and-run felony on Reese, only to be knocked unconscious and have his car stolen by the Terminator soon thereafter.