Edward Furlong

Edward Furlong (born Edward Walter Torres on August 2, 1977 in Glendale, California) is an American actor best known for playing young John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and playing Danny Vinyard in American History X.

The son of Eleanor Torres, Furlong was born in Glendale, California, near Burbank.

He is also a well-known supporter of animal rights and has campaigned for PETA. In 2004, he was arrested for trying to remove lobsters from a grocery store in Kentucky where he was filming the independent film Jimmy and Judy.

Career

Furlong started his film career as John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, a role that earned him an MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Role and a Saturn Award for best young actor. He was discovered for the part by casting director Mali Finn, while visiting the Pasadena Boys and Girls Club.

He followed this role with a string of moderately successful films and indies, sharing screen with actors like Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson in Before and After, Tim Roth in Little Odessa, and others. In 1998, he had another important role when he starred in American History X alongside Edward Norton.

He can currently be seen playing the lead in the fourth film in The Crow series, The Crow: Wicked Prayer, alongside David Boreanaz, Tara Reid, Dennis Hopper and Macy Gray.

In October 2006, he had a recurring role for several episodes as Shane Casey in CSI: NY.

Personal life

He is married to Rachael Bella who recently gave birth to their new baby son, Ethan Page Furlong, on September 21, 2006. [1]

He was arrested by the West Hollywood Police on September 25, 2001 in two separate incidents: once for driving without a license, and then again for causing a car wreck while under the influence, just four hours after the first incident. [2]

Filmography

• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
• American Heart (1992)
• Pet Sematary II (1992)
• A Home of Our Own (1993)
• Brainscan (1994)
• Little Odessa (1994)
• The Grass Harp (1995)
• Before and After (1996)
• T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996)
• Pecker (1998)
• American History X (1998)
• Detroit Rock City (1999)
• Animal Factory (2000)
• I Cavalieri che fecero l'impresa (2001)
• Three Blind Mice (2003)
• Riders on the Storm (2004)
• Intermedio (2005)
• Cruel World (2005)
• The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)
• Venice Underground (2005)
• Jimmy and Judy (2005)
• Warriors of Terra (2006)
• The Visitation (2006)
• Dark Reel (2007) Filming

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