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He was supposed to reprise his role as John Connor in Terminator 3 - Le macchine ribelli (2003), but in December 2001 it was reported he had been dropped from the film.

On 5 October 2012 he publicly asked fans for financial donations so he could afford a liver transplant.

In 1992, he launched a successful music career in Japan and is still extremely popular with Japanese girls today. His debut song "Hold on Tight" even beat Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" to #1 on the Japanese charts.

During the shooting of Terminator 2 - Il giorno del giudizio (1991), his voice changed and he had to loop all of his lines in quite a few scenes. He also grew quite a bit. At the beginning of shooting, he was a few inches smaller than his double and, at the end, he was a little bit taller than him. He even had to stand in a hole during the shooting of some scenes.

(January 13, 2013) Furlong was arrested in Los Angeles, California on suspicion of domestic violence (the third such accusation to hit him since 2012). He was detained at the Men's Central Jail from January 14 to February 2 before finally being released on $31,000 bail.

Arrested a few hours after attending the premiere of The Green Hornet (2011) for non-payment of child maintenance. Furlong told a district judge that he is "completely broke" and cannot afford to pay.

In February 2015 he admitted he cannot get insurance for film work.

(August 17, 2010) His estranged wife, Rachael Bella, obtained a temporary restraining order against him.

(July 1, 2013) Furlong avoided a jail sentence for an arrest in May after agreeing to go to a rehab for drug addiction for 90 days, as well as undergo 52 weeks of domestic violence counseling. He had already served 61 days in prison.

Has stated in several interviews that his performance in Little Odessa (1994) is his personal favorite.

(September 25, 2001) Arrested by police in West Hollywood, California, in two separate incidents: 1. for driving without a license 2. for DUI and causing a car wreck (just four hours after the first incident).

In 2012, his access to his six-year-old son was restricted after it was alleged in court that the child, Ethan Furlong had tested positive for cocaine after spending time with Edward Furlong.

He hooked up with his tutor Jacqueline Louise Domac on the set of Terminator 2 - Il giorno del giudizio (1991). He was 13 and she was 26. She became his manager and they lived together until 1998. She went to court in 1999 to request 15% of Furlong's earnings for the past three years, charging physical abuse and breach of contract.

He first went to rehab in October 2000.

Although he played a white supremacist neo-Nazi in "American History X", Furlong is actually half-Mexican. His father was said to be a Russian Jew.

Of Mexican descent on his mother's side. His mother's name is Eleanor Tafoya Torres. Furlong is Eleanor's stepfather's last name. His biological father is Heinrich Brüno Wittig.

Can play the piano and the guitar.

His partner was Jacqueline Domac who he had met on the set of Terminator 2 - Il giorno del giudizio (1991). She became is tutor in September 1992. She lived with him from 1992 to October 1998.

Modelled for labels such as "Gap" and Calvin Klein and has advertised for the Japanese food company, "Hot Noodle".

Arrested on September 1, 2004 while filming Jimmy and Judy (2006) after a drunken incident.

He reprised his Terminator 2 - Il giorno del giudizio (1991) character John Connor for the theme park attraction T2-3D, a short film filmed in a new 3-D process that makes the film really appear to jump out at you.

He was discovered by casting director Mali Finn at the Boys Club of Pasadena, and won the role of John Connor in the sequel film Terminator 2 - Il giorno del giudizio (1991).

Says on the commentary for Il corvo - Preghiera maledetta (2005) that Apocalypse Now (1979) is his favorite movie of all time.

He did not actually appear in "Terminator: Dark Fate". His character was created using CGI with someone else supplying the voice.

Used to smoke up to sixty cigarettes a day.

He never finished high school.

Edward and his wife, Rachael Bella, became the parents of a boy, Ethan Page Furlong, on September 21, 2006. Ethan weighed in at 7 lbs. 7 oz.

Rated #69 in VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars (2005).

Attended Elliot Junior High School and South Pasadena Junior High School before filming Terminator 2 - Il giorno del giudizio (1991).

Celebrated seven years of sobriety in February 2025.

Has done some modeling for the clothing company Calvin Klein in the mid 90s.

Edward Furlong's nickname when he was younger was 'Pook'.

Mother is Eleanor Torres, born c. September 1958; she worked as a youth center worker in Pasadena, California. His biological father was Heinrich "Henry" Brüno Wittig, born c. June 6, 1929; died 1980. His stepfather is Moises Torres, he separated from Furlong's mother in 1989. His Aunt is Nancy Tafoya, born c. 1960. His uncle is Sean Furlong. His younger half-brother is Robert Torres, born c. 1981.

In 1999 it was announced that he was to star as Simon of Clarendon, a young man on a quest for a sacred relic in the 11th Century story The Knights of the Quest to be filmed in Scotland, Italy, France and Tunisia. The film was barely released at all.

He is Agnostic.

His Terminator 2 - Il giorno del giudizio (1991) character, John Connor, was played on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronciles by Thomas Dekker, who previously appeared in Generazioni (1994). Edward later appeared in 'Star Trek: Renegades (2014)(TV)'. Both films also featured Walter Koenig as Pavel Chekov. In Star Trek (2009), Chekov was played by Anton Yelchin, who played John Connor's father Kyle Reese in Terminator Salvation (2009) and is, like Edward, of Russian ancestry.

He lived with Jacqueline Louise Domac from 1992 to 1998.

As of December 2023, he has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant": Terminator 2 - Il giorno del giudizio (1991).

Was born in the same hospital as One Tree Hill (2003) actress and fashion designer Juliet Krystina Taylor.