Filmography Edward Furlong

Edward Walter Furlong (born August 2, 1977) is an American actor whose best known film roles are John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Daniel Vinyard in American History X. He is a two-time Saturn Award nominee, winning the 1992 Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor for his work in Terminator 2. He also won the 1992 MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance for his work in the film. Although Furlong had some promising early roles, his career soon declined with multiple arrests and court cases, and enduring substance abuse. 
 
Furlong has battled alcoholism and drug addiction, which derailed his career. He went into rehab in October 2000, although he claimed this was only for alcohol abuse and denied reports that he was a heroin and cocaine addict. On April 24, 2001 he was hospitalized for a suspected heroin overdose after being found unconscious in a pool of his own vomit. 
 
On September 25, 2001 he was arrested twice in the same day for two separate incidents involving driving without a license and DUI. On September 1, 2004, Furlong was arrested for public intoxication following an incident at a Meijer grocery store in Florence, Kentucky (in the Cincinnati area), where he was filming the independent film Jimmy and Judy. According to the police report, he and some friends were getting rowdy and pulling lobsters out of the store's tank. When police arrived, an unsteady Furlong, who "smelled of booze," began to "turn around in circles" when an officer tried to frisk him. Furlong spent a few hours in custody before making bail on the misdemeanor count. 
 
Furlong said in December 2006 that from ages 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 [partying] 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?'" He told People magazine that he smokes 40-60 cigarettes a day. 
 
In September 2009 Furlong was arrested for allegedly punching and threatening his wife Rachael Kneeland. On January 11, 2011, Furlong was arrested and jailed for violating his probation stemming from the restraining order his estranged wife filed. That evening he was still in jail needing to post a $75,000 bond for release. He was released the following morning. 
 
Furlong was involved in a car crash in Los Angeles on October 23, 2012. On October 30, 2012, he was arrested and charged with domestic violence after an argument with his girlfriend at LAX Airport in Los Angeles, and his probation was revoked. He was arrested again for domestic violence on November 21, 2012, after allegedly inflicting "corporal punishment" on his partner. The court hearing was set for January 2013. On December 14, 2012 Furlong appeared before a judge to dispute a court order which forbids him from being alone with his six-year-old son. The child had tested positive for cocaine after spending time with Furlong. The judge ruled the existing custody restrictions remain in place and expressed concern for Furlong's physical appearance. 
 
On January 13, 2013 Furlong was arrested for a third time for domestic violence against his girlfriend Monica Keena. There was already a $30,000 warrant out for his arrest, stemming from one of the two previous incidents. Furlong was placed in jail and his bail was set at $50,000. On January 15, 2013 he pleaded not guilty to domestic violence battery; his lawyer asked for the judge to reduce the bail, but this was denied and Furlong was remanded in jail until the hearing on January 25. Following his third arrest for domestic violence Furlong was fired from the film "Other Plans"; he had already been fired from the film "Misled" following his second arrest for domestic violence in November 2012. Furlong had been charged on December 12, 2012 for the second domestic violence arrest, but he failed to appear in court for the hearing. Furlong was kept in solitary confinement in prison. On January 25, 2013 he appeared in handcuffs before a judge, who set the jury trial for February 6. 
 
Furlong also faced a probation violation hearing on February 15, 2013 for contempt of court, stemming from a case in Los Angeles. The judge told him he belonged in a lockdown facility for substance abuse, and remanded him in jail pending a further hearing on March 4. His bail was set at $250,000.