Edward Furlong's Real Name: Edward Walter Furlong

Quick answer: The actor is known professionally as Edward Furlong. TV Guide and TV Insider independently give the full name Edward Walter Furlong and list Glendale, California, as the birthplace. TV Insider dates the birth to August 2, 1977. That exact date is not independently confirmed here by a second independent publisher, so it is not treated as settled in the summary.

Real name and early life

Independent publishers support the documented full name Edward Walter Furlong. TV Guide lists the birth name Edward Walter Furlong and the birthplace as Glendale, California, and says casting director Mali Finn discovered him on a visit to the Pasadena Boys and Girls Club and offered him the role of John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. TV Insider independently lists the birth name Edward Walter Furlong, the birthplace Glendale, California, and a birth date of August 2, 1977, and also identifies him with that Terminator 2 role.

Career highlights

TV Guide says he won a Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in 1992 for Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and also records an MTV Movie Award. TV Insider independently says he is known for playing John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and that he won an MTV Movie Award in 1992 for the same film. TV Insider also lists later credits including Pet Sematary Two (1992), American History X (1998), as Daniel "Danny" Vinyard, Detroit Rock City (1999), and a later appearance as John Connor in Terminator: Dark Fate (2019). TV Guide independently notes later independent and direct-to-video work, including The Crow: Wicked Prayer, and says he appeared in music videos for Aerosmith's "Livin' on the Edge" and Metallica's "The Unnamed Feeling." The same TV Guide account also records a music album released in Japan, with the song "Hold On Tight" reaching the top of the Japanese charts, and a 1994 Young Artist Award for a leading youth performance in a motion-picture drama. TV Insider independently lists The Green Hornet (2011) and The Forest Hills (2023) among later credits.

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Edward Furlong or Edward Walter Furlong are looking for the same actor, including the Terminator 2 role that first made him widely known. TV Guide and TV Insider support the full name used in the title.