Early life

Edward Furlong was born in Glendale, California, the son of Eleanor Torres (née Tafoya), a youth-center worker. He has a younger half-brother, Robert Torres, from his mother's marriage to Moises Torres; Furlong's former stepfather. By the time of his debut in Terminator 2, the couple were divorced. Furlong is of Mexican descent on his mother's side, and has also described himself as "half-Russian".

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. Initially, the two served as Furlong's managers.

By the time he was 16, Furlong had become romantically involved with 29-year-old Jacqueline Domac, his sometime tutor and stand-in. This led to a split with his aunt and uncle, and eventually to his emancipation at age 16. The two lived together and Domac also served as his manager. They were engaged to be married, but split in 1998. In 1999, Domac sued Furlong for money she claimed was owed to her, but being withheld by him; primarily for her role as his manager. She also claimed physical abuse by Furlong.

Career

1990s

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. He was discovered for the part by casting director Mali Finn while visiting the Pasadena Boys and Girls Club in September 1990.

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.

In 1993, Furlong was featured in Aerosmith's music video for "Livin' on the Edge". This was also the only major Aerosmith video from Get a Grip not to feature Alicia Silverstone. He played the lead role of Michael Brower, a horror and videogame-obsessed teen in the 1994 film Brainscan. In 1995, he starred in the film adaptation of Truman Capote's The Grass Harp.

In 1998, he starred in American History X alongside Edward Norton and appeared in his first comedy role in Pecker, directed by John Waters. 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. Really dark roles, which I like. But I wanted to do something different and John gave me a chance to do that."

In 1998, he starred in the film Detroit Rock City. During filming he met Natasha Lyonne, whom he then dated. Furlong played a young convict in Steve Buscemi's film Animal Factory, filmed in 1999.

2000s

Furlong's career and stardom declined considerably after 2000, with most of his subsequent films being released straight to DVD. In 2001 he took a role in I Cavalieri che fecero l'impresa aka The Knights of the Quest, a little-seen film by Italian filmmaker Pupi Avati.

Furlong was expected to play John Connor again in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. However, Nick Stahl was cast just before filming began in April 2002.

He appeared in a music video for Metallica's "The Unnamed Feeling", released in February 2004.

He starred as Jimmy in the low budget independent film Jimmy & Judy in 2004, during which time he met Rachael Bella. The two became romantically involved and later married.

In 2003, Furlong played the lead in the fourth film in The Crow series, The Crow: Wicked Prayer, alongside David Boreanaz and Tara Reid. The film was planned for a theatrical release, but after one week in limited theatres, it was released to DVD in 2005.

In 2006 and again in 2010, Furlong appeared in five episodes of the television program CSI: NY as character Shane Casey.

Furlong appeared in the 2009 remake of the 1988 horror classic Night of the Demons, shot in New Orleans. The film was released straight to DVD.

2010s

Furlong appeared in two scenes of the 2011 Seth Rogen film, The Green Hornet. Next he starred in This Is Not a Movie, an English-language Mexican film written and directed by Olallo Rubio and co-starring Peter Coyote and Edi Gathegi. The film was scored by Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash. The film was released in Germany in 2010 and Mexico in January 2011. Most recently, he featured in the crowd-funded pilot, Star Trek: Renegades as the character "Fixer".

Other work

In October 1992, Furlong released an album in Japan called Hold on Tight, which included a cover of the Doors song "People Are Strange".

Personal life

Furlong married Rachael Bella on April 19, 2006. The couple's son was born in September 2006. On July 8, 2009, Rachael Bella filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences. She alleged in court documents that their son tested positive for cocaine, which led a judge to rule Furlong's visits had to be supervised.

In early October 2012 a Furlong impersonator on Twitter publicly asked fans for financial help, saying: "I need donations from fans to pay for new liver ... Please PM me if you are willing to part cash." He stopped tweeting on October 19.

Substance abuse and legal problems

Furlong has battled alcoholism and drug addiction, which derailed his career. He went into rehab in October 2000.

