Furlong, Edward

Born to Eleonora Torres (née Tafoya), an employee of the youth center. From the side of the mother has Mexican roots, from the side of the father (whom he has never seen) - Russian roots. He considers himself half Russian ^{[3] [4] [5]} . Edward has a younger uterine brother, Robert Torres, from his mother’s marriage with Moises Torres - they divorced when Edward starred in The Terminator. Until the age of 16, Edward was under the tutelage of the sister of Eleanor Nancy and their stepbrother Sean, who had been his managers for some time at the dawn of Edward’s film career. After the success of her son, Eleanor wanted to regain custody of him, but he defended the right to independence in court. Has problems with alcohol and drugs ^[6] . Engaged in music, in 1992 the debut song “Hold On Tight” even surpassed Whitney Houston 's famous hit “ I Will Always Love You ” , becoming number 1 on Japanese charts. He recorded the album of the same name ("Hold on Tight").

He is fond of shooting home movies. He is an active member of the Society for the Protection of Animals and an ardent opponent of natural furs.

At 13, he won a competition for the role of John Connor in "Terminator 2" . For his debut work, Furlong received the Saturn Award and MTV Award in the nomination “Main Discovery of the Year.” This was followed by a series of less well-known but well-received critics of films in which Furlong played with such actors as Jeff Bridges , Meryl Streep , Liam Neeson , Tim Roth and Vanessa Redgrave . For the role of the fifteen-year-old son of the main character in the film " American Heart " ( 1992 ), Furlong was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award as the best supporting actor. In 1998, he played in a pair with Edward Norton in the sensational film " American History X ".

In the future, Furlong’s career went downhill due to problems with alcohol, drugs and the law (he was detained for driving without a driver’s license and appearing drunk in public places). Allegedly, it was because of this that he was not taken on the role of matured John Connor in “ Terminator 3 ” (according to other sources, he requested too much fee). Recently, Furlong has been predominantly in low-budget films and small roles.

In April 2019, it was reported that the character John Connor would reappear in the new movie “ Terminator: Dark Fate ”; The role of young John will be played by actor Jude Colley, but externally he will look the same as in the movie “Terminator: Doomsday”, due to the fact that Edward Furlong's appearance will be recreated using computer technology.

For some time he lived with his former mentor, Jackie Domek, despite sharing the difference in age at 12 years old (for the sake of Edward, she even divorced her husband). However, after Jackie became his manager, their relationship deteriorated, and they were sued because of Furlong's income.

On April 19, 2006, he married actress Rachel Belle (known for the film “The Bell ” ). September 21, 2006 they had a son, Ethan Page ^[7] . July 8, 2009 the couple filed for divorce ^[8] . In November 2012, Bella provided the court with documents from which it follows that Ethan had a positive result of a blood test for cocaine, after which the court ruled that all meetings between Furlong and her son should be held under special control.

The album was recorded in 1992, received the greatest popularity in Japan, where, in fact, the disc was released.

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• Edward Furlong on the Internet Movie Database
• Eddie Furlong Zone