He played the lead role of Michael Brower, a horror and videogame-obsessed teen in the 1994 film Brainscan. In 1993, Furlong was featured in Aerosmith's music video for " Livin' on the Edge". He followed this role with a string of moderately successful high-profile films and indies, sharing the screen with Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson in Before and After Tim Roth, Maximilian Schell, and Vanessa Redgrave in Little Odessa Jeff Bridges in American Heart and Anthony Edwards and Clancy Brown in Pet Sematary Two. He was discovered for the part by casting director Mali Finn while visiting the Pasadena Boys and Girls Club in September 1990.
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In 1991, Furlong began 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. Initially, the two served as Furlong's managers. His mother's sister, Nancy Tafoya, and their half-brother Sean Furlong obtained custody of him for several years, including 1990–91, when he began his acting career. Furlong is of Mexican descent on his mother's side, and has also described himself as "half- Russian".
Įdward Furlong was born in Glendale, California, the son of Eleanor Torres ( née Tafoya), a youth-center worker. His career subsequently declined due to multiple arrests and court cases, and chronic substance abuse and alcoholism. įurlong's last significant roles were in the comedy Detroit Rock City (1999) and the crime drama Animal Factory (2000). Furlong briefly pursued a singing career, releasing a 1991 album, Hold on Tight, which was only sold in Japan.
He reprised his role as John Connor in the international Universal Studios parks attraction T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996). Other noteworthy titles from his early career include Little Odessa (1994), Brainscan (1994), The Grass Harp (1995), and Before and After (1996), also starring Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson. He won a Young Artist Award for his performance alongside Kathy Bates in A Home of Our Own (1993), and shared a further ensemble nomination with the cast of the film.įurlong received acclaim for his starring roles in the 1998 motion pictures Pecker co-starring Christina Ricci, and American History X, co-starring Edward Norton. The following year he gave an Independent Spirit Award-nominated turn opposite Jeff Bridges in American Heart, and earned a second Saturn Award nomination for his work in Pet Sematary Two. A former teen idol, Furlong won Saturn and MTV Movie Awards for his breakthrough performance as John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). Edward Walter Furlong (born August 2, 1977) is an American actor and musician.
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