Furlong said in December 2006 that from 22 to 26 he was "on and off" hard drugs, adding that, "I was a heroin and cocaine addict. It was really scary." In the same interview, he said, "I don't even think about anymore. It seems lonely now: running and clubbing and doing coke. I have nightmares about doing hard drugs. I'll wake up and I'm like, 'Did I relapse?'"

In 2010, Furlong was placed on three years' probation for violation of a civil protective order obtained by Rachael Kneeland. In March 2013 Furlong was sentenced to 180 days in jail for violation of probation after he "used force" against ex-girlfriend Monica Keena, and for violation of a protective order prohibiting contact with Keena.

Furlong was arrested again in May 2013 and avoided a jail sentence after agreeing to go to rehab for drug addiction for 90 days, and to undergo 52 weeks of domestic violence counselling. He had already served 61 days in jail.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	John Connor	MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
1992	Pet Sematary Two	Jeff Matthews	Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
	American Heart	Nick Kelson	Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
1993	A Home of Our Own	Shayne Lacey	Young Artist Award for Best Youth Actor Leading Role in a Motion Picture Drama Nominated - Young Artist Award for Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Motion Picture
1994	Brainscan	Michael Brower
	Little Odessa	Reuben Shapira
1995	The Grass Harp	Collin Fenwick
1996	T2 3-D: Battle Across Time	John Connor
	Before and After	Jacob Ryan
1998	Pecker	Pecker
	American History X	Daniel Vinyard	Nominated - Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Young Actor Performance in a Feature Film
1999	Detroit Rock City	Hawk
2000	Animal Factory	Ron Decker
2001	The Knights of the Quest	Simon di Clarendon
2003	3 Blind Mice	Thomas Cross
2005	Venice Underground	Gary
	Intermedio	Malik
	Nice Guys	Tye	Released as High Hopes
	The Crow: Wicked Prayer	Jimmy Cuervo/The Crow
	Cruel World	Philip Markham
2006	Jimmy and Judy	Jimmy Wright
	The Visitation	Brandon Nichols	Premiered on DVD
	The Covenant: Brotherhood of Evil	David Goodman
	Warriors of Terra	Chris
	Canes	David Goodman	Premiered in Cannes film festival. DVD elsewhere
2007	Living & Dying	Sam
2008	Dark Reel	Adam Waltz
2009	Stoic	Harry Katish
	Night of the Demons	Colin Levy
	Darfur	Adrian Archer	Released as Attack on Darfur
2010	Kingshighway	Dino Scarfino
	Crave	Ravi
	This Is Not a Movie	Pete Nelson
	The Mortician	Petrovsky
2011	The Green Hornet	Mr. Tupper
	Tequila	Smith
	For The Love of Money	Tommy
	Bind	Teddy
	Witness Insecurity	Johnny
2012	The Zombie King	Samuel Peters/The Zombie King
	Remnants	Brad
	Arachnoquake	Charlie
	Below Zero	Jack/Frank
	Aftermath	Brad
2013	Assault on Wall Street	Sean
2013	Matt's Chance	Matt
2014	Stitch	Marsden
2015	Awaken	Berto
2015	Star Trek: Renegades	Fixer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Saturday Night Live	John Connor	Episode: Linda Hamilton/Mariah Carey
2006	CSI: NY	Shane Casey	Episode: Hung Out to Dry Episode: Raising Shane
2010			Episode: Redemption Episode: Vacation Getaway Episode: The 34th Floor
2012	Perception	Pete	Episode: Nemesis
2012	The Glades	Wayne Baldinger	Episode: Public Enemy

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
1992	MTV Movie Award	Best Breakthrough Performance	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Won
1992	Saturn Award	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Won
1993	Saturn Award	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Pet Sematary Two	Nominated
1994	Independent Spirit Award	Best Supporting Male	American Heart	Nominated
1994	Young Artist Award	Best Youth Actor Leading Role in a Motion Picture Drama	A Home of Our Own	Won
1994	Young Artist Award	Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Motion Picture (shared with Miles Feulner, Clarissa Lassig, Amy Sakasitz and Sarah Schaub)	A Home of Our Own	Nominated
1999	Young Artist Award	Best Supporting Young Actor Performance in a Feature Film	American History X	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]