Edward Walter Furlong (Furlong) is an American actor and musician. He became famous after the release of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, where he played the lead role of John Connor, for which he received MTV Movie & TV Awards in the Best Breakthrough of the Year category and Saturn in the Best Young Actor category. ".
Edward's creative career developed rapidly. After the cult film "Terminator 2", the actor was invited to new roles in numerous projects. He has successfully starred in the films: "Pet Sematary 2", "American Heart", "American History X", "Our Own Home". He was predicted a wonderful acting future. Edward has won numerous awards, including: Young Actor, ACCA, Saturn, Independent Spirit, MTV Movie & TV Awards.
But after a meteoric rise, Edward's career began to decline. Due to problems with alcohol and drug addiction, Furlong was unable to act with Terminator 3 and gradually slipped into low-budget and little-known films, where he performed several episodic roles.
Childhood
Edward was born in the summer of 1977 in the United States. The boy was raised by his mother, and he never saw his father, although he often claimed that he had repeatedly heard that his father was Russian by nationality. It is difficult to say how reliable this information is, but the fact that his mother's ancestors lived in Mexico is beyond doubt. Edward received his last name from his stepfather, with whom his mother lived for some time in a civil marriage.
Edward's childhood was not cloudless and joyful. The family has always had financial difficulties. Mom worked in a youth center and earned very little. When the situation in the family became critical, Edward moved to his maternal relatives, who were involved in his further education. The mother refused official custody of her son. In the new family, Edward lived until the moment when he was sixteen years old, and then in court defended the right to an independent life.
As a child, the boy did not show any talents, grew up like all ordinary children: he went to school, walked with friends and did not stand out in any way among his peers. During his school years, his hobby was music, but the boy was not attracted to the cinema and the stage.
Film career
Furlong's life changed completely in 1991. He was spotted by a casting agent at the entrance to one of the children's clubs. Just at this moment, the task of the agent was to find the young man who will play the main role in the new project - "Terminator 2".
Edward was invited to the casting. He was able, bypassing thousands of those wishing to act in films, to get the role of John Connor in the film by the famous director J. Cameron, which later became cult.
Furlong was lucky to play along with such famous actors as A. Schwarzenegger, L. Hamilton, R. Patrick. And, having entered the stellar line-up, Edward gained worldwide fame along with the already famous artists.
After the release of the film, thousands of teenagers around the world began to imitate their new idol, did similar hairstyles, wore the same clothes and begged their parents to buy them a motorcycle. The actor himself became recognizable everywhere, he could no longer even walk normally along the street - they asked for his autographs.
After the first success, Edward began to receive new proposals from famous directors and producers. He has starred in Pet Sematary 2, American Heart, Brain Scan, Before and After, American Story X, Animal Factory. In addition, the young man became seriously interested in music and even released his own album.
Until 2014, Edward's creative biography was replenished with several more movie roles, but gradually his career began to decline, and he did not manage to rise to the top of fame again.
Personal life
Nowadays, few people recognize in Furling the famous character from the movie "The Terminator". He is addicted to alcohol and drugs, is overweight and looks much older than his age.
During a stellar career, Edward's girlfriend was Jackie Domek, who was twelve years older than him, but this romance was not long.
The actor's wife was Rachel Bella. Their marriage took place in 2006, and soon the couple had a son. However, the husband could not give up his addictions and bad habits, so the marriage broke up after three years.
