![]() ![]() During filming he met Natasha Lyonne, whom he then dated. In 1999, he starred in the film Detroit Rock City. But I wanted to do something different and John gave me a chance to do that." Of his title role in Pecker, Furlong stated, "It's true most of the characters that I've played so far are kind of like suicidal. In 1998, he starred in American History X alongside Edward Norton and appeared in his first comedy role in Pecker, directed by John Waters. In 1995, he starred in the film adaptation of Truman Capote's The Grass Harp. He played the lead role of Michael Brower, a horror and videogame-obsessed teen in the 1994 film Brainscan. This was also the only major Aerosmith video from Get a Grip not to feature Alicia Silverstone. 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 and Anthony Edwards in Pet Sematary Two. He has stated, "I fell into, it wasn't something that I planned". He was discovered for the part by casting director Mali Finn while visiting the Pasadena Boys and Girls Club. 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. Eliot Middle School in Altadena, and South Pasadena Junior High School in South Pasadena, California. Furlong moved in with his aunt and uncle, Nancy Tafoya and Sean Furlong, in 1990 the two gained legal guardianship of Furlong in September 1991 and subsequently lost it to his mother in August 1993. Furlong has a younger half-brother, Bobby Torres, from his mother's marriage to Moises Torres. He is of Mexican descent on his mother's side, and also has Russian and possibly Native American ancestry. He also won the 1992 MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance for his work in the film.įurlong was born in Glendale, California, near Burbank, the son of Eleanor (née Tafoya), a youth-center worker, and an unknown father. He is a two-time Saturn Award nominee, winning the 1992 Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor for his performance in Terminator 2. Edward Walter Furlong (born August 2, 1977) is an American actor whose best known film roles are John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Daniel Vinyard in American History X. ![]()
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