thumb|150px|Edward Furlong (1991)
'''Edward Furlong''' (born '''Edward Walter Torres''' on August 2, 1977 in Glendale, California) is an American actor who has carved a career in the indie movie world but is probably best known for playing young John Connor in ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day''.

Edward, usually known as Eddie, is also known for modeling and animal activism.

Biography

right|thumb|200px|Edward Furlong's mugshot (2004)
He was born in Glendale, California, near Burbank. He is also a well-known supporter of animal rights and has campaigned for PETA.

He is the son of Eleanor Torres.

He was arrested in 2004 for trying to steal or "set free" the "oppressed 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 the casting director of ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'', when Furlong was at 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 was set to reprise his role of John Connor in ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' but couldn't commit due to legal problems for his trouble with drugs and alcohol. To this day, he claims to regret this, mostly because he feels that he "let down" many fans of the series. He is rumored to be doing "everything he can" to return for the rumored fourth installment of the series: ''Terminator 4''.

He can currently be seen playing the lead in the 4th part of ''The Crow'' series ''The Crow: Wicked Prayer'' alongside David Boreanaz, Tara Reid, Dennis Hopper and Macy Gray.

In October 2006, he debuts in CSI:NY, recurring for several episodes

Personal life

Furlong has been linked to numerous celebrities during his career. He took Soleil Moon Frye as his date to the premiere of ''Terminator 2''. He was also linked with Tracey Kapisky while fiming ''American Heart'' in 1992. Furlong had a five year relationship with Jacqueline Domac, his former tutor, fiancée, and manager, whom he met while working on ''T2''. They became involved when she was his tutor in ''Article licensed under GNU Free Documentation License. See the Wikipedia article "Edward_Furlong"